Systemic Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Diseases (B2)
February 8-11, 2024  | Beaver Run Conference Center, Breckenridge, CO, United States
Mariana J. Kaplan, Georg Schett and Carola G. Vinuesa
Scholarship Deadline: Nov. 1, 2023 | Abstract Deadline: Nov. 21, 2023 | Early Registration Deadline: Dec. 7, 2023
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of August 23, 2025 8 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Thursday, February 8, 2024
4:00–8:00 PM Arrival and Registration Colorado Ballroom Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer Colorado Ballroom Foyer
Friday, February 9, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address Peaks 4 & 5
  Kate A. Fitzgerald, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Nucleic Acid Sensors and Autoimmunity Development
 
9:00–11:15 AM Autoinflammatory Diseases Peaks 4 & 5
  Seth L. Masters, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Remote Presentation: Disruptions of Organellar Homeostasis and Autoinflammation
 
  Ivona Aksentijevich, NHGRI, National Institutes of Health
Disorders of Ubiquitination and Autoinflammation
 
  Peter Grayson, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Somatic Mutations and Autoimmunity/Autoinflammation: VEXAS Syndrome
 
  David Beck, NYU
Short Talk: Short Talk: UBA1-dependent Inflammation is Mediated by Proteotoxic Stress
 
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
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable Peaks 4 & 5
  Aimee S. Payne, University of Pennsylvania
Irving Professor and Chair of Dermatology
 
  Ivona Aksentijevich, NHGRI, National Institutes of Health
Associate Investigator, Medical Genetics Branch & Head, Inflammatory Disease Section
 
  Jonathan Olsen, Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Principal Scientist
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Innate Immune Dysregulation and Autoimmunity Peaks 4 & 5
  Mariana J. Kaplan, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Neutrophils in the Initiation and Perpetuation of Systemic Autoimmunity
 
  V. Michael Holers, University of Colorado Denver
Preclinical Pathogenesis and Prevention of Rheumatoid Arthritis
 
  Chrysothemis Brown, Sloan Kettering Institute
Regulation of Immune Tolerance by RORgt+ Antigen-Presenting Cells
 
  Carlos Donado, Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Short Talk: Short Talk: Granzyme K Activates a New Complement Pathway
 
  Marcel F. Nold, Monash University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Monomeric IL-38 is a Checkpoint Inhibitor of the Pattern Recognition Receptor-interferon Axis
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Peaks 1-3
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Peaks 1-3
Saturday, February 10, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–11:00 AM B Cells and Autoimmunity Peaks 4 & 5
  Nan Shen, Renji Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine
Transcriptional Regulation of ABCs and Autoimmunity
 
  Ignacio Sanz, Emory University, School of Medicine
Autoantibody Responses in Autoimmunity and COVID-19
 
  Claudia Mauri, University College London
Deciphering the Metabolic Requirements of Regulatory Versus Effector B Cells
 
  Carola G. Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute
Genetic Determinants of B Cell-Mediated Autoimmunity
 
  Nida Pellett, University of Rochester
Short Talk: Short Talk: Insights Into RA Synovial Autoimmunity via Combined Single-cell Profiling of B cell Repertoire and Gene Expression
 
  Amalie Grenov, Francis Crick Institute
Short Talk: Short Talk: Exploring Autoantibody Formation and Longevity
 
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
2:30–4:30 PM Workshop Peaks 4 & 5
  Mariasilvia Colantuoni, Boston Children's Hospital
Immune-Mediated IL-1RA Gene Therapy: A Breakthrough Treatment For A Spectrum Of Inflammatory Diseases
 
  Jessica A. Hamerman, Benaroya Research Institute
Lupus IgA1 Autoantibodies Synergize with IgG to Enhance pDC Responses to RNA-Containing Immune Complexes
 
  Danni Zhu, Harvard Medical School
Lupus-Associated Innate Receptors Drive Extrafollicular Evolution of Autoreactive B Cells
 
  Evaristus Mbanefo, NIH/NEI
Interleukin-35-Producing Regulatory B-Cells Secrete IL-35-Containing Exosomes and Suppress Autoinflammation and GVHD by Upregulating Inhibitory Receptors
 
  Jun Inamo, University of Colorado
Deciphering Pathogenic Phenotypes by Deep Single-Cell Blood Immunophenotyping in Individuals At-Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
 
  Eduardo Patino Martinez, NIH
Aconitate Decarboxylase 1 Modulates Murine Lupus and Associates with Markers of Cardiometabolic Function in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
 
  Atika Dhar, NIH
Blau Syndrome NOD2 Mutations Result in Loss of NOD2 Cross-Regulatory Function
 
  Anna Helena Jonsson, University of Colorado
Cell-Type Abundance Phenotypes (CTAPs) Classify Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Tissue into Clinically Relevant Inflammatory Subtypes
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Infections and Autoimmunity Peaks 4 & 5
  Jose Scher, NYU Langone Health
The Microbiome in Chronic Inflammatory Arthritides
 
  William H. Robinson, Stanford University School of Medicine
EBV and Systemic Autoimmunity
 
  Maureen McGargill, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
The Intersection of Viral Immunity and Autoimmunity
 
  Stefan Uderhardt, University of Erlangen
Short Talk: Short Talk: Tissue Homeostats Determine Inflammation Thresholds In Vivo Through Dynamic Network Communication
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites Peaks 1-3
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Peaks 1-3
Sunday, February 11, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Summit Gallery
8:00–11:00 AM T Cells and Systemic Autoimmunity Peaks 4 & 5
  Avery August, Cornell University
Tec Kinases and Autoimmunity
 
  Cornelia M. Weyand, Stanford University
T Cell Senescence and Autoimmunity
 
  Diane Mathis, Harvard Medical School
Thymic Mimetics and Systemic Autoimmunity
 
  Hussein Al-Mossawi, Immunocore
Soluble-TCR Therapies in Autoimmunity and Cancer
 
  Kenji Ichiyama, Osaka University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Ikzf1 Association With Foxp3 for Foxp3-Dependent Gene Repression in Treg Cells: Induction of Autoimmunity by Disrupting the Association
 
  Catherine Lu, New York University
Short Talk: Short Talk: Immune-Mesenchymal TNFa-CXCL13 Feedback Initiates the Formation of the Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Human Skin Autoimmune Pathogenesis
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Colorado Ballroom Foyer
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Colorado Ballroom Foyer
5:00–6:45 PM Novel Therapies in Autoimmunity and Autoinflammation Peaks 4 & 5
  Frank Oliver Nestle, Sanofi
Novel Therapeutics Approaches for Chronic Inflammatory Disease
 
  Georg Schett, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
CART Cells and the Treatment of Systemic Autoimmunity
 
  Aimee S. Payne, University of Pennsylvania
Chimeric Autoantibody Receptor T Cells: A Precision Cellular Immunotherapy for Antigen-Specific B Cell Depletion
 
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 Cash Bar Peaks 1-3
Monday, February 12, 2024
7:00–11:59 PM Departure