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  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:00 AM - 8:15 AM US ET
    Engineered probiotics limit T-cell driven CNS autoimmunity by activating AHR-KLF4-FADS3 signaling in intestinal dendritic cells
    Location: 157
    Author: Carolina M. Polonio, PhD – Brigham and Women’s Hosp, Harvard Med. Sch.
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:15 AM - 8:30 AM US ET
    Aging-Associated Nrf2 Loss in Microglia Exacerbates Neuroinflammation and Trained Immunity
    Location: 157
    Author: Jui-Hung Jimmy Yen, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US ET
    CD40+ MHC-II+ astrocytes promote Th17 cell-driven CNS autoimmunity
    Location: 157
    Author: Joon-Hyuk Lee, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US ET
    Gamma-Delta T cell–microglia crosstalk drives CD8⁺ T cell infiltration and promotes Alzheimer’s-like pathology in APP/PS1 mice
    Location: 157
    Author: Rafael Rezende, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard Med. Sch.
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US ET
    Repeated brain resident memory T cell reactivation induces microglial and T cell remodeling and sustained microglia activation in Alzheimer’s disease
    Location: 157
    Author: Tiffany Chen (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth College
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Meningeal lymphoid hubs support autoreactive immune responses
    Location: 157
    Author: Nagela Ghabdan Zanluqui, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institutes of Health
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:00 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    NEUR1 - Major Symposium E: Neuroimmune Landscapes Across the Body: Circuitry and Cytokines
    Location: 253
    Chair: Daniel H. Kaplan – Univ. of Pittsburgh
    Chair: Brian S. Kim – Icahn Sch. of Med. at Mount Sinai
    Speaker: Brian S. Kim – Icahn Sch. of Med. at Mount Sinai
    Speaker: David Artis, Doctor of Philosophy (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Med. Sch.
    Speaker: Ademi Zhakyp (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Daniel H. Kaplan – Univ. of Pittsburgh
    Speaker: Pavel Hanc, PhD (he/him/his) – GIMM
    Speaker: Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD – Ragon Institute
    Speaker: Kevin J. Tracey, MD (he/him/his) – Feinstein Inst. at Northwell
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:00 AM - 8:33 AM US ET
    Sensory interorgan neuroimmune circuits
    Location: 253
    Speaker: Brian S. Kim – Icahn Sch. of Med. at Mount Sinai
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    8:33 AM - 9:06 AM US ET
    Neuro-immune circuits regulate mucosal inflammation
    Location: 253
    Speaker: David Artis, Doctor of Philosophy (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Med. Sch.
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:06 AM - 9:21 AM US ET
    The enteric nervous system shields colon cancer from immunosurveillance
    Location: 253
    Author: Ademi Zhakyp (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:21 AM - 9:54 AM US ET
    Neuronal control of cutaneous inflammation
    Location: 253
    Speaker: Daniel H. Kaplan – Univ. of Pittsburgh
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:54 AM - 10:09 AM US ET
    Tumor-innervating nociceptors drive immuno-suppressive monocyte differentiation to prevent T cell-mediated anti-cancer immunity
    Location: 253
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:09 AM - 10:42 AM US ET
    Neuroimmune circuits in allergy immunity
    Location: 253
    Speaker: Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD – Ragon Institute
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:42 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    From the lab to FDA-approval: clinical translation of the inflammatory reflex 
    Location: 253
    Speaker: Kevin J. Tracey, MD (he/him/his) – Feinstein Inst. at Northwell
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:45 AM - 9:57 AM US ET
    Microbially Induced CD8⁺ Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells Rewire Microglial Function and Suppress Neurogenesis in the Brain
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Cori E. Fain, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    9:57 AM - 10:09 AM US ET
    Tmem119+ microglia controls blood-brain barrier disruption through MHC class I restricted antigen presentation in a CNS vascular disease model
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Marina Seady, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clin., Minnesota
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:09 AM - 10:21 AM US ET
    ICAM-1 Adhesion Molecules Facilitate Immune Cell Docking at the Cribriform Plate Perineural Microenvironment in Aging
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Jenna Port (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin- Madison
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:21 AM - 10:33 AM US ET
    IL-11-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation mediates pyroptotic cell death in human neurons
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Silva Markovic-Plese, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson Univ.
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:33 AM - 10:45 AM US ET
    Vessel-Associated Microglia Maintain Vascular Integrity and Prevent Early Hemorrhage in Brain Tumors
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Jiaying Zheng, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, McGovern Medical School
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:45 AM - 10:57 AM US ET
    Highly dynamic dural sinuses support meningeal immunity
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Kelly L. Monaghan, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    10:57 AM - 11:09 AM US ET
    Microglial Remodeling of Cerebrovascular Structure and Function during Respiratory Inflammation
    Location: 104AB
    Author: Osaretin Lawani (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    12:45 PM - 1:00 PM US ET
    Systemic CXCL13 as a possible sex-dependent biomarker to identify neuroinflammation in subclinical food allergies
    Location: 253
    Author: Dilini Ekanayake, PhD (she/her/hers) – Univ. of North Dakota
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    1:00 PM - 1:15 PM US ET
    In Vivo Dynamics of Memory CD8⁺ T Cell Activation Using a Fluorescent Timer Protein of TCR Signaling
    Location: 253
    Author: John A. Cintron – Mayo Clin., Minnesota
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    1:15 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Oxysterol-Mediated Modulation of NFB -Linked Systemic Inflammatory Response in a Neonatal Mouse Model of Intestinal Perforation
    Location: 253
    Author: Aswathy Shailaja, PhD, RAC (she/her/hers) – Duke Univ. Sch. of Med.
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM US ET
    Double positive (DP) developing thymocytes regulate the development of neuronal cell bodies within the thymus
    Location: 253
    Author: Katayoun Ayasoufi, PhD – Duke University
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM US ET
    Adrenergic Signalling Drives Accumulation of Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells in the Liver During Stress
    Location: 253
    Author: Agetha Mahendran (she/her/hers) – Univ. of Western Ontario
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)
  • Saturday, Apr 18th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Kupffer cell identity, phenotype, and function rely on continual hepatic sympathetic nerve output
    Location: 253
    Author: Raymond Shim, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
    Neuroimmunology (NEUR)