9.30 am Registration with tea and coffee

PROGRESS IN BASIC SCIENCE OF LUPUS
Chair: Dr Mohammad Ibrahim, President, Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section

10.00 am Overview of TLR in systemic autoimmune disease
Dr Ian Rifkin, Boston University School of Medicine, USA

10.30 am Involvement of TLR in lupus
Prof Hans-Joachim Anders, Klinikum der Universitat Munchen, Germany

11.00 am Update on genetics of lupus
Prof T Vyse, Imperial College London

11.30 am Tea and coffee break

LUPUS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Chair: Dr Patrick Gordon, King’s College Hospital, London

12.00 pm Beyond immunosuppression: How can we identify risk factors and improve mortality in the lupus patients?
Prof Caroline Gordon,City Hospital, Birmingham

12.30 pm Pathogenesis of accelerated atheroma in lupus
Prof Ian Bruce, Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit, Manchester

1.00 pm Lunch

RESEARCH UPDATE IN LUPUS
Chair: Dr David Jayne, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

2.00 pm High sensitivity flow analysis in B-cell depletion therapy Prof Paul Emery and team, Rheumatology Research Unit, Molecular Medicine Unit, University of Leeds

2.30 pm Experience in translational research in lupus
Dr David Jayne, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

3.00 pm Update on lupus nephritis
Dr Yousuf Karim, Frimley Park & St Thomas’ Hospitals

3.30 pm Tea break

3:50pm Completion of evaluation forms

CLINICAL UPDATE IN LUPUS
Chair: Dr Yousuf Karim, Frimley Park & St Thomas’ Hospitals

4.00 pm Anti B-cell therapy Prof David Isenberg, Centre for Rheumatology Research, Division of Medicine, University College London

4.30 pm Ask the panel Dr Maria Cuadrado, Dr David D’Cruz, Dr Munther Khamashta, Lupus Research Unit, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital

KEYNOTE LECTURE
5.00 pm Introduction
Dr Mohammad Ibrahim, President, Clinical Immunology & Allergy Section

5.05 pm SLE & APS: Lessons from the past and predictions for the future
Prof Graham Hughes, The London Lupus centre, London Bridge Hospital

CPD: 5 credits

Registration required:

Yes

Free:

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