This symposium will facilitate discussion of autoinflammatory diseases, spanning research, clinical management and a session for patients and their support networks.
Event information
This hybrid event can be attended in-person or viewed online.
A registration fee of $50.00 applies for in-person attendees and includes morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and post event refreshments.
Registration is free for students and virtual attendees.
Program
Science session: The molecular basis of autoinflammation
9:00am -10.30am
- Kate Schroder (UQ, Science overview, NLRP3 inhibitor update)
- Najoua Laloui (PeterMac, AID due to cleavage resistant RIPK1)
- Ivona Aksentijevich (NIH, Ubiquitination and Autoinflammation)
- Marcia Munoz (Garvan, Prenylation in Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency)
11:00am - 12.30pm
- Shane Grey (Garvan, Haploinsufficiency of A20)
- Elisabeth Mulazzani (WEHI, Blockade of G-CSF for APLAID)
- Dr Joanne Hildebrand (WEHI, MLKL and inflammatory disease)
- Dr Annemarie Steiner (WEHI, Sting activation in COPA syndrome)
- Sophia Davidson (WEHI, Dominant negative Otulin deficiency)
Clinical session: Treatment and therapy of AID
1.30pm - 3:00pm
- Ed Giles (Monash, Advances in diagnosis and therapy of EOIBD)
- Rohit Saldanha (SCH, JAK inhibition for interferonopathies)
- Samar Ojaimi (Monash) and Thomas Reygaerts (WEHI, CDC42 AID)
- Dr Shruti Swamy (Sydney Children’s Hospital, Case report of ADA2 deficiency)
3.30pm - 5:00pm
- Peter McNaughton (QCH, diagnosis of AID)
- Sam Mehr (RCH, targeting biological therapy for AID)
- Marco Gattorno (Italy, AID diagnosis and therapy overview)
- Karen Raymond (Adelaide, Personal take on life with, and research of, AID)
Patient Session: Panel Discussion
5:00pm - 6:00pm
- Nicole Millis (RareVoices Australia)
- Sharon Kensall (FMF & AID Australia)
- Marco Gattorno (Italy, Pediatric Rheumatology)
- Melanie Wong (Westmead, Pediatric Immunology)
- Charlotte Slade (Melb Health, Clinical Immunology)
- Michael O’sullivan (FSH, Clinical Immunology)
Organising committee
- Seth Masters (WEHI)
- Mike Rogers (Garvan)
- Samar Ojami (Monash)
- Sam Mehr (RCH)
- Marcia Munoz (Garvan)
For event enquiries, please email AIDsymposium@wehi.edu.au
Registrations close 5pm (AEST) Thursday 25 August 2022 for in person and online attendees.
If you are feeling unwell on the day, please do not attend this event in person, instead view online. WEHI recommends wearing a mask while visiting the institute where social distancing is not possible.
