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Join us as the Autumn Immunology Conference celebrates its 41st meeting. Founded in 1972, our annual meeting features plenary sessions presented by outstanding immunologists as well as offering a forum for students and trainees to present their latest findings in both workshop and poster formats.

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Awards:

    Nature Immunology Travel Support Awards go to:
    Haiyan Peng
    Marie Bockenstedt
    Manuel Galvan
    Pedro Martinez
    Ohio State University
    Iowa State University
    Indiana University
    Iowa State University
    Wallace Scholarships have been awarded to:
    Paola Boggiatto
    Monica Delgado
    Racquel Domingo-Gonzalez
    Yeritza Hernandez
    Pedro Martinez
    Gabriela Moriel
    Colleen Winstead
    University of Iowa
    University of California, Davis
    University of Michigan
    Case Western Reserve University
    Iowa State University
    University of Notre Dame
    University of Alabama, Birmingham
    AAI Young Investigator Awards, Autumn Immunology Conference. And the winners are . . .
Stacey Burgess
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Allergy and Asthma Workshop
7 A specific intestinal bacterium exacerbates experimental asthma
Jason Perera
University of Chicago
Autoimmunity Workshop
14 Autoantigen expression levels and central tolerance defects in a mouse model
of inflammatory arthritis
Vishal Sindhava
University of Kentucky
B cell activation and signaling Workshop
24 Negative regulation of BCR and TLR signaling in B-cells by bone marrow
derived dendritic cells
Nicholas Geraci
University of Notre Dame
Immune response to bacteria and parasites I Workshop
42 MicroRNAs serve as critical immunity attenuating switches during Leishmania infections
Meghan Sullivan
University of Chicago
Immune response to viruses I Workshop
54 Age related changes in clonal diversity and specificity of influenza specific monoclonal antibodies
Mark Webb
University of Cincinnati
Inflammatory processes I Workshop
64 Allergen-induced CCL20 release from secretory lysosomes in bronchial
epithelial cells requires the chloride transporter CLCN7
Jacob Lee
Washington University
Innate immunity I Workshop
68 AHR is required for the development of small intestine lymphoid tissues and
their associated IL-22-producing lymphoid cells
Puspa Thapa
Mayo Clinic
T cell development Workshop
81 Early block in iNKT cell development in CD4cre NKAP conditional knockout mice
Nicholas Zumwalde
University of Minnesota
T cell subsets Workshop
96 ICAM-1 mediated T-cell clusters promote T-cell survival and dampened
effector function
Xiangming Lao
University of Michigan
Tumor immunology I Workshop
102 Adoptive transfer of effector B cells in cancer immunotherapy
Jesse Williams
University of Chicago
Antigen-presenting cells Workshop
113 Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) directs pulmonary dendritic cells to
promote TH2 responses
Malay Mandal
University of Chicago
B cell development Workshop
123 Epigenetic repression of the Igκ locus by STAT5-mediated Ezh2 recruitment
Pehga Johnston
Loyola University
Immune response to bacteria and parasites II Workshop
139 Adaptive immunity in the mouse model of Clostridium difficile infection
Jung Eun Lee
Seoul National University, Korea
Immune response to viruses II Workshop
150 Specific enrichment and activation of NK cells from PBMC for cancer
immunotherapy
Michelle Marchese
Northwestern University
Inflammatory processes II Workshop
157 The VCAM-1 cytoplasmic domain is essential for endothelial cell signaling and leukocyte transendothelial migration
Claire Buchta
University of Iowa
Innate immunity II Workshop
162 Roles of TRAF5 in TLR signaling
Michelle Miller
University of Chicago
T cell signaling Workshop
177 Basal NF-κB controls naïve T cell survival by regulating Il7r expression
Mark Vander Lugt
University of Michigan
Transplantation and tolerance Workshop
191 ST2, the IL33 receptor, is a biomarker of graft-versus-host disease therapy unresponsiveness
Seng-Ryong Woo
University of Chicago
Tumor immunology II Workshop
193 The host STING pathway is critical for innate immune sensing of a growing
tumor and bridging to an adaptive immune response via IFN-β
Michael Kemp
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate Workshop
204 Immunogenicity among pre-exposed human populations to salivary proteins
of sand flies, Leishmania vectors
View winning abstract (gray number) in AIC2011 Program Book
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Keynote Address
Awards
Workshops, Posters, & Symposia

1996 Nobel Laureate,
Rolf Zinkernagel



Discussions with colleagues

AAI Young Investigator, AIC


Nature Immunology
Travel Awards







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