Immunometabolism

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Scope

While immunometabolism has long been recognized as important during an immune response, over the last decade there has been a keen interest in the identification of the players that provide the link between immune and metabolic responses in health and disease. Understanding the mmune-metabolic interface is essential for our ability to understand and treat multiple diseases, as alterations in the metabolic state of the cells underlies the development and pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, neurological, infectious diseases, and cancer. However, the plasticity and polarization of immune responses is also accompanied by a metabolic adaptation that is crucial to the prevention or resolution of infectious diseases and inflammatory responses. Therefore, a greater understanding of the molecular and cellular pathways governing the immunological-metabolic crosstalk may provide opportunities for novel immunotherapeutic interventions to metabolic, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.

The course “Immunometabolism: from basics to therapy” will explore and discuss the importance of metabolism in the function of immune cells and the mechanisms whereby the microbiome or the pathophysiology of infectious and neurological diseases, and cancer shape immune cell metabolomics.

From the innate to the acquired immune response, from basic research to therapy, the aim of this course is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and healthcare providers in a collaborative and interactive environment to exchange and share their experience and research results on all aspects of immunometabolism.

This course does not provide credentials for the exercise of medicine for those without appropriate training, recognition and registered at the "Ordem dos Médicos" or international equivalent institutions.

Organization

Fátima Baltazar
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Ricardo Silvestre
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Tiago Gil Oliveira
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Faculty

Agostinho Carvalho
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Fernando Rodrigues
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Programme

This course will be held from May 13th to 31st, 2024.

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Registration

To register, please fill out the registration form. Within 24/72h, we will send you the confirmation and details for the payment. Please contact us if you do not receive a response in the next 5 days.

Target group

Junior-to-senior level scientists, including MSc and PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, clinicians and, scientists from the biopharmaceutical industry interested in the crosslink between metabolism and immunity in infectious diseases, neurosciences and cancer.

Registration deadline

May 1st 2024

Fee

250,00 EUR

The fee includes

All the necessary material for the course
Certificate of attendance

Details for the payment

This information will be sent to the accepted participants.

Payment and invoicing policy

After submit the registration form, you will receive an email with the payment details (this may take up to 72 hours). To complete the registration process, you should proceed with the payment and send the receipt to upg-cursos@med.uminho.pt within 5 days.

Your registration will be effective after confirmation of the payment. If payment is not made in due time we will have to cancel the registration.

The correct indication of customer data during the payment, including a correct fiscal number, are the sole responsibility of the customer. y result from inaccurate information provided by the customer, particularly in the issuance of tax documents which are not susceptible to cancellation after issued. If you do not indicate the tax identification number you will be considered as final consumer (non-taxable person).

Cancelation and refund policy

You may cancel your registration at any time, but you will forfeit the full amount, irrespective of the date of cancellation. We cannot refund or return the fee, unless the course suffer any changes or it is cancelled.

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