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  • Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM US ET
    Rewriting Autoimmunity: New Immunologic Insights Transforming T1D Therapy Development
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM US ET
    A Deeper Dive with Ulrich von Andrian (registration required)
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM US ET
    AAI Committee on the Status of Women Meeting (invitation only)
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM US ET
    Rewriting Autoimmunity: New Immunological Insights Transforming T1D Therapy Development
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    AAI ASPIRE Awards Symposium
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Artificial Intelligence Approaches in Immune-Mediated Disease, Sponsored by DAIT, AMIB, NIAID, NIH
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms of Autoreactivity
    Moderator: Yongqiang Feng – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    Moderator: Dimitry Krementsov – Univ. of Vermont
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    How to Have a Successful Postdoctoral Experience
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Microbial Pathogenesis
    Moderator: Bolaji Thomas – Rochester Institute of Technology
    Moderator: Som Nanjapp – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    New Insights into the Role of Ion Channels and Transporters in Immunity, Sponsored by the Society of General Physiologists
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    T Cells in Cancer II
    Moderator: Michael Lotze – University of Pittsburgh
    Moderator: Shikhar Mehrotra – Medical Univ of South Carolina
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Targeting B Cells and Innate Immune Functions in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: John D. Mountz, PhD MD – Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
  • 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Major Symposium A: Early Life Immune Development and Function
    Chair: Chrysothemis C. Brown, MD, PhD – HHMI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr.
    Chair: Petter Brodin, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Imperial College & Karolinska Institute
    Speaker: Petter Brodin, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Imperial College & Karolinska Institute
    Speaker: Chrysothemis C. Brown, MD, PhD – HHMI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr.
    Speaker: Irah King, PhD – Research Institute of the McGill Univ Hlth. Ctr.
    Speaker: Jian Miao, PhD (he/him/his) – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Speaker: Ai Ing Lim – HHMI, Princeton Univ.
    Speaker: Aneta Pankow, MS – Univ. of Oklahoma Hlth. Sci. Ctr.
    Speaker: Meghan A. Koch, PhD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Ctr.
    Hematopoiesis and Immune System Development (HEM)
  • 8:00 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Major Symposium B: Microbiome Influence on Epithelial-immune Crosstalk
    Chair: Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, MD (she/her/hers) – UCSF
    Chair: Ramnik J. Xavier – Harvard Med. Sch., Broad Inst.
    Speaker: Christopher D. Johnston, PhD – Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cntr.
    Speaker: Laura L. Kiessling – MIT
    Speaker: Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, MD (she/her/hers) – UCSF
    Speaker: Dharti Shantaram, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University College of Medicine
    Speaker: Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD PhD – Cleveland Clinic
    Speaker: Himanshi Tanwar (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Speaker: Ramnik J. Xavier – Harvard Med. Sch., Broad Inst.
    Mucosal And Regional Immunology (MUC)
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Meridian Life Science, Inc. - Animal-Free Strategies for Mitigating Antibody Interference in Modern Immunoassays
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Sony Biotechnology, Inc. - Age-Dependent Layering of Lymphocytes Bifurcates Infection Response
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Thermo Fisher Scientific - The Fastest Path to Discovery: High-speed Spectral Flow Cytometry and Spectral Imaging
  • 9:45 AM - 9:47 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Bridging Immunology and Drug Safety: A New Paradigm, Sponsored by the Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) Immuno-Safety Technical Committee
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Epigenetics and Post-Transcriptional Regulation
    Moderator: Connie Krawczyk, PhD – Van Andel Inst.
    Moderator: Devdoot Majumdar – Univ. of Vermont Larner Col. of Med.
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Immunology Education and Communication
    Moderator: Rebekah Taylor, PhD (she/her/hers) – Frostburg State Univ.
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Innate Immune Defenses in the Epithelium
    Moderator: Sebastian Joyce, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Trung Pham, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Novel Tumor Therapies
    Moderator: Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster – BIDMC
    Moderator: Nicole Baumgarth
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH

