Wednesday 13 November
Mezzanine & Espace R2 (Level 2)Welcome coffee
Plenary Session
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Innate Immunity
Chairs: Loredana Saveanu (Paris, France) and Jérome Martin (Nantes, France)
- Éric Vivier (Marseille, France): Harnessing innate immunity in cancer therapy
- Nicolas Manel (Paris, France): Activation of intracellular innate immune sensors by viruses and self
- Mihai G. Netea (Nijmegen, The Netherlands): Metabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Myeloid Cells
Parallel Sessions
Salle 200 (Level 2)Symposium Qiagen
- Hélène Bauby: QIAGEN Innovations for your NGS applications, focus on TCR sequencing
and Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB)
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Symposium BMS
Mezzanine & Espace R2 (Level 2)Poster Session 2
Coffee break - Visit of exhibition
Parallel Sessions
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Myeloid cells
Chairs: Véronique Witko-Sarsat (Paris, France) and Élise Chiffoleau (Nantes, France)
- Andrés Hidalgo (Madrid, Spain): Heterogeneity of neutrophils
- Mercedes Tkach (Paris, France): Function of exosomes and other extracellular vesicles in cancer-immune system cross-talk
Selected short oral presentations
- Camille Bigenwald (New York, USA): BRAFV600E-induced senescence in hematopoietic progenitors drives Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis pathophysiology
- Amélie Bigorgne (Paris, France): Liver-infiltrating neutrophils and mast cells are selectively decreased upon anti-angiogenic therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
- Nicolas Ruffin (Paris, France): Human dendritic cell precursors sense HIV-1 by a dual innate mechanism revealed by single cell analysis
Salle 200 (Level 2)Vaccination
Chairs: Claude Leclerc (Paris, France) and Nicolas Boisgerault (Nantes, France)
- Claude Leclerc (Paris, France): IL-17 suppresses the therapeutic activity of cancer vaccines by inhibiting the activation of anti-tumoral CD8+ T cell responses
- Béhazine Combadière (Paris, France): Innate gene signature distinguishes humoral versus cytotoxic responses to influenza vaccination
Selected short oral presentations
- Lise Chauveau (Oxford, UK): cGAMP-loaded HIV-derived VLP elicit protective T cell and antibody responses in mice
- Fanny Lafouresse (Toulouse, France): Unique cellular sources of CXCR3 ligands direct intranodal T cell positioning and interactions following viral infection
- Nabila Seddiki (Créteil, France): Memory influenza-specific T follicular helper (Tfh) and regulatory (Tfr) cells are depicted in peripheral blood very early following vaccination
Salle G-H (Level 2)From Immune Development to Ageing
Chairs: Delphine Sauce (Paris, France) and Nicolas Degauque (Nantes, France)
- Isabelle André (Paris, France): T cell progenitors to treat immune deficiencies
- Arne Akbar (London, UK): Strategies for enhancing immunity during ageing
Selected short oral presentations
- Carole Le Coz (Philadelphia, USA): PU.1-mutated agammaglobulinemia (PU.MA) is caused by developmental arrest of pro-B cells
- Daan Pieren (Utrecht, Netherlands): Pan-KIR+ virtual memory cells accumulate with age and contribute to the functional decline of CD8+ T cells in the elderly
- Milesa Simic (Marseille, France): Becoming LTi
Espace R0 (Level 0)Lunch
Mezzanine & Espace R2 (Level 2)Coffee - Visit of exhibition & Posters
Plenary Sessions
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Immunometabolism
Chairs: Agnès Lehuen (Paris, France) and Cédric Louvet (Nantes, France)
- Luciana Berod (Hannover, Germany): Control of T cell differentiation by lipid metabolism
- Christoph Hess (Basel, Switzerland): Metabolic sensing of danger
- Agnès Lehuen (Paris, France): Role of MAIT cells in metabolic diseases
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Young Immunologists
Chairs: Delphine Sauce (Paris, France), Aude Magerus (Paris, France) and
Laetitia Gautreau-Rolland (Nantes, France)
- Abdouramane Camara (Strasbourg, France): Lymph Node Mesenchymal and Endothelial Stromal Cells Cooperate via the RANK-RANKL Cytokine Axis to Shape the Sinusoidal Macrophage Niche
- Pierre Duplouye (Nantes, France): Evaluation of the role of CD28H on human NK cells
- Emeline Joulia (Toulouse, France): Role of the Transcription Factor Eomes in Susceptibility to Central Nervous System Autoimmunity
- Jérémy Santamaria (Toulouse, France): Exceptionally high recirculation of peripheral regulatory T cells to the NOD thymus strongly inhibits de novo development of their precursors
Mezzanine & Espace R2 (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition & Posters
Plenary Sessions
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)Philosophy of Science - Theoretical Immunology
Chairs: Jacques Nunès (Marseille, France) and Renato Monteiro (Paris, France)
- Thomas Pradeu (Bordeaux, France): A philosophical approach to the immune system
Auditorium 450 (Level 2)SFI General Assembly
Cité des Congrès de Nantes (Level 0)Bus departure for the Congress Dinner
Congress Dinner
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