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May 3–7, 2025 | Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

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Regular
Abstract Submission


Opens: October 1, 2024
Closes: November 19, 2024


Members: $0
Nonmembers: $140

Late-Breaking
Abstract Submission


Opens: January 7, 2025
Closes: January 21, 2025


Members: $110
Nonmembers: $175

SUBMIT YOUR Late-Breaking ABSTRACT

Abstract Topic Categories

Please note our abstract topic categories have changed for 2025.

Antigen and Dendritic Cell Processing, Presentation, and Biology (AGDC)

  • MHC Structure, Function and Ligands
  • MHC Assembly and Trafficking
  • Mechanisms of Cross Presentation
  • Intracellular Events in Antigen Processing
  • Dendritic Cell Antigen Processing
  • Dendritic Cell Biology
  • Myeloid Cell Biology
  • Other Antigen Presenting Cells
  • Structure/Function Studies of Antigen Processing and Presentation
  • Other Related Topics

Basic Autoimmunity (BA)

  • Immunopathogenic Mechanisms/Immunogenetics of Autoimmunity
  • Tolerance and Autoimmunity
  • Other Related Topics

Cellular Adhesion, Migration, and Inflammation (CAM)

  • Inflammation
  • Chemokines and Chemoattractants
  • Adhesion Molecules in Cellular Migration, Inflammation, and Disease
  • Leukocyte Recruitment
  • Other Related Topics

Computational and Systems Immunology (COMP)

  • Bioinformatics Methods and Mathematical Models of Immune Interactions and Responses in Health and Disease
  • Computational Immunology
  • Integration of Multiple Cell Types/Functions/Responses
  • -Omics: Immunomics, Genomics, and Proteomics
  • Other Related Topics

Cytokines and Chemokines and Their Receptors (CCR)

  • Receptors and Signal Transduction
  • Gene Regulation
  • Regulators of Immune Cell Development and Function
  • Receptors in vivo
  • Role in Health and Disease
  • Structure/Function Studies of Cytokines, Chemokines, and Their Receptors
  • Other Related Topics

Hematopoiesis and Immune System Development (HEM)

  • Stem Cells and Early Lineage Restrictions
  • Myeloid and Erythroid Cell Development
  • Lymphoid Organogenesis
  • B Cell Development
  • T Cell Development
  • Developmental Defects in Aging
  • Other Related Topics

Immediate Hypersensitivity, Asthma, and Allergic Responses (HYP)

  • Mast Cells, Eosinophils, Basophils
  • Asthma and Allergic Inflammation
  • Regulation of Hypersensitivity Responses
  • Other Related Topics

Immune Mechanisms of Human Disease (HUM)

  • Basic Science Studies of Human Health and Disease
  • Studies of the Healthy Human Immune System
  • Mechanistic Studies of the Impact of Immunotherapy and Immunomodulation on the Human Immune Response (including Studies Based on Clinical Trials)
  • Complement and Other Innate Immune Modulators and Therapeutics in Pathogenesis of Human Disease
  • Other Related Topics

Immune Response Regulation: Cellular Mechanisms (IRC)

Should NOT include abstracts representing pure signaling, transcriptional regulation, or structural studies (see: Immune Response Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms for these abstracts) or abstracts related to regulating responses to tumors (see: Tumor Immunology: Cellular Responses and Tumor Microenvironment).

  • Mechanisms of Co-stimulation and Tolerance
  • Mechanisms of Regulatory T Cell, B Cell, and Myeloid Suppressor Cell Activity
  • Cell-Cell Interactions
  • Effector Cell Processes
  • Other Related Topics

Immune Response Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms (IRM)

  • Signal Pathways in Immune Cell Development, Regulation, and Activation
  • MHC: Evolution and Polymorphisms
  • Molecular Aspects of Repertoire Formation (Recombination, Isotype Switching, Somatic Mutation)
  • Transcriptional Regulation of the Immune System
  • Structural Biology of Immune Regulation
  • Other Related Topics

Immunology Education and Communication (EDU)

  • K – 12 Education Programs
  • Undergraduate Education Strategies and Programs
  • Graduate Education Strategies and Programs
  • Public/Layperson Educational Strategies, Programs, and Communication
  • Strategies and Programs for Communicating Immunology to Scientists in Other Disciplines
  • Other Education Programs

