Immunomodulatory Microbiota in Health and Disease (L6)
March 7-10, 2027
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Andrew T. Gewirtz, Ivaylo I. Ivanov and Ruth E. Ley
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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| 8:00–9:30 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint) |
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Lora V. Hooper †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
How Microbiota Controls Innate Immunity |
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Sing Sing Way †, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Pediatric Infectious Diseases |
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 9:30–11:15 AM |
Micrbiota and T Cells (Joint) |
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Andrew J.S. Macpherson †, University of Bern
Microbiota and Early Life Immune Development |
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Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Columbia University
Segmented Filamentious Bacteria and Th17 Cells |
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Fiona M. Powrie †, University of Oxford
Host-Microbiota Interactions in IBD |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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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 |
Microbial Metabolites and Immunity |
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Matam Vijay-Kumar †, University of Toledo
Microbiota Metabolites and Dampening Immune Responses: Too Much of a Good Thing |
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Jun R. Huh †, Harvard Medical School
Microbial Regulation of immunity via the Synthesis of Small Molecule Metabolites |
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Kenya Honda †, Keio University School of Medicine
Microbiota Influence on Adaptive Immunity |
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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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| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Microbial Tolerance (Joint) |
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Ruth E. Ley, Max Planck Institute for Biology
Distinguishing Friend from Foe |
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Gregory M. Barton, University of California, Berkeley
Tolerance in the Intestine |
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Rodney D. Newberry †, Washington University School of Medicine
Tolerance and IBD |
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Tiffany C. Scharschmidt †, University of California, San Francisco
Tolerance at Skin Barriers |
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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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| 11:00–1:00 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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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Microbiota Beyond Gut |
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Andrew T. Gewirtz, Georgia State University / Frontiers
Gut Microbiota Control of Lung Immunity |
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Douglas S Kwon †, Harvard Medical School
Vaginal Microbiome and HIV |
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Daniel H Kaplan †, University of Pittsburgh
Microbiota and Epidermal Mast Cells |
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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, March 10, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Frontiers in Microbiota-Immune Interactions |
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Ken H Cadwell †, University of Pennsylvania
Viral Bacterial Interactions |
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Theresa Alenghat †, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Microbiota Tuft Cells, and Type 2 Immunity |
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Noah W. Palm †, Yale University
Transgingdom Interactomen |
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June L. Round †, University of Utah
Fungi, Macrophages and B-Cells |
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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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| 11:00–5:00 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 |
Better Bugs for Therapy |
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Emma Slack †, ETH Zurich
Bugs are Better than Drugs |
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Laurence Zitvogel †, Institut Gustave Roussy
Leveraging Microbiota for Better Chemotherapy |
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Dan R. Littman †, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Engineered Bacteria and Cancer treatment |
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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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