SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

TUESDAY, APRIL 13th

08:30 – 08:45, Welcome Address

 

08:45 – 10:30

Translational Round Table – ICE BREAKER

Clinical and translational perspectives on inflammation resolution

This opening round table will explore how resolution biology can inform clinical practice, therapeutic development and patient-centred strategies across inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases.

 

Chairman: Joan Clària

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Catherine Godson

• Nathalie Vergnolle

• Thomas Jonassen

• Dror Mevorach

• Andreas Ramming

• Antonio Vidal-Puig

 

10:30 – 11:00, Coffee Break

 

11:00 – 12:45

IISIAR Session I

Resolution mechanisms in immunity and inflammatory disease

This session will explore core mechanisms governing immune activation and resolution across tissues and disease contexts, with particular emphasis on immune-cell plasticity, macrophage biology and the transition from inflammation to resolution.

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Leila Akkari

• Charlotte Scott (VIB Center for Inflammation Research / Ghent University, BE):

"Hepatic Macrophage Functional Heterogeneity in Injury and Repair"

 

+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

 

12:45 – 14:00, Lunch

14:00 – 16:30, Social & Cultural Activity

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16:30 – 19:30

IISIAR Session II

Resolution mechanisms in immunity and inflammatory disease

Continuation of the joint Resolution Days–IISIAR scientific session.

 

Confirmed speakers​

• Ranit Kedmi

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+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

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19:30 – 20:30, Dinner

 

20:30 – 22:00

Wine & Poster Session I

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14th

08:30 – 10:30

BASIC SCIENCE

Fundamental mechanisms of inflammation resolution

This session will explore the essential cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying inflammation resolution, from immune-cell dynamics and cellular interactions to the organisation of immune responses within tissues.

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Ana Maria Lennon-Duménil (Institut Curie / Inserm – Immunity and Cancer Unit, FR):

"Role of Phagocytes in Maintenance of Barrier Homeostasis"

• Nathalie Vergnolle

 

+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

 

10:30 – 11:00, Coffee Break

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11:00 – 12:45

REGENERATION

Immune-driven tissue repair and regeneration

This session will explore how resolution pathways actively promote tissue repair and functional recovery, with a focus on immune–stromal interactions, macrophage heterogeneity and regenerative signalling.

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Stuart Forbes (University of Edinburgh – Institute for Regeneration & Repair / Scottish Liver Transplant Unit, GB):

"Macrophage therapy for liver repair"

• Lidia Bosurgi

 

+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

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12:45 – 14:00, Lunch

14:00 – 16:30, Social & Cultural Activity

16:30 – 17:00, Coffee Break

 

17:00 – 19:30

AGEING & AUTOIMMUNITY

Resolution across the lifespan and immune tolerance

How does ageing reshape immune balance and resolution pathways? This session will explore immune ageing, chronic inflammation, loss of tolerance and the mechanisms linking ageing with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Maria Mittelbrunn

• Stefanie Wculek

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+ Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

 

19:30 – 20:30, Dinner

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20:30 – 22:00

Wine & Poster Session II

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 15th

08:30 – 10:30

METABOLISM I

Immunometabolism as a driver of resolution

This session will explore how cellular metabolism shapes immune responses, resolution capacity and tissue homeostasis, highlighting the intimate relationship between metabolic regulation and immune-cell function.

 

Confirmed speakers:​

• Antonio Castrillo (nstituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sols-Morreale, CSIC-UAM, ES):

"LXR Nuclear Recceptors and their role in Macrophage tissue-residency and identity"

• Joan Clària

 

+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

 

10:30 – 11:00, Coffee Break

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11:00 – 12:45

METABOLISM II

Immunometabolism as a driver of resolution

Continuation of the session exploring metabolic regulation of inflammatory responses and its implications for chronic disease and therapeutic intervention.

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Confirmed speaker:

• Maria Jesús Moreno-Aliaga (University of Navarra / CIBEROBN – Nutrition & Metabolism research, ES):

"Resolution of inflammation in obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: therapeutic actions of specialized proresolving lipid mediators"

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+5 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

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12:45 – 14:00, Lunch

​14:00 – 16:30, Social & Cultural Activity

​16:30 – 17:00, Coffee Break

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17:00 – 20:00

CANCER

Resolution pathways at the interface of immunity and cancer

This session will explore the complex role of inflammation resolution in tumour biology, including immune suppression, tumour-associated immune cells, tissue remodelling and therapeutic responses, and how modulation of resolution pathways may open new perspectives in cancer therapy.

 

Confirmed speakers:

• Maria Casanova-Acebes

• Yuval Shaked

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+3 Selected oral communications from submitted abstracts

 

Young Researcher & Travel Award Ceremony

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20:30

GALA DINNER