Innate immunity: Molecular mechanisms, Diseases & Therapeutics (J1)
January 11-14, 2027
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Lingyin Li, Carina Cristina de Oliveira Mann and Michael Crackower
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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Tuesday, January 12, 2027
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint) |
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Catherine J Wu †, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Personalizing Medicine through Cancer Vaccines |
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| 9:00–11:15 AM |
T Cells and Innate Allies: Partners in Vaccination (Joint) |
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Robert A. Seder, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Vax-Innate |
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Christopher Haqq †, Elicio Therapeutics
Lymph Node-Targeting Amphiphile Technology for Next-Generation Vaccines |
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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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| 11:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:15–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
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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 |
dsDNA Sensing |
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Zhijian James Chen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
cGAS-STING Signaling in Aging |
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Daniel B. Stetson, University of Washington
How STING Activation Kill Cells |
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Andrea Ablasser †, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
cGAS-STING Pathway in Innate Immunity: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications |
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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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Wednesday, January 13, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Innate Signals in T Cells (Joint) |
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Michael B. Brenner, Harvard Medical School
Granzyme K Dominates the Phenotype of Inflammatory Tissue CD8 and Innate T Cells and Drives Complement Activation across Autoimmune Diseases |
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Hong-Bing Shu †, Wuhan University
Two Decades of STING Research |
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Lingyin Li, Stanford University and Arc Institute
Extracellular cGAMP, the Immunotransmitter that Bridges Innate and Adaptive Immunity |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion 1: Mouse Human Differences from Pathways to Molecules to Atomic Level Details |
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| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 1:30–2:45 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
ssDNA and RNA Sensing |
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Hao Wu, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital
Mitochondrial GSDMD |
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Carina Cristina de Oliveira Mann, Technical University of Munich
Regulation of Nucleic Acid Receptors |
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Russell E Vance, University of California, Berkeley
Effector-Triggered Immune Detection of Pathogens |
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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, January 14, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Innate Immunity in Cardiovascular/Metabolic/Autoimmune Diseases |
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Min Ae Lee-Kirsch, Technische Universität Dresden
TLR Signaling in Interferonopathy |
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Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Targeting Innate Immune Cell Death, PANoptosis, in Disease |
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Garron Thomas Dodd, University of Melbourne
Pathogenic Hypothalamic Extracellular Matrix Promotes Metabolic Disease |
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Michael Crackower, Ventus Therapeutics
The Development of Non-Canonical Inflammasome Inhibitors for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–12:00 PM |
Panel Discussion 2: Drug Development Challenges and VC Takes |
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| 12:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
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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 |
Innate Immunity in Neuroinflammation |
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Michael T Heneka, University of Luxembourg
The Role of NLRP3 in Microglial Phagocytosis in Alzheimer's Disease |
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Marina Romero-Ramos, Aarhus University
The Role of the Immune System in Parkinson's Disease |
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Li Gan, Weill Cornell Medicine
The Role of cGAS/STING in Neurodegeneration |
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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 |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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