Agenda

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Tentative schedule for SIS 2025. Subject to change.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Time	Event
7:00 AM	Registration - Drop Day 1 Posters
7:55 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 1	Regulation of Inflammation: Chair - Henrique Serezani, Vanderbilt University
8:05 AM	Faculty Speaker - Coleen McNamara, University of Virginia
8:30 AM	Faculty Speaker - Denis Mogilenko, Vanderbilt University
8:55 AM	Keynote - Jeffrey Rathmell, Vanderbilt University
9:40 AM	AAI Young Investigator - Khalia Cummings, Augusta University
9:55 AM	AAI Young Investigator - Xiaoqin Wei, University of Virginia
10:10 AM	Coffee Break
Session 2	Lymphocyte Signaling and Response: Chair - Weishan Huang, Louisiana State University
10:50 AM	Faculty Speaker - Boyoung Shin, California Institute of Technology/Emory Univesity
11:15 AM	Faculty Speaker - Yunlong Zhao, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
11:40 AM	AAI Young Investigator - Mitra Harrison, Duke University
11:55 AM	AAI Young Investigator - Joseph Choi, Vanderbilt University
12:10 PM	AAI Young Investigator - Alexis Johnson, University of Virginia
12:25 PM	Lunch - 3rd Floor Ballroom
Session 3	Cancer Immunology: Chair - Stefanie Bailey, University of Virginia
1:50 PM	Faculty Speaker - Chrystal Paulos, Emory University
2:15 PM	Faculty Speaker - Michalina Janiszewska, Scripps Research Institute
2:40 PM	Miletenyi Biotec Young Investigator - Ayana Ruffin, Emory University
2:55 PM	BD Biosciences Young Investigator - Brandon Pratt, University of North Carolina
3:10 PM	Keynote - Miriam Merad, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
3:55 PM	Poster Session / Networking 3rd Floor Newcomb Hall
5:40 PM	Leave for Reception / Networking - Alumni Hall
6:00-8:00 PM	Reception

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Saturday, June 7, 2025

Time	Event
7:15 AM	Registration - Drop Day 2 Posters
8:00 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 4	Infection and Immunity: Chair - Christine Nelson, University of Virginia
8:05 AM	Faculty Speaker - Helen Lazear, University of North Carolina
8:30 AM	Faculty Speaker - Ira Blader, Virginia-Marylancd College of Veterinary Medicine
8:55 AM	Faculty Speaker - Amber Smith, University of Tennessee
9:20 AM	StemCell Technologies Young Investigator - Xinran Wang, University of Alabama Birmingham
9:35 AM	Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Young Investigator - Mackenzie Woolls, Virginia Tech
9:50 AM	ABclonal Technology Young Investigator - Farha Naz, University of Virginia
10:05 AM	Coffee Break
Session 5	Autoimmunity and tolerance: Chair - Emily Moser, University of Florida
10:45 AM	Faculty Speaker - Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz, University of Virginia
11:10 AM	Faculty Speaker - Klaus Ley, Augusta University
11:35 AM	Lunch - 3rd Floor Ballroom
1:00 PM	Poster Session / Networking
Session 6	Neuro Immunology: Chair - Saskia Hemmers, Duke University
2:35 PM	Faculty Speaker - Daniel Saban, Duke University
3:00 PM	Faculty Speaker - Ashley Harms, University of Alabama Birmingham
3:25 PM	Keynote - Jony Kipnis, Washington University
4:10 PM	Awards Ceremony
4:45 PM	See you next year!
5:00 PM	Rotunda Tour

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