May 17, 2024 | Discovery Building | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Abstract Submission Deadline: CLOSED on March 29, 2024
General Registration Deadline: CLOSED on March 29, 2024
This year’s Symposium will be taking place on Friday, May 17, 2024, featuring keynote speakers Dr. Marcela Maus, Dr. Andres Hidalgo, and Dr. Sue Kaech. All trainees are encouraged to register for oral and/or poster presentations.
Quick Facts:
- Registration is free but required.
- The poster/abstract submission deadline is March 29, 2024.
- This year’s program features 3 keynote speakers, one poster session, and two trainee talk sessions.
- Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Speakers
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School & Mass General Cancer Center
The Maus Lab is designing next-gen genetically modified T cells for tumor immunotherapy with improved efficacy and safety.
Andres Hidalgo, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
The Hidalgo Lab studies the functions, organization, and development of innate immune cells of homeostasis and during regeneration and disease.
Sue Kaech, PhD
Salk Institute
The Kaech Lab is studying how long-lived T cell memory is established through both genetic and metabolic pathways and how this changes during infection of in the tumor microenvironment.
Schedule
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Poster & Table Setup |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Poster Session |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Keynote 1: Marcela Maus, MD, PhD |
| 11:00 – 11:45 am | Trainee Talks I – Immunotherapy: Nat Murren, Athena Golfinos-Owens, Christina Sanchez de Diego, PhD. |
| 11:45 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch & Learn sponsored by BD |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Keynote 2: Andres Hidalgo, PhD |
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm | Trainee Talks II – Immune Responses: Machika Kaku, Yiran Hou, PhD, James Votava, PhD. |
| 2:45 – 3:45 pm | Keynote 3: Sue Kaech, PhD |
| 3:45 – 4:00 pm | Closing remarks |
| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Social Hour |
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