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Special Symposia and Lectures

President's Program and Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

Saturday, April 2, 2005, 5:00 PM

AAI PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS AND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION

Presentation of the 2005 AAI Lifetime Achievement Award will be made prior to the President’s Address

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention &
Visitors Bureau/Kathleen Norri Cook

Generation of effector and memory CD4 T cells and their roles in combating influenza

Susan L. Swain, Trudeau Inst., AAI President
 

PRESIDENT'S SYMPOSIUM

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Gemini Science, Inc.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 2:30 PM

Thanks for the memory

Chair: Susan L. Swain, Trudeau Inst., AAI President

Speakers:

David L. Woodland, Trudeau Inst.
T cell memory to respiratory virus infections: Unique aspects of the lung environment
 

Laura Haynes, Trudeau Inst.
The effect of age on CD4 T cell memory

Linda M. Bradley, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Ctr.
Regulation of immunity in CD4 T cells
 

Michael Croft, La Jolla Inst. Allergy & Immunology
Control of T cell memory by TNFR costimulation

Distinguished Lectures

Chair: Leslie J. Berg, AAI Program Chair, U Massachusetts Med Ctr

Speakers:

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention
& Visitors Bureau

Sunday, April 3, 5:00 PM

Distinguished Lecture I -- Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech

Richard M. Locksley, HHMI, Univ. California, San Francisco

Tracking the activation of immunity in vivo

Monday, April 4, 5:00 PM

Distinguished Lecture II -- Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech

B. J. Fowlkes, NIAID, NIH

Lineage commitment in developing T cells

Tuesday, April 5, 5:00 PM

Distinguished Lecture III -- Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech

Bruce Beutler, Scripps Research Inst.

Sensing infection: toll-like receptors and the forward genetic analysis of host defense

Special Symposia

Saturday, April 2, 2005, 2:30 PM

AAI-NIAID Symposium: Contemporary Topics in Immunology

Sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH

Chairs: Alison Deckhut Augustine, NIAID, NIH; Leslie J. Berg, AAI Program Chair, U Mass Med Ctr

Speakers:

Laura Kiessling, Univ. of Wisconsin, Multivalent synthetic ligands for modulating B cell responses

Judy Lieberman, CBR Inst. for Biomed. Res., Harvard Med. Sch., Special delivery: a new model for perforin

Andrey S. Shaw, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med, Antigen recognition and the immunological synapse

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 10:15 AM

Symposium on NIAID-Sponsored Research Networks and Research Resources

Sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH

Chairs: Daniel Rotrosen, NIH, NIAID; Gerald T. Nepom, Virginia Mason Res. Ctr.

Speakers:

Daniel Rotrosen, NIAID, NIH, Introduction

Alan A. Aderem, The Inst. for Systems Biology, A systems biology approach to innate immunity

Alessandro D. Sette, La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunol., Immune epitope database and analysis program

Jeffrey A. Bluestone, UCSF Diabetes Ctr., Immune tolerance network

Gerald T. Nepom, Virginia Mason Res. Ctr., Autoimmune diseases prevention centers and tetramer facilities
 

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention &
Visitors Bureau

Special Award Lectures

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 2:30 PM

AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award and Lecture

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from BD Biosciences

Introduction and Award Presentation: Susan L. Swain, AAI President; John "Kip" Miller, BD Biosciences

Awardee and Speaker: Jason G. Cyster, HHMI, UCSF Getting cells together for the immune response

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 3:30 PM

AAI-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award and Lecture

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from The Huang Foundation

Introduction and Award Presentation: Susan L. Swain, AAI President and Ernest Chun-Ming Huang, President, The Huang Foundation

Awardee and Speaker: Jeffrey V. Ravetch, The Rockefeller Univ. Antibodies and their receptors: mechanisms for coupling innate and adaptive immunity

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12:45 PM
(during the AAI Business Meeting & Awards Presentation)
Convention Center, Rm 20A

AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research -- Presentation and Lecture

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the Dana Foundation

Introduction and Award Presentation: Susan L. Swain, AAI President;
Robertson (Robbie) Parkman, Children's Hosp., Los Angeles

 

Awardee: Fred S. Rosen, CBR Inst. for Biomedical Research, Harvard Med. Sch.

