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 PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM

Speaker: Paul M. Allen, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, AAI President

Award Recipient: Hugh O. McDevitt, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine -- In recognition of distinguished scientific accomplishment and extraordinary service to the AAI

Ronald N. Germain, NIAID, NIH
Saturday, May 13, 5:00 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B

A reconstructionist's view of antigen-specific T cell activation: from molecules to models to movies

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc.
 

Arlene Sharpe, Harvard Medical School
Sunday, May 14, 5:00 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B

The B7/CD28 family: moderating T cell activation and tolerance

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc.
 

Christopher C. Goodnow, The Australian National Univ.
Monday, May 15, 5:00 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B

Mechanisms and genes inhibiting autoimmunity: many moving parts prone to failure

Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc.

Major Symposium A: Cell Death and the Immune System
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom C
Chair: Barbara A. Osborne, Univ. of Massachusetts
Co-Chair: Jonathan D. Ashwell, NCI, NIH
Speakers
Barbara A. Osborne, Univ. of Massachusetts, Nur77-mediated cell death: is location important?
Jonathan D. Ashwell, NCI, NIH, Multifaceted role of ubiquitin in pro- and anti-apoptotic signaling pathways
Kodi Ravichandran, Univ. of Virginia, Engulfment of apoptotic cells: the beginnings of a good meal
Richard Siegel, NIAMS, NIH, Life and death decisions on the road to T cell differentiation and memory
Astar Winoto, Univ. of California, Berkeley, T cell apoptosis and proliferation: are they linked?
Ralph C. Budd, Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Caspases in T cell activation: the FLIP side
 

Major Symposium C: Innate and Adaptive Recognition of Bacteria
Supported through an unrestricted educational grant from Gemini Science, Inc.
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
Chair: Mitchell Kronenberg, La Jolla Inst. Allergy and Immunology
Co-Chair: Eric Pamer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Speakers
Ian Wilson, Scripps Research Inst., TRL-3 structure and its implications for ligand binding and signaling
Dana J. Philpott, Univ. of Toronto, Nod proteins in bacterial detection
Mitchell Kronenberg, La Jolla Inst. for Allergy & Immunology, NKT cell responses to bacterial glycolipids
Rachel Gerstein, Univ. of Massachusetts, B1b cells occupy a unique functional and developmental niche
Thomas F. Tedder, Duke Univ. Medical Center, Specialized roles for B-1a and B-1b cells in innate and adaptive immunity to S. pneumoniae
Eric Pamer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Immune responses to listeria infection

Major Symposium D: Advances in Human Immunology
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom C
Chair: John P. Atkinson, Washington Univ. School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Daniel Kastner, NIAMS, NIH
Speakers
Marc Feldmann, Imperial College of London, Anti TNF therapy: why is it useful for so many diseases?
Daniel Kastner, NIAMS, NIH, The hereditary recurrent fevers: inborn errors in innate immunity
Katherine Siminovitch, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, The Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein -- forging the link between the actin cytoskeleton and T cell activation
Gabriel Nunez, Univ. of Michigan Cancer Center, The NOD-LRR protein family: role in immunity and disease
Virginia Pascual, Baylor Inst. for Immunology Research, Targeting type I interferon in systemic lupus and interleukin-1 in systemic arthritis
John P. Atkinson, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, Innate immunity interacting with altered self: inherited deficiencies of complement regulators lead to human disease
 

Major Symposium E: Molecular Regulation of Recombination
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
Chair: Michael S. Krangel, Duke Univ. Medical Center
Co-Chair: Marjorie Oettinger, Massachusetts General Hospital
Speakers
Harinder Singh, HHMI, Univ. of Chicago, IL-7 signaling and the regulation of immunoglobulin gene rearrangements
Anne Corcoran, Babraham Inst., Cambridge, UK, Antisense intergenic transcription: a role in regulation of V(D)J recombination?
Marjorie Oettinger, Massachusetts General Hospital, V(D)J recombination: regulating access and outcomes
Eugene M. Oltz, Vanderbilt Univ. Medical School, Genetic and epigenetic regulation of antigen receptor gene assembly
Michael S. Krangel, Duke Univ. Medical Center, Regulation of V(D)J recombination by promoter activation and germline transcription
Barry P. Sleckman, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, ATM functions in the repair of DNA breaks generated during V(D)J recombination

