Programme

As a first iteration, we have planned a full-day symposium with invited speakers and parallel sessions on Infection/Inflammation and Allergy/Autoimmunity. The program will include both oral presentations and poster sessions based on selected abstracts.

Confirmed keynote speakers

  • Mihai Netea (Radboud UMC)
  • Paul de Vos (UMC Groningen)
  • Olaf Perdijk (UU)
  • Suzanne Abbring (WUR)
  • Casper Schalkwijk (Maastricht UMC)
  • Janneke Samson (Erasmus MC).

Timetable

TimeActivityAdditional info
09:00 – 09:30Coffee and tea
09:30 – 12:00Plenary sessionJoost van Neerven (WUR)
Linette Willemsen (UU)
Room C2005/6
09:30 – 09:45Welcome / IntroductionJoost van Neerven (WUR)
09:45 – 10:30Dietary factors impact on innate immune
metabolism		Mihai Netea (Radboud UMC)
10:30 – 11:00Nutrition and Immunity in Early lifePaul de Vos (UMC Groningen)
11:00 – 11:30Microbial metabolites as master regulators of
systemic (immune) homeostasis		Olaf Perdijk (UU)
11:30 – 12:00Nutrition and chronic immune disease in agingSuzanne Abbring (WUR)
12:00 – 13:00Lunch and poster viewing
13:00 – 14:30Parallel session: Infection / Chronic inflammationGosia Teodorowicz (WUR)
Coen Govers (WUR)
Room B4007/8
13:00 – 14:30Parallel session: Allergy / AutoimmunityChairs: Tamara Hoppenbrouwers (WUR)
Linette Willemsen (UU)
Room B4050/51
13:00 – 14:30Dietary(pre)AGEs; point of concern
Abstract 1
Abstract 2
Abstract 3
Abstract 4		Casper Schalkwijk (Maastricht UMC)
13:00 – 14:30Abstract 1
Abstract 2
Abstract 3
Abstract 4		Speaker to be announced
14:30 – 15:15Moderated poster session
15:15 – 15:45Coffee/ Tea
15:45 – 17:00Plenary sessionJohan Garssen
Room C2005/6
15:45 – 16:00Prizes best poster and oral presentationRinke Stienstra (WUR)
Olaf Perdijk (UU)
16:00 – 16:45The triad of diet, intestinal microbiota, and
immunity in IBD		Janneke Samson (Erasmus MC)
16:45 – 17:00Closure and outlookJoost van Neerven (WUR)
17:00 – 19:00Drinks and Bites