Photo courtesy of the San Diigo Convention &
Visitors Bureau/Bill Robinson

Receptions

Monday, April 4, 2005, 6:30 PM

AAI Rock & Roll Fiesta

Sponsored by BD Biosciences
(invitation required)
Site: TBD

Open to all AAI members.  Join us at the AAI Rock & Roll Fiesta and don’t miss out on any of the fun and excitement.  Enjoy the rhythm of Mariachi Band and dance the night away to a swingin’ DJ.  Sample some great Mexican food and Margaritas.  Take your invitation to the AAI Booth #601 and pick up your party ticket.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 7:00 PM

President's Reception

Sponsored by BD Biosciences
Site: Marriott, Seaview
(invitation required)

Monday, April 4, 2005, 9:30 PM - 12:30 AM

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

Site: Marina Ballroom F/G, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Open to all EB 2005 Meeting Registrants
 

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention
& Visitors Bureau/Bill Robinson

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium A

Lymphocyte Fate Decisions

Chairs: John G. Monroe, Univ. Pennsylvania Sch. Med.; John F. Kearney, Univ. Alabama, Birmingham

Speakers:

John G. Monroe, Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med.: Differential BCR signaling and responses by immature and follicular mature B cells

Kathryn Calame, Columbia P and S Hosp.: A role for blimp-1 in multiple lymphocyte developmental decisions

Antonio Lanzavecchia, Inst. for Res. in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland: Identifying and making use of human memory B cells

John Kearney, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham: Marginal zone B cells as first responders to blood-borne antigens

Steven L. Reiner, Univ. of Pennsylvania: Specifying T cell fate during the immune response

Jason G. Cyster, UCSF: Cell position and cell fate

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium B

Genetics of Autoimmunity

Chairs: David Hafler, Harvard Med. Sch.; Linda S. Wicker, CIMR Univ. Cambridge, UK

Speakers:

David A. Hafler, Harvard Med. Sch.: New approaches to identifying genes in human autoimmune disease

Linda S. Wicker, CIMR, Univ. of Cambridge: Genetics of type 1 diabetes in humans and NOD mice

Timothy W. Behrens, Univ. of Minnesota: The genetics and genomics of SLE

Edward K. Wakeland, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.: Genetic mechanisms mediating the transition to pathogenic autoimmunity

Vijay Kuchroo, Harvard Med. Sch., Functional analysis of liCTLA4: a splice variant of CTLA4 genetically associated with susceptibility to autoimmunity

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention
& Visitors Bureau

Monday, April 4, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium C

Microbes and Autoimmunity: Friends or Foes?

Chairs: Matthias G. von Herrath, La Jolla Inst. Allergy & Immunology; Madeleine W. Cunningham, Univ. Oklahoma Health Science Ctr.

Speakers:

Madeleine W. Cunningham, Univ. of Oklahoma: Molecular mimicry, autoimmunity and infection: a streptococcal tale

Matthias G. von Herrath, La Jolla Inst. Allergy and Immunol.: Initiation, acceleration and prevention of autoimmunity by viral infections

Robert S. Fujinami, Univ. of Utah Sch. Med.: Virus infections can prime for autoimmune disease which then can be triggered by other infections

Stephen D. Miller, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Med.: Innate and adaptive immune requirements for induction of CNS autoimmune disease by virus-induced molecular mimicry

Harvey Cantor, Dana Farber Cancer Inst.: Pathways through infection to self-tolerance

Marc Horwitz, Univ. British Columbia: One virus, two autoimmune diseases: common mechanisms?

Monday, April 4, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium D

Leukocyte Trafficking: Achieving Global Positioning

Chairs: Linda M. Bradley, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Ctr.; David D. Chaplin, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham

Speakers:

Frances E. Lund, Trudeau Inst.: Dendritic cell trafficking to secondary lymphoid tissues and sites of inflammation: roles for extracellular nucleotides and CD38

Eugene C. Butcher, Stanford Univ. Med. Sch.: Tissue trafficking of lymphocyte and dendritic cell subsets

Paul Kubes, Univ. of Calgary: Selectin-dependent and independent regulation of Th1 and Th2 trafficking to sites of inflammation

Andrew D. Luster, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp.: Control of effector T cell trafficking by chemokines and lipid mediators

Ulrich H. von Andrian, CBR Inst. for Biomed. Res.: In vivo analysis of T cell migration and function

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium E

Immunity to Persistent Infections

Chairs: Marcia A. Blackman, Trudeau Inst.; Dennis R. Burton, Scripps Res. Inst.

