Guest Sessions
Each year guest societies, government agencies, and other research organizations join the scientific program to bring unique perspectives on basic research and clinical issues influencing and advancing the field. AAI has been honored to have program partners from many US and international societies, as well as government agencies that both fund and carry out stellar research programs.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Room W185
National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH Symposium
The Role of T Cells in the Onset and Progression of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chairs
Maja Maric, NIA, NIH, USA
Wassim Elyaman, Columbia Univ. Irving Med. Ctr., USA
Speakers
Wassim Elyaman, Columbia Univ. Irving Med. Ctr., USA, Clonal CD8+ T cells in the leptomeninges are locally controlled and influence microglia in human neurodegeneration
Nan-Ping Weng, NIA, NIH, USA, Characterization of CD8+ T cells in brain and CSF of AD mouse models
Insoo Kang, Yale Univ., USA, Implication of human memory CD8+ T cells in Alzheimer's disease: signature and beyond
Qi Yang, Rutgers Inst. for Translational Med. & Sci., USA, The role of MAIT cells in protecting meningeal integrity and cognitive function
Xiaoying Chen, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, USA, Brain-immune communication in Alzheimer's Disease
Saturday, May 4, 2024 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Room W187
Sociedad Mexicana de Inmunología (Mexican Society of Immunology, SMI) Symposium
The Immune Scale of Obesity in Mexico
Chairs
Marion Brunck, Tecnologico de Monterrey, MEX
Ismael Mancilla, Inst. Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes
Speakers
Ismael Mancilla, Inst. Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes, MEX, Impact of maternal obesity on the neonatal immune response
Marion Brunck, Tecnologico de Monterrey, MEX, Maternal obesity and B lymphocyte profiles in colostrum
Diana Portales-Pérez, Univ. Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, MEX, Identification of genetic, proteomic and risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases and their comorbidities.
Carlos Rosales, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, MEX, Neutrophils contribute to obesity-associated inflammation
Arturo Cérbulo-Vázquez, Hospital General de México, Dr Eduardo Liceaga, MEX, Proinflammatory cytokinemia 3 years post-bariatric surgery
Saturday, May 4, 2024 12:45 PM – 2:45 PM Room W185
American Society of Transplantation (AST) Symposium
Immune Regulation, Immunity, and Tolerance in Organ Transplantation
Chairs
Anita Chong, Univ. of Chicago, USA
Mandy Ford, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., USA
Speakers
Brendan Keating, NYU Langone Med. Ctr., USA, An omics approach to defining immune responses to xenograft in decedents
Mandy Ford, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., USA, Overcoming co-stimulation blockade-resistant rejection
Fadi Lakkis, Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med., USA, Tissue-resident memory T cell maintenance during antigen persistence in organ transplantation
Saturday, May 4, 2024 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Room W176
German Society for Immunology (DGfI) Symposium
Sex-specific Differences in Inflammation
Chairs
Marcus Altfeld, Leibniz Inst. of Virology, DEU
Sabra Klein, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch. of Pub. Hlth., USA
Speakers
Sonja Loges, DKFZ, DEU, The impact of testosterone on anti-cancer immune response
Tao Zhang, Univ. Med. Ctr. Hamburg-Eppendorf, DEU, Androgen-mediated sex-specificity in liver metastasis via CD8+ T cell modulation
Marcus Altfeld, Leibniz Inst. of Virology, DEU, Sex differences in antiviral Type I IFN responses
Dorothee Schwinge, Univ. Med. Ctr. Hamburg-Eppendorf, DEU, The effect of testosterone on CD4+ T cells in health and autoimmune liver disease
Saturday, May 4, 2024 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Room W184
Autoimmunity and Mucosal Immunology Branch (AMIB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH Symposium
Neuroimmune Interactions in Tissue Homeostasis and Disease
Chairs
Deborah Hodge, NIAID, NIH, USA
David Artis, Weill Cornell Med. Col., USA
Speakers
David Artis, Weill Cornell Med. Col., USA, Neuro-immune interactions at barrier surfaces: implications for immunity and inflammation
Devesha Kulkarni, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, USA, Gut microbiota from individuals with metabolically-unhealthy obesity drives altered mucosal immune responses
Carla Cuda, Northwestern Univ., USA, Microglia at the center of neuropsychiatric manifestations of Lupus
Iain Clark, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA, High-throughput tools for studying neuro-immune interactions
Brian Kim, Icahn Sch. of Med., Mount Sinai, USA, Starting from scratch: sensing inflammation in the skin and beyond
Saturday, May 4, 2024 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Room W184
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), NIH Symposium
Beyond Borders: Oral Immunology Navigating Infection, Inflammation, Autoimmunity and Cancer
Chairs
Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, Columbia Univ.
