Innate Immunity Across the Molecular, Cellular, Tissue and Therapeutic (Z1)
April 9-12, 2024  | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Kate L. Jeffrey, Ramnik Xavier and Xu Zhou
Scholarship Deadline: Jan. 18, 2024 | Abstract Deadline: Jan. 18, 2024 | Early Registration Deadline: Feb. 8, 2024
* Session Chair † Invited but not yet accepted | Program current as of August 23, 2025 8 AM | For the most up-to-date details, visit https://www.keystonesymposia.org
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
4:00–8:00 PM Arrival and Registration Van Horne Foyer
6:00–8:00 PM Welcome Mixer Van Horne Foyer
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast President's Hall
8:00–9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Address Van Horne A
  Ramnik Xavier, Massachusetts General Hospital
Variants Linked to Functional Phenotypes and Causal Mechanisms in Relevant Cell Types
 
9:00–11:15 AM Sensing of Microbial Friends and Enemies Van Horne A
  Marco Colonna, Washington University School of Medicine
Activating and Inhibitory Innate Immune Receptors in Neurodegeneration
 
  Virginia Pascual, Cornell University
Talk Title to be Announced
 
  Nandan S Gokhale, University of Washington
Short Talk: Short Talk: Cellular RNA Interacts with MAVS to Promote Antiviral Signaling
 
  Diep H. Nguyen, MIT/Whitehead Institute
Short Talk: Short Talk: Spatial Gradients of Pathogen-sensing Capability Confer a Tiered Tissue Self-Defense System
 
9:30–9:50 AM Coffee Break Van Horne Foyer
11:15–1:00 PM Poster Setup Van Horne C
11:15–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Van Horne C
2:30–4:30 PM Workshop 1: Inflammasomes in Sickness and in Health Van Horne A
  Daniel Okin, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tissue Stiffness is a Fundamental Regulator of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activities
 
  Pritisha Rozario, Nanyang Technological University
Mechanistic Basis for Potassium Efflux Driven Activation of the Human NLRP1 Inflammasome
 
  Ben A. Croker, University of California San Diego
GSDME Promotes PAD4 Activation and DNA Externalization from Apoptotic Neutrophils
 
  Maria Luisa Gil Marques, Massachusetts General Hospital. Harvard Medical School
Interaction Between NLRP11, CASP4, and LPS in the Context of the Innate Immune Response to Bacterial Pathogens
 
  Charles L. Evavold, Harvard University
Sterol-izing Immunity: Cholesterol Control of Mammalian Gasdermins
 
  Simone Caielli, Weill Cornell Medical College - Drukier Institute For Children's Health
An Unconventional Mechanism of IL-1b Secretion that Requires Type I IFN in SLE Monocytes
 
  Tsan Sam Xiao, Case Western Reserve University
S-palmitoylation of Gasdermins Regulate Their Function in Membrane Pore Formation and Pyroptotic Cell Death
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Van Horne Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Innate Immunity 2.0: Epigenetics Van Horne A
  Kate L. Jeffrey, Moderna and Harvard Medical School
Chromatin Readers and Inflammation
 
  Steven Z. Josefowicz, Weill Cornell Medical College
Signaling to Chromatin for Rapid Innate Immunity
 
  Liraz Galia, UTSW Medical center
Talk Title to be Announced
 
  Theresa Alenghat, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Epigenetic Regulation of the Host-microbiota Relationship
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites President's Hall
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 1 Van Horne C
Thursday, April 11, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast President's Hall
8:00–11:00 AM Innate Immunity in 3D Van Horne A
  Xu Zhou, Boston Children's Hospital
Environmental Control of Inflammatory Response
 
  Miguel Soares, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Tissue Tolerance to Infection
 
  Andrés Hidalgo, Yale School of Medicine
Neutrophil Dynamic Behavior
 
  Sacha Lebon, Weizmann Institute of Science
Short Talk: Short Talk: Dissecting a Novel Stem-Cell Defense Mechanism in Early Epithelial-Specific Responses to an Enteric Bacterial Pathogen
 
  Alexandra Wells, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Short Talk: Short Talk: Characterization of Interferon-Induced Gene Expression in the Mouse Lung and Liver
 
  Elizabeth F Rowland, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Short Talk: Short Talk: High Resolution 3D Spatial-Temporal Mapping of Influenza A Virus Infection and Innate Immune Signaling in Whole Lung Organs Reveals the Early Spatial Interplay of Viral Spread and Host Response
 
  Julia Bayer, University of Bern
Short Talk: Short Talk: Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Interaction of Mesothelial Cells with Injury-Derived Osteopontin in Serosal Scarring
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Van Horne Foyer
11:00–1:00 PM Poster Setup Van Horne C
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
1:00–10:00 PM Poster Viewing Van Horne C
3:00–4:30 PM Career Roundtable (Joint) Van Horne B
  Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Head of Cellular Genetics and Senior Group Leader, Co-Founder and Principal Leader of Human Cell Atlas
 
