08:30    Registration

09:30    Welcome

             Wojciech Maksymowicz

                     Session I

                     Chairman: Pavla Jendelova, Wojciech Maksymowicz

09:45-10:15    Dinko Mitrecic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

                      Application of stem cells in neurovascular and neurodegenerative brain diseases

10:15-10:45    Edgaras Stankevicius (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania)

                      Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived astrocyte based models in neuropsychiatric disorders

10:45-11:15     Anna Sarnowska (Mossakowski Medical Research Centre PAS, Warsaw, Poland)

                      Methods for optimizing the derivation of MSC for clinical application

11:15-11:30    Konrad Żurawski (Macopharma)

                      Viral inactivation of human platelet lysate by gamma irradiation preserves its optimal efficiency                            in the expansion of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells

11:30-12:00    Coffee break

                       Session II

                      Chairman: Krystyna Domańska-Janik, Marcin Mycko

12:00-12:30     Pavla Jendelova (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)

                       The mechanisms underlying the beneficial effect of stem cells in the animal model of ALS

12:30-13:00     Sebastian Lewandowski (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)

                       Perivascular fibroblasts contribute to  ALS neurodegeneration

13:00-13:30     Hans-Peter Hartung (Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany)

                       Multiple sclerosis: From immunomodulation to repair

13:30- 13:45     Michał Konieczny (Merck)

                       The role of Imaging Flow Cytometry in modern cellular analysis

13:45-14:45     Lunch break

                      Session III

                      Chairman: Leonora Bużańska, Sebastian Lewandowski

14:45-15:15     Bogusław Machaliński (Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland)

                      Novel evidence that neutrophines may play a significant role in the neuroprotective stem                                    cell-based therapie

15:15-15:45     Bogna Badyra, Anna Tejchman, Marcin Majka (Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland)

                      Targeting key signaling factors as away to control microglial activation and induction of                                       neuroinflammation

15:45-16:15     Krzysztof Selmaj (University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland)

                      The role of microRNA in mesenchymal stem cell immunoregulatory function and                                                neurogenesis in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

16:15-16:30     Joanna Zimniak (VWR)

                       VWR as a provider of solutions for all Life Science disciplines

16:30-16.45     Closing Remarks

                        Chemical reagents voucher drawing