SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The scientific contents of the EFI2009ULM Conference will include four types of sessions:
Plenary, Abstracts, Teaching and Workshops on Progress in Technology.

 
Overview Conference Schedule (last update March 27, 2009)

 
Plenary The Plenary Sessions will focus on:
  • Immunogenetics of Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Immunogenetics of Stem Cell Therapy
  • Immunobiology of Allorecognition
  • Immunobiology of Tolerance
  • Immunobiology of Autoimmunity

 
Abstracts Abstracts are invited to be presented in Oral and Poster Sessions covering a wide variety of fields including:
  • Organ transplantation
  • Stem cell transplantation
  • Gene and cell therapy
  • Autoimmunity and allergy
  • Immunity and infection
  • Immunity and cancer
  • MHC genetics, structure and function
  • Cytokines, minors and other non MHC genes
  • Population genetics
  • Computational immunology
  • Current technical achievements
  • Quality assurance

 
Teaching The Teaching Sessions will cover topics related mainly to histocompatibility testing as well as other technologies and ›hot‹ issues associated with organ or stem cell transplantation.

 
Special In a Special Session the issue of Quality in European H&I Laboratories will be addressed, and the focus will be placed on options for a closer international co-operation in this field.