Freiburg October 6th-8th 2022 – Save the date!
The conference will highlight and discuss conceptual shifts in basic and translational immunology, infection immunity, immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. It will take place at the University Building KG I located in the heart of Freiburg just a few minutes from the main railway station, hotels and restaurants.
The organizing committee is compiling an exciting scientific program with plenary sessions held by internationally renowned speakers complemented by selected short talks from young scientists.
We cordially invite everyone to join us in Freiburg for this exciting meeting. All Freiburg’ immunologists are looking forward to welcome you to our city with the charm of a small historic town in the heart of the famous Black Forest. We hope to make this special conference a memorable event!
Keynote Speakers:
Steven HOLLAND (Bethesda, USA)
Florian KRAMMER (New York, USA)
Georges Köhler Lecture:
Bruce BEUTLER (La Jolla, USA)
Confirmed Speakers:
Maria CASANOVA-ACEBES (Madrid, Spain)
Andreas DIEFENBACH (Berlin, Germany)
Ali ELLEBEDY (Washington, USA)
Sophie HAMBLETON (Newcastle, UK)
Percy KNOLLE (Munich, Germany)
Burkhard LUDEWIG (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
Diane MATHIS (Boston, USA)
Mihai NETEA (Bonn, Germany & Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Almudena RAMIRO (Madrid, Spain)
Chiara ROMAGNANI (Berlin, Germany)
Charlotte SCOTT (Ghent, Belgium)
Mahima SWAMY (Dundee, UK)
Jürgen WIENANDS (Göttingen, Germany)
Program
October 6th, 2022
| 12:00 am | Registration & Reception |
Session I: Concepts of Basic Molecular Immunology Chairs: Stephan Ehl, Natalie Köhler | |
| 2:00 pm to 2:15 pm | Welcome Note & Opening Ceremonies |
| 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm | KEYNOTE Lecture: Steven Holland Title: Autoimmunity-induced infections: anticytokine autoantibodies |
| 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Burkhard Ludewig Title: Stromal-immune cell interactions in myocardial inflammation |
| 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Jürgen Wienands Title: B-lymphoid nuclear logistics |
| 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Coffee break |
Session II: The Paradox of Innate Memory Chairs: Laura Graf, Philipp Henneke | |
| 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Chiara Romagnani Title: Clonality and epigenetic inheritance of NK cell memory |
| 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Charlotte Scott Title: Reexamining the concept of hepatic macrophage plasticity |
| 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm | IMPATH Lecture: Martin Schwemmle Title: Human MxA: the antiviral gatekeeper of zoonotic influenza viruses |
| 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm Podium Discussion: Making and breaking disruptive research - obstacles, chances and solutions Moderation: Marta Rizzi; speakers: Stephan Ehl, Percy Knolle, Almudena Ramiro, Chiara Romagnani, Mahima Swamy | |
October 7th, 2022
Session III: Paradigms in Infection Immunity Chairs: Julia Kolter, Robert Thimme | |
| 8:00 am to | Registration & Reception |
| 8:30 am to 8:45 am | Michael Reth Introduction to GEORGES KÖHLER Lecture |
| 8:45 am to 9:45 am | GEORGES KÖHLER Lecture: Bruce Beutler Title: Germline mutations that suppress cancer growth |
| 9:45 am to 10:15 am | Mihai Netea Title: Trained immunity: a memory for the innate host defense |
| 10:15 am to 10:30 am | Selected short talk: Kathrin Heim Diverse mechanisms of HBV-specific CD8+ T-cell dysfunction in chronic infection |
| 10:30 am to 10:45 am | Selected short talk: Daniel Schnepf Impaired immune response drives age-dependent severity of COVID-19 |
| 10:45 am to 11:15 am | Coffee break and industry exhibition |
Session IV: Impaired Immune Reactions and Immunopathology Chairs: Bodo Grimbacher, Maria Elena Maccari | |
| 11:15 am to 11:45 am | Sophie Hambleton Title: When less is more in innate antiviral immunity |
| 11:45 am to 12:00 pm | Selected short talk: Nadine Wössner Novel approach to modulate T cell activation: from molecular mechanism to control of function |
| 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | Diane Mathis Title: Thymic mimetic cells: tolerogenic masqueraders |
| 12:30 pm to 12:45 pm | Selected short talk: Viviane Dettmer-Monaco Gene Editing of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Restores the Cytotoxic T Cell Response in a Murine Model of Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Type 3 |
| 12:45 pm to 3:00 pm | Lunch break & industry exhibition |
| 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm | Alexandra Flemming (Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Immunology) A career jump into science publishing – what’s it like and how do you do it? |
Session V: Crosstalk in the Immune System Chairs: Melanie Börries, Marco Prinz | |
| 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Percy Knolle Title: Metabolite-mediated control of T cell immunity in the liver |
| 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm | Selected short talk: Ian Edward Gentle GM-CSF suppresses LPS induced antioxidant responses through NRF2 downregulation, driving IL-1β ubiquitylation, and secretion |
| 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm | Almudena Ramiro Antibodies meet the atheroma plaque: a match made in heaven? |
| 4:15 pm to 4:30 pm | Selected short talk: Lukas Amann Specification of CNS macrophage subsets occurs postnatally in defined niches |
| 4:30 pm to 4:45 pm | Selected short talk: Selina Keppler B cells fuels intestinal inflammation during autoimmunity |
| 4:45 pm to 5:30 pm | Coffee break & industry exhibition |
| 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Science Slam, Wine Tasting & Poster Session | |
| 8:00 pm Social Evening & Prize Ceremony Wodan Halle, Freiburg | |
October 8th, 2022
| 8:30 am to 9:00 am | Registration & Reception |
Session VI: Paradoxes in Adverse Immune Responses Chairs: Bärbel Keller, Christoph Neumann-Haefelin | |
| 9:00 am to 9:30 am | Bodo Grimbacher Basic Science makes a difference: Comparing CTLA4 and NFkB insufficiency |
| 9:30 am to 09:45 am | Selected short talk: Julian Staniek Non-apoptotic FAS signaling controls CD40-dependent mTOR activation and balances extrafollicular versus germinal center fate in human B cells |
| 09:45 am to 10:00 am | Selected short talk: Carmen Gómez-Escolar Single cell clonal analysis identifies an AID-dependent pathway of plasma cell differentiation |
| 10:00 am to 10:30 am | Ali Ellebedy Title: B cell responses to vaccination in humans: Looking beneath the surface |
| 10:30 am to 10:45 am | Selected short talk: Teresa Fuertes miR-28 enhances the anti-tumoral effect of ibrutinib inducing a cell cycle arrest transcriptional program in aggressive B lymphomas |
| 10:45 am to 11:15 am | Coffee break |
Session VII: Frontiers in Mucosal Immunity Chairs: Laura Gamez-Diaz | |
| 11:15 am to 12:00 pm | KEYNOTE Lecture: Florian Krammer Title: Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination |
| 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | Mahima Swamy Title: Defining the signalling pathways driving tissue-resident T cell responses |
| 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm | Andreas Diefenbach Title: Innate Lymphoid Cells as checkpoints of tissue homeostasis and adaptation |
| 1:00 pm to 1:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 1:10 pm to 2:00 pm | Lunch break |
Scientific program committee
- Maike Hofmann
- Katrin Kierdorf
- Susana Minguet
- Marta Rizzi
- Heike Ufheil
