Joint with: B Cells and Plasma Cells: Fundamental and Translational Biology
B and T Cell Collaboration in Lymphoid and Nonlymphoid Microenvironments

Mar 16–19, 2026 | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Scientific Organizers: Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Jason G. Cyster, and Ziv Shulman

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Mar 16–19, 2026 | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States

Scientific Organizers: Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Jason G. Cyster, and Ziv Shulman

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, March 16, 2026
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address (Joint)
8:00–9:00 AM
Carola G. Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute
Regulation of Humoral Immunity
Generation and Maintenance of Humoral Memory (Joint)
9:00–11:15 AM
Kim Good-Jacobson, Monash University
Memory B Cells and Plasma Cells in Acute and Chronic Viral Infections
Taras Kreslavsky, Karolinska Institutet
The Multilayered Identity of B Cell Memory
Frances E. Lund, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pathogen-Specific Memory B Cell Subsets and Antibody Production
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
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
Canonical B Cell Immune Responses
5:00–7:00 PM
Jason G. Cyster, HHMI/University of California, San Francisco
Guidance Factors and the B Cell Response
Teddy Yewdell, Genentech
Dysregulated Antibody Class Switching in Autoimmunity
Tal I Arnon, Oxford University
Activation of Memory B Cells
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Poster Session 1
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Humoral Immunity in Mucosal Tissues
8:00–11:00 AM
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Northwestern Univ Feinberg Sch Med
Origins of IgA in the Gut
Mauro N. Gaya, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
B Cell Instruction to Mucosal Antigens
Jagan R. Muppidi, NCI, National Institutes of Health
Tissue Specific Cues in the Pathogenesis of Germinal Center-Derived Malignancy
Maria A. Curotto de Lafaille, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
IgE Responses
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
Panel Discussion: Defining B Cell Subsets (Joint)
1:30–3:15 PM
Frances E. Lund, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nicole Baumgarth, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, Northwestern Univ Feinberg Sch Med
Kim Good-Jacobson, Monash University
Jason G. Cyster, HHMI/University of California, San Francisco
Mark J. Shlomchik, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Ziv Shulman, Weizmann Institute
Career Roundtable (Joint)
3:30–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Humoral Helpers (Joint)
5:00–7:00 PM
Tri Giang Phan, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
B Cell-Macrophage Interactions in Immunity and Autoimmunity
Michelle A Linterman, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Instruction of Antibody Responses Over Time
Laura M Walker, Moderna
Vaccine Induced Antibody Responses
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Poster Session 2
7:30–10:00 PM
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
B-T Cell Interactions in Complex Microenvironments (Cancer, TLS, EF)
8:00–11:00 AM
Ziv Shulman, Weizmann Institute
Germinal Centers in Atypical Locations
Tullia C. Bruno, University of Pittsburgh
Germinal Centers in Cancer Associated TLS
Steven H. Kleinstein, Yale University School of Medicine
Computational Frameworks to Understand T-B Cell Interactions
Jason Weinstein, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Specialized Tfh Cells Driving B Cell Differentiation
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
Non-Canonical B Cell Immune Responses
5:00–6:45 PM
Joseph E. Craft, Yale University
T Cell Instruction of Antibody Responses
Ian A Cockburn, Australian National University
Regulation of B Cell Responses in Complex Infections
Mark J. Shlomchik, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
B Cells in Autoimmunity
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
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, March 20, 2026
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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