  Kara Lassen, Roche
VP and Global Head, Immunology Therapeutic Area
 
  Bryan D. Bryson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
 
  Jonathan Sockolosky, Curie.Bio
Senior Director, CSO Partner Team
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Van Horne Foyer
5:00–7:00 PM Innate Immune Protectors and Drivers of Disease Van Horne A
  Yasmine Belkaid, Pasteur Institut
Remote Presentation: Microbial Control of Tissue Threshold of Activation
 
  Bryan D. Bryson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Unraveling TB Granuloma Phagocyte Heterogeneity
 
  Kara Lassen, Roche
Fibroblasts in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
 
  Hernandez Moura Moura Silva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Short Talk: Short Talk: Decoding Immune Mediated Circuits Supporting Tissue Physiology
 
  Disha Sood, Sanofi
Short Talk: Short Talk: Astrocyte Sensitivity to Nucleic Acid Agonism Contributes to Neurodegeneration in iPSC-Derived Tri-Culture Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
 
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites President's Hall
7:30–10:00 PM Poster Session 2 Van Horne C
Friday, April 12, 2024
7:00–8:00 AM Breakfast President's Hall
8:00–11:00 AM The Emerging, Unexpected and New Frontiers (Joint) Van Horne A
  Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Cell Atlas Mapping of the Immune System Across Organs
 
  Graham Heimberg, Genentech, Inc.
SCimilarity Queries Reveal Connections across Macrophage Populations
 
  Nicolas Chevrier, University of Chicago
Decoding the Body Language of Immunity
 
  Subhajit Poddar, University of Pennsylvania
Short Talk: Short Talk: STING Modulates Golgi pH, Cargo Sorting, and Secretion Through ArfGAP2
 
  Toufic Mayassi, Broad Institute
Short Talk: Short Talk: Molecular Cartography Reveals Robust, Adaptable, and Resilient Intestinal Networks
 
  Shubham Tripathi, Yale School of Medicine
Short Talk: Short Talk: Role of a Cellular Circuit Involving IFN-γ / IL-15 Positive Feedback in Establishing Antigen-Non-Specific Immune Memory
 
  Tomer Milo, Weizmann Institute of Science
Short Talk: Short Talk: A Paradox of Foreign-Specific Regulatory T Cells and a Proposed Resolution by a Lymph Node Microdomain Theory
 
9:00–9:20 AM Coffee Break Van Horne Foyer
11:00–5:00 PM On Own for Lunch
2:30–4:30 PM Workshop 2: Single Cell to Tissue-Level Immunity Van Horne A
  Ayshwarya Subramanian, Cornell University
Immune Checkpoint Molecule Tim-3 Regulates Microglial Function and the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
 
  Tasuku Nishimura, Kumamoto University
Non-Canonical Type I Interferons are Induced by Cholesterol Restriction and Prime RIG-I-Mediated Antiviral Innate Immune Responses
 
  Rio Sugimura, HKU
Cancer and Vascular Immune Assembloids Model the Oncofoetal Niche in the Solid Tumor Microenvironment
 
  Stephanie Hajjar, Boston Children's Hospital
Exploring the Role of GPR65-Mediated pH Sensing in Tuning Systemic and Local Immune Responses
 
  Kiara Wiggins, UC Irvine
TLR4’S Impact on Pcos Outcomes in Letrozole-induced Mouse Model
 
  Siyan Cao, Washington University in St. Louis
Mucosal Single-Cell Profiling of Crohn’s-Like Disease of the Pouch Reveals Unique Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets
 
  Victoria Schuster, Oregon Health and Sciences University
Multi-Antigen Management by Dendritic Cells Within the Melanoma Microenvironment
 
4:30–5:00 PM Coffee Available Van Horne Foyer
5:00–6:45 PM Therapeutics - Leveraging and Avoiding Innate Immunity Van Horne A
  Joseph R. Arron, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Engineered Treg Therapies for Inflammatory Disorders
 
  Martin Oft, Synthekine
Talk Title to be Announced
 
  Eicke Latz, University of Bonn
Drugging Innate Immunity
 
  Lingyin Li, Stanford University and Arc Institute
Short Talk: Short Talk: Chemical Biology of Extracellular cGAMP Signaling in Health and Disease
 
6:45–7:00 PM Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) Van Horne A
7:00–8:00 PM Social Hour with Lite Bites President's Hall
8:00–9:00 PM Trivia! Van Horne A
8:00–9:00 PM Cash Bar President's Hall
Saturday, April 13, 2024
7:00–11:59 PM Departure