Umesh Deshmukh, Oklahoma Med. Res. Fndn., USA
Speakers
Harini Bagavant, Oklahoma Med. Res. Fndn., USA, Exploring the nexus: aging as a crucial factor in Sjogren's Syndrome development
Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, Columbia Univ., USA, Epigenetic regulation of tumor-associated macrophages in head and neck cancer: towards a new therapeutic paradigm
Heather Conti, Univ. of Toledo, USA, Oral megakaryocytes: huh, what are they good for
Juhi Bagaitkar, Nationwide Children's Hosp., USA, Eaten alive! Atypical efferocytosis of live neutrophils and oral inflammation
Sunday, May 5, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Room W187
Society for Natural Immunity (SNI) Symposium
NK Cells and ILCs in Autoinflammatory and Autoimmune Disease
Chairs
Barbara Kee, Univ. of Chicago, USA
Iona Schuster, Monash Univ., AUS
Speakers
Michael Rogers, Garvan Inst. of Med. Res., AUS, The mevalonate pathway, NK cells and auto-inflammatory disease
Stephen Waggoner, Univ. of Cincinnati, USA, Hyperinflammatory NK cells in early childhood atopic dermatitis
Emily Mace, Columbia Univ. Vagelos Col. of Physicians and Surgeons, USA, NK cell development and function in autoimmunity and immunodeficiency
Laurent Brossay, Brown Univ., USA, NK cell regulation of CD8+ T cells via PD1
Sunday, May 5, 2024 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Room W175
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), NIH Symposium
Immune Development in Early Life
Chairs
Michael Humble, NIEHS, NIH, USA
Joseph Breen, NIAID, NIH, USA
Speakers
Namal Liyanage, Ohio State Univ., USA, Deciphering immune dynamics: unraveling the role of pro-inflammatory NK cells and monocytes in cardiovascular risk in adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV)
Octavio Ramilo, St. Jude Children’s Res. Hosp., USA, Exploring the infant immune system in infection and vaccination
Xiumei Hong, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA, Immune development across the life course: Integrating exposures and multi-omics in the Boston Birth Cohort
Sunday, May 5, 2024 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM Room W185
National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH Symposium
Mechanisms of Immune-related Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy
Chairs
Yin Liu, NCI, NIH, USA
Alexandra Chloe Villani, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., USA
Speakers
Alexandra Chloe Villani, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., USA, Learning the mechanisms of immune tolerance through the lenses of irAE to immunotherapy
Roza Nurieva, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr., USA, Preclinical models of irAE: mechanistic insights and potential targets
Arabella Young, Univ. of Utah, USA, Improving the safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors with syngeneic tumors in autoimmune-prone mice
Sunday, May 5, 2024 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Room W184
International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) Symposium
Cytokines Regulating Neuroimmunometabolism
Chairs
Lydia Lynch, Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Harvard Med. Sch., USA
Ai Ing Lim, Princeton Univ., USA
Speakers
Ai Ing Lim, Princeton Univ., USA, Cytokines regulating neuroimmunometabolism in maternal-offspring development
Ruadhri Jackson, Harvard Med. Sch., USA, An enteric neuroimmune circuit drives colorectal cancer
Rami Bechara, Univ. Paris-Saclay, FRA, IL-17 as a regulator of metabolism in target cells
Lydia Lynch, Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Harvard Med. Sch., USA, Ancient cytokines as neuropeptides first, cytokines second!
Vishwa Deep Dixit, Yale Univ., USA, Adipose nerve-associated macrophages link lipid metabolism to inflammaging
Sunday, May 5, 2024 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM Room W187
Basic Immunology Branch (BIB), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH Symposium
Utilizing Big Data and Data Science to Advance Human Immunology
Chairs
Alison Augustine, NIAID, NIH, USA
Atul Butte, UCSF, USA
Speakers
Anupama Gururaj, NIAID, NIH, USA, ImmPort at 20: home for immunology research data
F. Eun-Hyung Lee, Emory Univ., USA, Developing a human plasma cell atlas by single cell
Lindsay Cowell, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr., USA, Leveraging the adaptive immune receptor repertoire knowledge commons for immunologic insights
John Tsang, Yale Sch. of Med., USA, Measuring and predicting human immune health
Shai Shen-Orr, Technion, ISR, Charting immune landscape dynamics
Sunday, May 5, 2024 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Room W175
Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI) and Association of Korean Immunologists in America (AKIA) Symposium
Immune Memory after Viral Infection and Vaccination
Chairs
Sun Jung Kim, Feinstein Inst. for Med. Res., Northwell Hlth., USA
Ji Eun Oh, Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci.and Technol., KOR
Speakers
Jae Jung, Lerner Res. Inst., Cleveland Clin., USA, Immune memory and immunological sequalae of viral infection during pregnancy
Min Kyung Jung, Inst. for Basic Sci., KOR, Characteristics of memory T cell responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection
Ji Yun Noh, Korea Univ. Col. of Med., KOR, Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and immune imprinting
