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June 12

9:25-9:30 Welcome address
Jesús Balsinde, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
Gerard Bannenberg, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Joan Clària, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

9:30-10:00 Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells: a Major Source of Eicosanoids in the Immune System.
Dr. Mariano Sánchez Crespo, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, CSIC, Valladolid, Spain

10:00-10:25 Lipids in Dendritic Cell Biology
Dr. Martin Thurnher, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

10:25-10:50 Role of Diacylglycerol Kinases in the Regulation of Immune Responses
Dr. Isabel Merída, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

10:50-11:15 Regulation of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2s Activation During Phagocytosis
Dr. María A. Balboa, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, CSIC, Valladolid, Spain

11:15-11:45 Coffee Break

11:45-12:10 Novel and Unexpected Aspects in the Regulation of Leukotriene Biosynthesis
Dr. Oliver Werz, Tübingen University, Germany

12:10-12:35 Plasma PAF-acetylhydrolase: Present Status
Dr. Ewa Ninio, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

12:35-13:00 CYP74 Enzymes as Epoxy Alcohol Synthases
Dr. Mats Hamberg, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

13:00-13:25 Lipoxins: Anti-inflammatory, Pro-resolution and Anti-fibrotic Mediators in Renal Disease
Dr. Catherine Godson, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

13:25-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:40 Junior Science Session

16:40-17:10 Coffee Break

17:10-17:35 Activation of Transcription Factors by Bioactive Lipids
Dr. Lisardo Boscá, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

17:35-18:00 Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclooxygenase-2
Dr. Manuel Fresno, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

18:00-18:25 Cyclopentenone Prostaglandins and Reactive Lipid Mediators
Dr. Dolores Pérez-Sala, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicsa, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

June 13

9:00-9:25 Control of Arachidonic Acid Levels in Immunoinflammatory Cells.
Dr. Jesús Balsinde, Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, CSIC, Valladolid, Spain

9:25-9:50 Mitochondrial Cholesterol Paradox in Cell Death
Dr. José Carlos Fernández-Checa, CSIC-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

9:50-10:15 Role of Lipid Kinases in Leukocyte Polarization and Chemotaxis
Dr. Santos Mañes, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

10:15-10:40 Apoptotic Signaling by Cannabinoid Lipid Mediators
Dr. Manuel Guzmán, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

10:40-11:10 Coffee Break

11:10-11:35 JAZ; the Missing note in the Jasmonate Song
Dr. Roberto Solano, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

11:35-12:00 Hydroperoxide Lyase (CYP74) Catalysis and its Alteration By Site-directed Mutagenesis
Dr. Alexander Grechkin, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Kazan, Russian Federation

12:00-12:25 Prostanoid Receptors in the Human Vascular Wall: Involvement in the Inflammatory and Muscular Responses
Dr. Xavier Norel, INSERM, Paris, France

12:25-12:50 5-Lipoxygenase in Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease
Dr. Joan Clària, Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

12:50-12:55 Closing remarks
Jesus Balsinde, Gerard Bannenberg, Joan Clària