From Systems Immunology to Immunoengineering

Jan 11–14, 2026 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Alexander Hoffmann, Eicke Latz and Stacey D Finley

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Jan 11–14, 2026 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Alexander Hoffmann, Eicke Latz and Stacey D Finley

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 British Columbia Foyer
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 British Columbia Foyer
Monday, January 12, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Vancouver Island Room
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint)
8:30–10:00 AM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Marcia C. Haigis, Harvard Medical School
Talk Title to be Announced
Dana Pe'er, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Immune Cells in the Tissue Context
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
 British Columbia Foyer
Inside the Cell's Kitchen: Mastering the Art of Nutrient Signaling (Joint)
10:20–12:20 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Dequina Angelina Nicholas, University of California, Irvine
Metabolite Control of Immune Cell Specificity
Eicke Latz, University of Bonn
Myeloid Cell Signaling/Immunometabolism/Personalized Medicine
Steven J. Bensinger, University of California, Los Angeles
Regulation of Immune Cell Function by Lipid Metabolism
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
12:20–1:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
On Own for Lunch
12:20–2:30 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Symposia Spotlight 1: Multi-Scale Communication and Coordination
2:30–4:30 PM
 British Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 British Columbia Foyer
Circuits to Regulate Immune Cell Function
5:00–7:00 PM
 British Ballroom
Catera L Wilder, University of California, San Francisco
The Integration of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Signaling Specificity
Jamie Spangler, Johns Hopkins University
Directed Evolution to Cytokine-Antibody Fusions
Ellen V. Rothenberg, California Institute of Technology
Regulatory Networks for T Cell Development
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Vancouver Island Room
Poster Session 1
7:30–10:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Vancouver Island Room
Immune Cell Coordination in Tissues
8:30–11:30 AM
 British Ballroom
Soumen Basak, National Institute of Immunology
Inflammatory Disease: Math Modeling and Mouse Studies
Elsje Pienaar, Purdue University
Multi-Scale Modeling of Host Immune, Pathogen and Drug Dynamics
Musa M. Mhlanga, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
Epigenetics at the Apex of Vaccination and Senescence
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 British Columbia Foyer
Poster Setup
11:30–1:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
On Own for Lunch
11:30–2:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Panel Discussion 1: How to Measure Immune Health
2:00–3:00 PM
 British Ballroom
Meet the Pioneers (Joint)
3:15–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 British Columbia Foyer
Dynamic Multi-Tissue Control of Immunity
5:00–7:00 PM
 British Ballroom
Nicolas Chevrier, University of Chicago
Systems Analysis of Disease Pathogenesis
Alexander Hoffmann, University of California, Los Angeles
Modeling Antibody Responses
Edward Botchwey, Georgia Tech & Emory University
Bio-Materials Controlling Immune Cell Function
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Vancouver Island Room
Poster Session 2
7:30–10:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
 Vancouver Island Room
Technology Driving Immune Research
8:30–11:30 AM
 British Ballroom
Felix Meissner, University Hospital Bonn
Systems Proteomics, Dissecting Immune Language by Secretomics
Christina S. Leslie, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
T Cell Mediated Immunity; Chromatin States; Comp Bio
Fan Liu, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie
Using Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry to Decode Immune Signaling
Jenny Jiang, University of Pennsylvania
Immune Engineering, T Cell Receptor
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 British Columbia Foyer
On Own for Lunch
11:30–1:45 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Dynamics and Heterogeneity
1:45–3:15 PM
 British Ballroom
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Panel Discussion 2: Immunology in the Age of AI
3:30–4:30 PM
 British Ballroom
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 British Columbia Foyer
Systems Metabolism in Health and Disease (Joint)
5:00–6:15 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Leif S Ludwig, Berlin Institute of Health and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Single-Cell Multi-Omics of Mitochondrial DNA Disorders
Stacey D Finley, University of Southern California
Signaling and Metabolic States in Immunotherapy
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Closing Keynote Address (Joint)
6:15–7:00 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Vanderbilt University
Immunometabolism in Health and Disease
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Joint)
7:00–7:15 PM
 British / Columbia Ballroom
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
 Vancouver Island Room
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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