Speakers:

Marcia A. Blackman, Trudeau Inst.: Immunity to a persistent gamma-herpesvirus

Dennis Burton, Scripps Research Inst.: HIV, the neutralizing antibody response and vaccine design

Dragana Jankovic, NIAID, LPD, NIH: TH1/TH2 effector choice: lessons from parasitic infection models

Kim Hasenkrug, NIAID, NIH: Host-virus interactions during persistent retroviral infection

Ian Orme, Colorado State Univ.: Status of immunity during chronic tuberculosis

Christopher Hunter, Univ. of Pennsylvania: Immunity to toxoplasma: does danger matter?

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium F

Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis: How Good Things Go Bad

Chairs: Cynthia J. Guidos, Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto; Warren S. Pear, Univ. Pennsylvania

Speakers:

John E. Dick, Toronto Gen. Hosp. Res. Inst. Univ Hlth Network: Leukemic stem cells in AML

Cynthia J. Guidos, Hosp. for Sick Children, Toronto: Causes and complications of pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia: insights from a mouse model

Kees Murre, UCSD: The role of E2A in stem cell homeostasis and thymocyte development

Warren S. Pear, Univ. of Pennsylvania: Notch signaling at the crossroads of T cell development and leukemia

Steve T. Smale, HHMI, UCLA: Chromatin modifications in normal and leukemic T cell progenitors

Jay L. Hess, Univ. Pennsylvania Sch. Med.: Mechanisms of transformation by MLL: insights from fruit flies, mice, and microarrays

Photo courtesy of the San Diego
Convention & Visitors Bureau

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium G

Homeostasis, Memory, and Aging

Chairs: Stephen C. Jameson, Univ. of Minnesota Med. Sch.; Leo Lefrancois, Univ. of Connecticut Health Center

Speakers:

Stephen C. Jameson, Univ. of Minnesota Med. Sch.: Controlling lymphocyte homeostasis

Leo Lefrancois, Univ. of Connecticut: Regulation of memory CD8 T cell lineage development

John Harty, Univ. of Iowa: Multiple pathways to CD8+ T cell memory

Crystal Mackall, NCI, NIH: IL7 as a modulator of T cell homeostasis

Kaja Murali Krishna, Univ. of Washington: Life and death of antigen specific T cells during viral infection

Jonathan Sprent, Scripps Research Inst.: Subsets of memory CD8+ cells

Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 8:00 AM

Major Symposium H

Biologic Relevance and Therapeutic Implications of Immune Privilege (in memory of J. Wayne Streilein)

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness

Chairs: Judith A. Kapp, Emory Univ. Sch. Med.; Andrew L. Mellor, Medical College of Georgia

Speakers:

Jerry Niederkorn, Univ. Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.: Introduction on the life and contributions of Wayne Streilein

Jerry Niederkorn, Univ. Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr.: Ocular immunosuppressive mechanisms

Andrew Mellor, Med. Coll. of Georgia: From fetal privilege to regulatory dendritic cells via indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase

David A. Hafler,, Harvard Med. Sch.: Self-tolerance and autoimmunity

Willi Born, National Jewish Med. and Res. Ctr.: The influence of γδ T cells on allergic hyperreactivity

Hans Schreiber, Univ. Chicago: Tumor stroma as a barrier and target of T cell immunity

Nicole Suciu-Foca, Columbia Univ.: Col P and S, Immunoregulatory networks in
transplantation tolerance
 

Saturday, April 2, 2005, 9:00 AM

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

Supported by NIH Grant R25AI 43872

Chair: Arthur O. Tzianabos, Harvard Med. Sch.

Speakers:

• Alice Apostolou, Tahanto Regional High Sch., MA: Identification of E-coli at various dilutions using the ELISA test
  Mentor: Frank Gibson, Boston Univ. Med. Sch.
   
• Beverly Feig, Digital Harbor High Sch., MD: Effect of ethanol exposure on chemokine response elicited by T84 cells following infection with Vibrio vulnificus in vitro
  Mentor: Jan Powell, Univ. Maryland Med. Sch.
   
