CIACCO 2022

Welcome

We are pleased to announce the CIACCO-2022 (9th Annual symposium on Cytokines in Inflammation, Ageing, CanCer and Obesity) on April 21-22, 2022 at Club de Golf Sherbrooke, QC.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great hardships on all sections of the society. Students and researchers are no exception. After two years hiatus, CIACCO-2022 will be held ‘in person’ to bring a welcome change in spring 2022.

Objectives of the event

CIACCO Symposia is a not-for-profit organization (http://www.ciaccosymposia.org) established through the collective effort of immunologists, microbiologists and cancer biologists from Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montreal, McGill University, Université Laval and University of Ottawa.

CIACCO symposia seeks to advance education and research in cytokine biology by hosting an annual Symposium featuring the latest research on physiological functions, pathological roles, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic targeting of cytokine signaling pathways in health and disease.

The major topics of CIACCO symposium include but are not limited to

· Cytokines in Inflammation and Immunity

· Cytokines in Ageing and Senescence

· Cytokines in Cancer Initiation, Progression and Control

· Cytokines in Obesity and Metabolism

CIACCO symposium attracts about 120 graduate students and faculty members, and hosts invited talks by established researchers and new investigators. CIACCO provides an ideal platform for students and postdocs to present their research, get feedback and establish contacts within the cytokine research community encompassing diverse fields of biomedical research in a convivial environment.

Invited Speakers

David Labbé, PhD

McGill University Heath Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal

https://rimuhc.ca/-/david-p-labbe-phd
Sonia MacParland, PhD.

Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/sonya-macparland
Channakeshava Umeshappa, PhD.

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/microbiology/people/our-faculty/Umeshappa.html
Simona Stäger, PhD.

Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie Research Centre, INRS, Montréal, QC

https://inrs.ca/en/research/professors/simona-stager/
Hugues Allard-Chamard, MD., PhD.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC.

https://www.usherbrooke.ca/recherche/specialistes/details/hugues.allard-chamard