The 2021 Principles of Mucosal Immunology course will be 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 will 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 up to a week after the course’s conclusion.
This year’s session topics and speakers are currently being finalized. Please check back here and watch for future emails from SMI as these are announced in the coming weeks. Registration will open with the announcement of the final course curriculum.
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 |
Preliminary 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 Richard Grencis, PhD, The University of Manchester |
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| 15:05-15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15-16:15 | Human Tissue residency in the respiratory tract Laura Mackay, PhD, University of Melbourne |
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| 16:15-16:25 | Break | |
| 16:25-17:00 | TBD | |
Wednesday, July 21
| Time - CDT | Description | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Single cell technologies to interrogate mucosal organs Muzlifah Haniffa, FMedSci, Newcastle University |
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| 15:00-15:10 | Break | |
| 15:10-16:10 | GI tract and neuroimmunology Daniel Mucida, PhD, The Rockefeller University |
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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 | TBA Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Yale School of Medicine |
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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 |
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| 16:10-16:20 | Break | |
| 16:20-17:00 | Career Development Session – Industry Faculty - TBA |
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