Overview
FOCIS will host multiple online symposia that will focus on areas of expertise, technologies, or themes connected to immunology. The initial goal is to hold two symposia a year. The timing may vary, but they will be scheduled to reach various time zones.
Format
Virtual with live presentations
Target Audience
FOCIS members, FCEs, Member Societies members, the general FOCIS community, industry partners, and nonmember clinical/ translational immunologists.
Organizers
IUIS & FOCIS
Carl Goodyear, PhD
University of Glasgow
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Deepak Rao, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Terri Laufer, MD – Moderator
Corporal Michael C. Crescenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center | University of Pennsylvania
| Time (London/Chicago) | Session |
| 3:00 – 3:05 PM / 9:00 – 9:05 AM | Welcome and Symposium Introduction – Terri Laufer, MD |
| 3:05 – 3:40 PM / 9:05 -9:40 AM | Spatial evaluation of tissue heterogeneity in inflammatory-mediated disease – Carl Goodyear, PhD |
| 3:40 – 4:15 PM / 9:40 – 10:15 AM | Immune Profiling in Human Autoimmune Diseases – Deepak Rao, MD |
| 4:15 – 4:50 PM / 10:15 – 10:50 AM | Group Discussion & Q&A |
| 4:50 – 5:10 PM / 10:50 – 11:10 AM | Closing Remarks |
Online registration is required to attend.
Free for FOCIS members. Join today! Discounted FOCIS memberships are available for Trainees, Dual Members and Groups. Student memberships are free!
| Type | Rate |
| Member | $0 |
| Non-member | $50 |
*Registration is required to receive the session recording.
Organizers
University of Oxford
Christopher Buckley
University of Oxford
Chris Griffiths
King’s College, London
Sarosh Irani
Mayo Clinic
Siraj Misbah
Oxford University Hospitals
Graham Ogg
University of Oxford
Alison Simmons
University of Oxford
Organizers
University of Nantes
Speakers
Antoine Roquilly
Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Florian Pierre MARTIN
Mihai Netea
Robert Dickson
| Time (CET) | |
| 15:00 – 15:05 | Introduction to the session “Host–Respiratory Interactions in Developing Non-Antimicrobial Pneumonia Therapies” – Antoine ROQUILLY |
| 15:05 – 15:20 | Two hospital-acquired pneumonia endotypes defined by a specific immuno-microbial signature are associated with clinical outcome – Florian MARTIN |
| 15:20 – 15:25 | Q&A |
| 15:25 – 15:40 | Restoration on immune dysregulation on pneumonia: the roles of macrolides – Evangelos GIAMARELLOS |
| 15:40 – 15:45 | Q&A |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pneumonia: Metabolites and Mechanisms” – Robert DICSKON |
| 16:00 – 16:05 | Q&A |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | The impact of microbiome on innate immunity and inflammation” – Mihai NETEA |
| 16:20 – 16:25 | Q&A |
| 16:25 – 16:40 | Harnessing Host-Microbiome Interactions to Treat Severe Pneumonia” – Antoine ROQUILLY |
| 16:40 – 16:45 | Q&A |
| 16:45 – 16:50 | Conclusion – Antoine ROQUILLY |
Organizers
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu as part the FOCIS FCE CIS-UB (Clinic for Immunology along Sant Joan de Deu)
Overview
The program is designed to promote collaboration between clinicians, researchers, and industry experts working at the forefront of immune dysregulation and immunotherapy. Registration for this Virtual Symposia is FREE for all!
Organizer
ImmPort
Overview
Participants will gain a clear understanding of recent advances in applying AI and machine learning to immunological datasets, as well as the infrastructure and best practices required to enable AI-driven science. This workshop will emphasize the critical role of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles in building a sustainable AI research ecosystem.
Asa Thibodeau
The Jackson Laboratory
Lili Wang
NIST Flow Cytometry Standards Consortium
Reuben Sarwal
UCSF
Ryan Brinkman
Dotmatics Inc.
Sammi Smith
Peraton
Sanchita Bhattacharya
ImmPort Outreach Lead
University of California, San Francisco
Kate Hypes
Peraton
Organizer
FOCIS’ Committee Representatives (FCE, Education & Membership)
Dr. Alessandro Sette
Dr. Pablo Gonzalez
Dr. Ricardo Gazzinelli
Dr. Shen-Ying Zhang
Dr. Tania Watts
Dr. Alexis Kalergis
Dr. Pablo Gonzalez
Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo
Organizer
Northwestern University FCE
Learning Objectives
After participating in the symposium, participants will be able to:
Dr. Joshua Schanfield Stoolman
Dr. William A. Muller
Dr. Luisa Morales-Nebreda
Dr. Jaehyuk Choi
Adam Williams
Adam Williams is an Associate Professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Northwestern University. His lab focuses on identifying novel mechanisms of immune regulation in allergy by applying genomics- and genetics-based approaches at the single-cell level and across tissues. A major focus of his work is discovering genes and pathways that coordinate type 2 immune responses to promote allergic diseases—such as those in the lungs in response to airborne allergens and in the gut to food allergens—using both mouse models and human samples.
Nikita Mani
Nikita Mani recently received her PhD at Northwestern University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sam Weinberg in the Department of Pathology at Northwestern University. There, she studies the immunomodulatory effects of lactate on Treg cell metabolism and function in a range of immunological mouse models.
CACIK – The University of Nairobi & University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Elena Hsieh
Elena Hsieh earned her MD degree from University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in 2008. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and Pediatrics, Section of Allergy and Immunology faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is the Director of the Jeffrey Modell Center for Primary Immunodeficiency and co-directs the Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Newborn Screen Program. She is also the director of the University of Colorado as a FOCIS Center of Excellence. The Hsieh Lab focuses on classical pediatric autoimmune disorders such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes, as well as genetic immune dysregulation disorders. her lab has identified several novel human inborn errors of immunity that lead to severe multi-organ autoimmunity/autoinflammation and infectious susceptibility. It has also developed mouse models from homologous human mutations. Dr. Hsieh expanded her studies of immune dysregulation to Down Syndrome and COVID-19 disease given the type I interferon hypersensitivity observed in these disorders.
Anne Kasyoka Barasa
Anne Kasyoka Barasa is a Consultant Pathologist and Lecturer at the University of Nairobi Faculty of Health Sciences, where she serves as the Head of the Unit of Immunology within the Department of Human Pathology. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree in 2006, followed by a Master of Medicine (Pathology) in 2012, both from the University of Nairobi. She has a keen interest in Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEIs) and has attended several training workshops to advance her knowledge in the field, including a Diagnostic School by the Clinical Immunology Society in 2019, and an Advanced School by the International Alliance for Primary Immunodeficiency Societies (IAPIDS) in 2020. Her academic roles involve training both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in Basic Immunology, Immunopathology, and Clinical Immunology. Additionally, she provided Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Consultancy Services at the Kenyatta National Teaching and Referral Hospital. She has been actively involved in raising awareness about IEIs in Kenya, having organized and participated in several workshops and symposia (A-projects) to this end. She is the President of the African Society for Immunodeficiencies (ASID).
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