Scientific program • Thursday, 9 August

   
from 08.00 Registration
   
08.30 - 10.30 Session 10: Mitochondria and Diseases
Chairs M. Mihatsch (Basel/CH), J. Lloreta-Trull (Barcelona/ES)
   
08.30 - 09.00 The Mitochondrion in Health and Disease
S10-T01 J. Lloreta-Trull (Barcelona/ES)
   
09.00 - 09.30
S10-T02
Less than Perfect Divorces: Dysregulated Mitochondrial Fission and Neurodegeneration
  S. Frank - invited speaker (Basel/CH)
   
09.30 - 10.00
S10-T03
Electron Microscopical Investigations in Hereditary Mitochondriopathies
  M. Lammens - invited speaker (Nijmegen/NL)
   
10.00 - 10.30 Drug-Related Mitochondrial Abnormalities in the Kidney
S10-T04 H. Hopfer - invited speaker (Basel/CH)
   
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break, Poster
   
11.00 - 12.30 Session 11: Kidney - Focus on Structured Deposits
Chairs D. Howell (Durham/US), H. J. Gröne (Heidelberg/DE)
   
11.00 - 11.30 Approaches to Structured Deposits in the Kidney
S11-T01 A. Fogo (Nashville/US)
   
11.30 - 12.00
S11-T02
Using Electron Microscopy to Distinguish Glomerular Disorders with Linear Immunofluorescent Staining Patterns*
  D. Howell (Durham/US)
   
12.00 - 12.15
S11-T03
Measuring Fibril Diameters in the Digital Imaging Era - Relevance in Glomerulonephritis with Fibrillar Deposits
  P. Filion, D. Spagnolo, J. Papadimitriou, I. Low, L. Connull (Nedlands/AU)
   
12.15 - 12.30
S11-T04
Pathologies of Renal and Systemic Paraprotein Storage – Crystalopathies and Beyond
  M .Picken – via Skype-link (Maywood, IL/US)
   
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, Poster
   
13.30–15.30 Session 12: Infectious Agents
Chairs B. Hauröder (Koblenz/DE), S. Miller (Durham/US)
   
13.30 - 14.00 Zoonoses - New Risks for Human Health
S12-T01 A. Kurth - invited speaker (Berlin/DE)
   
14.00 - 14.15
S12-T02
Coxiella burnetta and Chlamydia sp.: New Findings in Zoonotic Agents
  D. Theegarten, O. Anhenn (Essen/DE)
   
14.15 - 14.30
S12-T03
Ultrastructure and Pathogenesis of Retinal Lesion in Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) Naturally Infected with West Nile Virus
  A. Armien, M. Willette, P. Redig, A. Wunschmann (Saint Paul/US)
   
14.30 - 14.45
S12-T04
West Nile Fever: Situation in Europe, Pathogenic Issue and Diagnostics
  S. Richter (Moedling/AT)
   
14.45 - 15.15
S12-T05
Challenges in Infectious Disease Diagnosis: Traps, Tricks and Tips
  S. Miller (Durham/US)
   
15.15 - 15.30
S12-T06
Experimental Infection of Human Epithelial Cells from Peribronchial Glands by Adenovirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Chlamydia pneumoniae
  D. Theegarten, O. Anhenn, G. Stamatis (Essen/DE)
   
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break, Poster
   
16.00–16.30 Session 13: Cytopathology: Paucicellular Specimens and EM, the perfect Match?
Chairs S. Miller (Durham/US), M. Bhattacharjee (Houston/US)
   
16.00 - 16.15
S13-T01
Paucicellular Specimens - Cytopathology and Electron Microscopy Can Save the Day in Diagnosis of CNS Pathology*
  M. Bhattacharjee, H. Takei (Houston, TX/US)
   
16.15 - 16.30
S13-T02
Role of Ultrastructural Evaluation of Peripheral Blood in Diagnosis of Metabolic Storage Disorders*
  J. Hicks (Houston/US), E. Wartchow (Aurora/US), G. Mierau (Aurora/US)
   
16.30–17.10 Session 14: New Technology: Multi-isotop Imaging Mass Spectroscopy (MIMS)
Chairs U. Ehrke (Munich/DE), J. Schröder (Regensburg/DE)
   
16.30 - 16.50 Scanning Ion Microscopy - Methods and Instrumentation
S14-T01 H. U. Ehrke (Munich/DE), F. Horreard, F. Hillion (Gennevilliers Cedex/FR)
   
16.50 - 17.10
S14-T02
Biosignatures for Psychiatric Disorders: From Protein Expression to Turnover to Pathways
  C. Turck (Munich/DE), C. Lechene (Cambridge/US)
   
18.30–22.00 Conference Dinner at Haus Heuport, Regensburg
   
   

*Please note the short-term speaker substitution in sessions No. 7/, 11, and 13.