Friday, August 16, 2024
Time | Event |
7:00 AM | Registration begins |
8:00 AM | Symposium begins Opening remarks by Dr. Frances Lund |
Session 1 | Programming CD8 T Cell Responses Chair – |
8:05 AM | Benjamin 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 AM | Julienne 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 AM | Keynote Speaker – 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 AM | Coffee Break |
10:15 AM Session 2 | Immuno-Regulation Chair – |
10:20 AM | Hideki 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 AM | Kristin Anderson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, University of Virginia Title: Overcoming immune suppression in solid tumors to enhance the efficacy of engineered T cell therapy |
11:10 AM | Trainee talk 1 |
11:25 AM | Trainee talk 2 |
11:40 AM | Trainee talk 3 |
11:55 AM | Lunch |
12:50 PM Session 3 | Intersection between Innate and Adaptive Immunity Chair – |
12:55 PM | Casey 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 PM | Liwu Li, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech Title: Innate immune memory dynamics, underlying mechanisms, and disease pathogenesis |
1:45 PM | Trainee talk 4 |
2:00 PM | Trainee talk 5 |
2:15 PM | Keynote Speaker – 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 PM | Poster Session 1A / Happy Hour Open Bar |
4:15 PM | Poster Session 1B / Happy Hour Open Bar |
5:15 PM | Shuttle Buses Leave for Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) for Dinner Reception |
6:00-8:00 PM | Dinner Reception at BCRI |
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Time | Event |
7:55 AM Session 4 | B Cells, Ab and Cancer Chair – |
8:00 AM | Jose 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 AM | Justin 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 AM | Trainee talk 6 |
9:05 AM | Trainee talk 7 |
9:20 AM | Trainee talk 8 |
9:35 AM | Coffee Break |
9:50 AM Session 5 | Location Matters – Monitoring Spatial and Tissue Specific Immunity Chair – |
9:55 AM | Justin 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 AM | F. 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 AM | Keynote speaker – 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 AM | Lunch / SIS Organizer’s Meeting at Room 3 |
12:45 PM Session 5 | Inflammation and Immune Modulation of Disease Chair – |
12:50 PM | Saskia Hemmers, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University Title: IL-1R family members as modulators of neuroinflammation |
1:15 PM | Sophie 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 PM | Poster Session 2A / Coffee Break |
2:40 PM | Poster Session 2B / Coffee Break |
3:40 PM | Rachel 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 PM | Jian 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 PM | Awards Ceremony |
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