To attendees of the Kyoto/IES meeting,
Based on the abstracts submitted, I have TENTATIVELY
set up 12 lunch-time workshops. At most ONLY 8 (more
likely 4 or slightly more) will come to fruition.
This will be based on interest that is expressed
to me concerning individual workshops (see below).
Possible workshops include:
| 1) |
Endotoxin Diversity: Genetic and metabolic bases;
functional implications |
| 2) |
Molecular, structural and physical bases of cell activation
by endotoxin |
| 3) |
Endotoxin: signal/transduction |
| 4) |
Functional interactions between TLR and/or Nod agonists |
| 5) |
Down-regulation of TLR signaling; tolerance |
| 6) |
Host recognition/response to acylated bacterial compounds
(not endotoxin) |
| 7) |
Methodological advances in endotoxin analysis, detection,
removal |
| 8) |
New drug targets, drug design, potential therapeutics |
| 9) |
Host responses to infection: Innate immune mechanisms |
| 10) |
Structural bases of endotoxin:peptide (protein) interactions |
| 11) |
Sepsis: Pathogenic mechanisms, diagnostic/prognostic markers,
interventions |
| 12) |
LPS-triggered pathology and protective interventions |
Box lunches will be available to facilitate having
lunch, participating in the workshops and still
leaving time for more conventional poster presenting
and viewing. Small conference
rooms have been reserved for the workshops.
PLEASE let me know if you are interested in attending
and/or presenting your work at specific workshops.
Workshops will ONLY be scheduled if there is SUFFICIENT
INTEREST expressed. Presentations will be brief
(5-10 min, depending on the amount of interest
expressed) and can be drawn from submitted abstract
(poster) although studies not submitted in abstract
form could also be discussed. If you wish to present
in a specific workshop, PLEASE
let me know if this corresponds to a specific abstract
and, if not, please give me a brief synopsis.
The workshops will provide added opportunity for attendees
of the meeting to present their work orally and engage
in group discussions around focused topics. To
promote a free-flowing discussion, the
formal presentations will go first in their entirety
and then be followed by an open discussion with questions
directed at any of the presenters or others at the
workshop.
Provided there is sufficient interest, a schedule
for the workshops will be posted on the conference
web site along with
information concerning "media" that will be available (e.g.
projector or overheads or whiteboard) for these workshops.
To give presenters adequate time for preparation,
interest in participation (attendance and/or presentation)
will need to be conveyed to me WITHIN THE NEXT
7 DAYS. You can beam me at jerrold-weiss@uiowa.edu.
After that time, one additional letter will be emailed, providing
the final schedule of the
workshops.
I look forward to seeing and hearing you in Kyoto.
Best wishes,
Dr. Jerry Weiss, IES 2004 Program Committee Chair
email: jerrold-weiss@uiowa.edu
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