• Susan P. Mooney, Haverhill High Sch., MA [Mentor: Dennis L. Kasper, Harvard Univ. Med. Sch.] and Richard Willets, Haverhill High Sch., MA [Mentor: Greg Priebe, Harvard Univ. Med. Sch.]: ELISA for your biology classes: using mouse serum OVA-specific IgE to illustrate the inflammatory response as it occurs in asthmatics. An easily adapted protocol for all types of daily schedules
   
• Dan O’Connell, St. Andrew’s Sch., DE: Understanding immunity by tracing thymocyte development
  Mentor: Jennifer A. Punt, Haverford Col., PA.
   
• Nicole Veltre, Digital Harbor High Sch., MD: Measuring cytokine response in RAW 264.7 macrophage-like cells exposed to ethanol and infected with bacterial pathogen Vibrio vulnificus
  Mentor: Jan L. Powell, Univ. Maryland Med. Sch.

Saturday, April 2, 2005, 12:30 PM

AAI Clinical Immunology Committee: The Clinical Background of Influenza

Chair: Terri M. Laufer, Univ. of Pennsylvania, AAI Clinical Immunology Committee Chair

Speakers:

• Kathryn Edwards, Vanderbilt Univ.: The clinical presentation and epidemiology of influenza

• Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Mt. Sinai Med. Sch.: The influenza virus, with emphasis on the 1918 virus

• Robert Belshe, St. Louis Univ.: Vaccination against influenza--routes and efficacy

• Bruce Gellin, National Vaccine Program Office, HHS: The politics of vaccination in the US--private profit versus public health

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 10:30 AM
Convention Center, Blrm 6A/B

EB 2005 Public Affairs Session: Big Science Ahead:
W[h]ither the PI?

What is the role of the scientist in a world of “big science”? How do we train/compensate/ evaluate scientists who participate in multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary research teams? Given that the future funding increases for biomedical research are likely to be smaller than they have been in recent years, what is the future of the PI? Can existing PIs continue our current model: training multiple young scientists who themselves will seek to become PIs? If not, what will those scientists do, and how will we continue to be able to attract “the best and the brightest” to the life sciences?

Chair: Susan Swain, President and Director, Trudeau Institute

Speakers:

Norka Ruiz Bravo, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health

Mary F. Lipscomb, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Robert R. Rich, Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sunday, April 3, 12:30 PM AAI
Convention Center, Room 26 A/B

AAI Committee on Public Affairs: Hot Topics in a Cold Environment

Following the recent doubling of the NIH budget, national fiscal priorities have shifted away from biomedical research, threatening the momentum of important ongoing research. Many NIH-funded scientists will soon face some of the most severe challenges they have known, because of both budget constraints and significant federal policy changes. Join AAI leaders for a discussion on some of the most controversial topics facing our community today:
     • The shrinking NIH budget
     • The NIH policy on scientific publications
     • Global pandemic policies
     • State efforts on stem cell research
     • NIH rules on conflict of interest
Come hear how AAI ensures that your voices on these topics and others are heard on Capitol Hill, at NIH, and within the biomedical research community. There will be ample time for questions.

Chair: Hugh Auchincloss, Professor of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; Chair, AAI Committee on Public Affairs

Speakers:

Hugh Auchincloss, Professor of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; Chair, AAI Committee on Public Affairs: The shrinking NIH budget

Lauren G. Gross, AAI Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs: The new NIH rules on conflicts of interest

M. Michele Hogan, AAI Executive Director: The new NIH policy on scientific publications: wasting your research dollars

Ellen Kraig, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center; member, AAI Committee on Public Affairs: State efforts on stem cell research

Sunday, April 3, 2005, 1:00 PM

AAI Committee on the Status of Women Careers Program

Chair: Brigitte T. Huber, Tufts Univ. Sch. of Med.; Chair, AAI Committee on the Status of Women

Experienced scientists will serve as discussion leaders at roundtables. During the program they will lead informal discussions on a specific career issue/option. Men are encouraged to participate. See Committee on the Status of Women report on the May 2003 Program for more information.

