Subject: Antibody Technology and Applications in Health and Environment Meeting

From: Bernd Haase <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 16:51:59 -0700

Announcing:

GBF-Symposium on

Antibody Technology and Applications in Health and Environment

http://transfac.gbf-braunschweig.de/Symposien/Welcom2.html

The meeting will be held in
Braunschweig, Germany from September 6th-10th, 1996

For further information please contact: 
[email-masked]

Goals and Scope

The goals of the Symposium are to present latest advances in the field of 
antibody
technology with regard to emerging innovative approaches and applications 
in
health and environment. During the first part of the symposium research 
progress will be
presented in the fields of natural immune repertoires, antibody structure 
and
function and recombinant antibody technology including human and 
humanized antibodies,
phage display techniques, combinatorial libraries and bispecific or
catalytic antibodies. In the second part, potentials and problems of 
antibody expression in
cell cultures, transgenic animals and plants will be discussed with 
regard
to the antibody application sessions in the third part of the Symposium. 
The final sessions
will analyze the use of antibody for prophylaxis and therapy and in a
variety of other fields with emphasis on the environment. Interactions 
will be encouraged
during round-table sessions where potential uses, common difficulties and
limitations of antibody technology will be discussed. Additional time for 
discussions will
be available during poster sessions, social activities and informal 
periods of
time in the Hotel Mercure where most of the participants will be 
accommodated. Younger
scientiests will have the opportunity to submit abstracts for short oral
presentations of selected posters in the main sessions.

Abstract/Poster Deadline:   15.08.1996
Registration    Deadline:   30.08.1996

                            Preliminary Program

Friday 6 Sept. Registration-Orientation-Opening Ceremony-Reception

10.00  -  15.00   Arrival and Registration
17.00  -  19.00   Opening of the Symposium at GBF-Braunschweig (National 
Research Centre
                  for Biotechnology)
19.30             Welcome Reception

Saturday 7 Sept.

08.30  -  10.30          Session  I    :  Antibody Structure and Function
08.30  -  09.10          A. Coutinho (France)
09.10  -  09.50          A. McPherson (USA)
09.50  -  10.30          A. Skerra (Germany)
10.30  -  11.00 Coffee
11.00  -  13.00          Session  II   :  Display Technology, Part 1
11.00  -  11.40          P.-A. Nygren (Schweden)
11.40  -  12.20          A. Griffith (UK)
12.20  -  13.00          A. Plückthun (Switzerland)
13.00  -  14.00 Lunch
14.00  -  16.00                           Display Technology, Part 2
14.00  -  14.40          A. Bradbury (Italy)
14.40  -  15.20          G. Smith (USA)
15.20  -  16.00          M. Little (Germany)
16.00  -  16.30 Coffee
16.30  -  18.30          Session  III  :  Combinatorial Libraries
16.30  -  17.10          J. Collins (Germany) / R. Sodoyer (France)
17.10  -  17.50          A. Williamson (USA)
17.50  -  18.20          R. Cortese (Italy)
18.20  -  19.00          B.K. Kay (USA)
19.00           Dinner

Sunday 8 Sept.

08.30  -  10.30          Session  IV   :  Human and Humanized Antibodies
08.30  -  09.10          N. Lonberg (USA)
09.10  -  09.50
09.50  -  10.30
10.30  -  11.00 Coffee
11.00  -  13.00          Session  V    :  Bispecific and Catalytic 
Antibodies
11.00  -  11.40          P. Carter (USA)
11.40  -  12.20          G. Gallacher (UK)
12.20  -  13.00          P. Holliger (UK)
13.00  -  14.00 Lunch

14.30  -  18.00              Excursion

19.00           Dinner

Monday 9 Sept.

08.30   -  10.30         Session  VI   :  Expression of MAbs and Tag 
Systems, Part 1
08.30   -  09.10          B. Brizzard (USA)
09.10   -  09.50          B. Haase (Germany)
09.50   -  10.30          A. Depicker (Belgium)
10.30   -  11.00 Coffee
11.00  -  13.00                           Expression of MAbs and Tag 
Systems, Part 2
11.00   -  11.40          H. Meade (USA)
11.40   -  12.20          H. Köhler (USA)
12.20   -  13.00
13.00   -  14.00 Lunch

14.00   -  16.00             Poster Session

16.00   -  16.30 Coffee
16.30   -  18.30         Session  VII  :  Diagnostics and Imaging
16.30   -  17.10         W. Wels (Germany)
17.10   -  17.50         A. Wu (USA)
17.50   -  18.30         R. Miller (USA)
19.00           Dinner

Tuesday 10 Sept.

08.30  -  10.30          Session  VIII :  Prophylaxis and Therapy, Part 1
08.30  -  09.10          S.J. Cryz (Switzerland)
09.10  -  09.50          F. Emmrich (Germany)
09.50  -  10.30          M.M. Bendig (USA)
10.30  -  11.00 Coffee
11.00  -  13.00                           Prophylaxis and Therapy, Part 2
11.00  -  11.40          J. Engberg (Denmark)
11.40  -  12.20          H. Lindhofer (Germany)
12.20  -  13.00          J.R. McGhee (USA)
13.00  -  14.00 Lunch
14.00  -  16.00          Session  IX    : Environmental Applications, 
Part 1
14.00  -  14.40          B. Harris (UK)
14.40  -  15.20          E. Conway de Macario (USA)
15.20  -  16.00          J. Köhl (Germany)
16.00  -  16.30 Coffee
16.30  -  18.30                           Environmental Applications, 
Part 2
16.30  -  17.10         M. Tesar (Germany)
17.10  -  17.50         P.V. Choudary (USA)
17.50  -  18.30
19.00                         Banquett

Wednesday 11 Sept.     Departure