Basic and Translational Immunology for Rheumatologists
Yaser Ali Ghadanfar
Consultant Internal Medicine & Rheumatology
Consultant Clinical Immunology & Allergy
Private Practice
Kuwait
| 07:50 – 12:00 | Registration | |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Opening Remarks | Yaser Ali Ghadanfar |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Introduction to the Immune System | Jalila Al-Shekaili |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Innate Immunity, Sensing Pathogens and Danger | Mohammed Omair |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | ADARRCTM Refreshment Break & Networking (ARBN) | |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Antigen Presenting Cells, Antigen Presentation, T-Cell Activation | Fatemah Baron |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | T-Cell Subsets in Autoimmune Diseases | Hoda Tarakmeh |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | B-Cell Activation and Antibody Production | Fatemah Baron |
| 11:50 – 12:15 | Q & A | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Friday Prayer & Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Immune Regulation and Tolerance | Amer Khojah |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Mechanisms of Autoimmunity | Pier Luigi Meroni |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) from the Bench to Clinical Practice | |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Q & A | |
| 15:40 | ADARRCTM Refreshment Break & Networking | |
| END OF THE DAY and ADARRCTM Refreshment Break & Networking (ARBN) | ||
Amer Khojah
Pediatrics, Allergy Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology
Umm Al-Qura University – Department of Pediatric
KSA
Pier Luigi Meroni
Professor of Rheumatology
University of Milan
Head Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory – Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Italy
