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The Vth Workshop: 
"Molecular Genetics of Complement"
Boston, October 18 - 20, 1986
The Complement System 
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-  Boston 1986 
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Organization		 The meeting was held at the Endicott House (accommodation) and Brooks Center (auditorium) located in a suburban area outside Boston. The facilities were generously provided by the MIT.

Organization:

  • Michael C. Carroll, Dept. of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
  • Fred S. Rosen, Center for Blood Research, HMS
Program Committee:
  • John Atkinson, St. Louis
  • Harvey Colten, Boston
  • Doug Fearon, Boston
  • Ken Reid, Oxford
  • Brian Tack, La Jolla
 
Top of Page Programme: 

Saturday. October 18, 1986

  • Reception and Dinner
Sunday, October 19, 1986
  • Session I: Human C4
  • Session II: Murine C4/Slp
    Chairmen: M.C. Carroll & D. Shreffler
  • Session III: CR1 and CR2
  • Session IV: DAF, factor I, C4bp, and factor H
    Chairmen: D. Fearon & J. Atkinson
Monday, October 20, 1986
  • Session V: C1q, C1-Inh, C1s, C1r, and C8
  • Session VI: LFA-1, gp150,95, Mo1 (CR3), C9, Perforin and alpha-2M
    Chairmen: K. Reid & B. Tack
  • Session VII: Summary & Discussion
    Chairmen: F.S. Rosen & C.A. Alper 
Top of Page Abstracts  More than 40 abstracts were submitted, and 33 oral presentations were given. Most of the contributions covered the recent advances in the cloning and sequencing of human complement cDNA's and genes, and the implications for functional aspects and inherited deficiencies.
 
last update: July 20, 1999