Inhibitory Receptors in Immune Homeostasis, Disease and Therapy (A1)
January 16-19, 2024  | Beaver Run Conference Center, Breckenridge, CO, United States
Linde Meyaard, Jonathon D. Sedgwick, Carla V. Rothlin and Alex McCarthy
Scholarship Deadline: Oct. 25, 2023 | Abstract Deadline: Oct. 25, 2023 | Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 16, 2023
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
4:00–8:00 PM Arrival and Registration Colorado Ballroom Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer Colorado Ballroom Foyer
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address Peaks 4 & 5
  * Linde Meyaard, University Medical Center Utrecht
Session Chair
 
  Gordon Freeman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Inhibitory Receptors and Microbiome Regulation of the Anti-Cancer Immune Response
 
9:00–11:15 AM The Role of Inhibitory Receptors in the Development of Autoimmunity, Allergy and Inflammation Peaks 4 & 5
  * Ian A. Parish, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Session Chair
 
  Eric Meffre, Stanford University
CTLA-4 Blockade Drives the Naïve B Cell Repertoire Towards Autoimmunity
 
  Francesca Levi-Schaffer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Regulation of Mast Cells and Eosinophils by Inhibitory Receptors in Allergy
 
  Maria Fernandes, Université Laval
CLEC12A Regulation of Neutrophil Activation in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break Colorado Ballroom Foyer
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup Peaks 1-3
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Peaks 1-3
2:30–4:30 PM Workshop 1: Signaling and Function of Immune Inhibitory Receptors Peaks 4 & 5
  * Melissa Matzelle, AbbVie, Inc.
Session Chair
 
  Saskia Vijver, UMC Utrecht
A Novel Bioinformatics Pipeline for the Identification of Immune Inhibitory Receptors as Potential Therapeutic Targets
 
  Lindsay G Serene, Imperial College London
Streptococcus Pyogenes Interacts with the Human Inhibitory Receptor LILRB2
 
  Maximillian Robinson, UCL
CTLA-4 Transendocytosis of CD80, but Not Simple CD80-CTLA-4 Binding, Regulates PD-L1:PD-1 Interactions
 
  Bastien Moës, University of Montreal - CHMR
GSK-3 Signaling Affects T-cell Homeostasis that Enables CD8 Super-armed Killers in Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy
 
  Matthew Vesely, Yale University
PD-1H/VISTA Agonism as a Potential Therapy for Autoimmune Skin Diseases
 
  Waipan Chan, National Institutes of Health
TCR Ligand Potency Differentially Regulates PD-1-Mediated Inhibitions
 
  Daniela Cipolletta, Seismic Therapeutic
Identification and Characterization of Inhibitory Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Inhibitory Immune Receptors in Cancer Development and Therapy Peaks 4 & 5
  * Jeanine Pignatelli, Mestag Therapeutics
Session Chair
 
  * Ekaterina Koroleva, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Session Chair
 
  Nicolas Poirier, OSE Immunotherapeutics
Selective Anti-SIRPa Targeting in Immuno-Oncology
 
  Ricardo Fernandes, University of Oxford
Checkpoint Blockade by Phosphatase Recruitment
 
  Daniel D. Kaplan, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Regulation of Myeloid Cell Biology Through the ILT/LILRB Inhibitory Receptors
 
  Chao Wang, UC San Diego
Short Talk: Short Talk: Degradation of Siglec-7/-9 Receptors Rejuvenates T Lymphocytes in Cancer Immunotherapy
 
  Lee B. Rivera, NGM Pharmaceuticals
Short Talk: Short Talk: Identification of OSCAR as a LAIR1-Regulated Receptor Mediating Collagen-Induced Myeloid Inflammation
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Peaks 1-3
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Peaks 1-3
Thursday, January 18, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–11:00 AM Regulation of Homeostasis by Inhibitory Receptors Peaks 4 & 5
  * Lidia Bosurgi, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Session Chair
 
  Li Peng, Palleon Pharma
Remote Presentation: Unlocking the Therapeutic Potential of Glycobiology
 
  Linde Meyaard, University Medical Center Utrecht
Inhibitory Pattern Recognition Receptors in Homeostasis
 
  Lidia Bosurgi, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Unveiling the Power of Phagocytic Receptor Specificity to Explore Macrophage Functions
 
  Carla V. Rothlin, Yale University
MERTK and TYRO3 in Retinal Homeostasis
 
  Linghua Zheng, Ohio State University
Short Talk: Short Talk: The Inhibitory Role of Cell Surface PILRα–CD8α Interactions in Maintaining Cd8+ T Cell Quiescence and Homeostasis
 