Sampling of topics:

GENERAL: topics related to the environment you work in or want to work in

1. Academic research: general
2. Biotech and Industry: general
3. Governmental agencies: CDC/FDA/NIH
4. Clinic: Clinical and diagnostic immunology
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. Technology Transfer: patent law, intellectual property, university industry collaborations
14. Politics of Science
15. Science Journalism

Monday, April 4, 2005, 9:30 AM
Convention Center, Rm 25B/C

AAI Minority Affairs Committee Breakfast

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the FASEB/MARC Program

(invitation only)

Monday, April 4, 2005, 10:30 AM
Convention Center, Rm 25B/C

AAI Minority Affairs Guest Lecture

Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the FASEB/MARC Program

Introduction:

Gerald Sonnenfeld, Binghamton Univ., SUNY, AAI Minority Affairs Committee Chair

Speaker: Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Sunnybrook and Women’s Res. Inst., Univ. of Toronto Becoming a T cell: lineage options and decisions by stem cells

Monday April 4, 2005, 12:30 PM
Convention Center, Rm 25B/C

AAI Special Session: How to Succeed in Science

Chair and Presenter: Jonathan W. Yewdell, NIAID, NIH

A senior AAI researcher will address the creative process in carrying out research and thinking about scientific questions. Dr. Yewdell will impart practical advice on daily lab life and on maximizing post-graduate opportunities. While intended for students, all meeting participants are welcome to join in the discussion.

Jonathan W. Yewdell, NIAID, NIH. How to succeed in science without really trying...

Neil Greenspan, Case Western Reserve Univ. What every student, post-doc, and PI should know about logic, epistemology, and ontology but was reluctant to ascertain

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12:30 PM
Convention Center, Rm 25B/C

Academic Scientists at Work: Five Key Things to Think About

Chair: Jeremy Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. Med.

Workshop topics:
     • Getting a Mentor
     • Completing Tasks
     • Responding to Critiques of your Work
     • Contributing to your University
     • Approaching Tenure

Bring your lunch, bring your questions!
 

Photo courtesy of the San Diego Convention
& Visitors Bureau/Bob Yarborough

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12:45 PM
Convention Center, Room 20A

AAI Business Meeting and Awards Presentation

Awards to be Presented:

AAI Distinguished Service Awards

Elizabeth D. Mellins, M.D. Stanford University For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology (2002-2004)
John G. Monroe, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania For dedicated leadership of AAI's Education Committee (2002-2005) and as Director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology (2003-2005)
Jennifer A. Punt, V.M.D., Ph.D. Haverford College For outstanding teaching and assistance with developing the AAI Introductory Course Curriculum

AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
John J. Cebra, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania In recognition of exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists

AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the Dana Foundation Introduction and Award Presentation: Susan L. Swain, AAI President; Robertson (Robbie) Parkman, Children's Hosp., Los Angeles

Pfizer-Showell Travel Award
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Henry J. Showell

AAI-Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement Awards
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from The Huang Foundation

AAI Junior Faculty Travel Awards
Supported in part through unrestricted educational grants from BD Biosciences and Bender MedSystems

AAI Minority Scientist Travel Awards
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the FASEB/MARC Program

AAI Awards Program Information

Other Awards being presented during EB2005:

• AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
• AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award and Lecture
  Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from BD Biosciences
• AAI-Huang Meritorious Career Award Lecture
  Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from The Huang Foundation
• AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research
  Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from the Dana Foundation

Committee and Other Meetings

• AAI Council Meeting (Day 1) (by invitation), 12:00 PM, Friday, April 1
• AAI Council Dinner (by invitation), 7:00 pm, Friday, April 1
• AAI Council Meeting (Day 2) (by invitation), 8:00 AM, Saturday, April 2
• AAI Committee on Public Affairs Meeting (by invitation), 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 2
• AAI Clinical Immunology Committee Meeting (by invitation), 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 2
• The Journal of Immunology Editorial Board Meeting and Dinner, Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Cadmus Professional Communications (by invitation), 6:30 PM, Saturday, April 2
• AAI Committee on the Status of Women Meeting, 7:00 AM, Sunday, April 3
• AAI Finance Committee Meeting (by invitation), 7:30 AM, Monday, April 4
• AAI Minority Affairs Committee Meeting (by invitation), 11:00 AM, Sunday, April 3
• AAI Program Committee Meeting and Dinner (by invitation), 6:30 PM, Sunday, April 3
• AAI Education Committee Meeting (by invitation), 10:00 AM, Monday, April 4
• Assn. of African Biomedical Scientists Business Meeting, 3:00 PM, Monday, April 4

