The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

95th Annual Meeting
 in conjunction with

 

AAI PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

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Dr. Finn


Dr. Rich

 


Dr. Cao


Dr. Hayday




Dr. Calame



Dr. Jenkins



Dr. Singh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 


Dr. Rich


Dr. Kraig


Dr. Glimcher



Dr. Allison
 


Dr. Schwartzberg



Dr. Flavell

 

 

 

AAI PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM











Dr. Melief


Dr. Sofronic-
Milosavljevic


Dr. Ziltener

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego Convention Center Plaza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Torrey Pines Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego Convention Center Attendees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego Convention Center Lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Balboa Park
Reflecting Pool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego Convention Center at Dusk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cabrillo View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"Sails" Special Events Hall, San Diego Convention Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Gateway Arch to San Diego's Historic Gaslamp District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Evening Stroll in the Famed Gaslamp District, Heart of Historic San Diego

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Harbor View: Downtown San Diego, San Diego Convention Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego's Little Italy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The U.S.S. Midway, in San Diego Harbor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


San Diego Harbor and Skyline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Panda at Famed
San Diego Zoo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cabrillo Lighthouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Shamu Performs at Sea World San Diego


Presidential Address

Saturday, April 5: 5:00 PM; San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President, Immunologic weapons acquired early in life win battles with cancer late in life
 


 

Presentation of the AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
Tuesday, April 8: 2:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair: Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President

Award recipient: Robert R. Rich, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
The AAI Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the AAI Council upon an AAI member.  This award recognizes a deserving member for a career of scientific achievement and for contributions to The AAI and fellow immunologists.  The award will be presented prior to the start of the AAI Presidential Symposium.

 


 

Presidential Symposium

Taking Care of Immunology around the World
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from eBioscience

Tuesday, April 8: 2:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair: Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President
Speakers

Xuetao Cao, Second Military Medical University Shanghai, President, Chinese Society of Immunology,

Stromal microenvironment, regulatory dendritic cells, and regulation of immune response

Cornelis J. M. Melief, Leiden University Medical Center, President, Dutch Society for Immunology, Immunotherapy of established lesions induced by high risk papilloma virus

Ljiljana Sofronic-Milosavljevic, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy (INEP), Belgrade, Serbia, President, Immunological Society of Serbia, Taming of autoimmunity - Trichinella, worm under host-parasite contract

Adrian C. Hayday, Guy's Hospital, General Secretary, British Society for Immunology, Immunosurveillance: molecular conversations between epithelial cells and the immune system

Hermann J. Ziltener, The Biomedical Research Center, University of British Columbia, President, Canadian Society for Immunology, New roles for an old acquaintance: function of PSGL-1 in thymic homeostasis and a novel mechanism of naive T cell homing

 

AAI DISTINGUISHED LECTURES


Sunday, April 6: 5:00 PM

San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair John G. Monroe, AAI Program Chair, Genentech, Inc.
 

Kathryn Calame, Columbia University

Blimp-1 and the Regulation of Lymphocyte Function
 


 

Monday, April 7: 5:00 PM

San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair John G. Monroe, AAI Program Chair, Genentech, Inc.

 

Marc K. Jenkins, University of Minnesota Medical School

On the Trail of Epitope-Specific Naive Helper T Cells in Normal Individuals

 


 

Tuesday, April 8: 5:00 PM

San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair John G. Monroe, AAI Program Chair, Genentech, Inc.

 

Harinder Singh, HHMI University of Chicago

Gene Regulatory Networks Orchestrating Cell Fates in the Immune System
 

AAI MAJOR SYMPOSIA

 

Sunday, April 6, 2008 – 8:00 AM

 

Major Symposium A: Genetics of Autoimmunity
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C

Chairs: Betty A. Diamond, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research; Linda S. Wicker, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Speakers
Ann B. Begovich, Celera Diagnostics, Unraveling the genetics of complex diseases: identification of non-MHC susceptibility genes in human autoimmunity

Peter K. Gregersen, North Shore University Hospital, Rheumatoid arthritis in the genomic era: cracking the code for clues to autoimmune pathogenesis

Gerald T. Nepom, Benaroya Research Institute, Probing for disease susceptibility

Linda S. Wicker, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, The IL-2/CD25 pathway determines susceptibility to type I diabetes in humans and NOD mice

