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The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Washington, DC
, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD
May 1-3, 1996
Invited Speakers:
- JAMES P. ALLISON, (Univ. Cal., Berkeley)
- PETER CRESSWELL, (Howard Hughes, Yale)
- ANTHONY FAUCI, (NIAID, NIH)
- RICHARD KOUP, (Aaron Diamond)
- TAK W. MAK, (Ontario Cancer Inst.)
- ANDREW McMICHAEL, (Oxford Univ, UK)
- JOHN MOORE, (Aaron Diamond)
- HIDDE PLOEGH, (MIT)
- ARLENE SHARP, (Brigham and Women's Hosp.)
- BRUCE WALKER, (Mass. Gen. Hosp.)
Program:
Each session will be in the form of a minisymposium organized and conducted by the chairperson, with speakers
selected both by invitation and from among applicants to the meeting.
Wednesday, 1 May 1996
0830-1200: ANTIGEN PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION (Ronald N. Germain, Chair)
- Ronald N. Germain (NIAID, NIH), Biochemical and Cell Biological Events in Antigen Processing and Presentation
- Peter Cresswell (Howard Hughes, Yale), Intracellular Events in the Peptide Loading of MHC Molecules
- Hidde Ploegh (MIT), Viral Interference with Antigen Presentation
1330-1730: COSTIMULATORY MOLECULES (Ronald H. Schwarzt, Chair)
- Ronald H. Schwarzt (NIAID, NIH)
- James P. Allison (Univ. Cal., Berkeley), The Yin and Yang of T Cell Costimulation
- Tak W. Mak (Ontario Cancer Inst.), T Cell Activation in CD28 and CTLA4-Deficient Mice
- Arlene H. Sharpe (Brigham Women's Hosp.), In Vivo Functions of the B7/CD28/CTLA4 Costimulatory Pathway
Thursday, 2 May 1996
0830-1200: SUPERANTIGENS (John W. Kappler, Chair)
- John W. Kappler (Howard Hughes, Nat. Jewish Ctr. Immunol. Resp. Med.), Transcytosis of Bacterial Superantigens in Vitro and in Vivo
- Brigitte Huber (Tufts Univ.), Virally Encoded Superantigens
- Barry Cole (Univ. Utah), The Mycoplasma Arthritidis Mitogen MAM: A Model for Autoimmune Disease
- David Posnette (Cornell Univ.), Cytomegalovirus Drives HIV Replication in Selected Vbeta Subsets: Evidence for a Helper Virus Superantigen
1330-1730: INFLAMMATION AND HOST DEFENSE (Carol A. Nacy, Chair)
- Carol A. Nacy (EntreMed, Inc.), Inflammation to Antigen-Specific Immunity: A Continuum of Escalating Host Responses to Pathogen Persistence
- Joost Oppenheim (NCI, NIH), Chemokines: Role in Infection
- Robert Schreiber (Wash. Univ.), Cytokine Receptors and Intracellular Signalling
- Phillip E. Scott (Univ. Pennsylvania), The Role of IL-12 in Regulation of T Helper Cell Subsets in Vivo: Lessons from Experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Friday, 3 May 1996
0830-1230: HIV IMMUNOLOGY (Dani Bolognesi, Chair)
- Anthony Fauci (NIAID, NIH), Host Factors in the Pathogenesis of HIV Disease
- Andrew McMichael (Oxford Univ.), Immune Responses that Blunt HIV Infection
- Richard A. Koup (Aaron Diamond), Immunological Features of the Acute Phase of HIV Infection
- Bruce D. Walker (Mass. Gen. Hosp.), Immune Responses Associated with Progression vs. Non progression to Disease
- John P. Moore (Aaron Diamond), Function of HIV Specific Antibodies
- Dani Bolognesi (Duke Univ.), Roundtable with Speakers: Implications for Prevention and Treatment of HIV Disease
Further details will be posted as the program develops.
Registration :
Registration fee includes documentation (conference publications), opening reception, continental breakfast, refreshments, lunch and Metro (subway) fare card.
Acceptance will be finalized upon receipt of the registration fee.
BEFORE MARCH 1, 1996: US $455
AFTER MARCH 1, 1996: US $495
Send Application and Check (US FUNDS) to:
"IMMUNOLOGY CONFERENCE"
Department of Membrane Biochemistry
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, D.C. 20307-5100 U.S.A.
Deadline for Abstracts: March 1, 1996
Email for Requests and Registration: symposium@wrair-emh1.army.mil
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