Agenda

Friday, August 16, 2024

TimeEvent
7:00 AMRegistration begins
8:00 AMSymposium begins
Opening remarks by Dr. Frances Lund
Session 1Programming CD8 T Cell Responses
Chair – Sepideh Dolatshahi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia School of Medicine
8:05 AMBenjamin A. Youngblood, Ph.D.
Member of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Title: Translating mechanisms of T cell exhaustion into durable tumor immunotherapy
8:30 AMJulienne Carstens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine-Hematology and Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: The Spatial and Functional Heterogeneity of PDAC Tumor Sub-populations
8:55 AMKeynote Speaker Sponsored by 10xGenomics – David Masopust, Ph.D.
Introduction by Dr. Laurie Harrington (UAB)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota
Title: Memory CD8 T Cells: Quantity, Quality, & Location
9:55 AMCoffee Break
10:15 AM
Session 2		Immuno-Regulation
Chair – Leonardo M. R. Ferreira, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina
10:20 AMHideki Nakano, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist of Immunogenetics Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
Title: The role of lung dendritic cell subsets in allergic sensitization and tolerance
10:45 AMKristin Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia
Title: Overcoming immune suppression in solid tumors to enhance the efficacy of engineered T cell therapy
11:10 AMAAI Young Investigator – KayLee Steiner
Vanderbilt University
Title: Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthesis and Mecr Regulate CD4+ T Cell Function and Oxidative Metabolism
11:25 AMAAI Young Investigator – Dominic Albao
University of Florida, Scripps Research Institute
Title: The transcription factor Runx3 promotes the formation of peripheral memory CD8 T cells that de-differentiate into central memory
11:40 AMCytek Biosciences Young Investigator – Meghan Graber
Vanderbilt University
Title: ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) regulates Treg phenotypes in response to oxidized phospholipids
11:55 AMGroup Photo/Awardee Photo/Lunch
12:50 PM
Session 3		Intersection between Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Chair – Michael R. Elliott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama
12:55 PMCasey Weaver, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Coordination of Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Defense; Life Lessons from a Gut Bug
1:20 PMLiwu Li, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Title: Innate immune memory dynamics, underlying mechanisms, and disease pathogenesis
1:45 PMAAI Young Investigator – Cameron Mattingly
Emory University
Title: Differential activation of human lung epithelial cell subsets by virus-specific CD8+ T cell derived IFNg
2:00 PMMilliporeSigma Young Investigator – Audrey Meloun
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Ly6G/Nur77-expressing lung perivascular macrophages control initiation of Th2 responses to allergen-derived proteases
2:15 PMKeynote Speaker Sponsored by BioLegend – Jenny Ting, Ph.D.
Introduction by Dr. Etty (Tika) Benveniste (UAB)
William R Kenan Jr. Distinguish Professor of Genetics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Title: Innate immune receptors in the innate and adaptive immune systems
3:15 PMPoster Session 1A / Happy Hour Open Bar Sponsored by Adam’s Beverage
4:15 PMPoster Session 1B / Happy Hour Open Bar Sponsored by Adam’s Beverage
5:15 PMShuttle Buses Leave for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) for Dinner Reception
6:00-8:00 PMDinner Reception at BCRI

Saturday, August 17, 2024

TimeEvent
7:55 AM
Session 4		B Cells, Ab and Cancer
Chair – Chris Scharer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
8:00 AMJose Ramon Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology, Duke University
Title: Understanding transcytosis of antibodies provides a rationale for specific and effective targeting of intracellular oncodrivers
8:25 AMJustin Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia
Title: Assessing the oncoprotein-specific B cell response during Merkel Cell Carcinoma
8:50 AMAAI Young Investigator – Kali Crofts
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Title: Antibody Function Predicts Viral Control in Newborn Monkeys Immunized with an Influenza Virus HA Stem Nanoparticle
9:05 AMAAI Young Investigator – Roy Mulpur
Emory University
Title: Genetic Screens Reveal Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in B cell Differentiation
9:20 AMBeckman Coulter Young Investigator – Eddie-Williams Owiredu
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: Homeostasis of pathogenic ABC and ASC subsets in inflammaging and autoimmunity is controlled by IRF1-expressing B cells
9:35 AMCoffee Break
9:50 AM
Session 5		Location Matters – Monitoring Spatial and Tissue Specific Immunity
Chair – Rafael Czepielewski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology, Augusta University
9:55 AMJustin Milner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Title: Molecular programming of CD8 T cell differentiation in tissue and tumor microenvironments
10:20 AMF. Eun-Hyung Lee, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Emory University
Title: Mechanisms of Becoming a Long-lived Plasma Cell and Implications for mRNA Vaccines
10:45 AMKeynote Speaker Sponsored by UAB Heersink School of Medicine- Jason Cyster, Ph.D.
Introduction by Dr. Frances Lund (UAB)
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco
Title: Deciphering the guidance cue code for B cell immunity
11:45 AMLunch / SIS Organizer’s Meeting at Room 3
12:45 PM
Session 6		Inflammation and Immune Modulation of Disease
Chair – Heather Pua, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
12:50 PMSaskia Hemmers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University
Title: IL-1R family members as modulators of neuroinflammation
1:15 PMSophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina
Title: ST2: From omics of graft-versus-host disease to leukemia therapeutics
1:40 PMPoster Session 2A / Coffee Break
2:40 PMPoster Session 2B / Coffee Break
3:40 PMRachel Henry Bonami, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine-Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
Title: Put your antibodies where I can see them! Finding ‘bad’ B cells before they commit autoimmune crimes
4:05 PMJian Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville
Title: COVID-19-related Immune Disorders and Their Translational Potentials
4:30 PMAwards Ceremony

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