Location: Kochi
August 15th & 16th

Agenda

Immunology B2T
Tracing from Basics to Translation
115 August 2023
216 August 2023
115 August 2023
Day 1

15 August 2023

09:00 - 09:05 AM
Welcome Note & Introduction

Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy

Session I

09:05 AM - 10:20 AM

09:05 - 09:20 AM
Introduction to the immune system: Know your armed forces!

Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy

09:25 - 09:55 AM
Organization of the Innate Immune system: Border defence

Dr. Sanket Shah

10:00 - 10:20 AM
B2T: Interferons in health and diseases

Dr. Avinash Jain

10:20 - 10:35 AM
Tea and Fun break

Session II

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

10:40 -11:10 AM
Basics of receptors and downstream signaling : Radar and Early warning Systems!

Dr. Sakir Ahmed

11:15 - 11:35 AM
Complimenting the Complements

Dr. Pulukool Sandhya

11:40 - 12:00 PM
B2T: How Inflammasome discovery helped understand gout, atherosclerosis and amyloidosis

Dr. Benzeeta Pinto

12:00 - 12:15 PM
Fun Break

Session III

12:15 PM - 01:20 PM

12:15 -12:50 PM
Antigen & Antibody

Dr. Sanket Shah & Dr. Avinash Jain

12:50 - 01:20 PM
Defence academy: Lymphocyte Development

Dr. Pankti Mehta

01:20 - 01:50 PM
Lunch Break

Session IV

01:50 PM - 03:40 PM

01:50 - 02:30 PM
In diversity, there is strength: BCR and TCR organization

Dr. Sakir Ahmed

02:35 - 03:05 PM
MHC: One molecule to Express them all

Dr. Chengappa K G

03:10 - 03:40 PM
Antigen presentation - Bring in the cavalry

Dr. Rudrarpan Chatterjee

03:40 - 03:55 PM
Tea and Fun break

Session V

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

04:00 - 04:30 PM
B cell development after antigen exposure: Preparing One Rambo for each Enemy

Dr. Pulukool Sandhya

04:30 - 04:55 PM
B2T: How understanding the IL12-23 pathway led to so many successfull drugs

Dr. Avinash Jain

216 August 2023
115 August 2023
115 August 2023
Day 1

15 August 2023

09:00 - 09:05 AM
Welcome Note & Introduction

Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy

Session I

09:05 AM - 10:20 AM

09:05 - 09:20 AM
Introduction to the immune system: Know your armed forces!

Dr. Padmanabha Shenoy

09:25 - 09:55 AM
Organization of the Innate Immune system: Border defence

Dr. Sanket Shah

10:00 - 10:20 AM
B2T: Interferons in health and diseases

Dr. Avinash Jain

10:20 - 10:35 AM
Tea and Fun break

Session II

10:40 AM - 12:00 PM

10:40 -11:10 AM
Basics of receptors and downstream signaling : Radar and Early warning Systems!

Dr. Sakir Ahmed

11:15 - 11:35 AM
Complimenting the Complements

Dr. Pulukool Sandhya

11:40 - 12:00 PM
B2T: How Inflammasome discovery helped understand gout, atherosclerosis and amyloidosis

Dr. Benzeeta Pinto

12:00 - 12:15 PM
Fun Break

Session III

12:15 PM - 01:20 PM

12:15 -12:50 PM
Antigen & Antibody

Dr. Sanket Shah & Dr. Avinash Jain

12:50 - 01:20 PM
Defence academy: Lymphocyte Development

Dr. Pankti Mehta

01:20 - 01:50 PM
Lunch Break

Session IV

01:50 PM - 03:40 PM

01:50 - 02:30 PM
In diversity, there is strength: BCR and TCR organization

Dr. Sakir Ahmed

02:35 - 03:05 PM
MHC: One molecule to Express them all

Dr. Chengappa K G

03:10 - 03:40 PM
Antigen presentation - Bring in the cavalry

Dr. Rudrarpan Chatterjee

03:40 - 03:55 PM
Tea and Fun break

Session V

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

04:00 - 04:30 PM
B cell development after antigen exposure: Preparing One Rambo for each Enemy

Dr. Pulukool Sandhya

04:30 - 04:55 PM
B2T: How understanding the IL12-23 pathway led to so many successfull drugs

Dr. Avinash Jain

116 August 2023
116 August 2023
Day 2

16 August 2023

Session I

09:05 AM - 10:20 AM

09:00 - 09:20 AM
B2T: Taking anti-TNF from sepsis to arthritis

Dr. Sai Kumar Dunga

09:25 - 09:50 AM
Cell Mediated Immunity: targeted killers

Dr. Rudrarpan Chatterjee

09:55 - 10:20 AM
Innate lymphocytes: Non-Commissioned Officers

Dr. Benzeeta Pinto

10:20 - 10:30 AM
Tea and Fun break

Session II

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

10:30 -11:00 AM
Breakage of tolerance: Why Katappa kills Bahubali!

Dr. Sai Kumar Dunga

11:05 - 11:45 AM
“Boosting Immunity”: CAR-T cells and Checkpoint inhibitors

Dr. Sanket Shah

11:45 - 12:00 PM
Tea and Fun break

Session III

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

12:00 -12:25 PM
What actually happens during an infection: War footage

Dr. Chengappa K G

12:30 -12:55 PM
What happens in autoimmunity: Internal Espionage

Dr. Pankti Mehta

01:00 - 01:25 PM
Too much of good is also bad: The example of too much TGF-beta

Dr. Rudrarpan Chatterjee

01:30 - 01:50 PM
Preventing or aborting autoimmunity

Dr. Chengappa K G & Dr. Sakir Ahmed

01:50 - 02:00 PM
Q & A

02:00 - 03:00 PM
Lunch

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