CFS/ME International Conference 2018 in Australia

https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/events/ncned-cfsme-2018

CFS/ME International Conference
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National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases
26-27 November 2018
Crowne Plaze, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Austraia

Earlybird Registration Deadline: 31 August 2018

Abstracts are currently open and close 5pm, 28 September 2018

https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/events/ncned-cfsme-2018/abstract-submission2

Welcome to the CFS/ME International Conference for 2018

Our research, innovation and discovery (RID) focused conference is uniting industry researchers and academics to advance research in the field of CFS/ME.

The conference will showcase the research achievements of the National Centre for Neuroimmunology & Emerging Diseases, developments in diagnostic tests, discoveries in treatment and provide a forum for international research leadership.

More at link

 

List of speakers is now available - https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/events/ncned-cfsme-2018/event-speakers

Interestingly, there are two German, one Japanese and one Polish researcher speaking - would be nice to think that this is a sign of wider interest in the field.

Final program can be seen here, https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/564185/Final-Program-RID-3.pdf

 

26-27 November 2018

Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia

https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/events/ncned-cfsme-2018

 

Should this be added to the calendar?

 

Done.

 

Source: Griffith University

Date: October 29, 2018

URL:
https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/578153/Final-Program-RID-4.pdf

Ref:
https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/griffithpay/CFS-ME-2018-RID.html

https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/events/ncned-cfsme-2018

CFS/ME International Conference
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National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases

26-27 November 2018

Crowne Plaze, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Austraia

Day 1 Monday 26th November
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8:30 – 8:45 Welcome by Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Professor Donald Staines

Opening address by the director, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Professor paul Scuffham

Session 1: International perspective

Chair: Professor Donald Staines

Sponsor: Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation

8:45 – 9:30 Dr Vicky Whittemore, NIH, USA

NIH support of research on CFS/ME

9:30 – 10:15 Dr Elizabeth Unger – CDC, USA

Overview of CDC's ME initiatives


10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea

Session 2: Public perception

Chair: Mr Ross Humphreys

Sponsor: The Mason Foundation

10:45 – 11:15 Mr Alastair Lynch – Director, Gravitas Leadership Group, Australia

A personal journey

11:15 – 11:45 Ms Mary Macrae – Shark Island Institute, Australia

How can philanthropy and community be leveraged to create social change in medicine ?

11:45 - 12:45 Lunch

Session 3: TRP Channels

Chair: Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnic

Sponsor: Mr Douglas Stutt

12:45 – 1:25 Professor Gerald Thiel – Saarland University, Germany

Intracellular signalling cascades associated with TRP Channels - Current state of investigations and potential applications

1:25 – 2:05 Professor Katsuhiko Muraki – Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan

TRP Channels and CFS/ME: Overview and future perspectives

2:05 – 2:20 Dr Helene Cabanas – NCNED, Australia

Characterisation of TRPM3 ion channels on natural killer cells in CFS/ME patients

2:20 – 2:35 Cassandra Balinas – NCNED, Australia

Identification and characterisation of TRPM2 Channels on natural killer cells using the novel application of flow cytometry

2:35 – 2:50 Natalie Eaton – NCNED, Australia

Confocal microscopy identification of TRP receptors and cell signalling

2:50 – 3:20 Afternoon Tea

Session 4: Cell signalling

Chair: Dr Helene Cabanas

Sponsor: Ian & Talei Stewart

3:20 – 4:00 Professor Andreas Guse – University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Adenine nucleotide-dependent Calcium signalling in T-lymphocytes

5:30 – 7:30 Welcome Cocktail Reception

Day 2 Tuesday 27th November
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Session 5: Pharmacology & potential treatments

Chair: Professor Katsuhiko Muraki

Sponsor: The McCusker Charitable Foundation

8:30 - 9:15 Dr Daniel Peterson – Sierra Internal Medicine, Nevada, USA

Clinical pharmacology in CFS/ME: Consensus 2018

9:15 – 10:00 Professor Pawel Zalewski – Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) - A potential non- pharmacological allied treatment for CFS/ME

10:15 – 10:30 Dr Mark Donohoe – Mosman Integrative Medicine, Australia

Paradoxical peeing in POTS. High urinary volume output in patients with POTS suffering CFS

10:15 - 10:30 Morning Tea

Session 6: Neuroimaging

Chair: Dr Elizabeth Unger

Sponsor: BD Biosciences

10:30 – 11:10 Professor James Baraniuk – Georgetown University Medical Centre, USA

Provocation testing in CFS/ME

11:10 – 11:30 Dr Leighton Barnden – NCNED, Australia

Brain stem myelination and MRI changes in CFS/ME 11:30 – 11:50 Dr Zack Shan – NCNED, Australia

Cerebral Structural and functional changes in CFS

11:50 – 12:05 Dr Richard Kwiatek – Private Rheumatology Practitioner, Australia

Cortical Glutathione levels are normal in Fibromyalgia Syndrome - Interim results of a pilot proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

12:05 - 1:05 Lunch

Session 7: Data, information and impact of CFS/ME patients

Chair: Dr Daniel Peterson

Sponsor: Miltenyi Biotec

1:05 – 1:50 Professor Nicolas Cherbuin – Australian National University, Australia

Planning and implementation of longitudinal cohort studies: Opportunities, pitfalls and rewards

1:50 – 2:05 Dr Heidi Nicholl – Emerge, Australia

The health and wellbeing of Australians with CFS/ME - A patient survey

2:05 – 2:20 Shara Close – Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia

The personal economic costs of CFS/ME and fatigue related illness in an Australian Cohort

2:20 – 2:35 Dr Daniel Dahdah – St Jude’s Clinic, Australia

The evolution of constructing, instructing and analysing daily recordings using patient centred outcomes for people with unexplained illnesses: CFS/ME

2:35 – 2:50 Mr Geoffrey Hallman – Griffith University

ME/CFS: NDIS and the disability hurdle

2:50 – 3:05 Afternoon Tea

Session 8: Cellular Mechanisms

Chair: Dr Gerald Thiel

Sponsor: The Andrew & Geraldine Buxton Foundation

3:05 – 3:45 Professor Paul Fisher – La Trobe University, Australia

Specific mitochondrial respiratory defects and compensatory changes in immortalized CFS/ME patient lymphocytes

3:45 – 4:00 Rachel Passmore – NCNED, Australia

Gastrointestinal symptoms and diet in CFS/ME

4:00 – 4:15 Dr Eiren Sweetman – University of Otago, New Zealand

Changes in the transcriptome of circulating immune cells of a New Zealand cohort with CFS/ME

4:15 – 4:45 Final Q & A Invited Speaker Panel

Best Oral Presentation Award presented by Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Professor Donald Staines

4:45 – 5:00 Conclusion

Closing remarks and closing address by the acting Consul-General of Japan, Mr Takeshi Tanabe

Contact us
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For any enquires regarding the conference.

ncned@griffith.edu.au

 

Sounds great, the location as much as the conference!

 

This is/was today (I'm always confused about Australia!).

Any news?

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1066934608384663552

 

What I find interesting: Both German speakers (edit: and othets) spoke about calcium signaling - did they publish with the Australian group that said they found issues in calcium signaling in NK cells (Griffith? I forgot it...)?

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1076536000296505344

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1076544366506856451

 

https://www.stjudesclinic.com.au/cfs-me-international-conference-2018/

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@Jonathan Edwards