AAI is pleased to co-sponsor outstanding guest society symposia throughout the week: 

Saturday, April 2, 2005 –  2:45 PM

Mexican Society of Immunology (Sociedad Mexicana de Inmunología) Symposium

Chair: Solvedila-Melgarejo, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de Mexico

Speakers:

Leopoldo Flores-Romo, CINVESTAV: Dendritic cells and microbial pathogens in vivo

José Moreno-Rodriguez: UIM: Traffic of class II molecules through discrete endocytic compartments during the maturation of bone marrow derived dendritic cells

Eduardo García-Zepeda, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Modulation of chemokine functions by pathogen derived products

Constantino Lopez-Macías, Mexican Inst. Social Security: The contribution of B cells Toll like receptors in humoral mediated immunity

Gloria Soldevia-Melgarejo, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de Mexico: Molecular signals involved in thymocyte development

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 8:00 AM

International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI)/AAI Neuroimmunology Symposium: Central Nervous System Inflammation and Disease

Speakers:

Monica Carson, Univ. of California, Riverside: Microglia in the healthy and injured CNS: Dr Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?’ 

Thomas E. Lane, Univ.of California, Irvine: Chemokine expression in response to viral infection of the CNS: linking innate and adaptive immunity 

Conni Bergmann, USC Keck Sch Med.: Powers and limits of CD8 T cells during viral CNS infection  

Tony Wyss-Coray, Stanford Univ. Sch. Med.: Innate immune responses in Alzheimer's disease

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 12:30 PM

International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI) Symposium: The Quixotic Quest for Immune Origins

Chair: Martin F. Flajnik, Univ. of Maryland Med Sch

Speakers:

Jonathan Rast, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hlth Sci. Ctr., Univ. of Toronto: The sea urchin genome: innate immunity, RAG genes, and the origins of the vertebrate adaptive immune system

Michele K. Anderson, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hlth Sci. Ctr., Univ. of Toronto: Evolutionary origins of lymphocyte gene regulatory programs

Zeev Pancer, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham: Origin of vertebrate immunity

John D. Hansen, Univ. of Washington: Unexpected discovery of a third IgH isotype in rainbow trout

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 12:30 PM

Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) Symposium: The Regulation of NF-κB Activity and Mucosal Inflammation

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 2:45 PM

Society for Natural Immunity (SNI) Symposium: Natural Killer Cells

Chair: Averil I. Ma, UCSF

Speakers:

Averil I. Ma, UCSF. Novel mechanisms of IL-15Ra mediated NK cell survival and activation

Wayne M. Yokoyama, HHMI, Washington Univ. Sch. Med. Licensing by host MHC class I:  How NK cells find self

Stephen K. Anderson, NCI, NIH. Chance and necessity: probabilistic switches in class I MHC receptors

Veronika Groh, Univ. of Washington. Human NKG2D and its ligands - the induced-self paradigm revisited

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 2:45 PM

Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium: Stem Cells, Hematopoiesis, and Lymphopoiesis

Chair: Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Univ. of Toronto

Speakers:

R. Keith Humphries, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, The good and bad sides of Hox transcription factors in hematopoiesis

Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Sunnybrook & Women's Research Inst, Univ. of Toronto, From stem cells to T lymphocytes, what are the key steps?

Fabio Rossi, Biomedical Research Ctr, Univ of British Columbia, Molecules involved in T-progenitor homing to the adult thymus

Howard T. Petrie, Scripps Florida, T lineage commitment: intrathymic or extrathymic?

Sunday, April 3, 2005 – 2:45 PM

PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) Symposium: It Takes Nerve to Tell an Immune Cell What to Do 

Chairs: David A. Lawrence, Wadsworth Ctr., NY; Virginia M. Sanders, The Ohio State Univ.

