"Immune Regulation: Present and Future" (May 25-27, 2009)
DateTime

Speakers

Affiliation

Title

Opening Remarks by Dr. Shizuo Akira

9:00-9:10
9:10-9:40

Shizuo Akira

Osaka University“Zc3h12a, a TLR inducible-ribonuclease involved in IL-6mRNAdegradation”

9:40-10:10

Bruce Beutler

The Scripps Research Institute“Analysis of immunity by random germline mutagenesis."

10:10-10:40

Michael Karin

UCSD“Differential Protein Ubiquitination Determine the Specificity ofInnate Immune Responses”(Break)10:40-11:00

UCSF
Lewis Lanier
11:30-12:00 Ruslan Medzhitov Yale University
12:00-12:30 Tadatsugu Taniguchi University of Tokyo“NK cell responses to viral infection”

11:00-11:30

25(Mon) 12:30-14:40
14:40-15:10“Innate Host Defense Pathways”“Activation of innate immune responses by nucleic acids and IRFs"(Lunch & Poster Session)
Klaus Rajewsky

Harvard Medical School“How the BCR signals survival, proliferation and lifestyle."

15:10-15:40 Michel C. Nussenzweig The Rockefeller University
15:40-16:10

Jeffrey V. Ravetch

The Rockefeller University“Immunomodulation by sialylated IgG"

(Break)16:10-16:30
16:30-17:00

Max D. CooperEmory University“When did T and B cells evolve?”
The speech by Dr. Frederic Alt has been canceled.

17:00-17:30

Tasuku Honjo

Kyoto University

9:00-9:30“AID as the engraver of antibody memory and inducer of genome
instability."“Structures, Signals and Cell interactions Involved in Adaptive
Immune Responses as Revealed by Dynamic Intravital Imaging"

Ronald N. Germain NIH

9:30-10:00

Jason Cyster

UCSF"Visualizing the Dynamics of B cell Antigen Encounter in Lymph Nodes"

10:00-10:30

Jürg Tschopp

University of Lausanne“The inflammasomes: danger sensing complexes triggering innate
immunity"(Break)10:30-10:50

26(Tue)“AID is a cancer-causing gene in B cells."

10:50-11:20

Xuetao Cao

11:20-11:50

Ralph Steinman

Second Military Medical University

The Rockefeller University

11:50-12:20 Stefan H.E. Kaufmann Max-Planck-Institut

15:00-15:30

Emil R. Unanue

Washington University

15:30-16:00

Anjana Rao

Harvard Medical School“Peptide selection by class II MHC molecules: chemical rules andbiological consequences"“Halofuginone inhibits Th17 cell differentiation by activating theamino acid starvation response."(Break)16:00-16:20
16:50-17:20“Harnessing dendritic cells for vaccine discovery and development"“Immune Response to Tuberculosis"(Lunch & Poster Session)

12:20-15:00

16:20-16:50“Positive and negative regulation of T cell response by dendritic cellsubsets"

Gary Fathman
Abul K. Abbas

Stanford University“CD4 T cell unresponsiveness."

UCSF“Tolerance, Autoimmunity and Interleukin-2"

The speech by Dr. Diane Mathis has been canceled.
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30

Richard Flavell
Shimon Sakaguchi

Yale University“TGF-beta in Immunity and Autoimmunity"

Kyoto University“Regulatory T cells for immunological tolerance and immune
homeostasis”

9:30-10:00 Alexander Y. Rudensky Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
10:00-10:30

Fiona Powrie

University of Oxford(Break)10:30-10:50
10:50-11:20
27(Wed) 11:20-11:50
11:50-12:20

Dan Littman

New York University

Vijay Kuchroo

Harvard Medical SchoolSergio Romagnani

University of Florence

14:30-15:00

Marc Feldmann
Joseph Smolen

Imperial College School of Medicine “Anti-Cytokine Therapy of Immune Mediated Diseases"

Medical University of Vienna

15:00-15:30 Tadamitsu Kishimoto Osaka University
15:30-15:40“Role of microbiota and transcription factors in control of Th17 celldifferentiation”“Reciprocal relationship between CD4+, Fox-P3+ T-reg andproinflammatory Th17 cells"“Phenotype, function and origin of human Th17 cells"(Lunch)12:20-14:00
14:00-14:30“Plasticity of regulatory T cell suppression program"“Intestinal homeostasis: a balancing act between effector andregulatory T cells"“Targeted Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Back to the Future"“Basic and Clinical Studies involving IL-6 Receptor Blockade: TH17cells, Macrophages and Aryl-hydrocarbon Receptor."

Closing Remarks by Dr. Fritz Melchers