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Block Symposia

Block Symposia

  • Friday, April 17, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Cytokines and Inflammation in Antiviral Immunity

    Moderator: Todd Bradley, PhD – Children's Mercy Research Institute

    Moderator: Maria Guerrero-Plata – Louisiana State University

  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM US ET
    Mechanisms of Innate Immunity

    Moderator: Michael Elliott – University of South Alabama

    Moderator: Jie Sun – University of Viginia

  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Lymphocyte and Innate Leukocyte Mastery of Heat, Migration, and Inflammation
  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    New Paradigms in T Cell Regulation

    Moderator: Booki Min, DVM PhD – Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. of Med.

    Moderator: Sade W. Clayton, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Adaptive Immune Responses to Microbial Infections

    Moderator: Tammy Kielian – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Moderator: Markus Bosmann – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Inflammatory Mechanisms in Systemic Autoimmunity

    Moderator: Kerstin Nundel, PhD – UMass Chan Med. Sch.

    Moderator: Tobias Lanz – Stanford Univ. Sch. of Med.

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Interrogation of Chronic Immunity and Interventional Approaches

    Moderator: Daniela Cipolletta, PhD – Seismic Therapeutic

    Moderator: Gerald Morris – University of California, San Diego

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    T Cell Responses to the Gut Microbiota

    Moderator: Mandy J. McGeachy – Cornell Univ.

    Moderator: Wendy Goodman – Case Western Reserve University

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Targeting Adaptive Immune Responses against Cancer and Other Pathologies

    Moderator: Diana Gil Pages, Dr – University of Missouri, Columbia

    Moderator: Larry Pease – Mayo Clinic

  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Trouble with the Ex: exTregs and Beyond

    Moderator: Nicholas Jarjour, PhD – Versiti Blood Res. Inst.

    Moderator: Klaus Ley – Med. Col. of Georgia, Augusta Univ.

  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    From A to X: Next-Gen Targets & Interventions for Alloimmunity, GVHD, and Xenotransplantation

    Moderator: Jaebok Choi, PhD, MA – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Moderator: Geoffrey Camirand – University of Pittsburgh

  • 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM US ET
    Regulation of Immunity and Inflammation in the Genital Tract

    Moderator: Alison Kohlmeier, PhD – Emory Univ. Sch. of Med.

    Moderator: Tamara Tilburgs, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical center

  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Airway Hypersensitivity and Asthma

    Moderator: Mitchell Grayson, MD – Nationwide Children's Hospital - The Ohio State University

    Moderator: Nicola M. Heller, PhD – AstraZeneca

  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Cellular Responses and the Tumor Microenvironment

    Moderator: Justin Taylor – University of Virginia

    Moderator: Hongji Zhang, MD, PhD – University of Virginia

  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Learning from Others - Immunity from the Jawless to Paws and Hooves
  • 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM US ET
    Signaling Pathways Modulating Immune Responses to Microbial Infections

    Moderator: Mary Markiewicz, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

    Moderator: Lanre Morenikeji – Virginia State University