Frontiers of Immunology in Health and Diseases
Suzhou, China
September 3 - 7, 2012
Organizers:
Xuetao Cao, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
Richard Flavell, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Tada Taniguchi, University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science, Japan
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Frontiers of Immunology in Health and Diseases which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai.
The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday September 3, and will conclude after lunch on Friday, September 7, 2012. It will include a combination of oral sessions and poster sessions, covering the latest findings across many topics in immunology research by bringing together a group of scientific leaders.
Major Topics:
- Innate immune response and inflammation
- Development and function of the adaptive immune system
- Immune regulation and tolerance
- Autoimmunity and allergy
- Immunity and cancer
- Mucosal immunity
- Infectious diseases and vaccine development
Registration available until September 3, 2012
The on-line registration will be available until the meeting starts. But early registration will help to save cost. Rates vary for corporate/industry, academic (PhD, MD, staff scientists) and student (up to PhD) attendees. Endowed student package costs as low as USD250/CNY1530 before June 22, 2012.
Abstracts due June 22, 2012
We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. Selection results for short talks (10-20) and poster presentations will be made by the organizers on the basis of scientific merit and relevance.
Fellowships of up to $500 (USD) are available to graduate students and postdocs who have abstracts accepted for poster presentations.
Keynote Speaker
Ruslan Medzhitov, HHMI / Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Invited Speakers
Xuetao Cao, Chinese Academy of Medcial Sciences,CHINA
Vincenzo Cerundolo, University of Oxford, UK
Chen Dong, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Richard Flavell, Yale University School of Medicine,USA
Xin-Yuan Fu, National University of Singapore,SINGAPORE
Frederic Geissmann, King's College London, UK
Kenya Honda, University of Tokyo , JAPAN
Akiko Iwasaki, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Shigeo Koyasu, Keio University, JAPAN
Vijay Kuchroo, Harvard Medical School, USA
Juan Lafaille, New York University, USA
Yu-lung Lau, University of Hong Kong, CHINA
Yong-Jun Liu, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, USA
Robert Schreiber, Washington University, USA
Bin Sun, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, CHINA
Tada Taniguchi, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Zhigang Tian, University of Science & Technology of China, CHINA
Jenny Ting, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Emil Unanue, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Jose Villadangos, The University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Li Wu, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, AUSTRALIA
Wayne Yokoyama, HHMI/Washington University, USA
Moncef Zouali, Inserm & University Paris Diderot, Sorbone Paris Cité, FRANCE
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