AAI BLOCK SYMPOSIA

Submitted abstracts are programmed into oral or poster sessions; oral sessions are called Block Symposia.
Each abstract selected for a Block Symposium will also be presented in a Poster Session.
The following Block Symposia will be presented at IMMUNOLOGY 2010™.

FRIDAY, MAY 7

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Cytokine Regulation in
Immune Cells

ROOM 318-320
Effector Cells of Allergic
Disease

ROOM 308
Host Defense: Innate
Immune Mechanisms and
Protective Immunity

ROOM 307
T Cell Development and
Thymic Architecture

ROOM 321-323

SATURDAY, MAY 8

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Cytokines in Infl ammatory
Responses
ROOM 309
Molecular Mechanisms of
Antigen Processing and
Presentation
ROOM 318-320
Mucosal Immunity in Host
Defense and Autoimmunity
ROOM 316-317
Tumor Immune Response
ROOM 308
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
CD8 T Cell Memory and
Plasma Cell Responses
ROOM 307
Epigenetic Regulation in
B and T Lymphocytes
ROOM 318-320
Immune Regulation in
Allergy
ROOM 321-323
Tumor Immune Escape
ROOM 309
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Autoimmunity: Effector
Cells and Mechanisms of
Tissue Damage

ROOM 321-323
Immunity to Infl uenza Virus
Infections

ROOM 310
Regulation of B Cells and
Antibody Responses

ROOM 318-320
Tfh, Th9, and Th2 Differentiation
ROOM 324-326

SUNDAY, MAY 9

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Chemokines and Their
Receptors in Health and
Disease

ROOM 318-320
Innate and Adaptive Immunity
in Aquatic Animal
Models

ROOM 314
iTreg, Th17, and CD4 CTL
Differentiation

ROOM 316-317
New Therapeutic Targets in
Autoimmunity

ROOM 310
Regulation of Adaptive
Immunity during Microbial
Infection

ROOM 309
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Cancer Immunotherapy
ROOM 316-317
Host Defense: Innate
Immune Receptors and
Signal Transduction

ROOM 309
Immunomodulatory
Cytokines

ROOM 308
Leukocyte Activation,
Adhesion, and Recruitment

ROOM 318-320
Regulation of Autoimmune
Responses I

ROOM 310
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Costimulation of T Cell
Responses

ROOM 310
Immunity, Immunization,
and Inflammasomes in
Comparative Animal Species

ROOM 314
Immunological Impacts of
Antigen Processing and
Presentation

ROOM 318-320
Transplantation Immunology
ROOM 321-323

MONDAY, MAY 10

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Inflammatory Cytokines
ROOM 310
Myeloid, NK, and DC
Development

ROOM 318-320
Novel Therapeutic
Approaches in Models
of Allergy

ROOM 321-323
T Cell Signaling
ROOM 309
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Control and Development
of Treg

ROOM 316-317
Immune Responses to
Viral Infection

ROOM 321-323
Lymphocyte / APC Migration
Mechanisms

ROOM 318-320
Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional
Regulation of Cytokine and Cytokine Receptor Expression

ROOM 324-326
1:45 PM – 3:45 PM
CD4 T Cell Memory and
TCR Repertoire

ROOM 321-323
Host Defense: Innate
Immune Cells and Protective
Immunity

ROOM 316-317
Regulation of Dendritic Cells
and Myeloid Suppressor
Cells

ROOM 307

TUESDAY, MAY 11

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Hematopoiesis and B Cell
Development in Mouse and
Man

ROOM 321-323
Molecular Regulation of
Infl ammatory Diseases

ROOM 310
Technological Innovations
in Immunology

ROOM 314
Regulation of Autoimmune
Responses II

ROOM 307
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Initiation of Autoimmunity:
Environmental Triggers

ROOM 310
Mechanisms of Disease
in Experimental Models
of Allergy

ROOM 321-323
Cellular Mechanisms
of Immunity

ROOM 308
Immune System Regulation
ROOM 307
Innate and Adaptive
Immunity to Infection

ROOM 309