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
