2023
01:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Fri - Sun
Annual Scientific Conference
Friday, November 10 at 1 PM to Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 1PM Pacific Time
Registration deadline: Monday, September 18, 2023
Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Conference Co-directors: Jennifer Bando, PhD and Nathan Reticker-Flynn, PhD
*Please note the venue and date changes
Stanford Immunology Conference Schedule
The Annual Scientific Conference is held on the scenic beach at the Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA. Graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff of the Stanford Immunology program are invited to attend.
Talks are given by various members of the Immunology community, in addition to a poster session competition. Awards for best grad student and postdoc talks and posters are awarded at the end of the retreat.
Immunology graduate students are required to attend and give at least one poster and one scientific presentation at the retreat during their years in the program.
New first years are recommended to use this opportunity to get to know their classmates and fellow graduate students, as well as to learn more about faculty research interests.
Agenda: You can download the agenda for the conference below. Talks on Friday through Sunday will be held at in Merrill Hall. Meals will be served at the Crocker Dining Hall. Please check the program for details.
Lodging: Attendees with overnight accommodations can check in at the Front Desk after 4:00 pm on Friday. Any room upgrades and incidentals will be the responsibility of the attendee.
Day attendees can check in directly with Immunology Staff to receive your name badge at the Merrill Hall.
Rideshare: Whether you want to be the driver or passenger, attendees who are interested in carpooling to Asilomar can fill out this Google Sheet to see who is interested. We regrettably cannot arrange rides for you; you will need to contact the driver or passenger to arrange the rides.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
Keynote speakers:
Mark M. Davis is the Director of the Stanford Institute for Immunology, Transplantation and Infection (ITI), a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
Ellen Robey is a Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at UC Berkeley.
Agenda at a Glance
Times, speakers, and topics may change without notice
Friday, November 10 |
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12:45-1:00 PM |
Conference Check-in |
Merrill Hall |
1:00-1:10 PM |
Welcome and Introductions |
Merrill Hall |
1:10-2:00 PM |
Merrill Hall |
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1:10-1:30 PM |
Tobias Lanz, MD, Assistant Professor of Immunology & Rheumatology, Identifying pathogenic viral and myelin antigens in multiple sclerosis |
Merrill Hall |
1:30-1:45 PM |
David Lee, Research Associate, Kirane Lab, Biomarker analysis of intralesional neoadjuvant TVEC for high-risk Stage II melanoma: A Phase II Clinical Trial |
Merrill Hall |
1:45-2:00 PM |
Camilo Espinosa Bernal, Immunology Graduate Student, Aghaeepour Lab, Multiomics characterization of acute child illness and post-discharge mortality in Africa and South Asia |
Merrill Hall |
2:00-2:45 PM |
Merrill Hall |
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2:00-2:15 PM |
Savannah Lewis, Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Student, Jagannathan Lab, Evaluating the impact of natural killer cell phenotype, malaria diversity and transmission, and erythrocyte polymorphisms on antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity |
Merrill Hall |
2:15-2:30 PM |
Ayan Mondal, PhD, Postdoc, Mellins Lab, Matrix Metalloprotease 9 (MMP9) induction in brain endothelium may lead to blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Disorder (PANS) |
Merrill Hall |
2:30-2:45 PM |
Neetu Saini, PhD, Postoc, Bacchetta Lab, Generation of gut-specific-engineered Treg-like cells (GI-CD4LVFOXP3) for pediatric Crohn’s disease treatment |
Merrill Hall |
2:45-3:00 PM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
3:00-3:50 PM |
Merrill Hall |
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3:00-3:20 PM |
Eric Meffre, PhD, Professor of Immunology & Rheumatology, TLR9 ligand sequestration by chemokine CXCL4 abrogates central B cell tolerance |
Merrill Hall |
3:20-3:35 PM |
Qiwen Deng, PhD, Postdoc, Wernig Lab, Decoding the spatial transcriptomic landscape of diabetic nephropathy |
Merrill Hall |
3:35-3:50 PM |
Rebeca Arroyo Hornero, PhD, Postdoc, Idoyaga Lab, A fraction of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells transdifferentiate into conventional dendritic cell type 2 following activation |
Merrill Hall |
3:50-4:50 PM |
Merrill Hall |
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3:50-4:05 PM |
Grayson Rodriguez, Immunology Graduate Student, Garcia Lab, Rebalancing STAT signaling with non-natural cytokine receptor combinations to modulate immune cell functionality |
Merrill Hall |
4:05-4:20 PM |
Vishnu Shankar, Immunology Graduate Student, Davis and Mischel Labs, Oxidative Stress is a shared characteristic of ME-CFS and Long COVID |
Merrill Hall |
4:20-4:35 PM |
Alex Muselman, Immunology Graduate Student, Engleman Lab, Intracranial infection with gammaherpesvirus-68 primes microglia to a hyperinflammatory state and drives atypical EAE |
Merrill Hall |
4:35 PM |
Lodging Check in |
Front Desk |
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6:00-7:00 PM |
Dinner |
Crocker Hall |
7:05-8:05 PM |
Keynote: Mark Davis, PhD, Director of the Stanford Institute for Immunology, Transplantation and Infection (ITI), Professor of Microbiology and Immunology |
Merrill Hall |
8:05 PM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
8:30 PM |
Game Show & Reception |
Merrill Hall |
Saturday, November 11 |
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| 7:30-9:00 AM | Breakfast |
Merrill Hall |
8:15-8:45 AM |
Morning Walk to the Beach |
Asilomar State Beach |
9:00-9:50 AM |
Merrill Hall |
