Tuberculosis: Understanding the Disease Across Scales (C4)
March 23-26, 2026
| Southern Sun Cape Sun, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
Maximiliano Gutierrez, Digby F. Warner, Bree B Aldridge and Margarida Saraiva
Scholarship Deadline: Nov. 25, 2025 | Abstract Deadline: Mar. 3, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Jan. 23, 2026
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
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| 8:00–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 8:30–9:30 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address |
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Valerie Mizrahi, University of Cape Town
Physiology of Mtb and Drug Discovery |
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| 9:30–11:45 AM |
Tuberculosis Genetics Across Scales |
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Jeremy Rock, Rockefeller University
Mtb Genetics and Biology |
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Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis, The Rockefeller University
Human Genetic and Immunologic Determinants of Tuberculosis |
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Maha Farhat, Massachusetts General Hospital
Genotypes and Phenotypes in TB |
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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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| 12:30–2:30 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1: Human In vitro Models |
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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 |
Mtb Infection of Host Cells |
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Maximiliano Gutierrez, Francis Crick Institute
Mtb Infection of Human Macrophages in Time and Space |
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Trude Helen Flo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Host Cell Defense Against Mtb Infection |
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Volker Briken, University of Maryland
Molecular Mechanisms of Mtb-Host Cell Interactions |
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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, March 25, 2026
| 8:00–8:30 AM |
Poster Setup |
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| 8:00–5:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 8:30–11:30 AM |
Tuberculosis Disease Across Populations |
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Digby F. Warner, University of Cape Town
Tuberculosis Aerobiology |
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Hanif Esmail, University College London
Tuberculosis Across the Disease Spectrum |
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Adrie J Steyn, Africa Health Research Institute & UAB
Tuberculosis Infection in Tissues |
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Jayne S Sutherland, MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
Identification of Protective Immunity in Mtb-Exposed Household Contacts from The Gambia |
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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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| 9:50–9:55 AM |
Award Recipient Acknowledgement |
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| 12:30–2:30 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
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| 1:45–2:45 PM |
Career Roundtable |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Panel Discussion: TB Community, Engagement and Adherence |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Tuberculosis Models Across Scales |
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Carl Feng, University of Sydney
Spatial Mapping of Granulomas |
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Vivek V. Thacker, University of Heidelberg
Organ on Chip Models of Tuberculosis |
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Alissa C Rothchild, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Innate Immune Responses to Mtb in the Lung |
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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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| 8:30–11:30 AM |
Imaging Mtb Physiology |
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Bree B Aldridge, Tufts University
Single-Cell Growth Behaviors of Mtb |
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Giulia Manina, Institut Pasteur
Microbial Individuality during Infection |
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Amit Singh, Indian Institute of Science
Mycobacterial Persistence and Drug Tolerance |
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Mireille Kamariza, University of California, Los Angeles
Visualising the Mtb Cell Wall |
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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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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: Imaging |
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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 |
Tuberculosis Immunology |
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Margarida Saraiva, i3s
Regulation of the Immune Response by Diverse M. tuberculosis Isolates |
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Katrin D Mayer-Barber, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Cellular Mechanisms of Immunity in Tuberculosis |
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Christina L Stallings, Washington University School of Medicine
Immunological Control of Mtb |
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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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