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
CU Anschutz Pre-Conference Workshop: Networking & Communication Skills (separate registration required) Learn more at: https://keysym.us/CUAnschutz26
12:00–3:00 PM
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome Remarks (Joint)
8:00–8:10 AM
Keynote Address (Joint)
8:10–9:00 AM
Carola G. Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute
Regulation of Humoral Immunity
Generation and Maintenance of Humoral Memory (Joint)
9:00–11:30 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
11:30–1:00 PM
On Own for Lunch
11:30–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Meet the Editors (Joint)
1:15–2:15 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1
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
Speaker to be Announced
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 University Feinberg School of Medicine
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 University Feinberg School of Medicine
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 G 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 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
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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