Friday, June 27

07.00

Breakfast

08:00 

EOSINOPHILS AMONG OTHER INFLAMMATORY AND STROMAL CELLS: CONTRASTS AND FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS
Session Chairs - Larry Thomas and Donald MacGlashan

08.00-08.20

Joshua Boyce (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
“Contrasts of eosinophils with mast cells”

08.20-08.40

Donald MacGlashan (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)
“Contrasts of eosinophils with basophils”

08.40-09.00

Larry Thomas (Rush University, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA)
“eosinophil-neutrophil interactions”

09.00-09.20 

Paige Lacy (University of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
“Divergence of eosinophil and neutrophil respiratory burst mechanisms:Implications for their roles in innate immunity”

09.20-09.40

Qutayba Hamid (McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada)
"Profibrotic cytokines, eosinophils and asthma"

09.40

Refreshments and Open Poster Viewing

10.10

ANIMAL MODELS OF EOSINOPHIL ROLES AND FUNCTIONS: ASTHMA, ALLERGY, PARASITES, GASTROINTESTINAL AND VIRAL DISEASES
Session Chairs – James Lee and Allison Fryer

10.10-10.30 

Paul Foster (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
“Eosinophil recruitment and functions in murine allergic asthma models”

10.30-10.50

Allison Fryer (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)
“Eosinophils, nerves and airways in bronchoconstriction and AHR”

10.50-11.10 

Mark Inman (St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada)
“What is the role of the eosinophil in chronic allergen-induced airway remodeling and airway dysfunction in mice?”

11.10-11.30

Marc Rothenberg (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA)
“Roles of eosinophils in the GI tract – lessons learned from animal models”

11.30-11.50   

Helene Rosenberg (LHD/NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA)
“Eosinophilic inflammation and anti-viral host defense”

11.50-12.10

Monique Capron (Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France)
“Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) a and g down-regulate eosinophil activation and allergic inflammation”

12.10-12.30

James J. Lee (Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ, USA)
“What is the evolutionary selective advantage of having an eosinophil: A mouse’s perspective”

12.30-16.30 

Unscheduled Time for the 3Rs – Rest, Relaxation, Recreation

16.30-18.30

Oral Communications of Submitted Abstracts
(10 x 12 min talks)
Session Chairs: Monique Capron and Helene Rosenberg

19.00

Transport to the T-Lazy 7 Ranch (Maroon Bells National Park)

19.30

Symposium Banquet at the T-Lazy 7 Ranch
(Dinner and Entertainment in the T-Lazy 7 Lodge)

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