Thursday, May 13, 2021

Morning Yoga

Join us every morning for a 30-minute yoga-and-mindfulness session. We experience distractions and stressors that pull our attention in many directions. This class will relax you and prepare you to be fully present before engaging in your selected sessions during the day ahead.

Poster Sessions

Molecular and Transcriptional Regulation of Autoimmunity

Innate Mechanisms in Autoimmunity

COVID and FRIENDS

B Cell Regulation and Responses

Molecular and Metabolic Control of Innate Immunity

Mucosal Infection and Inflammation

Immune effects of Anti-Cancer Therapies

Novel Technologies to Interrogate Anti-Tumor Immunity and Therapy Response

Novel Therapeutic Approaches for the Modulation of Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases

Exhibitor Workshops

Block Symposia

Microbiota-Immune Interactions

Generously supported by Sony Biotechnology

Lymphocyte Homeostasis, Metabolism, and Aging

Antigen Processing and Presentation 2

Restraining Immune Responses

The Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of T Cells for the Enhancement of Immune Responses

T Cell Mediated Immunity to Viral Infections

Generously supported by Bio-Rad Laboratories

Distinguished Lecture—Donna L. Farber

Generously supported by Sony Biotechnology

Chairs:

• David Masopust, Univ. of Minnesota, AAI Program Committee Chair
• June L. Round, Univ. of Utah

Speaker:

Donna L. Farber
Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr.
Human immunity in space and time

AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award Presentation and Lecture

Generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Chairs:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)
• Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AAI President (2020–2021)

Award Recipient:

Alexander Y. Rudensky
HHMI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., Rockefeller Univ. and Weill Cornell Med.
The virtue of restraint in adaptive immunity

Recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology

Block Symposia

Regulatory Mechanisms in Innate Immunity

Cardiovascular Immunity

Cellular Mechanisms of Innate Immunity in Pathogen Defense

Mechanisms of Food Allergy and Asthma

Technological Innovation I (Tech Innovation & Interesting Results)

Macrophages, Myeloid and Dendritic Cells in Tumor Immunity and Immunotherapy

Exhibitor Workshop

Quanterix

2020 AAI President’s Symposium

Genes and Genomes in Healthy and Autoimmune Lymphocytes

Presentation of AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award to Jeffrey A. Bluestone

Chair:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)

Speakers:

Due to the cancellation of IMMUNOLOGY2020™, some of the 2020 lectures
and symposia will be presented at Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021™.

AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award Presentation

Chairs:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)
• Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AAI President (2020–2021)

Introducer:

• Randy Q. Cron, Children's Hosp. of Alabama

Award Recipient:

Jeffrey A. Bluestone
Univ. of California, San Francisco, and Sonoma Biotherapeutics

Recognizes a member for exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists

Exhibitor Workshops

AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentation

Chair:

• M. Michele Hogan, CEO, AAI

AAI reports on the “state of the association” to its members at every AAI annual meeting. Members will hear from the CEO, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology (The JI), and the Chair of the Committee on Public Affairs on the financial standing of AAI, the status of The JI, important public policy issues, and other items of interest for the membership. Special AAI awards will also be presented during this session.

View the Business Meeting agenda.

AAI Distinguished Fellows Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 Acknowledgment

Acknowledged at the AAI Business Meeting.

The Distinguished Fellows of AAI program annually recognizes members for distinguished careers and outstanding scientific contributions as well as their service to AAI and the immunology community. It honors active, long-term members (25 or more years) who have demonstrated one or more of the following: excellence in research accomplishment in the field of immunology; exceptional leadership to the immunology community in academia, foundations, nonprofits, industry, or government at a national or international level; notable distinction as an educator. Election as a Distinguished Fellow is among the highest honors bestowed by AAI.

AAI Distinguished Service Award Presentation

Presented at the Business Meeting

Chair:

• M. Michele Hogan, CEO, AAI

Award Recipient:

Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker
Univ. of Toronto, and Sunnybrook Res. Inst., Canada
For outstanding service to AAI and the immunology community as director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology, 2014–2019

Recognizes a member for outstanding service to the AAI community

Pfizer-Showell Award

This award recognizes the professional promise of an early career investigator (assistant professor or equivalent) by assisting the award recipient with registration for the AAI annual meeting to present their research. This award is supported through an endowment from Henry J. Showell and Pfizer, Inc.

Award Recipient:

Monika Bambouskova, Ph.D.
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med.

AAI CEO M. Michele Hogan will acknowledge the awardee during the AAI Business Meeting.

Lefrançois-BioLegend Memorial Award

Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Leo Lefrançois, this award is intended to advance the career of a trainee who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of mucosal immunology. This award is generously supported by BioLegend and donations from friends and colleagues of Dr. Lefrançois.

