International Complement Society (ICS) Symposium: 21^st Century Complement: Beyond the Textbooks

International Complement Society (ICS) Symposium: 21^st Century Complement: Beyond the Textbooks

Chairs:
Andrea J. Tenner, Univ. of California, Irvine
Berhane Ghebrehiwet, Stony Brook Univ. Hlth. Sci. Ctr.

Speakers:

• Jörg Köhl, Univ. of Lübeck, Germany, and Cincinnati Children’s Hosp., Complement as a potential clinical driver and therapeutic target in Gaucher’s Disease
• Baerbel Rohrer, Med. Univ. of South Carolina, Complement and age-related macular degeneration – anaphylatoxins and RPE signaling
• Rick A. Wetsel, Univ. of Texas McGovern Med. Sch., Complement response to Listeria monocytogenes: modulation of an intracellular beta-interferon response pathway
• Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers*, Med. Microbiology Univ. Med. Ctr. Utrecht, Netherlands, Complement activation as a target for combating infections
  *EMBO Young Investigator Lecture