Major Symposium F: Gut Reaction to Symbiosis: How Bugs Shape the Immune Response
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom C
Chair: Cathryn Nagler, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Co-Chair: Jonathan Braun, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Speakers
Andrew Macpherson, McMaster Univ. Medical Centre, Sampling of commensals and induction of IgA
Ruslan Medzhitov, HHMI, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, TLR commensals interactions in health and disease
Cathryn Nagler, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Innate immune signaling by intestinal microbes and susceptibility to allergy
Dennis Kasper, Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, An immunomodulatory molecule of symbiotic bacteria directs maturation of the host immune system
Jonathan Braun, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Role of commensal sensing in B cell mucosal immunoregulation
Casey Weaver, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, T cell responses to the gut flora: new players and insights from reporter cytokine mice
 

Major Symposium G: Innate Receptors on Lymphocytes
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
Chair: Eric O. Long, NIAID, NIH
Co-Chair: Bana Jabri, Univ. of Chicago
Speakers
Silvia Bolland, NIAID/NIH, Innate immunity dysregulation underlying autoimmune disease
Bana Jabri, Univ. of Chicago, Control of NKG2D-mediated cytolysis in CTL by inflammatory mediators
Christian Münz, The Rockefeller Univ., Human NK cell compartments and their activation by dendritic cells
Eric O. Long, NIAID, NIH, Receptors for NK cell activation
Albert Bendelac, Univ. of Chicago, NKT cells, a paradigm for innate-like lymphocytes

Major Symposium H: T Cell/B Cell Collaboration in Autoimmunity
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom C
Chair: Michael C. Carroll, Harvard Medical School
Co-Chair: Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Boston Univ. School of Medicine
Speakers
Linda A. Sherman, Scripps Research Inst., Peripheral tolerance of CD8 T cells in normal and diabetes prone mice
Joan Goverman, Univ. of Washington, Regulating myelin basic protein-specific T cell responses in vivo
Hedda Wardemann, The Rockefeller Univ., B cell tolerance in healthy humans and patients with autoimmune disease
Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Boston Univ. School of Medicine, BCR/TLR synergy in the activation of autoreactive B cells
Michael C. Carroll, Harvard Medical School, Regulation of lupus-specific B cells by innate immunity
Gregg Silverman, Univ. of California, San Diego, Natural antibodies from innate-like B cells modulate the innate immune system

AWARDS

AAI’s award programs honor scientists at all career levels, from trainees to senior investigators.  Deadlines* for 2006 AAI awards have passed.  The following 2006 AAI Awards will be presented at IMMUNOLOGY 2006:

• AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
• AAI-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award
• AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
• AAI Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research
• Pfizer-Showell Travel Award
• AAI Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement Awards
• AAI Junior Faculty Travel Awards
• AAI Minority Scientists Travel Awards
  The 2006 AAI Minority Scientist Travel Awards are funded by a grant from the National Inst. of General Medical Sciences, National Inst.s of Health [FASEB MARC Program: T36-GM08059-23]
• Cynthia Chambers Memorial-eBioscience Junior Faculty Award

For complete details on all AAI Awards, please visit http://www.aai.org/Awards/default.htm

AWARD LECTURES

	AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research: Presentation & Lecture (Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the Dana Foundation) Saturday, May 13, 3:15 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom C Chair:  Paul M. Allen, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, AAI President Introduction: Michel Nussenzweig (representing the Dana Foundation), The Rockefeller Univ. Award Recipient: Max D. Cooper, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, HHMI, An evolutionary approach to human immunological diseases
	AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award & Lecture (Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from BD Biosciences) Sunday, May 14, 2:30 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B Chair: Paul M. Allen, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, AAI President Co-Chair: Robert Balderas, Vice President of Research & Development, BD Biosciences – Pharmingen Award Recipient: Ruslan Medzhitov, HHMI, Yale Univ. School of Medicine, Innate immune recognition: mechanisms and pathways
	AAI-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award & Lecture (Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the Huang Foundation) Sunday, May 14, 3:30 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B Chair: Paul M. Allen, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, AAI President Co-Chair: Robert Balderas, Vice President of Research & Development, BD Biosciences – Pharmingen, on behalf of Ernest C-M Huang, President, Huang Foundation Award Recipient: Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health and Medicine, Plasma cells, apoptosis, and the unfolded protein response

