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Innate Immune Responses and Host Defense: Molecular Mechanisms (INM)
Major Symposium

Major Symposium C: Epigenetic Modifiers as Drivers of Immune Function

Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
Location: 253

Disclosure(s):
Gargi Mishra, PHD: No financial relationships to disclose
Patrick G. Hogan, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Junji Zhu, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Aki Minoda, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM - 8:33 AM US ET
    Unlocking the power of innate immune memory

    Chair: Maziar Divangahi – McGill Univ.

  • 8:33 AM - 9:06 AM US ET
    Epigenetic regulation of innate immune responses

    Speaker: Luis Barreiro – Univ. of Chicago

  • 9:06 AM - 9:21 AM US ET
    Epigenetic and lineage-specific transcription factors regulate the cell type specific induction of type I and type III interferons

    Author: Gargi Mishra, PHD – University of Washington

  • 9:21 AM - 9:54 AM US ET
    Early chromatin and transcriptional changes driven by NFAT and its transcriptional partners in 'exhausted' CD8+ T cells

    Speaker: Patrick G. Hogan, PhD – La Jolla Inst. for Immunol. and Moores Cancer Ctr. at UCSD

  • 9:54 AM - 10:09 AM US ET
    Reversible ISG15 conjugation regulates antiviral innate immunity and intracellular metabolism

    Author: Junji Zhu, PhD – Florida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic

  • 10:09 AM - 10:42 AM US ET
    Transposon control of immune gene regulatory networks

    Speaker: Edward Chuong – Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

  • 10:42 AM - 11:15 AM US ET
    Sterile inflammation is a key feature of intrinsic tissue ageing

    Speaker: Aki Minoda, PhD – Radboud Univ.