Innate Immune Responses and Host Defense: Cellular Mechanisms (INC)

  • Innate Cellular Mechanisms of Host Defense
  • Crosstalk of Complement with Other Immune Systems
  • Ontogeny of Host Defense Mechanisms
  • Other Related Topics

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

  • Signal Transduction and Inflammasome Activation in Innate Immunity
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immune System Regulation
  • Fc Receptors and Acute Phase Proteins
  • Structure/Function Analysis of Components of the Innate Immune Response
  • Other Related Topics

Lymphocyte Differentiation and Peripheral Maintenance (LYM)

  • Cell Cycle and Mechanisms of Proliferation
  • Lymphocyte Differentiation
  • Lymphocyte Homeostasis, including Apoptosis
  • Mechanisms/Biology of Immunological Memory and Aging
  • Selection and Repertoire Diversity
  • Influence of Stromal Cells
  • Other Related Topics

Microbial, Parasitic, and Fungal Immunology (MPF)

  • Cellular Responses to Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens
  • Immunopathogenesis of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Infection
  • Innate Immunity Against Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens
  • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance
  • Other Related Topics

Mucosal and Regional Immunology (MUC)

  • Protective Mucosal Immune Responses
  • Influences on Mucosal Immunity
  • Mucosal Tolerance and Disease
  • Role and Regulation of IgA
  • Immunology of Pregnancy
  • Immunologically Privileged Sites
  • Microbiome and Immunity
  • Other Related Topics

Neuroimmunology (NEUR)

  • Interactions Between Immune and Nervous System
  • Neuroinflammation
  • Demyelination
  • Neuronal Cell Death, Loss, and/or Injury
  • Immune Cells in the Nervous System
  • CNS Borders and Immunity
  • Gut-Brain Axis
  • Cytokine Signaling to the Brain
  • Neuronal Control of the Immune Response
  • Other Related Topics

Technological Innovations in Immunology (TECH)

  • Technology Development and Applications
  • Other Related Topics

Therapeutic Approaches to Autoimmunity (THER)

  • Therapeutic Modulation of Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease in Animal Models
  • Development of Therapies for Human Autoimmune Disease
  • Other Related Topics

Translational and Interventional Immunology (TI)

  • Clinical Immunology and Related Translational and Interventional Research
  • Development of Diagnostics
  • Early Clinical Investigations
  • Novel Therapeutic Concepts: From Bench to Bedside
  • Other Related Topics

Transplantation Immunology (TRAN)

  • Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Cellular or Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Graft vs. Host Disease (GVHD)
  • Transplantation Tolerance Induction
  • Mechanisms and Prevention of Graft Rejection
  • Other Related Topics

Tumor Immunology: Cellular Responses and Tumor Microevironment (TIME)

  • Antitumor Effector Cells and Cellular Regulation of Tumor Immunity
  • Cellular Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection and Modulation of Antitumor Responses
  • Tumor-Associated Antigens
  • Tumor-Associated Immunosuppression
  • Tumor Microenvironment
  • Other Related Topics

Tumor Immunology: Checkpoints, Prevention, and Treatment (TIPT)

  • Vaccine Development
  • Immune-Based Therapies (Including CAR T/B Cell Therapies)
  • Non-Cellular Regulation of Tumor Immunity
  • Non-Cellular Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection and Modulation of Antitumor Responses
  • Pathobiology of Immune System Malignancies
  • Other Related Topics

Vaccines and Immunotherapy (VAC)

  • Mucosal Vaccine Development and Immune-Based Therapies
  • Therapy of Asthma and Hypersensitivity Responses
  • Vaccine Development for Infectious Disease
  • Immunotherapeutic Strategies Against Pathogens
  • Other Related Topics

Veterinary and Comparative Immunology (VET)

  • Comparative Immune Responses to Pathogens/Tumors
  • Evolution and Genetic Regulation of the Immune System
  • Hematopoiesis and Development
  • Differentiation and Selection
  • Other Related Topics

Viral Immunology (VIR)

  • Cellular Responses to Viral Pathogens
  • Immunopathogenesis of Viral Infection
  • Innate Immunity Against Viral Pathogens
  • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance (including HIV)
  • Other Related Topics

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