William M. Ridgway, University of Pittsburgh, Genetic control of autoimmune liver disease in NOD congenic mice

Betty A. Diamond, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, BCR signaling strength determines predisposition to autoantibody production
 

Major Symposium B: Microenvironmental Influence on Immune Function
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20D

Chairs: Jason G. Cyster, University of California, San Francisco; Peter J. Lane, University of Birmingham
Speakers
Peter J. Lane, University of Birmingham, Adult lymphoid tissue inducers in CD4+ T cell responses

Jonathan W. Yewdell, NIAID, NIH, Getting real: intravital imaging of antiviral CD8+ T cell priming and effector function

Shannon J. Turley, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Antigen presentation by lymph node stromal cells and dendritic cells

Melody A. Swartz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Mechanisms of dendritic cell homing towards and entry into lymphatic vessels

Ellen A. Robey, University of California, Berkeley, Imaging host-pathogen interactions in a Toxoplasma gondii infection model

Jason G. Cyster, University of California, San Francisco, Requirements for lymphocyte egress from lymphoid organs
 


 

Monday, April 7, 2008 – 8:00 AM

 

Major Symposium C: TNF Family Members in Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Cancer
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20D

Chairs: Michael Croft, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology; Tania H. Watts, University of Toronto
Speakers
Tania H. Watts, University of Toronto, 4-1BBL in CD8+ T cell memory

Michael Croft, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, OX40 and the decision between tolerance and immunity

Richard M. Siegel, NIAMS, NIH, TL1A/DR3 interactions in inflammation and autoimmunity

Carlo Riccardi, University of Perugia, GITR/GITRL system in the regulation of the immune/inflammatory response

Carl F. Ware, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, The LIGHT and DARC sides of a TNF receptor
Iqbal S. Grewal,
Seattle Genetics, Inc., Therapeutic antibodies targeting CD70 for cancers and autoimmunity
 

Major Symposium D: Organ-Specific Regulation of Innate Immunity
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C

Chairs: Eyal Raz, University of California, San Diego; Robert L. Modlin, University of California, Los Angeles
Speakers
Eyal Raz, University of California, San Diego, Introduction

Bali Pulendran, Emory University, Differences between gut and splenic macrophages

Robert L. Modlin, University of California, Los Angeles, A TLR-induced vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial mechanism in microbial infection in skin and the lung

Dean Sheppard, University of California, San Francisco, Organ-specific regulation of Th-17 and Treg induction through TGF-b activation by dendritic cells

Andrea M. Cooper, Trudeau Institute, The protective vs. the pathogenic role of the innate cytokine IL-23 in the lung

Jongdae Lee, University of California, San Diego, The uniqueness of TLR signaling in colonic epithelial cells

Bruce A. Beutler, The Scripps Research Institute, Organ-specific innate immunity as dissected by ENU mutagenesis
 


 

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 8:00 AM

 

Major Symposium E: Managing B Cell Lifespan and Lifestyle with BAFF Family Interactions
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C

Chairs: Michael P. Cancro, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Fabienne Mackay, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Speakers
Michael P. Cancro, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, BLyS family interactions in primary and memory B cells

Fabienne Mackay, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, The role of BAFF in autoimmunity is T cell-independent but requires MyD88 Signaling

Andrea Cerutti, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, BAFF and APRIL: key innate regulators of immunoglobulin heavy chain class switching

Jennifer Anolik, University of Rochester Medical Center, Determinants of B cell reconstitution after B cell depletion therapy in human autoimmune disease

Jane A. Gross, Zymogenetics, Inc., B cell-targeting therapies for autoimmune diseases: are they all the same?

