8 May 2008 (Thursday)

11:00 - 19:00 arrival, registration, accommodation,
20:00 welcome reception – Hotel Admiral

9 May 2008 (Friday) Main Auditorium:

9:00 - 9:30 Opening ceremony of Joint Scientific Forum, greetings, IMAB awards

9.30-11.00: First session
Chairpersons: B. Petrunov , Kr. Metodiev , A. Klissarova , K. Naber
Secretary: R. Markova
9.30-10.00 Reduction of breast cancer associated mortality – Aspects of the interdisciplinary HELIOS-breast center in Erfurt , Germany
Udo Hoyme (Germany)
10:00 - 10:30 The MammaCare® learning system for breast self-examination
Helga Marion Hoyme (Germany)
10:30 – 11:00 Immune response in patients with carcinomas
Iskra Altankova
11:00 - 11:15 coffee break

11.45-13.15: Second session
Chairpersons: S. Marinova , G. Kyuchukov , U. Hoyme
Secretary: S. Stoimenov
11:15 - 11:45 Monocyte derived dendritic cells from patients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma
Miodrag Colic (Serbia)
11.45-12.15 New drugs for metastatic kidney cancer
Orlin Savov (Germany)
12:15–12:45 Solid organ transplantation activity in Bulgaria
Elisaveta Naumova
12:45–13:15 Overview of organ grafting in France
Virginia Lepage (France)
13.15-14.00 lunch break

14.00- 16.00: Third session
Chairpersons: Hr. Taskov, St. Kyurkchiev, M. Amicosante
Secretary: M. Murdjeva
14:00–14:30 Mechanisms and Models of Human Immunosenescence
Graham Pawelec (Germany)
14:30–15:00 Immunofunctional consequences of the genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases
Massimo Amicosante (Italy)
15:00–15:30 Immunity to tularaemia: Interplay of Humoral and Cell-mediated Immune Mechanisms
Ales Macela (Czech Republic)
15:30–16:00 New T cell-based Interferon – gamma release assays for immune diagnosis of MTB infection
Rumiana Markova
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16.15-18.15 Forth session
Chairpersons: F. Martinova , Y. Levy, E. Konova
Secretary: Kr. Ikonomova
16:15–16:45 Urosepsis
Kurt Naber (Germany)
16:45-17:15 Protective immune response and chronic viral infections
Hristo Taskov, Maria Nikolova
17.15-17.45 IL-7 and T cell restoration. From bench to clinic in HIV infection
Yves Levy (France)
17.45-18.15 Mucosal immune system as a link between innate and adaptive immunity
Snejina Marinova
18:00–19:00 Poster session I (P1 – P49) /more info/
Chairpersons: I. Zlatarov, V. Sarafian, P. Petrova , Kr. Halacheva
Secretary: E. Karbova , A. Mihailova
20:00 (Restaurant “Kopitoto”) - Evening folklore dinner (with tickets)

10 May 2008 (Saturday) Main Auditorium

9.00-11.00 Fifth session (Main Auditorium)
Chairpersons: L. Gercheva , P. Nenkov , D. Falkenhagen
Secretary: A. Masseva
9.00-9.30 The Humboldt Principle – a basic strategy for Universities
Heinrich Kern (Austria)
9.30-10.00 Endotoxins – how to manage them by adsorption procedures?
Dieter Falkenhagen (Austria)
10.00-10.30 Efficient prematurity prevention is possible by pH-self measurment and immediate therapy of threatening ascending infections.
Udo Hoyme (Germany)
10.30-11.00 Complicated, nosocomial UTI
Kurt Naber (Germany)
11.00-11.15 coffee break

11.15-13.15 Sixth session (Main Auditorium)
Chairpersons: E. Naumova , A. Erdei , J. Georgieva
Secretary: E. Christozova
11:15–11:45 Complement and adaptive immune responses
Anna Erdei (Hungary)
11:45–12:15 Mesenchymal stem cells-characteristics and possible clinical applications
Stanimir Kyurkchiev
12:15–12:45 Quo vadis immunologia?
Marta Baleva , Krasimir Nikolov
12:45–13:15 Current aspects of transfusion immunology
Fani Martinova
13:15 - 14:00 - Lunch break