Award Recipient:

Jacob Van Winkle
Oregon Hlth. & Sci. Univ.

AAI CEO M. Michele Hogan will acknowledge the awardee during the AAI Business Meeting.

Lustgarten-Thermo Fisher Scientific Memorial Award

Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Joseph Lustgarten, this award is intended to advance the career of a mid-career scientist who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of immune regulation. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Award Recipient:

Venuprasad K. Poojary, Ph.D.
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.

AAI CEO M. Michele Hogan will acknowledge the awardee during the AAI Business Meeting.

Chambers-Thermo Fisher Scientific Memorial Award

Established to honor the memory of AAI Member Dr. Cynthia Chambers, this award is intended to advance the career of an early career scientist who attends the AAI annual meeting and presents an outstanding abstract specifically in the area of cancer biology. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Award Recipient:

Timotheus Y.F. Halim, Ph.D.
Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.

AAI CEO M. Michele Hogan will acknowledge the awardee during the AAI Business Meeting.

AAI-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Awards

This award recognizes up to six promising trainees in the field of immunology. Selection is based on career promise and presentation of an outstanding first-author abstract selected for a Block Symposium. This award is generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Award Recipients:

AAI CEO M. Michele Hogan will acknowledge the awardees during the AAI Business Meeting.

International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS) Symposium

Emerging Roles of Type III Interferons in COVID-19, Gut Microbiome, Adaptive Immunity, and Anti-Fungal Immunity

Chairs:

• Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, NCI, NIH
• Sergei V. Kotenko, Rutgers Univ.

Speakers:

• Kristin A. Hogquist, Univ. of Minnesota, Distinct roles for type I and III interferons in thymic selection
• Megan T. Baldridge, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., Restriction of intestinal viral cellular tropism by IFN-λ
• Amariliz Rivera, Rutgers Univ., Novel insights on IFN-λ in innate anti-fungal immunity
• Ivan Zanoni, Harvard Med. Sch., Impact and regulation of type III interferon production in COVID-19
• Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson, NCI, NIH, Type III interferon and the genetics of COVID-19

International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) Symposium

Microbial Control of Neuroimmune Interactions

Chairs:

• Francisco J. Quintana, Brigham and Women’s Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch.
• Jennifer L. Gommerman, Univ. of Toronto, Canada

Speakers:

• Jennifer L. Gommerman, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, Under the influence - the microbiome, lymphocytes, and CNS inflammation
• Thomas Korn, Tech. Univ. Munich, Germany, Gut-imprinted antigen-specific T cells exhibit distinct effector functions in the CNS
• Laura Piccio, Univ. of Sydney, Australia, Multiomic analysis of host-microbiome interactions in CNS inflammation
• Florent Ginhoux, A*STAR, Singapore, Modulation of immune cells by microbes during development
• Francisco J. Quintana, Brigham and Women’s Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch., Microbial control of astrocyte responses

Korean Association of Immunologists (KAI) and Association of Korean Immunologists in America (AKIA) Symposium

Interplay Between Cytokine Response and Metabolic Regulation in Immune Homeostasis

Chairs:

• Heung Kyu Lee, Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Technol., South Korea
• Jin Seon Im, Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr.

Speakers:

• Hye Young Kim, Seoul Natl. Univ. Col. of Med., South Korea, The role of innate lymphoid cells on respiratory disorders
• Seung-Hwan Lee, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada, Enhancing natural killer cell immunity by modulating amino acid transporters
• Booki Min, Northwestern Univ., Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells in steroid responsiveness and resistance
• Heung Kyu Lee, Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Technol., South Korea, Tumor hypoxia represses ɣδ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity against brain tumors

Block Symposium

CD8⁺ T Cell Memory to Viruses

Careers in Biotech Panel Discussion

Sponsored by the AAI Education Committee

Generously supported by BD Biosciences

Chairs:

• H. Kiyomi Komori, Arena Pharmaceuticals
• Mary T. Litzinger, Director of Educational and Career Development, AAI

Panelists:

• Lokesh A. Kalekar, Senior Scientist, eGenesis, Inc.
• Sadiye A. Rieder, Senior Scientist, Horizon Therapeutics
• Rachel S. Soloff, Senior Director of Research, Kyowa Kirin, Inc.
• Tania Wiens, Senior Director of Business Development, Precision for Med.

Many opportunities exist in biotechnology for scientists with advanced degrees. There are positions in laboratory research, program management, business development, regulatory affairs, clinical trials oversight, medical liaison, and more. This panel features scientists employed in a variety of positions discussing their career paths and the skills required for success in each.

Exhibitor Workshop

Cytek Biosciences

Science for the Mind—Music for the Soul

Performance by AAI member Chris Karp (AAI '95) 

Dr. Karp will honor us with a skillful and gifted piano performance, concluding with a live discussion exploring his career and how he has melded science and music.