The proposed work aims at the development of antigen-specific therapeutics for the treatment of myasthenia gravis (MG) that could be used as models for the development of similar agents for other, more prevalent, autoimmune diseases. 
 
 
List of participants
 
GROUP No 1 
Responsible Scientist: Prof. Socrates Tzartos (co-ordinator)
Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute
127, Vas. Sofias Ave.
Athens, Greece
Tel.: +30-210-6478844, Fax: +30-210-6478842
e-mail: tzartos@mail.pasteur.gr
 
Department of Pharmacy
University of Patras
26504 Patras, Greece
Tel/Fax +30-2610-997665
e-mail: tzartos@upatras.gr
 
GROUP No 2
Responsible Scientist: Dr. Sonia Berrih-Aknin
 CNRS UMR 8078, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue
133 Avenue de la Resistance
92350 Le Plessis Robinson
Tel: +33-1 45 37 15 51, Fax: +33-1 46 30 45 64
e-mail : sonia.berrih@ccml.u-psud.fr
 
GROUP No 3
Responsible Scientist: Dr. D. Bourel
Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (LFB),
BP 305, 3, Avenue des tropiques
91958 Le Ulis, France.
Tel: +33-1-69827354, Fax: +33-1-69071903
e-mail: Rosset@LFB.fr
 
GROUP No 4
Responsible Scientist: Prof. Marc De Baets
Department of neurology, University of Maastricht, University Hospital
P.O.Box 5800
6202 AZ Maastricht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 433875080 or 433875059, Fax: +31 3877055
e-mail: Mdba@sneu.azm.nl
 
GROUP No 5
Responsible Scientist: Prof. Sara Fuchs
Department of Chem. Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science
76100 Rehovot, ISRAEL
Tel: +972-8-9342618, Fax: +972-8-9344141
e-mail: sara.fuchs@weizmann.ac.il
 
GROUP No 6
Responsible Scientist: Prof. Hans Link
Karolinska Institute, Division of Neurology
Huddinge University Hospital, SE-141 86 Huddinge
Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 6 585 82274/5, Fax: +46 6 585 87080
e-mail: hans.link@neurotec.ki.se
 
GROUP No 7
Responsible Scientist: Prof. Angela Vincent and Prof. Nicholas Willcox
Neurosciences, Inst. Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital,
Univ. Oxford, Headington,
Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Tel: +44-1865-222323, Fax: +44-1865-222402
e-mail: angela.vincent@imm.ox.ac.uk
 
GROUP No 8
Responsible Scientist: Dr. Eugene Bosmans
DiaMed Eurogen NV, 3980 Tessenderlo Belgium
Tel: +32-13 678600, Fax: +32-13 674462
e-mail: Eugene.bosmans@pi.be