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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of ICMI 2011, including invited speakers, chairs, abstract presenters, members of the International Scientific Advisory Committee, the International Organizing Committee, sponsors, staff and of course the attendees who traveled from all over the world to attend the congress. Key statistics speak to the success of the meeting: 
  
   963 attendees
   144 oral abstract presentations
   489 poster presentations  
   36 invited speakers

See you in Vancouver in July 2013 to continue the ICMI tradition!



Certificate of Attendance & Evaluations
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Mucosal Immunology Journal Poster Awards
SMI and the Mucosal Immunology Journal proudly recognize the following abstracts as being designated ICMI 2011 Posters of Distinction:

W.94 CCR6 and CCL20 Promote the Association of Lamina Propria Dendritic Cells with the Small Intestine Epithelium
Leroy Wheeler1, Jeremiah McDole1, Keely McDonald1, Ifor Williams2, Mark Miller1, Rodney Newberry1. 1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; 2Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
W.112 Intestinal Epithelial Cells Modulate CD4 T Cell Responses via the Thymus Leukemia Antigen
Danyvid Olivares-Villagomez, Holly Scott Allgood, Kshipra Singh, Vrajesh Parekh, Kaithlyn Ryan, M. Blanca Piazuelo, Keith Wilson, Luc Van Kaer. Vandernilt University, Nashville, TN
W.156 Antibodies and the Neonatal Fc Receptor (FcRn): Enhancement versus Neutralization of Chlamydia Infection
Charles Armitage1, Timothy Kuo2, Peter Timms1, Richard Blumberg2, Kenneth Beagley1. 1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; 2Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
T.107 HIF-dependent Effector T Cell Regulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Eoin McNamee, Eric Clambey, Joseph Westrich, Holger Eltzschig. University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
T.156 IL-33 Induces Pro-fibrogenic Gene Expression and Myofibroblast Hypertrophy: Potential Role in Inflammation-associated Intestinal Fibrosis and Stricture Formation
Benedetta Mattioli, Luca Pastorelli, Carlo De Salvo, Daniele Corridoni, Rekha Garg, Theresa Pizarro. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
T.163 Clindamycin Therapy Results in Profound and Long-lasting Decreases in Microbial Flora Diversity During Clostridium Difficile Infection in Mice
Charlie Buffie, Irene Jarchum, Joao Xavier, Eric Pamer. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
F.19 Host Imprints on Bacterial Genomes: Evolution in Individual Patients Coincides with Variations in Innate Immunity
Jenny Gronberg-Hernandez1, Jaroslaw Zdziarski2, Catharina Svanborg1, Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz7, Bjorn Wullt3, Heiko Liesegang7, Dvora Biran4, Birgit Voigt5, Bryndis Ragnarsdottir1, Michael Hecker5, Eliora Ron4, Rolf Daniel7, Gerard Gottschalk7, Jorg Hacker6, Ulrich Dobrindt2. 1Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund, Sweden; 2Julius-Maximillians-University Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany; 3Lund University, Lund, Sweden; 4Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; 5Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany; 6German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle/Saale, Germany; 7Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Gottingen, Germany
 F.94 Human Regulatory T Cells Migrate to the Small Intestine and Produce IL-10 in Response to Treatment with Anti-human CD3 Monoclonal Antibody
Frank Waldron-Lynch, Octavian Henegariu, Paula Preston-Hurlburt, Richard Flavell, Kevan Herold. Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT
 F.145 Vitamin A. Deficiency Affects Serum Antibody Responses to Rotavirus Vaccination and Challenge in a Gnotobiotic Piglet Model
Kuldeep Chattha, Anastasia Vlasova, Christine Siegismund, Linda Saif. Ohio State University, Wooster, OH