Michael Cho, Iowa State Univ., USA, Vaccine strategies to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1
Monday, May 6, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Room W179
International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) Symposium
Immune Cells Make You Think: Immunity, Brain Function, and Disease
Chairs
Jonathan Kipnis, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis
Katerina Akassoglou, UCSF
Speakers
Erin Gibson, Stanford Univ., Glia and the circadian clock
Katerina Akassoglou, UCSF, Blood proteins, microglia, and neurodegeneration
Dorian McGavern, NINDS, NIH, Immunological defense of meningeal barriers
Jonathan Kipnis, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, Lymphatic/microglia axis in brain function
Monday, May 6, 2024 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Room W184
International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Symposium
Advancing Immunology Through Global Partnerships
Chairs
Prosper N. Boyaka, Ohio State Univ., USA
Cherié Butts, Biogen
Speakers
Prosper N. Boyaka, Ohio State Univ., USA, Introduction: global partnerships in the post COVID era
Leopoldo Santos Argumendo, Ctr. de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Inst. Politécnico Nacional, MEX, Immunology training partnerships to foster discovery
Cherié Butts, Biogen, Making medicines that matter requires a global perspective: the interferon story
Albert Zlotnik, Univ. of California, Irvine, USA, Regulations and cultures in global partnerships: perspectives from years of collaboration with Mexican scientists
Monday, May 6, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Room W187
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Symposium
Translating Cancer Immunology Discovery into Personalized Immunotherapy
Chairs
Daniel Powell, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA
Christian Captini, Univ. of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Ctr., USA
Speakers
Daniel Powell, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA, Patient-specific vaccine-primed T cell for adoptive immunotherapy
Brian Gastman, Iovance Biotherapeut., Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte therapy for solid tumors
Kristin Anderson, Univ. of Virginia, USA, The development of TCR gene therapy
Christian Capitini, Univ. of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Ctr., USA, CAR T cells: from hematologic cancers to solid tumors
Monday, May 6, 2024 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Room W175
International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI) Symposium
Immune Cell Function in Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Chairs
Brian Dixon, Univ. of Waterloo, CAN
Kate Buckley, Auburn Univ., USA
Speakers
Robert Miller, Univ. of New Mexico, USA, Gain and loss in the evolution of mammalian antigen receptors
Stephanie deWitte-Orr, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., CAN, Double-stranded RNA induced innate immune responses in fish and crayfish
Brian Dixon, Univ. of Waterloo, CAN, Antigen presentation in rainbow trout: curiouser and curiouser
Kate Buckley, Auburn Univ., USA, Characterizing the organism-wide inflammatory response in the purple sea urchin larvae at single-cell resolution
Monday, May 6, 2024 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Room W176
International Complement Society (ICS) Symposium
Complement at Mucosal Interfaces and Privileged Locations—Unexpected New Activities
Chairs
Majid Kazemian, Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, USA
Erin E. West, NHLBI, NIH, USA
Speakers
Silvia Guglietta, Med. Univ. of South Carolina, USA, Complement and cancers of the intestine
Marcus Bosmann, Boston Univ., USA, Unmasking the drama: complement at the lung interface during infections
Diana Pauly, Univ. of Regensburg, DEU, Local complement in the eye/AMD
Hrishikesh Kulkarni, Washington Univ., St. Louis, USA, Local C3 and airway infections
Monday, May 6, 2024 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM Room W187
Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) Symposium
Immunity and Immunopathology at Mucosal Surfaces
Chairs
Lauren Zenewicz, Univ. of Oklahoma Hlth. Sci. Ctr., USA
Jie Sun, Univ. of Virginia Sch. of Med., USA
Speakers
Ashley Moseman, Duke Univ. Sch. of Med., USA, Tissue-specific immune regulation in the olfactory mucosa
Jie Sun, Univ. of Virginia Sch. of Med., USA, Spatial immune-epithelial interactions drive respiratory sequelae post acute COVID-19
Lauren Zenewicz, Univ. of Oklahoma Hlth. Sci. Ctr., USA, Innate lymphocytes, immunometabolism and gastrointestinal pathogens
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Room W184
Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium
Antagonistic Roles of Interferons
Chairs
Subash Sad, Univ. Ottawa, CAN
Deanna Santer, Univ. of Manitoba, CAN
Speakers
David Brooks, Univ. of Toronto, CAN, Regulation of T cell dysfunction and response to cancer immunotherapy by interferons
Nathalie Grandvaux, Univ. de Montréal, CAN, Unveiling interferon pathway’s intricate dance with redox metabolism through novel post-translational mechanisms
Subash Sad, Univ. Ottawa, CAN, The benefits of leaky interferon signalling
Deanna Santer, Univ. of Manitoba, CAN, Type III interferons: Emerging roles beyond antiviral immunity at the mucosal barriers
Jorg Fritz, McGill Univ., CAN, Mechanistic insights of interferon-mediated regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cells