The Center for Human Immunobiology Annual Scientific Retreat

Thursday, July 17

4:30 - 7:30 PM                  

Pre-retreat Dinner
Gino's East - Mag Mile

Friday, July 18th

8:30 – 9:00 AM           

Check-In & Light Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 AM          

Welcome,
Weiguo Cui, PhD, Retreat Chair and Professor Pathology

Center Updates,
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD; Chief of Allergy & Immunology; Director of the CHI

9:15 – 9:45 AM           

2024 CHI Pilot Grant Winners Update

Jason Miska, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
&
Peng Zhang
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery

9:45 – 10:45 AM           

Northwestern Faculty Talk #1
Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, PhD
Margaret Gray Morton Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) “Targeting Siglec Glyco-Immune Checkpoints to Overcome Immune Evasion in Cancer and Infectious Disease”

Northwestern Faculty Talk #2
Johanna Melo-Cardenas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
“Immune cell-derived inflammation and myeloid disease progression”

10:45 - 11:00 AM       

Coffee Break 

11:00 - 11:30 AM             

Northwestern Faculty Talks # 3
Adam J Williams, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology) “Regulating allergen absorption from the gut”

11:30 - 12:00 PM         

Trainee lightning talks; 

Abbey Tierney "The function of Tfh-derived IL-4 in type 1 immunity"

Abhishek Thakkar "Contributions of Myeloid Peroxisomes to Inflammation in Heart"

Amy Tang "Identification of a FoxP3-specific small molecule degrader with potent antitumor immunotherapeutic efficacy"

Leah Billingham "Microglial Fructose Metabolism is Essential for Glioblastoma Growth"

Maureen Hayes "Defining the temporospatial functions of neutrophils in airspace disease"

Si Wang "Harnessing In Vivo CRISPR Screens to Boost B-Cell Immunity Against Gliomas"

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 PM                

Keynote Speaker,
Virginia Pascual, MD
Gale and Ira Drukier Director of Children's Health Research, Administration , Weill Cornell Medical College

2:30 – 4:00 PM                

Science Communication Panel
Heather Barnes
Kellogg, Adjunct Lecturer in Leadership Development and Communications

4:00 - 5:30 PM        

Poster Session
Group A from 4:00 – 4:45 pm
Group B from 4:45 – 5:30 pm
with Reception Bar and Food

5:30 - 5:45 PM                

Poster Session Awards + Final Remarks
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD