BRI Immunology Symposium: New Horizons in Immunity and Disease

Program Agenda

Morning Agenda

8:30 a.m. - Doors Open: Coffee, Snacks, Vendor Booths 

9:00 a.m. - Welcome: Jane Buckner, MD, BRI President

9:05 a.m. - Determinants of Response to Cancer Immunotherapy

Lawrence Fong, MD
Bezos Distinguished Scholar, Director, Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center
Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

9:35 a.m. - Leveraging Computational Biology to Understand the Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Immunologic Diseases

Matthew Altman, MD, MPhil
Affiliate Investigator, Center for Systems Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Washington

10:05 a.m. - Short Talk: Interferons and Monocytes in Macrophage Activation Syndrome

Susan Canny, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist, Center for Fundamental Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute
Rheumatology Attending, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington

10:25 a.m. - Break, Visit Vendor Booths

10:50 a.m. - Creating a Small and Large Intestine on a Microscale to Model Normal and Disease Physiology

Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD
Frank & Julie Jungers Dean College of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington

11:20 a.m. - Are Integrins Integral for Intestinal Immunity?

Adam Lacy-Hulbert, PhD
Member and Director, Center for Systems Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute
Affiliate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington

11:50 a.m. - Short Talk: Tissue Signals Regulating Commensal-Specific CD8⍺ꞵ+ T Cells in the Intestines

Tayla Olsen
Graduate Student, Center for Fundamental Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute
Graduate Student, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington

12:10 p.m. - Lunch

Afternoon Agenda

1:10 p.m. - KEYNOTE: Unraveling the Core Architecture of the CD4+ T Cell Response

Marc Jenkins, PhD
Regents Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School

2:10 p.m. - Paths to T Cell Exhaustion in T1D

Alice Long, PhD
Associate Member, Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute

2:40 p.m. - Short Talk: Chromatin Repression and Metabolic Rewiring in RRMS Flare: A Multi-Omic View

Arpit Mishra, PhD
Staff Scientist, Center for Translational Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute

3:00 p.m. - Break, Visit Vendor Booths

3:25 p.m. - Understanding CD4+ T cell Heterogeneity in the Tissues

Marion Pepper, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Washington

3:55 p.m. - Temporal Stability and Clonal Diversity of CMV-Specific T Cells During Latent Infection

Dan Campbell, PhD
Member and Director, Center for Fundamental Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute
Affiliate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington

4:30 p.m. - Symposium Ends; One-Hour Reception Begins