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9:00-9:20 AM |
David Lewis, MD, Professor of Pediatrics - Immunology & Allergy |
Merrill Hall |
9:20-9:35 AM |
John Hickey, PhD, Postdoc, Nolan Lab, Associations of immune hubs in metaplastic progression to adenocarcinoma revealed by high-speed multiomic spatial phenotyping of FFPE human samples |
Merrill Hall |
9:35-9:50 AM |
Kalani Ratnasiri, Immunology Graduate Student, Blish and Khatri Labs, Conserved monocyte responses to acute RNA viruses |
Merrill Hall |
9:50-10:05 AM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
10:05-10:50 AM |
Merrill Hall |
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10:05-10:20 AM |
Dongeon Kim, PhD, Postdoc, Nicholls Lab, Abnormal lymphatic S1P signaling aggravates lymphatic dysfunction and tissue inflammation |
Merrill Hall |
10:20-10:35 AM |
Brenda Velasco, Immunology Graduate Student, Shizuru Lab, The effects of anti-CD117 monoclonal antibody on the bone marrow microenvironment |
Merrill Hall |
10:35-10:50 AM |
Simon Borna, PhD, Postdoc, Bacchetta Lab, Analyses of Treg plasticity and TCR repertoire autoreactivity in patients with FOXP3 mutation |
Merrill Hall |
10:50-11:00 AM |
Merrill Hall |
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11:00-11:45 AM |
CDIII Updates |
Merrill Hall |
11:45 AM-12:00 PM |
Group Pictures |
Merrill Hall |
12:00-1:00 PM |
Lunch |
Merrill Hall |
12:15-1:15 PM |
Faculty Meeting |
Merrill Hall |
1:30-3:00 PM |
Research Blitz with First Years and Faculty |
Merrill Hall |
3:00-4:00 PM |
Gingerbread Beach House Decorating |
Merrill Hall |
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6:00-7:00 PM |
Dinner |
Crocker Hall |
7:05-8:05 PM |
Keynote: Ellen Robey, PhD, Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis, University of CA, Berkley, T cell fate determination in the thymus: a multi-omic approach |
Merrill Hall |
8:05-8:30 PM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
8:30-11:00 PM |
Poster Session |
Merrill Hall |
11:00 PM-12:00 AM |
Bonfire |
BBQ Area |
12:00 AM |
Birukova Midnight Swimming Club |
Ocean |
Sunday, November 12 |
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7:30-9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
Crocker Hall |
9:00-9:50 AM |
Merrill Hall |
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9:00-9:20 AM |
Derick Okwan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Role of neutrophils in brown adipose thermogenesis |
Merrill Hall |
9:20-9:35 AM |
Adonis Rubio, Immunology Graduate Student, Barnes Lab, Engineering bispecific antibodies that recognize the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein N-terminal and receptor binding domains |
Merrill Hall |
9:35-9:50 AM |
Ana Jimena Pavlovitch-Bedzyk, Immunology Graduate Student, Davis Lab, Immune competent air liquid interface skin organoids reveal monkeypox dynamics |
Merrill Hall |
9:50-10:05 AM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
10:05-11:00 AM |
Career Panel: Michael Alonso, PhD, Vice President of Immunology & Pharmacology at Bolt Biotherapeutics, Zina Good, PhD, Instructor at Stanford Institutes of Medicine, Murad Mamedov, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology |
Merrill Hall |
11:00-11:15 AM |
Break |
Merrill Hall |
11:15 AM-12:15 PM |
Merrill Hall |
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11:15-11:30 AM |
Surbhi Sharma, PhD, Postdoc, Mellins Lab, Anakinra, an IL-1 inhibitor, alters peptide interactions with HLA-DR15, a risk haplotype of sJIA/DRESS. |
Merrill Hall |
11:30-11:45 AM |
Hayley Raquer, Immunology Graduate Student, Idoyaga Lab, Ontogeny impacts Langerhans cell functional properties |
Merrill Hall |
11:45 AM-12:00 PM |
Cameron Bader, PhD, Postdoc, Meyer Lab, Single CD4 T cell phenotypic structure and oligoclonal polarization favor FOXP3 and HELIOS over IFNG and proliferative genes in Orca T patients without GVHD |
Merrill Hall |
12:00-12:15 PM |
Noor Hussein, PhD, Postdoc, Mellins Lab, Regulatory T cells subsets in Pediatrics Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) |
Merrill Hall |
12:15-12:20 PM |
General Announcements |
Merrill Hall |
12:20-1:00 PM |
Lunch and Checkout at Asilomar |
Crocker Hall |
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Immunology Scientific Conference Presentation Submission Form
Request for Abstracts
Deadline: Friday, September 1, 2023
We are now accepting abstract submissions for our Annual Scientific Conference, taking place on November 10-12, 2023 at Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds.
*By submitting an abstract, presenters can update the abstract prior to the conference. An abstract submission does not confirm your registration or attendance to the conference. Please register for the conference.
- Stanford Immunology Graduate students are required to attend give at least one poster and one scientific oral presentation. Preference for talks is given to graduates who are nearing program completion.
- Postdoctoral scholars from all Immunology Program labs are invited to submit an abstract of their research for an oral or a poster presentation.
- New First Years are recommended to use this opportunity to get to know their classmates and fellow graduate students, as well as to learn more about faculty research interests
Please let us know if you would like to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster. If your research for your talk or poster is published, please list the citation, including the PMCID number.
Please provide a recent profile photo/headshot for the conference program.
Please submit your abstract below by September 1, 2023 or to Torye Nguyen at toryen@stanford.edu. We will contact you as soon as possible if your abstract is chosen for an oral presentation. If chosen for a talk, you will be asked to give a preview of your presentation (via video recording) to our Annual Retreat Planning Committee by deadline Thursday, October 19, 2023.
Submitting an abstract does not confirm your conference registration. Please register for the conference using this link.