Symposia

PERSPECTIVES OF STEM CELL THERAPY IN SURGERY
Thursday 18 May, 16:30 - 18:00, Bernsteinsaal I
Chairs: Nüssler A, Germany and Thomson B, UK

CURRENT CONCEPTS OF CONCEPTIONAL TRANSLATION OF STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY INTO THE CLINIC
Fändrich F, Kiel, Germany

GENERATION OF HEPATOCYTE-LIKE CELLS FROM STEM AND PRECURSOR CELLS
Hengstler J, Leipzig, Germany

BIOLOGY OF CHONDROGENIC STEM CELLS AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC USES
Thomson B, York, UK

FROM THE RENAL STEM CELL NICHE TO FUNCTIONAL TUBULES
Minuth WW, Regensburg, Germany

ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES IN SEPSIS
Friday 19 May, 11:30 - 13:00, Bernsteinsaal I
Chairs: Hoffmann JN, Germany and Maier RV, USA

MECHANISMS OF COAGULATORY INHIBITORS IN SEPSIS
Wiedermann CJ, Bozen, Italy

MICROCIRCULATION AS A TARGET OF ADJUNCTIVE SEPSIS THERAPY
De Backer D, Brussels, Belgium

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C: ACTUAL ASPECTS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEPTIC PATIENTS FROM PROWESS, ADDRESS AND PROGRESS
N.N.

ANTITHROMBIN III IN SEPSIS: ARE THERE NEW DATA FROM KYBERSEPT?
Hoffmann JN, Munich, Germany

ANGIOGENESIS AS A NOVEL TARGET IN CANCER TREATMENT
Friday 19 May, 16:30 - 18:00, Bernsteinsaal I
Chairs: Augustin H, Germany and Celik I, Germany

INTRODUCTION
Augustin H, Freiburg, Germany

ANALYSIS OF TUMOR-VESSEL INTERACTIONS BY INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY
Vajkoczy P, Mannheim, Germany

VASCULAR INTEGRINS: MEDIATORS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN ANGIOGENESIS
Ruegg C, Lausanne, Switzerland

VASCULAR TARGETING
Neri D, Zürich, Switzerland

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RADIOLOGICAL AND ANTI-ANGIOGENIC TUMOR THERAPIES
Zips D, Dresden, Germany

SURGICAL INFECTIONS
Saturday 20 May, 11:30 - 13:00, Bernsteinsaal I
Chairs: Brückner U, Germany and Cainzos M, Spain

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF SURGICAL INFECTIONS
Faist E, Munich, Germany

IMMUNOMODULATION IN THE SURGICAL ICU
Maier RV, Seattle, USA

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY
Cainzos M, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

CONTROL OF INFECTIONS AFTER ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
Jonas S, Berlin, Germany