Innate Immunity: Diversity in Host Defense and Disease (L7)
March 22-25, 2026
| Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Kate Schroder, Jonathan C. Kagan and Petr Broz
Scholarship Deadline: Nov. 21, 2025 | Abstract Deadline: Feb. 27, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Jan. 22, 2026
| 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 |
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Beth Stevens, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Macrophage-Microglia Crosstalk in Aging |
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| 9:00–11:15 AM |
Targeting Innate Immunity for Healthy Aging (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Kristen Fortney, BioAge Labs
Healthy Aging – Insights from Longitudinal Studies |
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Andrea Ablasser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
cGAS-STING Modulators and Cell Senescence |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
Riverview Lounge |
| 11:15–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 11:15–5:00 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: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
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 |
Cell Type-Specific Innate Immune Responses |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Arturo Zychlinsky, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
NETosis and Inflammation |
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Veit Hornung, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
The CARD8 Inflammasome Drives T Cell Death |
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Jose Ordovas-Montanes, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Deconstructing Barrier Tissues Identifies Tipping Points |
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Mariana J. Kaplan, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Neutrophil Dysregulation in Systemic Autoimmunity |
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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 |
Innate Immune Signaling I: Inflammatory Response |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, University of Oxford
Innate Cell-Cell Crosstalk in Sterile Inflammation |
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Alan P. Watt, NodThera Limited
NLRP3 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Obesity |
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Jonathan C. Kagan, Harvard Medical School
Regulation of Innate Immunity |
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Michael Crackower, Ventus Therapeutics
Therapeutic Development of Inhibitors of Canonical and Non-Canonical Inflammasome Signaling |
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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 |
| 11:00–5:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 1:45–2:45 PM |
Panel: Perspectives: Personalized Medicine & Patient-Centered Strategies (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable (Joint) |
Alhambra Ballroom |
| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Riverview Lounge |
| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Inflammaging (Joint) |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Vishva M. Dixit, Genentech, Inc.
The Circuitry of Inflammatory Cell Death Signaling |
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Eicke Latz, University of Bonn
Inflammasomes in Innate Immune Memory and Inflammaging |
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Emily Goldberg, UCSF
Inflammaging |
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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 25, 2026
| 7:00–8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Innate Immune Signaling II: Inflammatory Cell Death |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Kate Schroder, University of Queensland
Cell Explosion by Pyroptosis Escalates Immune Responses |
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James M. Murphy, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Getting Better- The Emergence of the Necroptotic Cell Death Effector, MLKL, as a Therapeutic Target in Inflammatory Disease |
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Kaiwen Chen, National University of Singapore
Multiple Cell Death Pathways Coordinate Antimicrobial Responses |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
Riverview Lounge |
| 11:00–5:00 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 |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
Riverview Lounge |
| 5:00–6:30 PM |
Cell Autonomous Innate Immunity |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Russell E Vance, University of California, Berkeley
New Mechanisms of Pathogen Sensing: Beyond PAMPs |
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Petr Broz, University of Lausanne
Inflammasomes as Guardians Against Intracellular Pathogens |
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Charlotte Odendall, King's College London
EMBO Young Investigator Lecture: Interferon-Mediated Defense Against Enteric Bacterial Pathogens |
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| 6:30–7:15 PM |
Closing Keynote Address |
Cascade Ballroom |
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Kate A Fitzgerald, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Inflammatory Responses |
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| 7:15–7:30 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
Cascade Ballroom |
| 7:30–8:30 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
Alberta/New Brunswick |
| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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