KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
THE PIXIE CAMPBELL IMMUNOLOGY SPEAKER
Like father, like self: understanding allogeneic tolerance
Dr. Stephanie C. Eisenbarth
Director, Center for Human Immunobiology
Chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine
Roy and Elaine Patterson Professor of Medicine
Professor, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology), and Pathology, Northwestern Medicine
THE SCHAACK AND STONEHOUSE MICROBIOLOGY
The battle in the gut: Salmonella, the host, the microbiota
Dr. Manuela Raffatellu
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics
University of California, San Diego
PROGRAM PREVIEW
Wednesday, September 2
| Time | Program Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | Poster and exhibitor session setup* *posters must be set up by 4:45 PM on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 | Spring Creek/Burgess Creek |
| 12:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Arrive and Register | |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | THE PIXIE CAMPBELL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Like father, like self: understanding allogeneic tolerance | Grand Ballroom I/II |
| Dr. Stephanie C. Eisenbarth Director, Center for Human Immunobiology Chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine Roy and Elaine Patterson Professor of Medicine Professor, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology), and Pathology, Northwestern Medicine | ||
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Poster and Vendor Session Part 1 | Spring Creek/Burgess Creek |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Dinner and Themed Reception | Tent |
Thursday, September 3
| Time | Program Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Tent |
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Session 1: Doppelganger: What My Other Teaches Me Chair: Siddharth Krishnamurthy, PhD | Grand Ballroom I/II |
Speakers | ||
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | BREAK | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Session 2: Checkpoints to Checkmate: Optimizing Immune Checkpoint Blockade by Targeting the TME Chair: Curtis Henry, PhD | Grand Ballroom I/II |
| Speakers Divij Mathew, PhD - Tuning Cytokine Signaling to Improve Responses to Immune Checkpoint Blockade Jackie Bader, PhD - Decoding the Obesity Paradox: Reprogramming Tumor Associated Macrophages to Drive Checkpoint Sensitivity | ||
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | THE SCHAACK AND STONEHOUSE KEYNOTE PRESENTATION The battle in the gut: Salmonella, the host, the microbiota | Grand Ballroom I/II |
| Dr. Manuela Raffatellu Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics University of California, San Diego | ||
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Poster and Vendor Session Part 2 | Spring Creek/Burgess Creek |
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | Tent |
| 7:30 PM | Poster Session Winners Announced |
Friday, September 4
| Time | Program Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast | Tent |
| 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Session 3: The Translational Frontier: Harnessing Microbes and Modeling Disease Chair: Cristina Penaranda | Grand Ballroom I/II |
| Speakers Michael Schurr, PhD - It is possible to target a specific genus in a microbiome without phage David Schwartz, MD - Challenges and Opportunities in Translational Sciences Alex Horswill, PhD - Staphylococcus hominis bacteriocins protect against skin pathogens Laurel Hind, PhD - Inflammation-on-a-Chip: Redefining How We Study Immune Responses | ||
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | BREAK | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Session 4: Protostars - The I&M Trainee Showcase Session Chair: Mercedes Rincon, PhD | Grand Ballroom I/II |
| Speakers Dr. Kole DeGolier (Immunology postdoctoral presentation) - Single-cell genomics links CAR architectures to in vivo effector chromatin states in T cells responding to antigen-low leukemia Cameron "Cammy" Manes (Immunology graduate student presentation) - B cells shape CD8 T cell responses and fate decisions Dr. Stephanie Marroquin (Microbiology postdoctoral presentation) - Beyond the Gut: The Impact of Akkermansia on Group B Streptococcus Vaginal Colonization Erin Fish (Microbiology graduate student presentation) - Kupffer cell-mediated clearance of dengue virus from the blood circulation is impaired during MASLD |
Registration Deadline:
August 12, 2026
The Steamboat Grand Group Rate Deadline:
July 12, 2026
Want to present a poster during a Poster Session?
Abstract Deadline:
August 8, 2026
Contact: Brooke Lydick
