The 2021 Principles of Mucosal Immunology course was held July 20-22, 2021 virtually, with 9 sessions focused on both scientific and career development topics facilitated in three hours segments each day of the course.
Registrants had 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 up to a week after the course’s conclusion.
Program Committee
James Harker, PhD, Imperial College London
Douglas Kwon, PhD, Harvard University
Mark Travis, PhD, The University of Manchester
Registration
Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course Registration Rates
| Registration Type |
Early Bird 2/10-4/30/21 |
Regular 5/1-7/18/21 |
Week-of 7/19-7/22/21 |
| Member | $100 | $125 | $140 |
| Non-Member | $125 | $150 | $165 |
| Trainee Member | $50 | $75 | $90 |
| Trainee Non-Member | $75 | $100 | $115 |
Course Schedule
Tuesday, July 20
| Time - CDT | Description | |
| 14:00-14:05 | Welcome & Introduction to the Course | |
| 14:05-15:05 |
Type 2 immunity and parasite infection |
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| 15:05-15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15-16:15 |
Regulation of tissue-resident immunity |
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| 16:15-16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Yale School of Medicine Tianyang Mao, PhD |
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Wednesday, July 21
| Time - CDT | Description | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Single cell technologies to interrogate mucosal organs Muzlifah Haniffa, FMedSci, Newcastle University Michael Mather, PhD |
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| 15:00-15:10 | Break | |
| 15:10-16:10 | GI tract and neuroimmunology Daniel Mucida, PhD, The Rockefeller University Tomasz Ahrends, PhD |
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| 16:10-16:20 | Break | |
| 16:20-17:00 | Career Development Session – Publishing Brian Kelsall, MD, Mucosal Immunology Stephanie Houston, PhD, Journal of Experimental Medicine |
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Thursday, July 22
| Time - CDT | Description | |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Dysregulation of the mucosal immune system |
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| 15:00-15:10 | Break | |
| 15:10-16:10 | Microbiota and regulation of intestinal immunity Kenya Honda, MD, PhD, Keio University School of Medicine Yuko Sato, PhD & Li Youxian, PhD |
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| 16:10-16:20 | Break | |
| 16:20-17:00 |
Career Development Session – Industry |
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