EUROPEAN RENAL CELL STUDY GROUP
30TH ANNUAL MEETING
April 19th-22nd
Florence, Italy 2018
MEETING PROGRAM
THURSDAY, 19th April
15.00 - 17.45 ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
17.45 - 18.00 WELCOME
18.00 - 19.00 PLENARY LECTURE:
“The long journey of renal cells from Homer Smith to Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte"
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Head of “Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research and the affiliated Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases “Aldo e Cele Daccò”, Director of the Division of Nephrology and Dialysis of Ospedali Riuniti Bergamo, Italy
20.00 DINNER
21.30-22.00
Donatella Lippi
Associate Professor of History of Medicine and Bioethics, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence
FRIDAY, 20th April
07.00 - 08.00 BREAKFAST
SESSION 1
08.30-09.00 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE:
“Choosing the right cells for renal cell therapy”
Benjamin Dekel
Director of Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Director of Division of Pediatric Nephrology Edmond & Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Center for Regenerative Medicine, Sheba Medical Center Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, President of Israel Stem Cell Society
09.00-10.30 Short Communications (6)
10.30 – 11.00 TEA & COFFEE
SESSION 2
11.00-11.30 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE:
11.30 – 13.00 Short Communications (6)
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
SESSION 3
14.00 - 14.30 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
“Precision medicine for renal tubulopathy”
Giovambattista Capasso
Head Department of Nephrology, Policlinico Nuovo Naples, Italy
14.30 – 16.00 Short Communications (6)
16.00 - 16.30 TEA & COFFEE
SESSION 4
16.30 – 17.00 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE TO BE DECIDED
17.00 - 18.30 Short Communications (6)
18.30-20.00 Round table in front of the fireplace
20.00 DINNER
SATURDAY, 21st April
07.00 - 08.00 BREAKFAST
SESSION 5
08.30-09.00 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
"Metabolic control of glomerular function and disease"
Tobias Huber
Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine IV, Chief of the Division of Chronic Kidney Disease at the University Medical Center Freiburg, Co-Director of the Center of Systems Biology (ZBSA), Director and Chairman of the III. Department of Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
9.00-10.30 Short Communications (6)
10.30 – 11.00 TEA & COFFEE
SESSION 6
11.00-11.30 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE TO BE DECIDED
11.30-13.00 Short Communications (6)
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 - 17. 00 FREE TIME/visit Visitazione of Pontormo in San Michele Arcangelo church in Carmignano.
SESSION 7
17.00 - 17.30 STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
"Disease Tolerance as a Defence Strategy against Kidney Disease"
Pierre Louis Tharaux
Inserm Research Director and Team leader, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center @ HEGP, Inserm, lecturer (AP-HP-Inserm) at the Nephrology Dpt, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP), Paris.
17.30 - 18.30 Short Communications (4)
18.30-20.00 Round table in front of the fireplace
20.00 DINNER and Party
SUNDAY, 22nd April
07.00 - 10.00 BREAKFAST AND DEPART