Joint with: Early Life Immunity and Tolerance
Immunomodulatory Microbiota in Health and Disease

Mar 07–10, 2027 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers: Andrew T. Gewirtz, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, and Ruth E. Ley

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Mar 07–10, 2027 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada

Scientific Organizers: Andrew T. Gewirtz, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, and Ruth E. Ley

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, March 7, 2027
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, March 8, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Session (Joint)
8:00–9:30 AM
Lora V. Hooper †, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
How Microbiota Controls Innate Immunity
Sing Sing Way †, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Microbiota and T Cells (Joint)
9:30–11:15 AM
Kathy D. McCoy †, University of Calgary
Talk Title to be Announced
Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Columbia University
Segmented Filamentious Bacteria and Th17 Cells
Fiona M. Powrie †, University of Oxford
Host-Microbiota Interactions in IBD
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Microbial Metabolites and Immunity
5:00–7:00 PM
Matam Vijay-Kumar †, University of Toledo
Microbiota Metabolites and Dampening Immune Responses: Too Much of a Good Thing
Jun R. Huh †, Harvard Medical School
Microbial Regulation of immunity via the Synthesis of Small Molecule Metabolites
Kenya Honda †, Keio University School of Medicine
Microbiota Influence on Adaptive Immunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Microbial Tolerance (Joint)
8:00–11:00 AM
Ruth E. Ley, Max Planck Institute for Biology
Distinguishing Friend from Foe
Gregory M. Barton, University of California, Berkeley
Tolerance in the Intestine
Rodney D. Newberry †, Washington University School of Medicine
Tolerance and IBD
Tiffany C. Scharschmidt †, University of California, San Francisco
Tolerance at Skin Barriers
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Microbiota Beyond Gut
5:00–7:00 PM
Andrew T. Gewirtz, Georgia State University / Frontiers
Gut Microbiota Control of Lung Immunity
Douglas S Kwon †, Harvard Medical School
Vaginal Microbiome and HIV
Daniel H Kaplan †, University of Pittsburgh
Microbiota and Epidermal Mast Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Frontiers in Microbiota-Immune Interactions
8:00–11:00 AM
Ken H Cadwell †, University of Pennsylvania
Viral Bacterial Interactions
Theresa Alenghat †, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Microbiota Tuft Cells, and Type 2 Immunity
Noah W. Palm †, Yale University
Transgingdom Interactomen
June L. Round †, University of Utah
Fungi, Macrophages and B-Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Better Bugs for Therapy
5:00–6:45 PM
Emma Slack †, ETH Zurich
Bugs are Better than Drugs
Laurence Zitvogel †, Institut Gustave Roussy
Leveraging Microbiota for Better Chemotherapy
Dan R. Littman †, HHMI/New York University School of Medicine
Engineered Bacteria and Cancer treatment
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
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
Thursday, March 11, 2027
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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