Richard J. Bram, Mayo Clinic, TACI:  Signaling and function in the immune system


Major Symposium F: Regulation of Immune Responses to Pathogens
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20D

Chairs: Yasmine Belkaid, NIAID, NIH; E. John Wherry, The Wistar Institute
Speakers
E. John Wherry, The Wistar Institute, Negative regulation of T cell responses to viruses

Yasmine Belkaid, NIAID, NIH, Regulatory T cells during parasitic infections

JoAnne L. Flynn, University of Pittsburgh, Regulation of immune responses in tuberculosis
Kevin B. Urdahl
, University of Washington, Foxp3-expressing T regulatory cells in tuberculosis

Markus Mohrs, Trudeau Institute, Tracking cytokine responses to infection

Christian Munz, Rockefeller University, Innate and adaptive immunity through autophagy
 


 

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 8:00 AM

 

Major Symposium G: Control of Effector and Memory T Cell Fate
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20D

Chairs: Donna L. Farber, University of Maryland at Baltimore; Steven L. Reiner, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers
Donna L. Farber, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Biochemical signals for memory T cell generation and recall

Steven L. Reiner, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Shaping the fate of T cells in response to infection

Eric G. Pamer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Trafficking and differentiation of CD4 T cells during respiratory infections

Richard M. Locksley, University of California, San Francisco, Initiating type-2 immunity

Ananda W. Goldrath, University of California, San Diego, Making CD8 memory

Robert A. Seder, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, The quality of T cell responses determines protection
 

Major Symposium H: Can Basic Advances in Immunology Generate Effective Cancer Therapies?
San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C

Chairs: Robert D. Schreiber, Washington University School of Medicine; Carl H. June, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers
Robert D. Schreiber, Washington University School of Medicine, Cancer immunoediting: basic mechanisms and clinical outcomes

Glenn Dranoff, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, The interplay of tumor immunity and inflammation

Philip D. Greenberg, University of Washington, Generating and maintaining function of T cells with high avidity for tumor antigens

Carl H. June, University of Pennsylvania, Adoptive transfer of lentiviral engineered T cells for cancer immunogene therapy

James P. Allison, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Immune responses to early vs. late stages of cancer

Cornelia Trimble, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Targeting adaptive immune responses for HPV disease
 

AAI AWARDS


The AAI award programs honor members across the spectrum of their careers.  AAI awards are presented throughout the meeting in special sessions.
For complete information on all AAI Awards, please visit www.aai.org/Awards

AAI Awards being presented at AAI's 95th Annual Meeting, in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2008:

         
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AAI Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert R. Rich, M.D.
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 AAI Distinguished Service Award: Ellen Kraig, Ph.D.
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 AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award: Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.
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 AAI-Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award: Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., FRS
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 AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award: Pamela L. Schwartzberg, M.D., Ph.D.
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 AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research: James P. Allison, Ph.D.
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Pfizer-Showell Travel Award (2008 Recipient)
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AAI-Invitrogen Trainee Achievement Awards (2008 Recipients)
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AAI Junior Faculty Travel Grants (2008 Recipients)
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AAI Minority Scientist Travel Awards (2008 Recipients)
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Cynthia Chambers Memorial-eBioscience Junior Faculty Award (2008 Recipient)
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NEW for 2008! AAI Trainee Abstract Awards (2008 Recipients)

Details on awards presentations appear in the following two sections.
 

AAI AWARD PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES


AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research

Supported through an unrestricted grant from the Dana Foundation

Sunday, April 6: 3:15 PM; San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair: Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President

Award Recipient: James P. Allison, HHMI, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Immune checkpoint blockade in cancer therapy
 


 

AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award & Lecture

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from BD Biosciences

Monday, April 7: 2:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chairs: Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President; Robert Balderas, Vice President of Research and Development, BD Biosciences-Pharmingen, San Diego, CA

Award Recipient: Pamela L. Schwartzberg, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Integrating T cell signals: lessons from mouse models and primary immune disorders
 


 

AAI-Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award and Lecture

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Invitrogen Corporation

Monday, April 7: 3:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 20 B/C/D

Chair: Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, AAI President; J. L. Miller, Senior Vice President, BioDiscovery, Invitrogen Corporation

Award Recipient: Richard A. Flavell, HHMI, Yale University School of Medicine, Regulation of the immune response by cells and cytokines
 

AAI SPECIAL EVENTS


AAI Opening Gala Reception
Sponsorship generously provided by BioLegend, Inc. and Tomy Digital Biology

Saturday, April 5: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
San Diego Convention Center, East/West Mezzanine Terrace

Meet with colleagues from near and far!  Establish new friendships and renew old ones!  Network with peer scientists from throughout the field and around the world!


 Go to BioLegend, Inc. to see special AAI Member Offer!


