About This Meeting:

Recent technological advances in spatial transcriptomics, multiplexed proteomics, and intravital imaging have transformed immunology by revealing the composition, organization, and dynamics of immune niches across tissues. Together with integrative computational tools and cellular atlases, these approaches have underscored the critical role of local microenvironments and systemic signals in shaping immune responses. Yet, how spatial context governs immune cell function, communication, and fate in health and disease remains an open question. 

This Keystone Symposia conference on Tissue and Spatial Immunology will bring together a diverse community to explore the emerging field of spatial and tissue immunology. The program will highlight novel technologies and conceptual advances that challenge traditional paradigms and expand understanding of tissue-resident and migratory immune networks, cross-organ immune regulation, and the integration of structural biology, imaging, and modeling. Topics will span translational contexts including cancer, infection, neuroinflammation, and autoimmunity. 

The meeting will convene immunologists, clinicians, technologists, and computational scientists to promote interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration among scientists who rarely interact at other conferences. Jointly held with Single Cell Biology: Expanding Potential Across Diseases, this meeting will offer attendees a unique opportunity to integrate spatial and high-resolution single-cell approaches. 

This meeting fills a growing need for focused discussion on spatial context in immunity and will catalyze innovative research, cross-disciplinary partnerships, and therapeutic insights across basic and translational domains. 

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