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Sunday, Oct 26th
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
Energizing Immunity: How Mitochondria Contribute to Inflammation
Moderator: Richard Moore, BSc – Cedars-Sinai
Sunday, Oct 26th
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
Ultraviolet-Mediated Damage to Mitochondria in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Speaker: J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD,PhD – University of Michigan
Sunday, Oct 26th
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Central Time
Erythrocytes Carrying More Power Than Expected
Speaker: Simone Caielli, PhD – weill cornell medicine
Sunday, Oct 26th
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
Trisomy 21 and Immune Dysregulation: Bridging Research and Clinicial Practice
Moderator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
Moderator: Daniel Ibanez, MD – Inova Children's Hospital
Session Coordinator: Pui Lee, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
Sunday, Oct 26th
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
Defining the Immune Landscape Associated with Trisomy 21
Speaker: Dusan Bogunovic, PhD – Columbia University Medical Center
Sunday, Oct 26th
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
Modulating the Immune System in the Clinical Care of Down's Syndrome
Speaker: Jessica Bloom, MD, MS – University of Colorado
Monday, Oct 27th
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
Flushing the Joint: Using Lymphatic Drainage to Control Synovial Inflammation
Moderator: Richard Bell, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Moderator: Xi Lin – University of Rochester Medical Center
Session Coordinator: Theresa Lu, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Monday, Oct 27th
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Central Time
The Synovial Lymphatic System and its Dysfunction in Arthritic Progression
Speaker: Edward Schwarz, PhD – University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Monday, Oct 27th
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
Immunology Boot Camp 1: Basic Principles
Moderator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
Moderator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
Session Coordinator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
Monday, Oct 27th
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
TBD
Speaker: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD – Allen Institute for Immunology
Monday, Oct 27th
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
Tiny Tenants, Big Influence: Microbial Regulation of Host Immunity
Moderator: Tejpal Gill, PhD – OHSU
Moderator: Kelly Hudspeth, PhD – N/A
Monday, Oct 27th
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM Central Time
Gut Microbial Reprogramming of the Lipid Metabolism Through Non-Coding RNAs
Monday, Oct 27th
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Central Time
TBD
Speaker: Arthur Mortha, PhD – University of Toronto
Tuesday, Oct 28th
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
Bypassing the 'Toll' Booth: NIAID-Supported Insights into Alternative Nucleic Acid Sensing in Autoimmunity
Moderator: Jeffrey Rice, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
Session Coordinator: Carla Cuda, PhD – Northwestern University
Tuesday, Oct 28th
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Central Time
RNA Editing and Sensing as a Common Mechanism Underlying Genetic Risk of Autoinflammatory Diseases
Speaker: Jin Billy Li, PhD – Stanford University
Tuesday, Oct 28th
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Central Time
RNA Platforms Regulate MAVS-Dependent Interferon Activation
Speaker: Ram Savan, PhD – University of Washington
Tuesday, Oct 28th
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Central Time
Intracellular Nucleic Acid Detection in Autoimmunity
Speaker: Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD – UMass Chan Medical School
Tuesday, Oct 28th
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
Immunology Boot Camp 2: Applying Principles to Practice
Moderator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
Moderator: Neil Moody, Jr, BS, PA-C – Multicare Tacoma General Rheumatology Associates
Session Coordinator: Janet Bahr, NP – Family Neighborhood Clinic
Tuesday, Oct 28th
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
Bringing Sexy Back: Sex Hormone Modulation of Immune Responses in Autoimmunity
Moderator: Melissa Cunningham, MD, PhD – Medical University of SC
Moderator: Caroline Jefferies, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Session Coordinator: Caroline Jefferies, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tuesday, Oct 28th
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
Obesity Influences Sex-Specific Interferon Signaling to Alter MS
Speaker: Shannon Dunn, PhD – U Toronto and Sunnybrook Research Institute
Tuesday, Oct 28th
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
TBD
Speaker: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD – Allen Institute for Immunology
Tuesday, Oct 28th
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
Immune System Adaptation During Gender-Affirming Testosterone Treatment
Speaker: Petter Brodin, MD, PhD – Karolinska Institut
Tuesday, Oct 28th
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
Stressed Out!: The Role of Cellular Stress in Autoimmune Disease
Moderator: William Ambler, MD – NIH/NIAMS
Moderator: Andras Perl, MD, PhD – SUNY
Session Coordinator: Theresa Lu, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Tuesday, Oct 28th
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Central Time
Chronic Activation of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Autoimmunity Is Linked to Dysregulated ER Stress and Metabolic Responses
Speaker: Franck Barrat, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Tuesday, Oct 28th
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Central Time
The Role of Oxidative Stress in Autoimmune Skin Disease
Speaker: Mehdi Rashighi, MD – UMass Chan Medical School