Joint with: Fungal Pathogens: From Host Encounters to Disease Outcomes
Barrier Immunity: Sensing, Coordination, and Defense at the Host-Environment Interface

Jan 10–13, 2028 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Gretchen E. Diehl, Randy S. Longman, and Molly A Ingersoll

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Jan 10–13, 2028 | Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Gretchen E. Diehl, Randy S. Longman, and Molly A Ingersoll

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***Meeting program subject to change.

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Monday, January 10, 2028
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, January 11, 2028
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks (Joint)
8:30–8:40 AM
Keynote Session (Joint)
8:40–10:00 AM
Bana Jabri, Institut Imagine
Diet and Microbial Recognition in Tolerance and Intestinal Disease
Bruce S Klein, University of Wisconsin Madison
Vaccine Immunity to Dimorphic Fungi
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
Coordination of Mucosal and Antifungal Immune Responses (Joint)
10:20–11:45 AM
Petra Bacher, University Kiel
Cross-Reactive Antifungal T Cells in Health and Disease
Ivan Zanoni, Harvard Medical School - Boston Children’s Hospital
Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Inflammation at Barriers
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
11:45–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:45–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Mucosal Immune Coordination Across Barrier Sites
5:00–7:00 PM
Molly A Ingersoll, Institut Cochin & Institut Pasteur
Mucosal Immunity in the Bladder
Carolyn King, University of Basel
From Flu to TB: Tertiary Lymphoid Structures Shape Tissue Fate in the Lung
Isabella Rauch, Oregon Health and Science University
Pyroptosis of Epithelial Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2028
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Poster Setup
8:00–8:30 AM
Poster Viewing
8:15–5:00 PM
The Microbiota in Health and Disease
8:30–11:30 AM
Lora V. Hooper †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Intestinal Epithelial Responses to the Microbiota
Meghan A Koch †, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Maternal IgA-Mediated Immunity across Mucosal Barriers
Dan R. Littman †, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Induction of Tolerogenic T Cell Responses in the Intestine
Shruti Naik, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Spatial Organization of Tissue Damage and Repair in the Skin
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Lunch
11:30–12:30 PM
Posters
12:00–2:30 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Sensing and Integrating Signals at Barrier Sites
5:00–7:00 PM
Gretchen E. Diehl, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Microbial Drivers of Macrophage Effector Function in the Intestine
Sarah L Gaffen, University of Pittsburgh
Regulation of IL-17 Responses in Oral Mucosa
Cara MM Williams †, Pfizer Inc.
Translational Insights into Lung Barrier Immunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Thursday, January 13, 2028
Breakfast
7:30–8:30 AM
Innate Cells at the Barrier
8:30–11:30 AM
Andrés Hidalgo, Yale School of Medicine
Neutrophil Protection of the Skin
Clare M. Lloyd †, Imperial College London
Sex Differences in Inflammatory Disease of the Lung
Arthur Mortha, University of Toronto
Goblet Cells Drive ILC2 Activity
Shannon J Turley †, Amgen Inc.
Fibroblasts as Architects of Immune Cell Residency in Barrier Tissues
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:30–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Therapeutic and Translational Horizons
5:00–6:45 PM
Randy S. Longman, Weill Cornell Medical College
Regulating Barrier Immunity in IBD
Tiffany C. Scharschmidt, University of California, San Francisco
Development of Immune Responses in the Skin
Denise Morais da Fonseca, University of São Paulo
When Infection Leaves a Scar: Adaptive Advantages and Long-Term Costs of Mucosal Immune Remodeling
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
6:45–7:00 PM
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, January 14, 2028
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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