Rome, Italy – April 22-24, 2007 2nd  International Symposium on Molecular Allergology Allergens: from Identification to Therapy

Scientific Program

Sunday - April 22, 2007
Afternoon Session

13:00 Registration
13:50 Opening Cerimony
Session 1 Moderators	Adriano Mari, Liudmila Korkina
14:00 Lecture Session 1	Anthony Frew	Allergens - The key to diagnosis and therapy
14:30 Session 1/1	Fatima Ferreira	Physico-chemical techniques for characterization of allergens
14:50 Session 1/2	Erika Jensen-Jarolim	IgE antibodies recognize molecular patterns
15:10 Session 1/3	Kirsten Beyer	Measurement of specific IgE to individual allergens and allergenic peptides in the diagnosis of food allergy
15:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Heidi Pertl	Expression of allergens in bacteria and plants: problems, solutions, and perspectives
15:40 Coffee Break
Session 2 Moderators	Enrico Scala, Fatima Ferreira
16:00 Lecture Session 2	Antonella Muraro	Anaphylaxis
16:30 Session 2/1	Rick Maizels	Impact of helminth infections on allergy
16:50 Session 2/2	Barbara Bohle	Apples are a peach but can drive birch pollen-allergic patients nuts! Immunological cross-reactivity as basis for food allergy
17:10 Session 2/3	Philippe Moingeon	T cell responses in allergic patients using HLA class II technology
17:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Sirpa Jylhä	Recombinant human IgE antibodies specific to cow´s milk allergen

Monday - April 23, 2007
Morning Session

Session 3 Moderators	Paolo Colombo, Riccardo Asero
9:00 Lecture Session 3	Glenis Scadding	Rhinitis
9:30 Session 3/1	Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann	Pollen pave their way: Th2-micromilieu generated by pollen associated lipid mediators (PALMs)
9:50 Session 3/2	Jörg Kleine-Tebbe	Allergy is Amplification: How allergenic molecules drive IgE, cellular responses and clinical symptoms
10:10 Session 3/3	Ronald van Ree	Hazelnut allergens for component-resolved diagnosis
10:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Debra Hovanec-Burns	Plant N-Glycan Structure (MUXF) from Bromelain: A New Allergy Marker for Specific IgE Detection
10:40 Coffee Break
Session 4 Moderators	Markus Ollert, Ronald van Ree
11:00 Lecture Session 4	Riccardo Asero	Urticaria
11:30 Session 4/1	Heimo Breiteneder	The evolution of plant food allergens
11:50 Session 4/2	Daniel Soeria-Atmadja	Using bioinformatics for deepening our knowledge in allergy/allergens
12:10 Session 4/3	Adriano Mari	Skin Test vs IgE, Extracts vs Molecules, Singleplexing vs Multiplexing: Searching for the Gold Standard
12:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Christian Radauer	Classifying allergens into protein families - the AllFam database
13:00 Lunch

Monday - April 23, 2007
Afternoon Session

14:00 Poster Discussion Session
15:30 Coffee Break
Session 5 Moderators	Angelo Fusco, Barbara Bohle
16:00 Lecture Session 5	Antonio Lanzavecchia	B cell activation, memory cells, and the elusive IgE
16:30 Session 5/1	Stefan Vieths	Reduction of allergen expression in plant derived foods by genetic engineering
16:50 Session 5/2	Martin Chapman	Multiplex Technologies - Expanding Horizons for  Environmental Allergen Detection
17:10 Session 5/3	Lorenzo Cecchi	Outdoor Molecular Allergen Detection
17:40 Oral Abstract Presentation	Liliana B. Cifuentes	Insect Venom Allergy with Negative Venom-specific IgE: The Use of Recombinant Allergens Provides an Improved Diagnostic Solution

Tuesday - April 24, 2007
Morning Session

Session 6 Moderators	Heimo Breiteneder, Giandomenico Russo
9:00 Lecture Session 6	Philippe Eigenmann	Atopic Dermatitis
9:30 Session 6/1	Gabrielle Pauli	Contribution of recombinant allergens in the diagnosis of Fraxinus pollen allergy and cross reactivities
9:50 Session 6/2	Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas	Is profilin a clinically relevant allergen?
10:10 Session 6/3	Kerstin Andersson	Molecular analysis of IgE responses in plant food allergies across Europe
10:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Enrico Scala	Epidemiological survey of an allergic population using allergenic molecules on a microarray system
10:40 Coffee Break
Session 7 Moderators	Roberto Paganelli, Lorenzo Cecchi
11:00 Lecture Session 7	Jan Lotvall	Asthma
11:30 Session 7/1	Paolo Colombo	Parietaria Pollen Allergens
11:50 Session 7/2	Domingo Barber	EXPO study. Component resolved epidemiological survey in Spain
12:10 Session 7/3	Markus Ollert	A molecular approach to honeybee venom allergy: implications for diagnosis and therapy
12:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Krisztina Szalai	Mimotopes localize conformational epitopes on two major house dust mite allergens and are promising candidates for epitope-specific immunotherapy
13:00 Lunch

Tuesday - April 24, 2007
Afternoon Session

Session 8 Moderators	Jörg Kleine-Tebbe, Fernando Aiuti
14:00 Lecture Session 8	Rob C. Aalberse	How might molecular allergology be useful for answering the big questions in allergy
14:30 Session 8/1	Gianni Passalacqua	SLIT: biodistribution and mechanisms of action
14:50 Session 8/2	Marek Jutel	Grass allergen Immunotherapy
15:10 Session 8/3	Birgit Linhart	Recombinant hybrid molecules  for diagnosis and treatment of grass pollen allergy
15:30 Oral Abstract Presentation	Karolina Wosztak	Isoforms of birch recombinant allergens in allergy diagnosis among Polish population
15:40 Poster Prize Award Cerimony
16:00 Closing Cerimony