 


 

Young Experimental Scientists (Y.E.S.) Mixer

Monday, April 7: 9:00 PM

San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Marina Ballroom G, Level 3 (South Tower)

The Y.E.S. Mixer is open to all EB registrants and is scheduled on Monday, April 7, 9:00 PM-11:30 PM.  You must wear your badge to gain admittance.  Dance, relax, network while enjoying complimentary snacks and soft drinks.  The EB sponsoring societies encourage responsible drinking for those drinking alcohol.  Alcohol will not be served to anyone under the age of 21 (be prepared to show identification).
 


 

Young Experimental Scientists (Y.E.S.) Lounge

San Diego Convention Center, Location TBD

Click here for more information: http://www.eb2008.org/YESMixer.htm
 


 

Refresher Course: Biology of the Lymph Node - Four Perspectives
Co-sponsored by The American Association of Immunologists (AAI), the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), and the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
Tuesday, April 8: 10:30 AM,
San Diego Convention Center Room 8
Chairs: David Bolender, Medical College of Wisconsin; Doug Paulsen, Morehouse School of Medicine

Lymph nodes serve as crossroads of body fluid flow as well as checkpoints for alerting the body to invasions. Moreover, they serve as organizing centers for responses when such invasions occur. They also represent important examples of how organ distribution and structure provide a basis for understanding normal and pathological function. By combining speakers on basic lymph node structure and function together with those on issues regarding their importance in clinical medicine, we hope to promote an integrated understanding of the significance of these organs in immune function and health.

Speakers
David Bolender, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Doug Paulsen, Morehouse School of Medicine, Overview of the lymphatic system/cell & tissue biology of the lymph node
Linda M. Bradley, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Immunology of the lymph node
Noel Weidner, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Pathology of the lymph node
William Read, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Lymph nodes and cancer treatment

 


 

AAI Business Meeting & Awards Presentation

Tuesday, April 8: 12:45 PM; San Diego Convention Center, Room 31A

This session will include the annual report to AAI members on AAI and The Journal of Immunology business affairs, and will feature the following 2008 AAI awards presentations.  Lunch will be available  (no ticket required).

AAI COMMITTEE SPONSORED EVENTS


AAI Clinical Immunology Committee

 

Symposium: Human Immunology as Informed by the Use of Targeted Therapeutics

Sunday, April 6: 12:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 32

Chair: Joel D. Ernst, New York University School of Medicine

Speakers

Michael R. Ehrenstein, University College, London, Introduction; and Targeting regulatory T cells using anti-TNF in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Andrew C. Chan, Genentech, Inc., B cell immunotherapy: lessons from the clinic

Terry B. Strom, Harvard Medical School, Smart T cell targets and the confounding role of inflammation
Philip M. Murphy, NIAID, NIH, Targeting CCR5 in HIV/AIDS: a novel paradigm in the treatment of infectious disease

 


 

AAI Education Committee

 

John H. Wallace High School Teachers Workshop: Lessons in Immunology

Sunday, April 6: 9:00 AM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 30E

Chair: Brian A. Cobb, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

The AAI High School Teachers Program brings the excitement of immunology directly to high school students by sending high school science teachers into the laboratories of established immunologists who mentor them in a “hands-on” summer internship.  The teachers develop a science project for the classroom based on their summer experience.  The teachers present their experiences and projects in this session.

 

2007-2008 AAI High School Teachers Program Participants

 

Teacher:            Laurie E. Asermily, Seneca Falls Central School, Seneca Falls, NY

Mentor:             Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

 

Teacher:            Teresa R. Burke, Westford Academy, Westford, MA

Mentor:             William Walker Cruikshank, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

 

Teacher:            Emily K. Faulconer, Lakeland High School, Suffolk City Public Schools, Suffolk, VA

Mentor:             Robert Eugene Ratzlaff, Ph.D., Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

 

Teacher:            Dawn M. Martell, Wilmington High School, Wilmington, MA

Mentor:             William Walker Cruikshank, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

 

Teacher:            Scott Troy, West High School, Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO

Mentor:             Raul M. Torres, Ph.D., University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO

 

Teacher:            Elizabeth Withum, A.W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading, MA

Mentor:             Rachel M. McLoughlin, Ph.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

     
 
 
     

Careers Roundtable (Co-sponsored with the Committee on the Status of Women)

Sunday, April 6: 1:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion

Chair:  Christine Milcarek, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chair, Committee on the Status of Women

Experienced scientists will serve as roundtable discussion leaders on specific career issues and options important to men and women in science today.  Attendance is limited to the first 300 registrants (students, postdocs, faculty, and staff).  Men are encouraged to participate.  Fee of $10 required when registering; coffee and dessert included.

