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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

20 March 2003

Therapeutic Applications of Mannan-Binding Lectin



Therapeutic Applications of Mannan-Binding Lectin

Organizer:
David C. Kilpatrick (Edinburgh, UK)
Sponsors:
The Biochemical Society
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
NatImmune

Session one

Chair:
Brian Beechey (Liverpool, UK)
Thursday 20 March 2003
08:30 - 09:05 Registration and Coffee

09:05 - 09:10
Welcome
Brian Beechey (Liverpool, UK)
09:10 - 09:40
Introduction to MBL
David C. Kilpatrick (Edinburgh, UK)
09:40 - 10:20
Biochemistry and genetics of MBL
Robert B. Sim (Oxford, UK)
10:20 - 11:00
Anti-microbial activities of MBL
Dominic L. Jack (Sheffield, UK)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee

12:40 - 13:45 Lunch and Poster Session

Session two

Chair:
Bob Perry (Edinburgh, UK)
Thursday 20 March 2003
08:30 - 09:05 Registration and Coffee

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee

11:30 - 12:05
MBL production from human plasma
Inga Laursen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
12:05 - 12:40
Recombinant MBL for replacement therapy
Jens C. Jensenius (Aarhus, Denmark)
12:40 - 13:45 Lunch and Poster Session

Session three

Chair:
Tessa Holyoake (Glasgow, UK)
Thursday 20 March 2003
08:30 - 09:05 Registration and Coffee

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee

12:40 - 13:45 Lunch and Poster Session

13:45 - 14:00
Targeting tumour-associated carbohydrate epitopes using engineered forms of Mannose-binding protein
Oral Communication - Russell Wallis (Oxford, UK)
14:00 - 14:15
Association of Decreased Serum MBL with Postoperative Infections
Oral Communication - Michael Siassi
14:15 - 15:00
MBL infusion into humans - phase I study
Helgi Valdimarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland)
15:00 - 15:30
Clinical potential of MBL replacement therapy
John A. Summerfield (London, UK)
15:30 - 16:00 Tea Break

16:50 Meeting Close

Session four

Chair:
David Kilpatrick (Edinburgh, UK)
Thursday 20 March 2003
12:40 - 13:45 Lunch and Poster Session

15:30 - 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 - 16:50
Panel Discussion
16:50 Meeting Close