SPECIAL EVENTS

AAI Gala: Night at the Roxy (by invitation only) Sunday, May 14, 6:30-9:30 PM (Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from BD Biosciences) The Roxy * 279 Tremont Street * Boston

AAI Business Meeting & Awards Presentations
Monday, May 15, 12:45 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A/B
This session will include the annual report to AAI members on AAI and The Journal of Immunology business affairs, and will feature the following AAI awards presentations:
 

Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Why Immunology Research May Save the World
Chair: Ellen Kraig, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center
Sunday, May 14, 12:30 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 302
Speakers
Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID, NIH, Biodefense and pandemic preparedness: the research agenda
Jacqueline M. Katz, Immunology and Viral Pathogenesis Section, Influenza Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Immunity to avian influenza viruses: implications for pandemic preparedness
Peter Palese, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, What can we learn from reconstructing the extinct 1918 pandemic influenza virus?

John H. Wallace High School Teachers Workshop: Lessons in Immunology
Supported by NIH Grant R25 AI 43872
Saturday, May 13, 9:00 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 309
Chair: Arthur Tzianabos, Harvard Medical School
The John H. Wallace 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, with the help of curriculum specialists, develop a science project for the classroom based on their summer experience.
Presenters
Felicia A. Benson, Osborn High School, Detroit, MI
Mentor: Yi-Chi M. Kong, Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med.
Amanda Dice, Baltimore Talent Development High Sch., Baltimore, MD
Mentor: Jan L. Powell, Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med.
Claire L. Hypolite, Edison High Sch., Minneapolis, MN
Mentor: Kristin A. Hogquist, Univ. of Minnesota
Marjorie Maxey, Western Albermarle High Sch., Crozet, VA
Mentor: Robert G. Sawyer, Univ. of Virginia
Tamica A. Stubbs, E.E. Waddell High Sch., Charlotte, NC
 Mentor: Juan Anguita, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte
Elizabeth Zdrojewski, West Allis West Milwaukee Sch., West Allis, WI
Mentor: Douglas A. Steeber, Univ. of Wisconsin

Survival Skills for the New PI: Four Perspectives
Monday, May 15, 10:15 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 208
Chair: Christopher A. Pennell, The Cancer Center, Univ. of Minnesota
This workshop is for young investigators who want to be, or have recently become PIs. The goal of this workshop is to give tips on how to succeed at this next level in your career, sharing valuable insights that no one bothers to tell you.
Speakers
Christopher A. Pennell, The Cancer Center, Univ. of Minnesota
Andrea Sant, Univ of Rochester
Robert Rickert, The Burnham Inst.
Olivera Finn, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Overview of Patent Law Basics
Saturday, May 13, 10:15 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 310
Chair: Laurie Hill, Attorney at Law
This workshop covers the fundamentals of patent law such as the process of patenting, standards for patenting, right from a patent, and reasons why a patent may be worth having. The target audience is the scientist in early startup companies.

AAI MINORITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AAI Minority Affairs Committee Breakfast Workshop: Networking 101
Funded in part through a grant from the National Inst. of General Medical Sciences, NIH to the FASEB MARC Program T36-GM08059-23
Sunday, May 14, 8:30 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 306
Presenters
Avery August, Penn State Univ.
Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine

AAI Minority Affairs Committee Guest Lecture
Funded in part through a grant from the National Inst. of General Medical Sciences, NIH to the FASEB MARC Program T36-GM08059-23
Sunday, May 14, 10:30 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 306
Chair: Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine
Guest Speaker: Diana M. Lopez, Univ. of Miami, A unique mucin immunoenhancing peptide with anti-tumor properties

