Preliminary Schedule of Events

Sunday, October 19, 2008

     3:00-5:30 p.m.

Hotel Registration (Registration/Reception Building)

     3:00-5:30 p.m.

Conference Registration (Conference Center Lobby)

     5:30-6:30 p.m.

     6:30-7:30 p.m.

Dinner (Bellvue, Conference Center)

     7:30-8:30 p.m.
     (Bellvue)

Keynote Speaker
Introduction by: James R. Drake, Ph.D.

Greg E. Lemke, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
The Salk Institute

"Immunobiology of the TAM Receptors"

     Free Time

Gather with your colleagues at various resort locations including Mr. Brown's Pub or The Veranda.

Monday, October 20, 2008

     7:00-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast  (Sagamore Dining Room)

     8:30-10:00 a.m.
      (Bellvue)

Session I: 
Vaccines and Adaptive Immunity I
Chair:  Edith Lord, Ph.D.

Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
"LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) Activation During T-cell Migration"

Laura Haynes, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute
"The Influence of Aging on CD4 T-cell Responses"

Elizabeth Wilson, M.S.
University of Rochester
"Generating Effective CD8+ T-cell Responses"

Darci Gorgone
BD Biosciences
"Designing a Flow Cytometry Experiment"

     10:00-10:30 a.m.

Break  (Conference Center Foyer)

     10:30-12:00 p.m.
     (Bellvue)

Session II: 
Vaccines and Adaptive Immunity II
Chair: Laura Haynes, Ph.D.

Renee M. Laird, B.S.
SUNY Upstate
"Molecular Mechanisms of Gamma Delta T-cell
Receptor Signaling"

Joshua J. Obar, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
"Regulation of Memory CD8+ T-cell Differentiation by
the Initial Priming Environment"

Matthew A. Fischer, B.S.
Penn State University
"Distinct Monocyte Populations are Essential to Prevent Systemic Dissemination of Vaccinia Virus"

Chris McMahon, Ph.D.
EMD Chemicals, Inc.
"Wide Screen TM Assays for the Multiplex Detection and Quantitation of Cell Signaling Proteins and Serum Biomarkers"

     12:15-1:30 p.m.     

Lunch  (Sagamore Dining Room)

Charlotte E. Egan, Ph.D.
Cornell University
"CCR2 Mediates Recruitment of Pathogenic Intraepithelial Lymphocytes to the Gut During Toxoplasma gondii Infection" 

Keer Sun, Ph.D.
Albany Medical College
"Inhibition of Pulmonary Anti-bacterial Defense by IFN-gamma Produced During Recovery from Influenza Virus Infection"

Jonathan Boyson, Ph.D.
University of Vermont
"TBA"

Brian Hall, Ph.D.
Amnis Corporation
"The ImageStream System:  Applications of Imaging in Flow for Immunology, Hematology, and Stem Cell Research"

     3:00-3:30 p.m.

Break  (Conference Center Foyer) 

Jason J. Muhitch, M.S.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"Thermal Facilitation of Lymphocyte Trafficking Involves
Termporal Induction of Intravascular ICAM-1"

Tao Gu, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo
"Transient Activation of Tumor-associated T-effector/memory
Cells Promotes Tumor Eradication via NK-cell Recruitment:
Minimal Role for Long-term T-cell Immunity in Cure of Metastatic Disease"

Anthony J. Hickey, M.S.
Albany Medical College
"Assessing the Ability of Francisella tularensis Outer Membrane Protein FopA to Act as a Subunit Vaccine Against Respiratory Tularemia"

Michael L. Freeman, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute
"Influence of Viral Latency on CD8 T-cell Responses in
yHV68 Infection"

Terry D. Connell, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo
"Treatment of Dendritic Cells with the B pentamer of the LT-IIa Heat-labile Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli Enhances Uptake and Presentation of Antigen"

Matthew R. Farren, B.S.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"Tumor-related Suppression of Myeloid to DC Differentiation
via Down Regulation of PKC BII Expression"

Free Time

     6:00-7:00 p.m.

