Conference Program 2025

Day 1: Friday, February 21st, 2025

Scientific Session 1

Time (EST)TopicSpeaker
07:00 - 07:15 AMDay 1 Welcome
07:15 - 07:50 AMKeynote: Immunological control of host physiology (UPDATE: Dr. Belkaid's Keynote presentation has been re-scheduled to Day 2 at 9:55AM. Please see below. )Dr. Yasmine Belkaid
Pasteur Institute, France
07:55 - 08:10 AMUnderstanding the biology of CD4 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CD4-CTLs) in humansRaunak Kar
National Institute of Immunology, India
08:15 - 08:30 AMLow thyroxine levels during pregnancy and the intestinal outcome in the adult offspringMaria Jose Mendoza
Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
08:35 - 08:50 AMTh1/Th17 imbalance in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis Zeineb Zian
Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco
08:55 - 09:10 AMImmune checkpoint VISTA on keratinocytes suppresses Sting-mediated Type I interferon responses that mediate skin injury by ultraviolet lightZachary T. Peters
Dartmouth College, U.S.A.

Scientific Session 2

Time (EST)TopicSpeaker
09:15 - 09:50 AMKeynote: Discriminating healthy tissue from cancerous tissue: A natural route to pan-cancer immunotherapyDr. Adrian Hayday
Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
09:55 - 10:10 AMContinuous expression of TOX safeguards exhausted CD8 T cell epigenetic fate Yinghui Jane Huang
University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
10:15 - 10:30 AMImpact of distant tumor growth and immune modulation on gut microbiome Akansha Singh
UT Southwestern Medical Center, U.S.A.
10:35 - 10:50 AMStudying the association of genetic variations in long intergenic noncoding RNA 00511 (LINC00511) with breast Cancer Among the Egyptian PopulationShorouk Eldash
The British University in Egypt, Egypt
10:55 - 11:10 AMTIF1γ regulates stability of regulatory T cells during inflammation Eugenio Contreras Castillo
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
11:15 - 11:30 AMTumor sialylation controls effective anti-cancer immunity in breast cancerStefan Mereiter
IMBA, Austria
11:35 - 11:50 AMExpression of collagen density-regulatory factors in prostate cancer Taras V. Zadvornyi
RE Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
11:55 - 12:30 PMKeynote: Unconventionally primed type 1 follicular helper T cells are required for the development of long-lived IgA plasma cells following mucosal viral infectionDr. Jen Gommerman
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada
12:30 - 12:45 PMHotDoc: A dual scoping review of factors causing misdiagnosis of cardiovascular diseases in womenBhavnoor K. Pannu
University of Toronto, Canada
12:45 - 13:00 PMHotDoc: Coming together for a tobacco-free generation: Lessons from the ECToH 2023's Youth CommitteeChristos Tsagkaris
University of Zurich, University Childrens' Hospital, Switzerland

 

Day 2: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025

Scientific Session 3

Time (EST)TopicSpeaker
07:00 - 07:15 AMDay 2 Welcome
07:15 - 07:50 AMKeynote: T lymphocyte differentiation: Lessons learned from patients with inborn errors of immunityDr. Federica Sallusto
Institute of Microbiology, Switzerland
07:55 - 08:10 AMConformational dynamics and active site flexibility in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa LasR protein: Inhibiting the quorum sensing receptorArnold Abakah
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
08:15 - 08:30 AMRepurposing FDA-approved cardiovascular drugs to inhibit RAGE in Alzheimer’s disease through virtual screening and molecular dynamics investigationTaiwo O. Ojo
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria
08:35 - 08:50 AMElucidating the role of human CARD8 inflammasome in human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cellsTianli Xiao
Yale School of Medicine, U.S.A.
08:55 - 09:10 AMInvestigating the effects on targeting the TRAF1/PKN-1 signaling axis in inflammation Laura Nicolucci
York University, Canada

Scientific Session 4

Time (EST)TopicSpeaker
09:15 - 09:50 AMKeynote: How do mRNA vaccines promote CD8+ T cell responses?Dr. Chris Hunter
Institute of Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
09:55 - 10:30 AMKeynote: Immunological control of host physiologyDr. Yasmine Belkaid
Pasteur Institute, France
10:35 - 10:50 AMHost immunotranscriptomics during malaria-schistosomiasis co-infection in a Malian pediatric cohortGillian Mbambo
Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.
10:55 - 11:10 AMInborn errors in the Type I interferon signaling pathway in children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infectionFernando G. I. Freire
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
11:15 - 11:30 AMNanopore-based analysis unravels the phylogenetic placement of human-infecting Trichuris species in Cote d'Ivoire, Laos Tanzania and UgandaNurudeen Rahman
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
11:35 - 11:50 AMConstitutive immune surveillance of nasal mucosa by neutrophil subsets with distinct origin, phenotype, and functionRodrigo Gonzalez
Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.
11:55 - 12:30 PMKeynote: The coming golden age of human immunologyDr. Mark M. Davis
Institute of Immunity, Transplantation & Infection, Stanford University, U.S.A.
12:30 - 12:45 PMHotDoc: Implementing the trauma team in R. Moldova: Strengthening emergency and trauma response to build national emergency care and response capacityArtur Munteanu
Nicolae Testemiţanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Moldova
12:45 - 13:00 PMHotDoc: Oral Interventions in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in the Municipality of Vitória de Santo Antão - PEIvyson G. S. Cabral
FACOL University Center, Brazil

 

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