 

GENERAL -- Topics related to the environment you work in or want to work in

1.  Academic Research                                                         

2.  Biotech and Industry       

3.  Governmental Agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH          

4.  Clinic: Clinical and diagnostic immunology, clinician-scientist           

5.  Undergraduate Institutions:  teaching, doing research part-time

 

TRANSITIONS -- Topics focused on a specific career stage
6.  Graduate Student to Post-doc:  finding a post doc, interviewing   

7.  Post-doc to PI: finding a position, interviewing, negotiating, lab start-up

8.  New PI: attracting students and post-docs, preparing for tenure

9.  Mid-Career: developing administrative and management skills/sabbaticals

10.  Changing Careers: moving from academia to industry, or vice versa

 

SPECIAL -- Topics for unique situations

11.  Career and Family: time management/family leave/professional couples

12.  Integrity and Ethics: dealing with controversy, discrimination in the workplace

13.  Alternative Careers: science journalism, patent Law

14.  Politics of Science

     
 
 

Research at Undergraduate Institutions: A Balancing Act
Monday, April 7: 12:30 PM, San Diego Convention Center

Chairs: Laurel A. Eckhardt, Hunter College, CUNY; Richard Goldsby, Amherst College
This workshop will address the challenges of holding a faculty position at an undergraduate institution. Such institutions range from the small, liberal arts college that may not grant any degrees beyond the BA, to large research universities with graduate programs granting PhD’s in science. The challenges of integrating research with teaching will be discussed, as will differences in salary and support for faculty in a college department versus faculty at research institutions or medical schools.
Speakers
Richard A. Goldsby, Amherst College, Opportunities for research and teaching on the undergraduate side of the street
Sharon A. Stranford, Mount Holyoke College, Landing your dream job: how to get a faculty position at an undergraduate institution
Laurel A. Eckhardt, Hunter College, Funding your research at an undergraduate institution: opportunities and challenges
Roundtable discussion with Q&A, Integrating research and teaching

 
 
     

Skills for the Big Chill: How to Survive and Thrive as a Newly Independent Scientist

Saturday, April 5: 2:45 PM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 30E

Chair: Christopher A. Pennell, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

This workshop is for young investigators who want to be, or have recently become, Principal Investigators.  The participants in this workshop will give tips on how to succeed at the next level in your career and will share valuable insights that no one else bothers to tell you.

Speakers

Christopher A. Pennell, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Succeeding as a PI: why you need more than science

Brian A. Cobb, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Making the transition: reflections on the first two independent years

Andrea A. Itano, Amgen, Inc., From academics to biotech: what changes and what stays the same

Ross M. Kedl, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, From academics to biotech and back again: how to balance academics and business
 


 

AAI Minority Affairs Committee

 

The 2008 Minority Affairs Committee Activities are funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Heath.  [FASEB MARC Program: T36-GMO8059-25].

 

AAI Minority Scientist Travel Awards Program

The Minority Affairs Committee supports the participation of under-represented minority scientists at the AAI Annual Meeting through committee activities and Minority Scientist Travel Awards.  For complete information on all AAI Awards, please visit www.aai.org/Awards.  The awards will be presented at the AAI Business Meeting.

     
 
 
     

AAI Minority Affairs Committee - Networking Roundtable and Breakfast

Monday, April 7: 8:30 AM, San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion

Chair: Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Indiana University, Chair, AAI Minority Affairs Committee

Attend this session to meet senior minority immunologists who have gone through what you are going through now and for one-on-one discussions of career challenges.

     
 
 
     

AAI Minority Affairs Committee Guest Lecture

Monday, April 7: 10:15 AM, San Diego Convention Center, Room 30E

Chair: Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Indiana University, Chair, AAI Minority Affairs Committee

Guest Speaker: Juan J. Lafaille, New York University School of Medicine, Antigen-induced Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

 


    Dr. Lafaille

 

AAI Committee on Public Affairs