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
Scholarship Deadline: Nov. 12, 2026 | Abstract Deadline: Feb. 16, 2027 | Early Registration Deadline: Jan. 7, 2027
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
Riverview Lounge |
| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
Riverview Lounge |
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–8:10 AM |
Welcome Remarks (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
| 8:10–9:30 AM |
Keynote Session (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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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 |
Riverview Lounge |
| 9:30–11:30 AM |
Microbiota and T Cells (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Kathy D. McCoy, University of Calgary
Long-Term Reprogramming of Monocytes by Commensal Bacteria during Early Life Improves Host Defence against Infection |
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Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Columbia University
Innate–Adaptive Circuits in Commensal-Specific Immunity |
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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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| 11:30–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 11:30–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1 |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Riverview Lounge |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Microbial Metabolites and Immunity |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Matam Vijay-Kumar, University of Toledo College of Medicine
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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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Microbial Tolerance (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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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
Early Life Tolerance to Skin Commensal Bacteria |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Riverview Lounge |
| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 11:00–3:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
Alhambra Ballroom |
| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Riverview Lounge |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Microbiota Beyond Gut |
Cascade Ballroom |
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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 |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 7:30–10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Frontiers in Microbiota-Immune Interactions |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Ken H Cadwell, University of Pennsylvania
Host Adaptations to Gut Microbes |
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Theresa Alenghat, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Epithelial Regulation of the Host-Microbiota Relationship |
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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 |
Riverview Lounge |
| 11:00–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2 |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Riverview Lounge |
| 5:00–6:45 PM |
Better Bugs for Therapy |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Marlies Meisel, University of Pittsburgh
Diet, Microbiota and Cancer |
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Laurence Zitvogel, Institut Gustave Roussy
Metabolite Regulation of Gut Dysbiosis to Solve Cancer Immunoresistance |
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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) |
Cascade Ballroom |
| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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