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
Scholarship Deadline: Sep. 16, 2026 | Abstract Deadline: Dec. 22, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 13, 2026
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
Van Horne Foyer |
Tuesday, January 12, 2027
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–8:10 AM |
Welcome Remarks (Joint) |
Van Horne A/B |
| 8:10–9:00 AM |
Keynote Address (Joint) |
Van Horne A/B |
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Catherine J Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Personalizing Medicine through Cancer Vaccines |
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| 9:00–11:00 AM |
T Cells and Innate Allies: Partners in Vaccination (Joint) |
Van Horne A/B |
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Robert A. Seder, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Vax-Innate |
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Peter DeMuth, Elicio Therapeutics
Targeting mKRAS Immunotherapy to the Lymph Nodes to Promote Anti-Tumor Immunity |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:10–12:10 PM |
Meet the Editors |
Van Horne A/B |
| 12:10–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Van Horne C |
| 12:10–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Van Horne C |
| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1 |
Van Horne B |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
dsDNA Sensing |
Van Horne B |
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Zhijian James Chen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
cGAS-STING Signaling in Aging |
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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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Daniel B. Stetson, University of Washington
How STING Activation Kill Cells |
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Li Gan, Weill Cornell Medicine
The Role of cGAS/STING in Neurodegeneration |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
President's Hall |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
Van Horne C |
Wednesday, January 13, 2027
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
ssDNA and RNA Sensing |
Van Horne B |
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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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Benjamin Morehouse, University of California, Irvine
Evolutionary Conservation of Cyclic Dinucleotide Recognition in Immunity |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:10–12:10 PM |
Panel Discussion 1: Mouse Human Differences from Pathways to Molecules to Atomic Level Details |
Van Horne B |
| 12:10–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Van Horne C |
| 12:10–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Van Horne C |
| 2:00–3:00 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
Van Horne B |
| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Innate Signals in T Cells (Joint) |
Van Horne A/B |
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Eduardo Davila, University of Colorado
Rewiring T Cell Fate to Increase Anti-tumor Activity and Persistence While Reducing Exhaustion Resistance |
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Nicolas Manel, Institut Curie
Activation of Intracellular Innate Immune Sensors |
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Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, University of Oxford
Cytosolic Innate Sensing and Lytic Cell Death in Autoinflammation |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
President's Hall |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
Van Horne C |
Thursday, January 14, 2027
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Innate Immunity in Cardiovascular/Metabolic/Autoimmune Diseases |
Van Horne B |
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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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Rayk Behrendt, University of Bonn
Talk Title to be Announced |
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Michael Crackower, Ventus Therapeutics
Targeting cGAS in Rheumatology and Beyond |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:10–12:10 PM |
Panel Discussion 2: Drug Development Challenges and VC Takes |
Van Horne B |
| 12:10–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2 |
Van Horne B |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 5:00–6:00 PM |
Innate Immunity in Neuroinflammation |
Van Horne B |
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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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| 6:00–6:50 PM |
Closing Keynote Address |
Van Horne B |
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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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| 6:50–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Van Horne B |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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