Tuesday, May 7, 2024     8:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET     Skyline Ballroom W375D

Major Symposium H

Context Is Everything—Extrafollicular B Cell Responses: the Good and the Bad

Chairs
Frances E. Lund, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Nicole Baumgarth, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch. of Pub. Hlth., USA

Speakers
Nicole Baumgarth, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch. of Pub. Hlth., USA, Extrafollicular B cell responses—when “extra” means “outside,” not “superfluous”
Evelien M. Bunnik, UT Hlth. San Antonio, USA, Atypical B cells in the immune response to malaria
Lindsay E. Bass, Vanderbilt Univ., USA, The complex role of somatic hypermutation in supporting insulin recognition by B lymphocytes in at-risk type 1 diabetes participants
Mark J. Shlomchik, Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med., USA, Control of extrafollicular vs. germinal center responses in immunity and autoimmunity
Frances E. Lund, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, T-bet programming of antigen experienced extrafollicular and germinal center derived B cells–roles for Type II IFN signaling in both cell fates
Jeongsoo Lee, Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci.and Technol., KOR, SARS-CoV-2-specific atypical memory B cells induced by mRNA vaccine exhibit robust effector functions
Ignacio Sanz, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., USA, Extrafollicular responses in protective and pathogenic responses