Program

Meeting Program

*All sessions will be held in the Berg Auditorium of the Life Sciences Building unless otherwise noted.

 Tuesday, June 4, 2013

12:30-1:30 p.m.  Registration: Lobby of Life Sciences Building

1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Berg Auditorium

1:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Session 1: The Mucosa Under Attack
Session Chairs:  Eric Harvill, Ed Dudley

1:45 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
"Influenza Disrupts Mucosal Antimicrobial Host Defense in Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia"
John Alcorn, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC

2:25 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
“The Innate Immune Response to Respiratory Virus Infection Enhances Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Growth on Airway Epithelial Cells”
Jennifer Bomberger, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts

3:20 p.m.  – 3:35 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts

3:35 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Break

3:55 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
“Preclinical Models to Study Mucosal Papillomavirus Infections”
Neil Christensen, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine

4:35 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
“Determinants for the Development of Successful Antiviral Immune Responses”
Carolina López, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Poster Session and Concurrent Reception,
*Gateway, Life Sciences Building

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.  Continental Breakfast, Lobby of Life Sciences Building

8:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Session 2: Immune Signaling Across the Mucosa
Session Chair:  Joanne Viney

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Distinguished speaker
“Th17 Cells in the Regulation of Lung Immunity"
Jay K. Kolls, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

8:50 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
“Foxp3 Expression and Regulatory T Cell Development in Mature T Cells”
JoAnne Viney, Ph.D., Biogen Idec

9:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
“Cross-Talk Between Muscularis Phagocytes and Enteric Nervous System Constitutively
Regulates Gastrointestinal Motility”
Milena Bogunovic, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical School

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Session 3:  Epigenetic and Innate Signaling
Session Chair: Yanming Wang

10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
"Role of Histone Citrullination in Reproduction and Disease"
Scott Coonrod, Ph.D., Cornell University

11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
“Chromatin Signaling in Netosis and Autophagy”
Yanming Wang, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“Epigenetic Inheritance and Epigenetic Alterations in High Grade Pediatric Brain Tumors”
Zhiguo Zhang, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. – 5:05 p.m. Session 4: When Good Signaling Goes Bad
Chair: Avery August

1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Distinguished speaker
“The IL-13 Decoy Receptor Tightly Controls Pathogenic Th17 and Th2 Responses in the Mucosa”
Thomas A. Wynn, Ph.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
“Tuning Innate T Cell Populations and Lung Inflammation”
Avery August, Ph.D., Cornell University

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts

3:45 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
“Early Life Viral Infection Targets T Regs Crippling Neonatal Tolerance”
Anuradha Ray, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

4:25 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.
“Pulmonary Surfactant Regulation of Mucosal Immunity”
Zissis C. Chroneos, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine

5:05 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner on your own

*Location Change:  The Board Room, Nittany Lion Inn
7:00p.m. – 8:15 p.m.  Keynote speaker
“Microbiota-Host Interactions in T Cell Homeostasis and Autoimmune Disease”
Dan Littman, M.D., Ph.D., New York University, Langone Medical Center

8:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Reception: Assembly Room, (lower level), Nittany Lion Inn

Thursday, June 6, 2013

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Lobby of Life Sciences Building

8:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Session 5:  Sensing the Environment at the Mucosa
Session Chair:  Adam Glick

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Industrial Show sponsored by VWR, Gateway Bridge, Life Sciences Building
(Lunch provided at noon.)

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Distinguished speaker
“Function of Tissue Resident Dendritic Cell Subsets"
Daniel Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

8:50 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
"Regulation of Allergen-Specific IgA and IL-17 Responses by Intestinal Epithelial Cell IKKβ Reshapes Allergic Inflammation at Distant Sites"
Prosper Boyaka, Ph.D., The Ohio State University

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Short talk selected from submitted abstracts
"CCR10 Regulates Maintenance and Function of Resident Regulatory and Effector T Cells in the Skin"
Yaoyao Fu, The Pennsylvania State University

9:45 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
“Vitamin D, the Microbiome and Immune Mediated Diseases”
Margherita Cantorna, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

10:25 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
“Direct and Indirect Regulation of Mucosal T Cells by Retinoic Acid”
Chang H. Kim, Ph.D., Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine

11:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Break

11:20 a.m. – 1:05 p.m. Session 6:  Sensing Friends at a Hostile Border
Session Chair: Troy Ott

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
“Tolerogenic Mediators and the Role of T-regulatory Cells in the Uterus”
Surendra Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., Brown University and Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Short talk selected from submitted abstracts

12:15 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Distinguished speaker
“Immunology of the Maternal-Fetal Interface"
Adrian Erlebacher, M.D., Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center

1:05 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks & Meeting Adjourned
 

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