  Thiago Borges, Massachusetts General Hospital
Short Talk: Short Talk: Siglec-E is a Novel Co-inhibitory Receptor in the Modulation of Innate Activation after Transplantation
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Colorado Ballroom Foyer
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup Peaks 1-3
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Peaks 1-3
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable Peaks 4 & 5
  Sourav Ghosh, Yale University School of Medicine
Associate Professor
 
  Nicole Joller, University of Zurich
Professor
 
  Pia P Yachi, Eli Lilly & co
Executive Director
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Novel Computational and Biological Insights into Inhibitory Receptor Regulation and Function Peaks 4 & 5
  * Jacqueline E. Payton, Washington University
Session Chair
 
  * Chenglong Li, University of Florida
Session Chair
 
  Gavin J. Wright, University of York
Identification of Novel Inhibitory Receptor Interactions
 
  Becca Asquith, Imperial College London
KIRs, T Cell Dynamics, Control of Chronic Virus Infection and Autoimmunity
 
  Sourav Ghosh, Yale University School of Medicine
TREM2 and AXL in Neurodegeneration
 
  Joshua Samuels, University of Virginia
Short Talk: Short Talk: SHP-1 Negatively Regulates Microglial Innate Immune Responses in Aβ Amyloidosis
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Peaks 1-3
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Peaks 1-3
Friday, January 19, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–11:00 AM Dissecting the Role of Inhibitory Immune Receptors in Infection Biology Peaks 4 & 5
  * Michiel van der Vlist, University Medical Center Utrecht
Session Chair
 
  Alex McCarthy, Imperial College London
Regulation of Epithelium by CEACAMs
 
  Nicole Joller, University of Zurich
TIGIT Limits Immune Pathology During Viral Infections
 
  Hisashi Arase, Osaka University
Immune Evasion of Plasmodium falciparum via Inhibitory Receptors
 
  Meghan Morrissey, University of California, Santa Barbara
CD47 Ligation Repositions the Inhibitory Receptor SIRPA to Suppress Integrin Activation and Phagocytosis
 
  Hannah Dorando, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Short Talk: Short Talk: LAIR1 Prevents Excessive Inflammatory Signaling in S. Aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Colorado Ballroom Foyer
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Workshop 2: New Concepts in Inhibitory Receptor Biology Peaks 4 & 5
  * David M. Sansom, University College London
Session Chair
 
  Shi-Yo Jill Chen, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Investigation of the Role of CD300a in Epstein–Barr Virus-infected B Cells and its Potential as a Target Antigen for T Cell-redirecting Bispecific Antibodies
 
  Ian A. Parish, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Single Protein Mapping of Immune Checkpoints Reveals CD80 as an Antagonist of PD-L1/MHC-I Clusters
 
  James Torchia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Location-Specific T-cell Inhibitory Molecules (LoSTIMs)
 
  Dieuwke L Marvin, University Medical Center Utrecht
Surface Removal and Degradation of PD-L1 Using SureTACs Technology
 
  Yasuyuki Saito, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
CD47 Promotes Peripheral T Cell Survival by Preventing Dendritic Cell–mediated T Cell Necroptosis
 
  Martina Damo, University of Chicago
PD-1 Safeguards Against Cutaneous Immunopathology by Local Neoantigen-specific CD8 T Cells
 
  Seymour de Picciotto, Moderna, Inc.
Agonizing Multiple Inhibitory Receptors: A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Autoimmune Diseases
 
  Mariano Malamud Guillan, University of Exeter
Regulation of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation by a Novel Inhibitory C-type Lectin Receptor
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–6:45 PM Targeting Inhibitory Receptors for Novel Therapies Peaks 4 & 5
  * Pia P Yachi, Eli Lilly & co
Session Chair
 
  * Hongtao Lu, Elpiscience Biopharma, Ltd.
Session Chair
 
  Ajay Nirula, Eli Lilly
Clinical Validation of Checkpoint Agonist Antibodies in Immunologic Disease
 
  Lynne Anne Murray, MiroBio
Selection of Checkpoint agonist Antibodies through Understanding of Inhibitory Receptor Signaling
 
  Jonathon D. Sedgwick, Abbvie
Current Status and the Future Promise for Therapeutic Inhibitory Receptor Targeting
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) Peaks 4 & 5
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Peaks 1-3
8:00–9:00 PM Trivia Peaks 1-3
8:00–9:00 PM Cash Bar Peaks 1-3
Saturday, January 20, 2024
7:00–11:59 PM Departure