The EFIS - EJI Ruggero Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology
offers an EFIS - EJI Course on:

Course Directors:

Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Berlin, Germany;

Rino Rappuoli and Giuseppe Del Giudice, Novartis, Italy

Organising Committee: S. Fontana, A. Di Giacomo, E. Carbone, G. Rossi, S. Formisano, T. Reynolds

Programme

B. Jacobs (New York , USA): Live-attenuated TB vaccines;

P. Andersen (Copenhagen, Denmark): Antigen-based vaccines against TB;

M. Ota (Banjul, Gambia): TB and TB vaccine: a perspective from the field;

H. Wardemann (Berlin, Germany): Immunology of HIV/AIDS and perspectives for vaccines;

S. Barnett (Novartis, USA): The quest for vaccine-driven broad anti-HIV neutralizing antibodies;

B. Walker (Potters Bar, UK): CD4 and CD8 cells as effectors against HIV;

E. Riley (London, UK): Enhancement of NK cell function by vaccination;

K. Matuschewski (Berlin, Germany): Pre-erythrocytic malaria stages: antigens, functions, biology;

F. Zavala (Baltimore, USA): Development of memory and effector CD8+ cells against malaria liver stages;

R. Ballou (Rixensart, Belgium): A sporozoite malaria vaccine: lessons learned going from development to efficacy trials;

A. von Gabain (Vienna, Austria): Learning from TLR agonists and skin delivery, how to stimulate vaccines;

R. Rappuoli (Novartis, Italy): Non TLR-based adjuvants

The Course will cover the current views and state of the art of vaccine production in three crucial infectious diseases and future developments. The official language is English. The number of participants is limited to 70. Early Registration fee (until September 20, 2010) is Euro 500.00 and includes course material, lunches, coffee breaks and a guided tour of Pompeii. Special packages are available for Euro 590 (includes hotel) and Euro 665 (includes hotel plus dinners). An additional Euro 100 will be charged for late registration. Several partial or full fellowships are available, with preference given to applicants from developing countries. Deadline for application is October 20, 2010.

Application, consisting of a short CV, a brief summary of current clinical or research activity and including complete address, telephone, fax number and e-mail should be sent to the organising secretariat through the link below. Deadline for application is 20 October, 2010.

Download: Application Form

Download: Registration & Hotel Form

This Course will take place in memory and in honour of the Ceppellini School Founder

The Course Organising Committee: S. Fontana, A. Di Giacomo, E. Carbone, G. Rossi, S. Formisano, T. Reynolds