    Chair: Moriah Castleman – NIAID

    Chair: Lauren Rodda – Oregon Health and Science University

  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Understanding Immune Responses to Optimize Immune Intervention
    Moderator: Eduardo Davila – University of Colorado, Denver
    Moderator: Juliet Williams – Kymera Therapeutics
    Translational and Interventional Immunology (TI)
  • 9:47 AM - 10:07 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM US ET
    How to Convert Your CV into a Résumé
  • 10:07 AM - 10:27 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:27 AM - 10:47 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM US ET
    How to be the Reviewer You Want to Have, Sponsored by the AAI Publications Comm.
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Optimizing a 22-Color Multicolor Panel Using the New CytoFLEX LX + Mosaic 88 Module: Application to Asthma Samples
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Immudex USA, LLC - From Epitope to Therapeutics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Parse Biosciences - Scaling Precision Immunology Through Functional Immune Mapping with Single Cell Resolution
  • 10:47 AM - 11:07 AM US ET
    Underappreciated Functions of B Cells in Cytokine Production and Antigen Presentation, Sponsored by NIAID, NIH
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM US ET
    PPFP: Where Scientists Become Policy Advocates, Sponsored by the Comm. on Public Affairs
  • 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM US ET
    Guided Poster Walk
  • 12:45 PM - 12:50 PM US ET
    Accelerating CAR-based Approaches for Autoimmunity and Cancer, Sponsored by the Society For Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: BioLegend from Revvity - Precision in Every Color: Unlocking Cell Insights with an Optimized 46-color Spectral Flow Panel
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Bio-Rad StarBright Dyes Expanded Imaging Capabilities of 4-channel Fluorescence Microscopy to at least 6-channels
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Cytek Biosciences, Inc. - Streamlining Identification And In-Depth Assessment Of Human T-Cells Using The Cytek® cFluor® 21-Color Human T-Cell Kit
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: STEMCELL Technologies Inc. - Reliable Cell Preparations Begin with Automated STEMprep™ Tissue Processing
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM US ET
    Career Roundtables and Speed Networking (ticketed event), Sponsored by the AAI Minority Affairs Committee
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Accelerating CAR-based Approaches for Autoimmunity and Cancer, Sponsored by the Society For Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Antigen Presentation in Immunity, Pathology, and Tolerance
    Moderator: Robin Orozco – Univ. of Kansas
    Moderator: Amar Singh, PhD – University of Minnesota
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    CD8+ T Cell and NK Cell Mediated Antiviral Immunity
    Speaker: Lavanya  Visvabharathy – University of Chicago
    Speaker: Aaron Johnson – Mayo Clinic
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Homeostasis
    Moderator: Paul De Figueiredo, PhD – Univ. of Missouri School of Medicine
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Humoral-innate Immune Crosstalk
    Moderator: Michal Tal – MIT
    Moderator: Hongxu Xian, PhD – Versiti Blood Res. Inst.
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Immune responses to mirror molecules and organisms, Sponsored by the Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund (MBDF)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Innovations in Bench Techniques
    Moderator: Claire Gustafson – The Allen Institute
    Moderator: Yuri Sykulev – Thomas Jefferson University
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Learning about Human Immune Responses from Vaccination and Immunotherapy
    Moderator: Ramireddy Bommireddy – Emory University
    Moderator: Catarina Hioe – Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
    Vaccines and Immunotherapy (VAC)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Therapeutic Modulation of T Cells for Autoimmune Diseases
    Moderator: Dimitry Krementsov – Univ. of Vermont
  • 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM US ET
    How to Convert Your CV into a Resume: Individual Consulting
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM US ET
    Connect with Me Networking (ticketed event)
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Allen Institute - Open human immunology tools and data from the Allen Institute
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: VectorBuilder Inc. - Optimizing IVT mRNA Design for Therapeutic Performance
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM US ET
    Exhibitor Workshop: Waters Biosciences (formerly BD Biosciences) - More than just Fluorescence: A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Dimensional Cytometric Analysis Integrating Spatial and Morphological Insights
  • 1:50 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Accelerating CAR-based Approaches for Autoimmunity and Cancer, Sponsored by the Society For Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
  • 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM US ET
    How to Write a Scientific Paper
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM US ET
    AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award Presentation and Lecture, generously supported by Waters Biosciences (formerly BD Biosciences)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM US ET
    AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award Presentation and Lecture
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM US ET
    Resource Highlight: immgenT: A Community Reference Atlas for Mouse T Cells

    Speaker: Antoine Freuchet – Univ. of Chicago

    Speaker: Giovanni Galletti – UCSD

    Speaker: Ziang Zhang – Univ. of Chicago

    Speaker: Odhran Casey – Harvard Univ.

    Speaker: Erin Lucas, PhD – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

    Speaker: David Zemmour – Univ. of Chicago

    Chair: David Zemmour – Univ. of Chicago

  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Crosstalk of the environment and the immune system – challenges and opportunities, Sponsored by the German Soc. For Immunol. (DGfl)
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Immunometabolism in Autoimmunity
    Moderator: Stefania Gallucci – Univ Massachusetts Chan Medical School
    Moderator: Laurence Morel – University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Innovations Targeting Adaptive Immune Mechanisms against Viral Pathogens
    Moderator: Rachel Bonami – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Robin Orozco – Univ. of Kansas
  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Pathogen Sensing and Innate Immune Responses
    Moderator: Tammy Kielian – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Moderator: Hernandez Moura Silva, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Interactive Workshop: Navigating the NIH Funding Process
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Crosstalk of the environment and the immune system – challenges and opportunities, Sponsored by the German Soc. For Immunol. (DGfl)
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Bone Marrow Hematopoiesis
    Moderator: Susan Kovats, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oklahoma Med. Res. Fndn.
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Immune Checkpoints and Beyond I

    Moderator: Judith Agudo – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Moderator: Judith Lieberman – Boston Childrens

  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Molecular Mechanisms of T Cell Differentiation and Function
    Moderator: Boyoung Shin – Emory University
    Moderator: Tuoqi Wu, PhD (he/him/his) – Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    AAI Lancefield Mid-Career Achievement Award Presentation and Lecture

    Chair: Claudia Kemper – NHLBI, NIH

    Speaker: Carla V. Rothlin – Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  • 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM US ET
    Distinguished Lecture - Shane Crotty
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM US ET
    AAI IE Ambassadors Reception
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM US ET
    AAI Editors Dinner Meeting