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Interactions between the nervous system and the immune system are increasingly recognized as being essential to health throughout the lifespan, as well as contributing to dysfunction in neurological disorders. This conference explores emerging topics in neuroscience, immunology and neuroimmunology to present the latest cutting-edge research across these disciplines. The program will highlight technological advances that are defining the heterogeneity of immune cells and their targets in the CNS and PNS, as well as across disease states.  In addition, we will explore how this heterogeneity impacts the function of the immune system itself, but also influences organism health and behavior.

Sessions will cover topics including: neuroimmune interactions in disease; impact of pathogens on brain function; immune regulation of behavior; glial interactions in neuroimmune signaling; brain-periphery interactions; microglia function.  Finally, the pairing of this conference with the Neurodegenerative Diseases conference will foster interdisciplinary insights and collaborations towards identifying immune pathology and therapeutic targets for multiple neurodegenerative disorders, where promising new treatments are emerging.