How to Publish a Scientific Paper: Prose and Cons
Saturday, May 13, 12:30 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 208
Chair: Judy Teale, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center
Participants will learn what editors look for when deciding which articles get considered for publication.  You will be given tips on how to avoid common mistakes and on the preparation of illustrations.
Panelists:
Judith A. Swan, Assistant Director of Scientific Writing, Princeton, Effective scientific writing from the reader's perspective
Robert R. Rich, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Medicine, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Immunology, Authors, reviewers, and editors: the give and take relationship
Jeffrey A. Frelinger, Univ. of North Carolina, Deputy Editor, The Journal of Immunology, How good data goes bad: things people do to not get their best work published!
Linda J. Miller, U.S. Executive Editor, Nature and the Nature Research Journals, Scientific journals, plagiarism and fraud

Speakers

Mark Jutila, Montana State Univ., Global gene expression analysis in gamma/delta T cell subsets: insights into innate cell function

Rebecca L. O’Brien, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Ligands for the gamma/delta T cell receptor: the central question

Wolfgang Holtmeier, Univ. of Frankfurt, Germany, Compartmentalization and distribution of porcine gamma/delta T cells: a repertoire point of view

Simon Carding, Univ. of Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK, Gamma/delta T cells in infection: beneficial or deleterious?
 

The Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) Symposium: Novel Biomarker Strategies for Evaluating and Monitoring Immunologic Diseases
Sunday, May 14, 2:45 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 306
Chair: Barbara Detrick, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine
Co-Chair: Ronald J. Harbeck, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Speakers
Mark Duncan, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, New tools of laboratory medicine -molecular and cellular proteomics - biomarkers of disease
Paul J. Utz, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, Application of proteomic technologies to autoimmune disease
Scott D. Patterson, Amgen Inc., Role of proteomics in early drug development for immune mediated diseases
Ronald J. Harbeck, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Proteomics in asthma and allergy

American Society of Transplantation (AST) Symposium: B-Cells in Organ Transplantation: Humoral Immunity as a Growing Unsolved Problem in Clinical Transplantation
Monday, May 15, 9:30 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 311
Chair: Allan D. Kirk, NIDDK, NIH
Speakers
Allan D. Kirk, NIDDK, NIH, Welcome remarks
William “Wink” Baldwin, Johns Hopkins Hospital, B-cell responses in transplantation
Marilia I. Cascalho, Mayo Clinic, Accommodation
Anita S. Chong, Univ. of Chicago, Allo specific B-cell tolerance
Megan Sykes, Massachusetts General Hospital, Tolerance to carbohydrate antigens and xenotransplantation
Lori J. West, Univ. of Toronto, Neonatal transplant tolerance: merging basic immunology and clinical practice

Canadian Society for Immunology (CSI) Symposium: Cancer and the Immune Response
Saturday, May 13, 10:15 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 311
Chair: Christopher Paige, Ontario Cancer Inst., Univ. Health Network
Co-Chair: Pamela Ohashi, Campbell Family Inst., Ontario Cancer Inst.
Speakers
Pamela Ohashi, Campbell Family Inst., Ontario Cancer Inst., Is there immune surveillance?
Megan Sykes, Massachusetts General Hospital, T cell trafficking, GVHD and GVL
Claude Perreault, Inst. for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Univ. of Montreal, T-cell based adoptive cancer immunotherapy
Neil Berinstein, Cancer Program, Sanofi Pasteur, Developing vaccines for patients with cancer
Christopher Paige, Ontario Cancer Inst., Univ. Health Network, Role of IL-12 in initiating protective immunity in a murine model of leukemia

International Society for Interferon & Cytokine Research (ISICR) Symposium
Saturday, May 13, 10:15 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 313
Chair: Thomas Hamilton, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Co-Chair: John Hiscott, McGill Univ., Jewish General Hospital
Speakers
Thomas Maniatis, Harvard Univ., Distinct roles of the I6B kinases TBK1 and IKKe in anti-viral immunity
Keiko Ozato, NICHD, NIH, Real time interaction of IRF proteins with chromatin in living dendritic cells
John Hiscott, McGill Univ., Jewish General Hospital, TLR-dependent and -independent signaling to the interferon antiviral response
Christine A. Biron, Brown Univ., Conditioning signaling events to modify the consequences of cytokine exposure
 

