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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            Kathy D. McCoy †, University of Calgary Talk Title to be Announced | 
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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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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