Feb 18–21, 2024 | Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, AB, Canada
Scientific Organizers:
Michail Lionakis, Sarah L. Gaffen, and Mari L. Shinohara

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Scientific Organizers: Michail Lionakis, Sarah L. Gaffen, and Mari L. Shinohara
Michail Lionakis
Sarah L. Gaffen
Mari L. Shinohara
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
One Gene to Rule Them All
What have we Learned About Cryptococcal Virulence in the Past Decade
Host Immune Responses Against Cryptococcus Infection
Insights on Mechanisms of Vaccine-induced Protection against Cryptococcosis
Short Talk: Short Talk: Primed Immune Responses in the Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Enhance the Immune Barrier to Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens
Associate Professor
Chief of the National Wildlife Health Center's Laboratory Sciences Branch
Principal Investigator
Vice President Research, Allergy and Immunity
Principal Scientist
Hepcidin Deficiency: A Novel Host Susceptibility Factor in Disseminating Candidiasis
'The Skin I Live in' The Intracellular Lifestyle of Pseudogymnoascus destructans during White-Nose Syndrome of Bats
IL-17A Enhances C. albicans-induced Proinflammatory Cytokine Production in Oral Epithelial Cells by Relieving Translation Repression
Mgl2+ cDC2 Driven Anti-fungal Allergic Inflammatory Responses is Highly Dependent on a Glycolytic Switch, Orchestrated by Both Spore Uptake and the Lung Environment
Regulation of Persistent Fungal Infection by Alternatively Activated Macrophages
GM-CSF Regulates Pulmonary Immune Responses to Cryptococcus Gattii
Sensitization with Fungal Protease Allergen Establishes Long-lived, Allergenic Helper T Cell Memory in the Lung
Epithelial Hypoxia Maintains Colonization Resistance against Candida Albicans
What’s New with the Th17 Pathway in Candidiasis
An Update on Candidalysin
Candida Commensalism and Structural Immunity
Short Talk: Short Talk: The Prevention and Treatment of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in a Murine Model
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Remote Presentation: The Role of C-Type Lectin Receptor Signaling in Response to Various Fungi
Self-Recognition Through Fungal Receptors
Rewiring Macrophages using Extracellular Vesicles to Prime Innate Immune Responses to C. Albicans
Metabolic Regulation of Antifungal Function of Neutrophils
Short Talk: Short Talk: The Hyphal Morphology Triggers Inflammatory Cell Death in Human Macrophages
Short Talk: Short Talk: Card9-expressing Monocytes are Critical in Defending against Fungal Encephalitis
Short Talk: NIH Funding Opportunities
Short Talk: NIH Funding Opportunities
Endofungal Bacteria are Widespread and Dynamic in Clinical Isolates of Mucorales
Host-Mucorales Interactions
The Ecology and Genomics of Coccidioides
Short Talk: Short Talk: Dectin-1/CARD9 Induction of the TFEB and TFE3 Gene Network is Dispensable for Phagocyte Anti-Aspergillus Activity in the Lung
Short Talk: Short Talk: Uncovering Alterations in the Murine Interferon Response due to dsRNA Mycovirus during Aspergillus fumigatus Infection
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Ecology and Pathobiology of Bat White-Nose Syndrome
A Novel Platform for Developing Therapeutics for Drug-Resistant Fungal Pathogens
Interfacing the Mycobiota, Neuroimmunity and Inflammation
Fungal Immunity from the Bench to Bedside: Lessons from Inborn Errors of Immunity
Short Talk: Short Talk: Oral C. Albicans Infection Promotes Upper GI Tract Tumor Progression via Neutrophil Dysfunction and EGFR Activation
Short Talk: Short Talk: SYK Gain of Function Variants Alter the Host Immune Response to Intestinal Fungi
A Cunning Foe: Exploring the Interface between Cunninghamella bertholletiae and Lung Epithelium
Bone Marrow Expansion Induced by Candida Dubliniensis Drives Protective Trained Immunity against Fungal/Bacterial Sepsis and is Dependent on Card9 Signaling
Developing a Chronic Model of Candida Albicans Cerebral Mycosis through Gut Colonization
Elucidating The Role of Central Nervous System (CNS)-Resident Cells During Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis
Salmonella, Candida Albicans, and Arginine: Intricate Cross-Talk in the Gut Enhances Bacterial Virulence
The Heme-scavenger, Hemopexin, Protects against Aspergillosis by Mitigating Lung Injury: An Experimental and Computational Study
Viro-Fungal Tag-Team: Mycovirus-Mediated Modulation of Fungal Stress Responses, Fitness, and Virulence
Synergistic Interactions Between Candida and Bacteria: Mechanisms and Consequences
Probing the breadth of the Parabola: Pathway analysis identifies a requirement for MTOR and JAK/STAT signaling in cryptococcal disease
Genetic Approaches to Understanding Candida auris Pathogenesis
Short Talk: Short Talk: Specific Macrophage States and Select Debaryomyces hansenii Strains Promote Immune Evasion
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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