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Program at a Glance
 
"Join us in Otsu for hot discussion!"
 
-Invited Lectures:
Presentation 10 min
Discussion for each presentation 5 min
Combined discussion for each session 10 min X (number of talks)

-Plenary Lectures:
Presentation 30 min
Discussion for each presentation 10 min
 
May 17
19:00-
Welcome Reception*
May 18
8:30-9:45
Morning Session 1**
"Desmosomes dynamics in health and disease:
how much we know about desmosomes"
[Moderator: Kathleen J. Green]
 
1. Peter J. Koch (Denver, USA),
2. Kathleen J. Green (Chicago, USA),
3. Andrew Kowalcyzk (Atlanta, USA),
Free discussion (30 min)
 
 
 
9:45-10:00
Coffee Break
 
 
 
10:00-11:40
Morning Session 2**
"Autoantibody response in pemphigus, pemphigoid and
epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: basis of autoimmune
investigation"
[Moderator: John R. Stanley]
 
1. Luis A. Diaz (Chapel Hill, USA),
2. Aimee S. Payne (Philadelphia, USA),
3. John J. Zone (Salt lake City, USA),
4. Detlef Zillikens (Lüebeck, Germany),
Free discussion (40 min)
 
 
 
11:40-12:30
Morning Session 3**
"Mysterious target antigens in autoimmune bullous
diseases"
[Moderator: Takashi Hashimoto]
 
1. Teruki Dainichi (Kurume, Japan),
2. Sergei A. Grando (Irvine, USA),
Free discussion (20 min)
 
 
 
12:30-14:00
Poster Discussion with lunch boxes*
Sponsored by Nihon Pharmaceutical CO., LTD.
 
 
 
14:00-16:40
Plenary Lectures*
 
1. Mikio Furuse (Kyoto, Japan)
(Chairperson: Masayuki Amagai),
2. Akihiro Kusumi (Kobe, Japan)
(Chairperson: Yasuo Kitajima),
3. Sonja Ständer, Dieter Metze (Münster, Germany)
(Chairperson: Hiroshi Shimzu),
4. Akihiro Kusumi (Kobe, Japan)
(Chairperson: Francesca Prignano)
 
 
 
17:00-18:40
Afternoon Session 1**
"Signal transduction: Primary or secondary for
acantholysis?"
[Moderator: Yasuo Kitajima]
 
1. David S. Rubenstein (Chapel Hill, USA),
2. Jens Waschke (Wüerzburg, Germany),
3. Eliane J. Muller (Bern, Swizerland),
4. Yumi Aoyama (Gifu, Japan),
Additional topics:
1. Carlo Pincelli (5 min)
2. Nicolla Cirillo (5 min)
Free discussion (30 min)
 
 
 
19:00-
Dinner Party (Japanese Style)*
May 19
8:30-9:45
Morning Session 1**
"Animal mouse model: how close to human
diseases?"
[Moderator: Masayuki Amagai]
 
1. Hayato Takahashi (Tokyo, Japan),
2. Rüdiger Eming (Marburg, Germany),
3. Wataru Nishie (Sapporo, Japan),
Free discussion (30 min)
 
 
 
9:45-10:15
Coffee Break
 
 
 
10:15-11:35
Morning Session 2**
"Rituximab and IVIG: magic bullets for pemphigus?"
[Moderator: Kim Yancey]
 
1. Pascal Joly (Rouen, France)
2. Jean-Claude Bystryn, Margarita Lolis
(New York, USA)
3. Enno Schmidt (Lübeck, Germany),
4. Koji Hashimoto (Matsuyama, Japan)
Free discussion (40 min)
 
 
 
11:35-12:25
Morning Session 3**
"Pemphigus scoring system: is it practical and useful in
international societies?"
[Moderator: Luca Borradori]
 
1. Victoria P. Werth (Philadelphia, USA),
2. Michael Hertl, Franziska Eberle, Rüdiger Eming
(Marburg, Germany)
Free discussion (20 min)
*Joint event with Post IID 2008 Satellite 5th Joint Meeting of SSSR and SCUR.
  **Post IID 2008 Satellite 5th Joint Meeting of SSSR and SCUR will be held in the other room.
 
 
Plenary Session
Post IID 2008 Satellite International Meeting on Autoimmune Bullous Disease
Single-molecule tracking in the living cell membrane: signaling in a variety of membrane domains
Akihiro KUSUMI (Kyoto, Japan)
   
  Role of tight junctions in epithelial barrier function
  Mikio FURUSE (Kyoto, Japan)
   
   
  Post IID 2008 Satellite 5th Joint Meeting of SSSR and SCUR
  The role of EM in providing clues to molecular mechanisms in skin biology
  Robin AJ EADY (London, UK)
   
  Histological findings explained by electron microscopy
  Dieter METZE (Münster, Germany)
 
 
 
 
 
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