The 2025 Principles of Mucosal Immunology Virtual Course will be held June 30-July 2, 2025 with sessions focusing on both scientific and career development topics facilitated in three hour segments each day of the course. The course will be offered virtually with live-streamed sessions and available asynchronously to enable full access globally. Registrants have the opportunity to ask questions of all presenters live, with an online forum for additional questions and to engage in continued conversation with each other throughout the course and beyond after the course’s conclusion.
Registration discounts for full lab group registrations are available. We are also proud to offer free registration to any SMI member working in lower or middle-income countries. Any SMI member located in a country or region designated as "Under-Represented" on the linked document here , is still eligible for this ticket's pricing.
Program Committee
Alessandra Filardy, PhD - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg, PhD - University of Bern
Sangwon Kim, PhD - Thomas Jefferson University
Registration
Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course Registration Rates
| Registration Type |
Early Bird 4/1-5/27/25 |
Regular 5/28-6/27/23 |
Week-of 6/28-7/2/25 |
| Member | $120 | $145 | $160 |
| Non-Member | $150 | $175 | $190 |
| Trainee Member | $60 | $85 | $100 |
| Trainee Non-Member | $85 | $110 | $130 |
| Lab Group (1-5 registrants - does not include PI's registration)* | $120 | $145 | $160 |
| Lab Group (max. 10 registrants - does not include PI's registration)* | $200 | $225 | $240 |
| URC (Lower or Middle-Income Country) | Free | Free | Free |
| URC Non-Member | $5 | $5 | $5 |
| URC Lab Group (1-5 registrants - does not include PI's registration)* | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| URC Lab Group (max.10 registrants - does not include PI's registration)* | $20 | $20 | $20 |
* Fee stated is a group rate. This ticket is available to Primary Investigators (PIs) who are SMI members in good standing. Please email info@socmucimm.org or call 414.359.1650 to register your lab. SMI staff will send those registered individuals access to the virtual course. SMI reserves the right to cancel registrations that do not meet the above criteria.
Course Schedule
Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course Schedule - US Central Daylight Time (CDT).
| June 30, 2025 | Basics of mucosal immunology | Faculty |
| 14:00 | Overview of mucosal barriers | Rodney Newberry, MD Washington University St. Louis |
| 14:30 | Myeloid cells of the Gastrointestinal Tract | Brian Kelsall, MD NIAID |
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:15 | ILCs | Marco Colonna, MD Washington University St. Louis |
| 15:45 | The mucosal B cell response | Carla Nowosad, PhD NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine |
| 16:15 | Break | |
| 16:30 | Dendritic cells as arbiters of intestinal barrier immunity | Dan Littman, MD, PhD NYU |
| 17:00 | Microbiota and immune system | Ivaylo Ivanov, PhD Columbia University |
| July, 1, 2025 | Specialized mucosal immunity - beyond the intestine | Faculty |
| 14:00 | The mucosal immune system of the airways and the lungs | Clare Lloyd, PhD Imperial College London |
| 14:30 | Immunity in the skin barrier | Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 15:00 | Break | |
| 15:15 | Axis of gut and brain | Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, MD University of Basel |
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15:45 |
Environmental influences on the mucosal immune system | Erika von Mutius, MD, PhD, MSc German Centre for Lung Research |
| 16:15 | Break | |
| 16:30 | Oral tolerance: past and present insights | Ana Caetano, MD, PhD Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| 17:00 | Bacterial Foodborne Infections |
Brian Sheriden, PhD |
| July, 2, 2025 | Towards new horizons in mucosal immunity | Faculty |
| 14:00 | From maps to mechanisms: How Spatial Technologies are redefining mucosal immunology | Gustavo Andrés Monasterio Ocares, DMD, PhD Karolinska Institutet |
| 14:30 | Effects of intergenerational transmission of small intestinal bacteria cultured from stunted Bangladeshi children with enteropathy | Kali Pruss, PhD Washington University St. Louis |
| 15:00 | Understanding the Neonatal Gut Immune System: Foundations for Developing Effective Oral Vaccines | Natalia Torow, PhD Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research |
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Publishing – a perspective from an academic Editor-in-Chief | Benjamin Marsland, PhD Monash University |
| 16:30 | Career opportunities in the pharmaceutical R&D ecosystem | Francisco Leon, MD, PhD Tolerance Bio |
Cancellation Policy
Please note full refunds, minus a $25 administrative fee will be given if a written cancellation is received by June 10, 2025, info@socmucimm.org. No-shows will not receive a refund. Exceptions to the SMI cancellation policy will be made due to a documented medical reason accompanied by a doctor's note. All cancellation requests require the approval of the SMI Executive Director.