14.00-16.00 Seventh session (Main Auditorium)
Chairpersons: I. Atanasova, V. Gervazieva , I. Kotzev
Secretary: A. Kaprelyan
14:0 – 14:30 A role for gamma/delta T cells in asthma?
Willi Born (USA)
14:30–15:00 Atopia, autoimmunity and viral infections
Valentina Gervazieva (Russia)
15:00–15:30 The importance of the immune system in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Contemporary diagnosis and evaluation of the risk of disease development
Ilyana Atanasova
15:30–16:00 Blood – group and lysosomal antigens – new insights
Victoria Sarafian
16:00–16:15 Coffee break

16.15-18.15 Eighth session (Main Auditorium)
Chairpersons: M. Scholz , T. Chernev , G. Wassilew
Secretary: D. Peychinska
16:15–16:45 Innate immunity and cardio-vascular disorders
Krasimira Ikonomova
16:45–17:15 The challenge of different methods for detection of antimitochondrial antibodies
Mariana Murdjeva, Stanimir Fransazov
17:15–17:45 New diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of rheumatology
Maria Scholz (Germany)
17.45-18.15 Role of Flow cytometry in the diagnostic evaluation of primary immune deficiencies
Daniela Baltadjieva
18.15-18.00 Morphological investigation of myocardium of cardiomyopathic hamsters during postnatal development and experimental hypoxia. A quantitative ultrastructural study
George Wassilew (Germany)
18.30-18.45 Pregnancy and issues with inherited and acquired thrombophylia
Todor Chernev

18:45 – 19:30 Poster session II (P50 – P99) /more info/
Secretary: G. Nikolov

10 May Sessions of Dental medicine (Seminar room)

9.00-13.00 First Oral Presentation
Remodeling of periapical lesions scaffolding by biphase calcium phosphate ceramics-A Pilot Study
A.Gusiyska, E.Dyulgerova
Location and sanation of dental foci in oromaxillofacial area in hemodialysis patients, renal transplantation patients and living donors.
Dencheva, M., A. Kisselova
Age distribution of caries lesion in children, s permanent teeth – a basis for the choice of therapeutic solution.
Peneva, M., M. Rashkova, L. Doychinova
Oral Candida – A Marker for the General Health Status of children up to 1 year of age.
Rashkova M., N. Toneva, M. Belcheva, R. Mircheva, Z. Doganova
Special anatomical feature in root canal system of lower mandibular molars. Case report.
Kirilova, J., M. Nikova , R. Karadjova

14.00-19.00 Second session
Case with fractura incomplecta of root of upper first incisive.
Kirilova, J., E. Deliverska
In vitro investigations of temperature influence on periodontical tissues in endodontic treatment.
Dimitrov, Sl., Tz. Gueorgieva, V. Dogandzhiyska, Iv. Angelov.
Effect of two type lasers on the proliferation activity of human pulpal fibroblast cells, according to irradiation parameters and hard tissue thickness.
Dimitrov, Sl., V. Dogandzhiyska, N. Ishkitiev
Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida spp. Yeasts.
Belcheva, M., T. Kantardzhiev, M. Rashkova, Z. Ivanova
Reaction of 5 and 6 year old children to local anesthesia during dental treatment.
Nikolova-Varlinkova, K., R. Kabaktchieva .

Poster session of Dental Medicine /more info/

Posters – “late birds” /more info/

10 May, Main Hall, Hotel Admiral
20:00 Evening wine party of “Zentiva”

11 May 2008 (Sunday) Main Auditorium:
9:30 - 11:30 Closing poster session (Main Auditorium)
Chairperson: B. Petrunov , S. Marinova , E. Naumova , St. Kyurkchiev , G. Kyuchukov
Secretary: M. Nikolova

General discussion of all posters.
Presentation of best posters.
Awards

11:30 - 12:00 Closing ceremony of Joint Scientific Forum, departure