IMMUNOLOGY2025™

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

Guest Symposia: Sunday, May 4, 2025

Mon, May 5
TUE, May 6

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 7:00 – 8:30 ⏐ Room 313C 

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Symposium 

Cellular Therapy for Solid Cancers: From Concepts to Approvals 

Chairs:

  • Daniel J. Powell, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA 
  • Michael T. Lotze, Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., USA

Speakers:

  • Daniel J. Powell, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA, Welcome 
  • Michael T. Lotze, Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., USA, The next generation of TIL therapy  
  • Kristin Anderson, Univ. of Virginia, USA, TCR therapy for solid tumors: antigens, advances, and approvals  
  • Mathew Angelos, Univ. of Colorado Sch. of Med., USA, Clinical CAR macrophage therapy: breaking new ground  
  • Daniel J. Powell, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA, Countering TME forces to enhance CAR T cell therapy 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 8:30 – 10:30 ⏐ Room 314 

International Society of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRIV) Symposium

Broadly Protective Immunity against Influenza and Opportunities for Universal Influenza Vaccines 

Chairs:

  • S. Mark Tompkins, Univ. of Georgia, USA 
  • Nicole La Gruta, Monash Univ., AUS 

Speakers:

  • Andrea Sant, Univ. of Rochester, USA, Remodeling the CD4+ T cell response to adjuvanted influenza vaccines in a host that has immune memory from infection 
  • Ali Ellebedy, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, USA, Regulation of the germinal center B cell response to influenza vaccination 
  • Paul Thomas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA, Improving cellular correlates of protection against influenza infection 
  • Florian Krammer, Icahn Sch. of Med. at Mount Sinai, USA, Broadly protective vaccines based on the influenza virus neuraminidase 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 8:30 – 10:30 ⏐ Room 315 

German Society for Immunology (DGfI) Symposium 

Regulation of Barrier Immunity 

Chairs:

  • Minka Breloer, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for Tropical Med. (BNITM), Hamburg, DEU 
  • Jochen Mattner, Univ. of Erlangen-Nürnberg, DEU 

Speakers:

  • Minka Breloer, Bernhard Nocht Inst. for Tropical Med. (BNITM), Hamburg, DEU, Strongyloides ratti infection in mice: immune response and immune regulation 
  • Ahmed Hegazy, Charité – Berlin Univ. Med., and DRFZ, DEU, Immune-epithelial crosstalk in intestinal health and disease 
  • Jochen Mattner, Univ. of Erlangen-Nürnberg, DEU, Impact of immunometabolism on infections and inflammatory processes at and beyond the intestinal epithelial barrier 
  • Bastian Opitz, Charité, Berlin, DEU, Microbiota-immune system interactions in lung infections 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 12:00 – 13:30 ⏐ Room 313C 

Sociedade Brasileira de Imunologia (Brazilian Society of Immunology, SBI) Symposium 

Innate Immunity to Bacterial Infections 

Chairs:

  • Henrique Borges da Silva, Mayo Clin., Arizona, USA 
  • Larissa D. Cunha, Univ. de São Paulo Ribeirao Preto, BRA 

Speakers:

  • Dario S. Zamboni, Univ. de São Paulo Ribeirao Preto, BRA, Inflammasome activation and host cell death: key mechanisms in innate immunity to Legionella pneumophila 
  • Pedro Moraes-Vieira, Univ. Estadual de Campinas, BRA, Novel insights into HIF-1 alpha-mediated macrophage response and metabolic adaptation upon bacterial infections 
  • Larissa D. Cunha, Univ. de São Paulo Ribeirao Preto, BRA, Non-canonical autophagy and promotion of tissue protection during bacterial infections 
  • Sergio C. Oliveira, Univ. de Sao Paulo, BRA, Trained innate immunity with BCG enhances inflammasome activation and protection against heterologous bacterial infection and cancer 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 12:00 – 14:00 ⏐ Room 314

National Institute on Aging (NIH, NIA) Symposium 

Rejuvenation of the Aged Immune System 

Chairs:

  • Mulualem Tilahun, NIA, NIH, USA 
  • Janko Ž. Nikolich, Univ. of Arizona Col. of Med., USA 

Speakers:

  • Janko Ž. Nikolich, Univ. of Arizona Col. of Med., USA, Lymph node stromal changes with aging and perspectives for rejuvenation 
  • Christina D. Camell, Univ. of Minnesota, USA, Reversal of immune ageing in exhausted CD8+ T cells and inflammatory macrophages 
  • Laura Haynes, Univ. of Connecticut Hlth. Ctr., USA, Cellular senescence is a double-edged sword in regulating aged immune responses to influenza 
  • Ann Venables Griffith, Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., USA, Paracrine FGF21 dynamically modulates mTOR signaling to regulate thymus function across the lifespan 
  • Saul A. Villeda, UCSF, USA, Deciphering immune mechanisms of brain rejuvenation 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 15:30 – 17:00 ⏐ Room 315 

Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium 

Unveiling the Tissue Guardians: Novel Insights into Innate Immune Signaling in Human Disease 

Chairs:

  • Ali Abdul-Sater, York Univ., CAN 
  • Katrina Gee, Queen’s Univ., CAN 

Speakers:

  • Nargis Khan, Univ. of Calgary, CAN, Emerging role of trained immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases 
  • Ajitha Thanabalasuriar, McGill Univ., CAN, Neutrophils tango with transforming growth factor beta to balance lung health and repair 
  • Valentin Jaumouillé, Simon Fraser Univ., CAN, Clearing cancer cells: A physical challenge for macrophages 
  • Ali Abdul-Sater, York Univ., CAN, Breaking Bad: TRAF1/cIAP2 Edition – Unmasking TRAF1’s dual role in innate immune signaling and inflammatory disease 

Sunday, May 4, 2025 ⏐ 15:30 – 17:00 ⏐ Room 313C 

Society for Natural Immunity (SNI) Symposium 

New Frontiers in NK Cell and ILC Immunobiology and Therapy