Immunometabolism: From Mechanisms to Pathways to Therapies (C3)
March 18-21, 2024  | INEC Killarney Convention Centre, Killarney, KY, Ireland
Luke A. J. O'Neill, Evanna Mills and Erika L. Pearce
Scholarship Deadline: Dec. 7, 2023 | Abstract Deadline: Dec. 7, 2023 | Early Registration Deadline: Jan. 17, 2024
* 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
Monday, March 18, 2024
4:00–8:00 PM Arrival and Registration INEC Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer INEC Foyer
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Individual Hotel
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address INEC Main Auditorium
  Lydia Lynch, Harvard Medical School
Metabolism, Fat, and Cancer
 
9:00–11:15 AM New Approaches to Study Immunometabolism INEC Main Auditorium
  Theodore Alexandrov, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Spatial Single Cell Metabolomics
 
  Rafael Jose Arguello, CIML
From Single Cell Metabolism, ER-Stress and Epigenetics to Prediction of Responses in Cancer Patients
 
  Florent Ginhoux, Singapore Immunology Network
Macrophage-Mediated Tissue Metabolic Reprogramming During Development
 
  David K. Finlay, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
Short Talk: Short Talk: Using Biorthogonal (CLICK) Chemistry to Measure Nutrient Uptake Flux in Single Immune Cells
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break INEC Foyer
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup INEC Foyer
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing INEC Foyer
3:30–4:30 PM Career Roundtable INEC Main Auditorium
  Alice Prince, Columbia University
Physician Scientist/Professor
 
  Frank Dorsey, Eli Lilly and Company
Associate Vice President
 
  Theodore Alexandrov, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Team Leader / Head of MCF / MMPU Faculty
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available INEC Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Mito-Nuclear Communication by Mitochondrial Metabolites INEC Main Auditorium
  Tiffany Horng, ShanghaiTech University
Mitochondrial Metabolism and Macrophage Function
 
  Claudio J. Villanueva, University of California, Los Angeles
Transcriptional Mechanisms that Regulate Adipocyte Development and Biology
 
  Murad R. Mamedov, UCSF / Gladstone
Short Talk: Short Talk: CRISPR Screens Reveal AMPK-Dependent Metabolic Regulation of Cancer Cell Killing by γδ T Cells
 
  Luisa Maria Mateus Abreu, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Short Talk: Short Talk: High-Throughput Single-Cell Metabolomics Reveals Distinct Metabolic States of Drug-Modulated Activated CD4+ T Cells
 
  Dirk Brenner, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Short Talk: Short Talk: Beyond Ubiquitination: Ubc13 in the Core of Mitochondrial Regulation and Innate Immunity
 
  Eloïse Marques, University of Cambridge, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Short Talk: Short Talk: Assessing the Impact of a Heteroplasmic mt-tRNA Mutation on Inflammatory Macrophage Function
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites INEC Foyer
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1 INEC Foyer
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Individual Hotel
8:00–11:00 AM Immunometabolism: A Microbe’s View INEC Main Auditorium
  Janelle S. Ayres, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Iron Metabolism in Host/Pathogen Interactions
 
  Alice Prince, Columbia University
Airway Metabolites Promote Persistent Infection
 
  Kathrin Renner, University Hospital Regensburg
Metabolic Imbalance and COVID19
 
  Katherine L. Cook, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Short Talk: Short Talk: Diet-Microbe Interactions Modulate Immune Checkpoint Blockade Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
 
  Johan Garaude, ImmunoConcEpT, INSERM ERL1303
Short Talk: Short Talk: Sensing of Microbial Viability Orchestrates the Metabolic Recycling of Engulfed Bacteria in Macrophages
 
  Fran Prenen, Rega Institute for Medical Research
Short Talk: Short Talk: JAK/STAT Inhibition Restores Disease Tolerance in Malaria-Infected Glucocorticoid Receptor Knockout Mice by Preventing Lethal Hypoglycemia
 
  Slater Clay, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Short Talk: Short Talk:Acetoacetate Regulates Anti-Tumor Immunity
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break INEC Foyer
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup INEC Foyer
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing INEC Foyer
3:00–4:30 PM Workshop INEC Main Auditorium
  Laura Atehortua, CCHMC
Apolipoprotein E-Containing HDL Enhances Survival of Memory Regulatory T Lymphocytes by Regulating Lipid Metabolism and Mitochondrial Fitness
 
  Laura R Dwyer, UCSF
Decoding the Role of CD38 and Metabolic Pathways on the Heightened Treg Potential of Human Neonatal CD4+ T Cells
 
  Amy Lorraine Seufert, Portland State University
Palmitic Acid Mediates Innate Immune Memory via Ceramide Metabolism in Vitro and in Vivo
 
  Alva Casey, University of Cambridge
Elucidating the Mechanism of Mitochondrial Superoxide Production in Pro-Inflammatory Macrophages
 
  Beatrice Angi, University of Padova
Cell-Specific Deletion of Kv1.3 Potassium Channel Modulates Regulatory T Cell-Dependent Pro-Tumor Activity in Vivo
 
  Jackie Bader, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PD-1 Directly Suppresses Macrophage Metabolism in an Obesity-Cancer Connection to Restrain Anti-Tumor Immunity
 
  Alaa Madi, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ
Triacylglycerol Synthesis Camouflages Sexual Dimorphism in Antitumor Immunity
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available INEC Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Macrophage Metabolism: Emerging Metabolites INEC Main Auditorium
  Karsten Hiller, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Mesaconate and Itaconate in Macrophage Function
 
  Dan Ye, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
Itaconate in Host Defense and inflammation
 
  Luke A. J. O'Neill, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Targeting Immunometabolism in Inflammation and Coagulopathies
 
  Evanna Mills, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Metabolite Signaling in Macrophages as a Regulator of Thermogenesis
 
  Jean-Philippe Auger, University Hospital Erlangen & University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Short Talk: Short Talk: Mitochondrial Rewiring Essentially Contributes to the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Glucocorticoids
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites INEC Foyer
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2 INEC Foyer
Thursday, March 21, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast Individual Hotel
8:00–11:00 AM Metabolite Signaling in the Tumor Microenvironment: Friend and Foe INEC Main Auditorium
  Erika L. Pearce, Johns Hopkins University
Macrophage Tissue Residency
 
  Speaker to be to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
 
  Mark A. Febbraio, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Exercise Mediated Extracellular Vesicles Influence Tumor Progression
 
  Frank Dorsey, Eli Lilly and Company
Immunometabolism: Targeting Metabolic Nodes that Regulate Immunity
 
  Roddy O'Connor, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Short Talk: Arginine Links 1-Carbon Metabolism to Histone Methylation in CAR T Cells with Enhanced Metabolic Fitness
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break INEC Foyer
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup INEC Foyer
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing INEC Foyer
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available INEC Foyer
5:00–6:45 PM Immunometabolism: Translational Potential INEC Main Auditorium
  Jonathan D. Powell, Calico Life Sciences
Targeting Metabolism in Aging
 
  Mariana J. Kaplan, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Metabolism and Autoimmunity
 
  Edward Driggers, General Metabolics
Metabolic Control of Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Disease
 
  Chutao Chen, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research
Short Talk: Short Talk: Development of Citraconate Derivatives as Novel ACOD1 Inhibitors
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) INEC Main Auditorium
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites INEC Foyer
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 3 INEC Foyer
Friday, March 22, 2024
7:00–11:59 PM Departure