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As seen in the 09 March issue of
Science:
The Baltic Summer School 2007
‘INFLAMMATION: A Key to Common Complex diseases’
Organized by the Faculty Members of the Baltic Summer School
coordinators Prof. Rikard Holmdahl and Dr. Bo Nilson, University Lund
Theoretical Course
2–13 September, 2007
University of Lund, Sweden
Worldwide experts will present the current knowledge:
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Evolution and Ontogeny of Inflammatory Response
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The Inflammatory Syndrome in Man and Animal Models for Human Inflammatory Diseases
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Genetic Approaches on Human Inflammatory Diseases
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Mimicking Human Diseases Using Genetic Ap- proaches on Animals
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Innate and Adaptive Immunity and Inflammatory Effector Mechanisms
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Prediction, Monitoring and New Preventive and Therapeutic Treatment Strategies and Targets for Inflammatory Diseases
The Honorary Lecture will be given by Prof. Shimon Sakaguchi on Regulatory T cells. Invited speakers will participate in panel discussions. Course participants are expected to present posters on their work.
Laboratory Course
17–21 September, 2007
Universities of Lund, Kiel and Copenhagen
Open to 20 of the young scientists participating in the theoretical course, which have been selected for a BSS 2007-stipend. The participants will join on-going research projects covering the modern methodological aspects on inflammatory reasearch.
Baltic Summer School Stipends
The Baltic Summer School is supported by the EU under the Marie Curie Program which has a special focus on young scientists with research experience at the late phase of their PhD studies as well as at the medical specialist or post-doc levels (or an equivalent academic training). Stipends are available for many participants. For further information see BSS homepage.
The meeting will also be open for a number of participants that do not receive a BSS-stipend.
Participation fee: Theoretical Course 250 Euro
Application deadline: Sunday, April 22, 2007
Programme and application details at: www.balticsummerschool
Email: bss@balticsummerschool.net
5817xM06107-K522863
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