topics

special focus

Immune Activation, Effector Functions and Immune Tolerance with a special focus on Allergy and Autoimmunity

Basic mechanisms

Innate immune response

Dendritic cell subsets and immune regulation

B cell subsets and immune regulation

NK cells and NK-T cells

Eosinophils, Basophils and Neutrophils

Innate lymphoid cells

Transcriptional regulation of immune responses

Epithelial cells and barriers

T and B cell memory and immune regulation

Chemokines and receptors in immune response

Apoptosis in the regulation of immune responses

The role of microRNAs in immune regulation and effector functions

Epigenetic mechanism of immune response

Immune response to virus

Metabolism and immunity

Focus on clinical application, drug discovery and novel biotechnological developments

Hygiene hypothesis in immune regulation

Regulatory and effector T and B cell subsets and cytokines: from bench to bedside

Immune response to parasites

Tumor antigen-specific immune regulation

Autoimmunity

Neuroimmunology

Allergy and asthma

Organ transplantation

Mucosal tolerance and intestinal homeostasis

Development of novel vaccines and drugs

„Biologicals“ and immune response

Cellular therapies including stem cell therapies

Regenerative medicine and immune system

Precision Medicine

Novel immune imaging techniques

Clinical immunology and immune deficiencies

speakers and their talks

Rafael Arguello

Single cell metabolism and epigenetics profiling in inflammation

Yasmine Belkaid

Immunological Control of Host Physiology

Scott Boyd

From Clonal Architecture to Clinical Phenotypes: B and T Cell Repertoire Dynamics in Disease

Petter Brodin

A seeding reaction to colonizing microbes imprint immunity in human newborns

Marco Colonna

Heterogeneity of RORgt+ cells

Eran Elinav

Towards the theory of everything (microbiome version)

Lukas Flatz

Checkpoint inhibitors and immune response to tumors

Richard Flavell

Lipid metabolism and Immunity

Melanie Greter

Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Health and Disease

Andres Hidalgo

Structural roles of neutrophils

Camilla Jandus

The Brain’s Early Warning System Against Infection

Sebastian Jessberger

Neurogenic aging trajectories in health and inflammation

Claudia Kemper

Complement and Th1 immunity

Vijay Kuchroo

Neuroimmune interactions regulate type II immunity

Bart Lambrecht

Transcriptional control of macrophage function

Richard Locksley

Type 2 Immune Circuits Shaping Barrier Defense and Homeostasis

Edward Morrisey

Lung development and regeneration

Christian Münz

The role of Epstein Barr virus infection in autoimmunity

Fiona Powrie

Gut Microbiota and Immune Regulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Hai Qi

Histo-toxic T cells in inflammatory diseases and cancers

Rogier Sanders

Engineering Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Responses Against HIV

Linda Sinclair

Proteostasis in T cells

Philipp Starkl

Mast cells and eosinophils in antimicrobial type 2 immunity

Ferdinand von Meyenn

Epigenetics – long-term cellular memory affecting health

Christoph Wilhelm

Metabolic networks controlling tissue immunity

Yee Ling Wu

Tissue resident B cells in allergic lung inflammation

Mario Zaiss

Histamine from Microbes to Mind: A CNS Gateway Modulating Joint Inflammation