B Cell and Antibody Responses (B1)
February 8-11, 2027
| Mercure London Earls Court, London, United Kingdom
Gabriel D Victora, Pia Dosenovic and Andrea Reboldi
Scholarship Deadline: Oct. 14, 2026 | Abstract Deadline: Jan. 19, 2027 | Early Registration Deadline: Dec. 10, 2026
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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Tuesday, February 9, 2027
| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
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| 8:15–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 8:30–8:40 AM |
Welcome Remarks |
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| 8:40–9:30 AM |
Keynote Address |
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Facundo D. Batista, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University
B Cell Responses to Optimized Vaccine Antigens |
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| 9:30–11:45 AM |
B Cell Memory and Immune Longevity |
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Tal I Arnon, Oxford University
Plasma Cell Differentiation in Inflammatory Niches in the Lung |
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Hai Qi, Tsinghua University
Heterogeneity and Longevity of Plasma Cells |
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Sarah F Andrews, National Institutes of Health
Early Life Imprinted Long Lived Memory B Cells |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 10:00–10:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1: Basics of B Cell Biology |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Antibody-Antigen Interactions |
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Christopher O Barnes, Stanford University
Talk Title to be Announced |
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Stephen J. Elledge, Harvard Medical School
Mechanisms of Immunodominance |
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Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institutet
Impact of Germline-Encoded Variations in Antibody Genes for Epitope Recognition |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
On Own for Dinner |
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Wednesday, February 10, 2027
| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
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| 8:15–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 8:30–11:30 AM |
B Cells at the Barriers |
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Andrea Reboldi, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Metabolic Regulation of Intestinal IgA Response |
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Menna R Clatworthy, University of Cambridge
B Cells in the Brain |
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Ashley Moseman, Duke University School of Medicine
Humoral Immune Implications at the Brain: Upper Respiratory Interface |
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Jennifer L. Gommerman, University of Toronto
B Cell Responses at the Mucosal Surface |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Antibody Responses to Infection and Vaccination |
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Eunice Wambui Nduati, KEMRI, Wellcome Trust
Germline Approaches |
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Pamela J Bjorkman, California Institute of Technology
Vaccine Design to Elicit Broadly Protective Immune Responses against Potential Animal Spillover Viruses |
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Pia Dosenovic, Karolinska Institutet
Regulation of B Cell Responses during Vaccination |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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Thursday, February 11, 2027
| 8:30–11:30 AM |
The Germinal Center Reaction |
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Gabriel D Victora, Rockefeller University/HHMI
Clonal Dynamics of the Germinal Center Response |
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Carola G Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute
Germinal Centers in Autoimmune Disease |
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Oliver Bannard, University of Oxford
Selection Processes in Germinal Centres |
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Duane R Wesemann, Harvard Medical School
The Evolutionary Reach of Antibody Somatic Hypermutation |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30–12:30 PM |
Meet the Editors |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: B Cells in Disease |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–6:45 PM |
B Cells in Disease |
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Christopher C. Goodnow, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Rogue Mutant B Cells in Autoimmunity |
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Jamie M Orengo, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Antibodies in Allergic Diseases |
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Fabian Müller, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
CART in B Cell Driven Autoimmune Diseases |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
On Own for Dinner |
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Friday, February 12, 2027