Speakers:

Virginia M. Sanders, The Ohio State Univ.: Regulation of lymphocyte activity by the neurotransmitter norepinephrine

Doina Ganea, Rutgers Univ.: Neuropeptide VIP affects dendritic cell influences on T cell development and function

Monika Fleshner, Univ. of Colorado: Endogenous Hsp72 is released by catecholamines and may function as a ‘danger signal’ for immunity

Rebecca Emeny, Wadsworth Ctr., NY: Stress-induced immunosuppression: direct or indirect effect of catecholamines on immune cells

John F. Sheridan, The Ohio State Univ. Health Sciences Ctr.: Neuroendocrine regulation of viral pathogenesis and host immunity

David A. Lawrence, Wadsworth Ctr., NY: Neuropeptides: the dendritic cell- Treg axis

Monday, April 4, 2005 – 10:15 AM      ** SESSION CANCELLED 3/24/05 **  

International Society for NeuroImmunoModulation (ISNIM) Symposium: Inflammation, Well-being and Complex Human Diseases

Chairs: George P. Chrousos, NIH; Salvatore Alesci, NIH

Speakers:

George P. Chrousos, NICHD, NIH: Inflammatory stress: multifaceted adaptation mechanisms

Kevin J. Tracey, North Shore-LIJ Res. Inst.: Autonomic system regulation of inflammation

Alexander Vgontzas, Pennsylvania State Univ. Sch. Med.: Cytokine regulation of sleep and sleep disorders

Salvatore Alesci, NIMH, NIH: The inflammatory dimension of major depression

Monday, April 4, 2005 – 10:15 AM

American Society of Transplantation (AST) Symposium:
Diversity of Effector Mechanisms in Allograft Rejection

Chairs: D. Keith Bishop, U of Michigan Med. Sch.; Robert L. Fairchild, Cleveland Clinic

Speakers:

D. Keith Bishop, Univ. of Michigan Med. Ctr.: Th1/Th2 Balance and Allograft Rejection

Gregg A. Hadley, Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore: Mechanisms of allograft destruction mediated by CD8+ T cells

Ronald G. Gill, Univ. of Colorado Health Science Ctr.: Effector pathways of T cell mediated injury of islet allografts

William M. Baldwin, Johns Hopkins Sch. Med.: Role of complement and alloantibodies in rejection

Robert L. Fairchild, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Res. Inst.: Innative - adaptive interactions promote allograft rejection

Monday, April 4, 2005 – 10:15 AM

International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) Symposium

Chairs: Xiaojing Ma, Weill Med. Col. at Cornell Univ., Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, UMDNJ, New Jersey Med. Sch.

Speakers:

Xiaojing Ma, Weill Med. Col. Cornell Univ.: Regulation of Cytokine Production During Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells

T. Hamilton, Lerner Research Inst., Cleveland Clinic Foundation: TLRs in post-transcriptional control of inflammatory cytokine gene expression

Bryan R. G. Williams, Lerner Research Inst., Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Activation of innate immunity signaling by double stranded RNA and CpG oligonucleotides; virus associated molecular patterns

Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, UMDNJ-New Jersey Med. Sch.: Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: key players in antiviral immunity

Monday, April 4, 2005 – 2:45 PM

Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) Symposium: Modifying Immune Responses and Disease Processes with Cytokines, Chemokines, and Stem Cells

(Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from INOVA)

Chairs: Barbara Detrick, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med.; Lynne Burek, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med.

Andrew R. Pachner, UMD New Jersey Med. Sch., Cytokines, antibodies to cytokines and autoimmunity                       

Robert L. Fairchild, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Res. Inst., Chemokines in early and late cardiac transplantation rejection

David B. Corry, Baylor Col. of Med., IL-4/ IL-13 signaling pathways in allergic diseases

Richard A. Nash, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr., Univ. of Washington, Stem cells and multiple sclerosis
 

If selected by the AAI Block Chairs, authors have the opportunity to present their abstracts in oral presentations during block symposia held throughout the meeting.

Abstracts presented in block symposia are required to also be presented in poster sessions, giving scientists a chance to discuss data with authors first-hand.

Coming Late February 2005: The EB 2005 Itinerary Builder
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2005 AAI Block Symposia Schedule:

Saturday, April 2, 2005

Sunday, April 3, 2005

Monday, April 4, 2005

Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Posters will be displayed Sunday through Wednesday in the Convention Center Exhibit Halls from 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM, with authors present from 12:30PM - 1:30 PM.

