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  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Time
    26S08: Bullseye! What's the Target for T Cell-Targeted Therapies?
    Location: S103
    Moderator: Marcus Clark, MD – University of Chicago
    Moderator: Melanie Smith, MD, PhD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Session Coordinator: Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    Charting the Uncharted: Developing Genome-Scale Platforms for De Novo Antigen Discovery in Autoimmunity
    Location: S103
    Speaker: Mohammad Haj Dezfulian, PhD – University of Pennsylvania
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Central Time
    Needle in a Haystack – Identifying Autoantigens with Cell-based Libraries
    Location: S103
    Speaker: Alok Joglekar, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    26S21: Driving CAR-T into the Future: What Are the Right B Cell Targets in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Beyond?
    Location: S103
    Moderator: Anne Davidson, MBBS, FRACP – Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
    Session Coordinator: Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Interactive Moderator: Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
    Panel Discussion
    Location: S103
    Panelist: Nan Shen, MD, PhD – Shanghai Jiang Tong University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Iñaki Sanz, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time
    26S38: The New Rules of the Road: An Update on CAR-T-Mediated Immune Reset for SLE
    Location: W375D-E
    Moderator: Saira Sheikh, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Moderator: Sarfaraz Hasni, MD;MSc – National Institutes of Health
    Session Coordinator: Sarfaraz Hasni, MD;MSc – National Institutes of Health
    Session Coordinator: DeAnna Baker Frost, MD;PhD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
     CE: 1.00
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Central Time
    New Rules of the Road: Did Anybody Bring a Map?
    Location: W375D-E
    Speaker: Joan Merrill, MD – Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time
    Precision Immunotherapy - ‪T-cell Engineering
    Location: W375D-E
    Speaker: Maximilian Konig, MD – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    27M09: BiTE The Dust: T Cell-Engaging Antibody Therapies to Eliminate Autoreactive Immune Compartments in Rheumatic Diseases
    Location: S105
    Moderator: Roberto Caricchio, MD – University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
    Session Coordinator: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
     CE: 1.00
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Central Time
    T-Cell Engagers in Oncologic Indication
    Location: S105
    Speaker: Lorenzo Falchi, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Central Time
    Allogeneic Cars and T-cell Engagers in SLE
    Location: S105
    Speaker: Anca Askanase, MD, MPH – Columbia University Medical Center
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time
    28T37: Pharmacology Update: What's New for 2025
    Location: W184B-C
    Moderator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
    Session Coordinator: Jennifer Trizuto, DPT – Mills Peninsula Medical Center/Sutter
     CE: 1.00
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Time
    Review and Update on New Drug Therapies - 2025
    Location: W184B-C
    Speaker: Bharati Bhardwaja, PharmD – Kaiser Permanente Colorado