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REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING JULY 1, 2019.

KeyNote Speaker
Kristin A. Hogquist, PhD
University of Minnesota, David M. Brown Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Thymic Selection of Soldiers and Peacekeepers

Distinguished speakers, Monday, October 7,2019
Marlies Meisel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology
Impact of Commensal Gut Microbiota on Systemic Immunity in Complex Diseases
Distinguished speakers
Anthony Cillo, PhD, Hillman Post-Doctoral Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research, Dept. of Immunology - Postdoc Poster Winner 2018
Dissecting the Immune Landscape of Head and Neck Cancer by Single-Cell RNAseq
Distinguished speakers
Saumendra Sarkar, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Dept. of Immunology
Revisiting the Mechanism of Action of OAS-Family Proteins
Distinguished speakers
Yi-Nan Gong, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology
The Quality of Cell Death
Distinguished speakers
TBD, 2019 Graduate Student Abstract Winner
Distinguished Speakers, Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Tullia C. Bruno, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology
Cooperation of B cells and CD4+ T cells within Tertiary Lymphoid Structures for Productive Anti-Tumor Immunity
Distinguished Speakers
Reinhard Hinterleitner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology
Gut Mucosal Immunity in Health and Disease
Distinguished Speakers
Aidan Huene. BS, 5th Year ISB PhD Candidate, Nicotra Lab - Grad Student (4+) Poster Winner 2018
A Cnidarian Histocompatibility Complex
Distinguished Speakers
TBD, 2019 Postdoc Abstract Winner
Distinguished Speakers
Harinder Singh, PhD, Professor and Director, Center for Systems Immunology
Genomic Programs and Regulatory Networks Orchestrating B cell Fate Dynamics

Poster Sessions

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

  • TIMELINE - Abstracts are due by Sept. 1, 2019.
  • ELIGIBILITY - Graduate students, postdocs, clinical fellows (or equivalent), and technicians.
  • FORMAT - Abstracts should not exceed 250 words in length. This does not include the title, authors, funding source (optional) or figure (optional). Figure should be a single panel, and its caption should be included in the word count. Abstract and figure should be combined into a one-page pdf document less than 4MB in size. The following information must be included at the top of the document: Name of Presenting Author, Email Address, Lab Affiliation and Appropriate Classification - Graduate Student (YR1-3), Graduate Student (YR4+), Medical Student, Postdoc/Res. Associate, Undergraduate Student, Lab Staff, Faculty.
  • SCORING - The Retreat Organizing Committee will select two abstracts for oral presentation (15 minutes) at the 2019 Retreat. The winners will also serve as poster judges along with the Fauclty Organizing Committee.

POSTER SESSIONS:

Posters will be judged at the event based on the quality of the Subject Matter, Presentation and Poster Display. First place posters in the Graduate Student (YR4+) and Postdoc/Research Associate categories will be invited to present at the 2020 Retreat.

Poster sessions will be held on Monday and Tuesday mornings, Oct. 7 and Oct. 8. Posters will be assigned numbers, with the odd numbers presenting on Thursday morning and the even numbers presenting in the Friday morning session. Presenters are asked to please leave their posters up throughout both sessions. They may be taken down at the conclusion of the retreat.

NOTE: THE POSTER BOARDS WILL BE SMALLER THIS YEAR, SO THE DIMENSIONS OF POSTERS CAN NOT EXCEED 3' x 3'. Pins and numbers will be provided.

DEADLINE: Abstracts must be sent to Roberta Erickson (ericksn@pitt.edu) by September 1.