EB Sponsored Sessions

• Computers in Research & Teaching - Topic Category 8100-EB
  Demonstrate collegial (not for sale) software for research and teaching purposes. A special area of the exhibit hall will have both IBM PC compatible and MacIntosh computers with Internet access. Authors are encouraged to bring laptops. For more information, please contact Dr. Jerry Collins at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Tel: 615-322-3003. Email: jerry.collins@vanderbilt.edu

• Teaching, Learning and Testing in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Topic Category 8200-EB
  This is for all teaching/education related posters, regardless of discipline, that do not require a computer. Posters describing any aspect of teaching and learning in the biological and biomedical sciences should be submitted to this category. For presentations that involve a demonstration, authors are encouraged to bring the actual materials that they use for teaching. Tables and electrical outlets will be available at each poster board for demonstrations.

HOW TO PREVENT INSTITUTIONAL SHUTDOWNS:
Safeguarding Your Human Subjects Research Program
This workshop, scheduled for Tuesday, April 5 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM, will describe comprehensive, non-draconian approaches that researchers and their institutions can take to conduct ethically sound scientific research utilizing human biological materials and human subjects without compromising the quality of the research. The experience of researchers from institutions that have been shutdown by Federal government agency order, and how they have re-constituted their research programs, will be stressed.

EB 2005/FASEB MARC GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM AND POSTER SESSION:
Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease: Genetic and Therapeutic Applications
Organized by the FASEB MARC Program Advisory Board. Sponsored by the FASEB Career Resources and MARC Program Office. Coordinators: Sunny Ohia, Dean of the College of Pharmacology at the University of Houston; Sandra Murray, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine; Frank Talamantes, Assistant Dean of Research and Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center; Elisa T. Lee, University of Oklahoma.

• MODERATOR: John Fakunding, Director of the Heart Research Program, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD

• KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Richard Cooper, Loyola University, Chicago, IL; Jorge R. Kizer, Weill Medical College, New York, NY; Curt Furberg, Wake Forest Medical School, NC; Craig Hanis, University of Texas, Houston Health Sciences Center; Elisa T. Lee, University of Oklahoma

• RELATED POSTER SESSION: Posters will be selected from the abstracts submitted to Experimental Biology 2005 participating societies. At least 20 posters from students and postdoctoral fellows involved in research related to the genetic basis of cardiovascular disease and its treatment in diverse populations will be selected for display during the symposium and reception/mixer. Travel awards for poster presenters (first authors only) included in this special session will be available through the FASEB MARC Program. NOTE: You must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident of the U.S. (green card required) in order to receive a FASEB MARC Program travel award.

For further information, please contact Lisa Dennison, Program Coordinator, FASEB MARC Program, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998; Email: ldennison@faseb.org; Tel: 301-634-7930.

The EB 2005/FASEB MARC Genomics Symposium is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. (T36-GM-08637).
 

FASEB Career Resources/MARC Program

The FASEB Career Resources and MARC Program Office in association with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will offer a three-part grant seminar workshop in the Career Resources Center/Placement Service at the Experimental Biology 2005 Annual Meeting. Dr. Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Review Policy Officer at NIH, will chair the workshops. EB 2005 registration is required to participate in the seminars. Advance seating reservations are not required.

Peer Review of NIH Research Grant Applications
Sunday, April 3 -- 10:00-11:30 AM
Monday, April 4 -- 1:30-3:00 PM
This workshop is focused on providing information on how to understand the peer review process, which is essential to competing successfully for funding. The workshops also provide an overview of how scientific peer review is carried out at NIH.

Formula for Grant Success
Sunday, April 3 -- 1:30-3:00 PM
Monday, April 4 -- 1:30-3:00 PM
This workshop provides an introduction to factors that contribute to applications that succeed in obtaining research funding. This presentation is focused on the fundamental principles of successful grant writing, the most common reasons that grant applications fail, how to make an application "reviewer friendly", how to meet the needs of the reviewers and the funding agency, how to avoid the need for resubmission, and tips and strategies for resubmitting, including what should and what should not be done if resubmission becomes necessary.

NIH Mock Study Section
Monday, April 4 -- 3:15-5:00 PM
This workshop provides participants with an overview of the working dynamics of peer review at NIH. Participants will see the peer review process in action.

IMPORTANT: Handouts and resource materials will be provided on-site.

For further information on the grant writing seminar workshops, please contact Carol Bieschke at <cbieschke@faseb.org >.