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CD8+ T Cell and NK Cell Mediated Antiviral Immunity

Thursday, April 16, 2026
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
Location: 104AB

Presentations:

  • 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM US ET
    Skull bone marrow is an early source of antiviral CD8 T cell priming and expansion during neurotropic virus infection

    Author: Asma Hassani, MMed Sci, PhD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

  • 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM US ET
    HSV-2 Infection Induces Lasting Transcriptional and Functional Changes in Vaginal Tissue NK Cells

    Author: Sarah C. Vick, PhD (she/her/hers) – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr.

  • 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM US ET
    A Tonsil Organoid Model for Epstein-Barr Virus-Host Immune Interactions in Germinal Centers

    Author: Yizhe Sun, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM US ET
    Immune Cell Derived 1,25(OH)2D3: A Critical Defense Against Influenza Infection

    Author: Nicole Froelich, BS – Penn State

  • 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM US ET
    Regulatory maturation of cDC1 accelerates effector CD8 T cell contraction after severe influenza A virus infection.

    Author: Xinran Wang, MD, MA – Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

  • 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM US ET
    Antigen-specific CD8 T cells are primed in the bone marrow by migratory myeloid DCs bringing antigen from the brain following inflammatory injuries

    Author: Eliese Moelker – Duke Univ.