T Cells: From Basic Biology to Therapeutic Applications (J2)
January 11-14, 2027
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Andrea Schietinger, Daniel Campbell and Ansuman Satpathy
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 |
| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Van Horne C |
| 11:00–2:30 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: T Cell Function and Differentiation: Connecting the Epigenome, Metabolome and Proteome |
Van Horne A |
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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 |
T Cell Differentiation and Functions |
Van Horne A |
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E. John Wherry, University of Pennsylvania
T Cell Exhaustion |
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Andrea Schietinger, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
T Cell Stemness and Differentiation in Autoimmunity and Cancer |
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Chrystal M. Paulos, Emory University School of Medicine
Th17-B Cell Cooperation for Adoptive T Cell Therapy |
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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 1 |
Van Horne C |
Wednesday, January 13, 2027
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Functional Diversity in Tissues |
Van Horne A |
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Bruno Silva-Santos, University of Lisbon
γδ T Cells in Tissue Physiology and Surveillance |
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Caroline Sokol, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
From Sensing to Response: Circuit Control of Tissue T Cells |
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Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur
Unconventional T Cells and Functions in Tissues |
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Daniel Campbell, Benaroya Research Institute
CD4 T Regulatory T Cells |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Van Horne C |
| 11:00–2:00 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 |
| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Debate: (Re-)defining Exhaustion and Dysfunction |
Van Horne A |
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E. John Wherry, University of Pennsylvania
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Andrea Schietinger, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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Ansuman Satpathy, Stanford University School of Medicine
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| 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 |
Genomics and Cell Engineering for Therapeutic Applications |
Van Horne A |
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Ansuman Satpathy, Stanford University School of Medicine
Immunogenomics |
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Justin Eyquem, University of California, San Francisco
In vivo T Cell Engineering |
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Paul Beavis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Novel T Cell Engineering for Treatment of Solid Tumors |
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Georg A Schett, Uniklinikum Erlangen
The Future of T Cell Engagers and CAR-T in Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Van Horne Foyer |
| 11:00–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2: Next-Generation T Cell Engineering, Therapies, and Analytics |
Van Horne A |
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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 |
Spatial Instruction of T Cell Function |
Van Horne A |
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Rong Fan, Yale School of Medicine
Decoding Tissue Immunity through Next-Gen Spatial Omics Technologies |
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Wolfgang Karl Kastenmueller, Institute of Systems Immunology, Max-Planck Research Group
Dynamic Orchestration of Cellular Networks in Tissues |
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Ananda W. Goldrath, University of California, San Diego
Tissue-Specific Spatial Cues Instructing T Cell Function |
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Carlo Bifulco, Providence Genomics
Decoding Tissue Microenvironments with Spatial Biology and AI |
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Van Horne A |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
President's Hall |
| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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