FOCIS is proud to host a symposium featuring faculty from several Latin American FOCIS Centers of Excellence (FCEs) on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (symposium #12) during ALAI 2018 (XII Congress of the Latin American Association of Immunology – ALAI). The Symposium Chair is Dr. Guillermo Docena, FCE Director at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Below is the symposium agenda: Approaches to study and manipulate CD8+ Tregs – Dr. Ignacio Anegón (Nantes University FCE, France); Modulating the immunological synapse to enhance pathogen immunity and reduce detrimental inflammation – Dr. Alexis Kalergis (Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy FCE, Chile); Cellular aspects of graft rejection in small bowel transplantation. Clinical and animal model studies – Dr. Martín Rumbo (Universidad Nacional de La Plata FCE, Argentina); A role for sialophorin (CD43) as a pathogen sensor – Dr. Yvonne Rosenstein (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México). ALAI 2018 will be held in Cancun, Mexico, from May 14-18, 2018. Visit the below meeting websites to view the full conference program, register, submit your abstract, and learn more: immunomexico2018.mx; www.alai-web.org.