International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) Symposium
Saturday, May 13, 8:00 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 306
Chair: Kai W. Wucherpfennig, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Kai W. Wucherpfennig, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School, T cell receptor recognition in multiple sclerosis
Roy Mariuzza, Univ. of Maryland, Structural basis for self-peptide/MHC recognition by autoimmune T cell receptors
Joan Goverman, Univ. of Washington, T cell determinants of neuroinflammation
Scott Zamvil, UCSF, Antigen presentation and immunomodulation in EAE
Katherine McLaughlin, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School, Myelin autoantibodies in demyelinating diseases

Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) Symposium: Migration, Pattern Recognition, and Activation: How Leukocytes Protect their Hosts
Saturday, May 13, 8:00 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 208
Chair: Barrett J. Rollins, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst.
Speakers
Barrett J. Rollins, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Effects of inflammatory chemokines on breast cancer
Andrew Luster, Massachusetts General Hospital, Calling in their cronies: amplification of innate cell responses by chemokine- and lipid-induced recruitment
Shannon Turley, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Control of dendritic cell function by tissue microenvironment
Douglas Golenbock, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, Mechanism of response to CpG-rich DNA
 

Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) Symposium: Mucosal Immunity and Vaccine
Saturday, May 13, 12:30 PM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 306
Chair: Hiroshi Kiyono, The Univ. of Tokyo
Speakers
Philip D. Smith, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Gut immunity against HIV
Troy D. Randall, Trudeau Inst., Uniqueness of NALT genesis for influenza vaccine development
Dennis W. Metzger, Albany Medical College, Respiratory immune system for pneumococcal vaccine
Hiroshi Kiyono, The Univ. of Tokyo, M cell targeted mucosal vaccine

The Society for Natural Immunity (SNI) Symposium: NK Cell Signaling and their Response to Viral Infection
Sunday, May 14, 8:00 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 309
Chair: Mary Carrington, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick
Co-Chair: Daniel W. McVicar, NCI-Frederick
Speakers
André Veillette, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinical Research Inst. of Montreal, Regulation of NK cell functions by SAP family adaptors
Kerry Campbell, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Impacts of the signaling adaptor protein, BCAP, on murine NK cell development and function
Daniel McVicar, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI-Frederick, Parallel use of LAB/NTAL and LAT for ITAM signaling in NK cells
Silvia Vidal, McGill Center for Host Resistance, NK cells mediate epistatic and non-epistatic mechanisms of host resistance to cytomegalovirus infections
Marcus Altfeld, Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, NK cell function in acute HIV-1 infection
Mary Carrington, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Influence of KIR variability on viral disease

Mexican Society of Immunology (MSI) (Sociedad Mexicana de Inmunologia) Symposium: Awakening Immunity
Saturday, May 13, 10:15 AM, Hynes Convention Center, Rm. 312
Chair: César González-Bonilla, Medical Research Unit on Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Infectology Hospital, National Medical Center “La Raza,” Mexican Inst. of Social Security, Mexico City
Speakers
Vianney Ortiz-Navarrete, Molecular Biomedicine Department, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Functional aspects of CRTAM expression on NKT and CD8 T cells
Carlos Rosales, Immunology Department, Biomedical Research Inst., National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, Mexico City, Immune response regulation by antibody receptors
Yvonne Rosenstein, Biotechnology Inst., National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, Cuernavaca Morelos, The timing of CD43 engagement modulates TCR-dependent cell responses
Constantino López-Macías, Medical Research Unit on Immunochemistry, Specialties Hospital, National Medical Center “Siglo XXI,” Mexican Inst. of Social Security, Mexico City, The contribution of antigen intrinsic adjuvant properties in the induction of life-lasting protective antibody response
César González-Bonilla, Medical Research Unit on Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Infectology Hospital, National Medical Center “La Raza”, Mexican Inst. of Social Security, Mexico City, Salmonella as live vector for Trichinella vaccine
 

Speakers

Virginia Sanders, The Ohio State Univ., Role of epigenetics in neuro-immune communication

Gregory G. Freund, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Neuroimmunity in diabetes: resistance is futile

Annemieke Kavelaars, Univ. Medical Center Utrecht, Neuro-immune communication in inflammatory pain

Denise Bellinger, Loma Linda Univ., Neuro-immune communication in rheumatoid arthritis

To view the 2006 Block Symposia schedule, click here.