IMMUNOLOGY 2017™ in Washington, DC
Washington, D.C. attracted record attendance during IMMUNOLOGY 2017™. Compelling lectures and posters, along with an active exhibit hall provided 5 days of cutting-edge science in the nation’s capital. Access to lawmakers created the perfect opportunity for almost 100 attendees to prolong their stay and schedule Capitol Hill visits with Congressional delegates to advocate for biomedical research and the National Institutes of Health.
AAI PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM
AAI President’s Address
Friday, May 12, 5:00 PM
Arlene H. Sharpe, Harvard Med. Sch., AAI President
Second signals make all the difference
AAI President’s Symposium
Second Signals: Translating Understanding into Therapy
Monday, May 15, 12:30 – 2:30 PM
- Rafi Ahmed, Emory Univ., From reovirus to PD-1
- Ana C. Anderson, Harvard Med. Sch., Co-inhibitory receptors and T cell dysfunction
- Dario A.A. Vignali, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Synergistic interactions between PD-1 and LAG-3
- Suzanne L. Topalian, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med., PD-1 pathway blockade: a common denominator for cancer therapy
AAI DISTINGUISHED LECTURES
Saturday, May 13, 6:00 PM
Giorgio Trinchieri
NCI, NIH
Cancer as a disease of the metaorganism
Sunday, May 14, 6:00 PM
Ellen A. Robey
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Factors that determine T cell fate in the thymus
Monday, May 15, 6:00 PM
Gabriel Núñez
Univ. of Michigan
Pathogens, the microbiota, and immunity at the intestinal barrier
AAI MEETING LOCATION
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington, DC 20001