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Tuesday, June 9

Time Session/Lecture info
09:00-09:30
OPENING OF SYMPOSIUM
Chair: David Wallach & Idit Shachar 
09:00-09:10
David Wallach& Idit Shachar, Weizmann Institute of Science
Opening of Symposium
09:10-09:20
Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science
Welcome to Weizmann Institute of Science
09:20-09:30
Patrick Prendergast, Provost ,Trinity College Dublin
Welcome Address
09:30-12:10
Session 1: Adaptive Immunity
Chair: Kingston Mills 
09:30-09:55
Kingston Mills , TBSI
Regulatory and Pathogenic Role of Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells in Autoimmune Diseases
09:55-10:20
Idit Shachar , Weizmann Institute of Science
CD84 is a Novel Mediator of the Interaction of CLL Cells with their Microenvironment Inducing Cell Survival
10:20-10:45
Padraic Fallon , TBSI
Regulatory Functions of B Cells in the Suppression of Autoimmunity
10:45-11:00
Eszter Bakos , Weizmann Institute of Science
The CCR2 Chemokine Receptor as a Direct Regulator of CD4+ Effector T Cell Responses
11:00-11:15
Sarah Edwards , TBSI
γβ Cells, a Novel T Cell Subset With a Pathogenic Role in IL-17-Mediated CNS Autoimmunity
11:15-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-11:45
Michal Polonsky, Weizmann Institute of Science
Characterizing the Dynamics of T-Helper Cell Differentiation Using Live Cell Imaging and Single-Cell Analysis
11:45-12:10
Jacub Abramson , Weizmann Institute of Science
Sirt1 is SIRTanly important for induction of immunological self-tolerance and prevention of autoimmunity
12:10-14:00
Session 2: Metabolomics And Bioenergetics
Chair: Richard Porter 
12:10-12:35
Richard Porter , TBSI
The Role of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins (UCPS) in Thymocyte/T-Cell Development and Function
12:35-12:50
Yochai Wolf , Weizmann Institute of Science
Brown Adipose Tissue Macrophages Control Homeostatic Energy Expenditure
12:50-13:05
Christoph Alexander Thaiss , Weizmann Institute of Science
Coordinated harmonics of immunity and metabolism in the meta-organism
13:05-13:50
Lunch
13:50-14:00
Group Picture
14:00-14:45
Keynote Address (Introduced by Idit Shachar)
 
14:00-14:45
Richard Flavell , Yale School of Medicine
Humanized Mice for the Study of the Human Condition
14:45-17:00
Session 3: Vaccines And Immunotherapy
Chair: Gavin Davey 
14:45-15:10
Ed Lavelle , TBSI
Particulate Adjuvants for Injectable and Mucosal Vaccines
15:10-15:25
Elizabeth Carroll , TBSI
The vaccine adjuvant chitosan promotes type I interferons and dendritic cell maturation via a cGAS-STING dependent mechanism
15:25-15:40
Natalia Zabolinsky , Weizmann Institute of Science
Elucidating the effects of the PD-1 pathway on the dynamic interactions between cytotoxic T cells and their targets
15:40-15:55
Mieszko Wilk , TBSI
Lung Resident Memory CD4+T Cells (Trm) Play a Critical Role in Protective Immunity to Bordetella Pertussis
15:55-16:10
Coffee Break
16:10-16:35
Gavin Davey , TBSI
New Tools for Deciphering N- and O-Linked Glycosylation Networks: Applications for Bio-And Immuno-Therapeutics
16:35-17:00
Emma OConnor , TBSI
Identification of Gb3-Positive Drug-Resistant Cancer Cells and their Sensitivity to Verotoxin