Dinner  (Sagamore Dining Room)

Poster Session A/Vendor Fair Mixer

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

     7:00-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast  (Sagamore Dining Room)

Cynthia A. Leifer, Ph.D.
Cornell University
"TLR9 Traffics via the Golgi to Localize to Endolysosomes
and Respond to CpG DNA"

Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D.
Albany Medical College
"Pyrin-only Protein 2 (POP2): Negative Regulation of the Inflammasome"

Jennifer L. Barnas, B.S.
University at Buffalo
"Normal and Tumor-associated Human Fibroblast
Modulation of T-lymphocyte Function"

Chris C. Norbury, Ph.D.
Penn State University
"Dendritic Cell Maturation - What is it Good For?"

     10:00-10:30 a.m.

Break  (Conference Center Foyer)

     10:30-12:00 p.m.
     (Bellvue)

Session VI: 
Selected Oral Poster Presentations
Chair:  Kenneth L. Rock, M.D.

Melissa Grimm, M.S.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"Islands in the Sun?  Lymphocyte Plasma Membrane
Lipid Rafts and Their Response to Increasing Temperature"

Elizabeth W. Sorensen, M.S.
University of Rochester
"Mechanism of IL-12-mediated Suppression of VERFR3
Expression on Tumor Vessels"

Anthony M. Franchini, B.S.
Albany Medical College
"GM-CSF Improves Mucosal and Systemic Immune
Responses to HA Elicited by Epidermal DNA Vaccination
in Non-human Primates"

John Hunzeker, Ph.D.
Penn State University
"Suppression of Cross-priming by the
Neuroendocrine-associated Hormone Corticosterone"

Cheryl H. Rozanski, B.S.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"CD28 Supports Normal Plasma Cell Survival and
Interactions with Microenvironment"

William Reiley, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute
"Functional Impairment of CD4 T-cell Responses During
Mtb Infection May Contribute to Bacterial Persistence"

     12:15-1:30 p.m.

Lunch  (Sagamore Dining Room)

Cruise aboard The Morgan
(Pre-registered attendees only)

Keynote Speaker
Introduction by: Michael Princiotta, Ph.D.

Kenneth L. Rock, M.D.
Chairman and Professor
Pathology
UMass Medical School

"The Sterile Inflammatory Response"

Poster Session B Mixer

     7:00-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Sagamore Dining Room)

     8:30-10:00 a.m.
     (Bellvue)

Session VII:  
Anti-tumor Immunity
Chair:  Kelvin P. Lee, M.D.

Mehmet Okyay Kilinc, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo
"Central Role of Tumor-associated CD8+ T-effector/memory Cells in Restoring Systemic Anti-tumor Immunity"

Scott I. Abrams, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"IRF-8 Regulates Tumor Cell Responses to Apoptosis and Host Immunosurveillance"

Anik Cote, B.S.
Dartmouth College
"CD4 T-cell Help and Generation of CD8 Memory Against 
Tumor-expressed Self-antigens"

Sandra O. Gollnick, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
"Role of Peroxiredoxin I in Prostate Cancer"

     10:00-10:45 a.m.

Break and Hotel Check-Out

Caroline Othoro, Ph.D.
SUNY Upstate
"Enhanced Immunogenicity of Malaria CS Peptide Vaccines
Using a Topical Adjuvant Containing Synthetic TLR7 Ligand"

Kate C. MacNamara, Ph.D.
Wadsworth Center
"Intracellular Bacterial Infection Induces Bone Marrow Suppression and Alterations in the Hemapoietic
Stem Cell Pool"

Eyal Amiel, B.A.
Dartmouth College
"Genetic Evidence of Toll-like Receptor 4 and Scavenger  Receptor-A Synergy in Phagocytosis"

Richard T. Robinson, Ph.D.
Trudeau Institute
"Yersinia pestis Evades TLR4-dependent Induction
of IL12(p40)2 by Dendritic Cells and Subsequent Cell Migration"

     12:15-1:30 p.m.

Lunch (Sagamore Dining Room)

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