9:00-9:05 am Welcome
David Corry, Baylor College of Medicine
Moderator: David Corry, Baylor College of Medicine
9:05-9:45 Keynote Presentation
Development and Function of Dendritic Cell Subsets-The Role in Antitumor Immunity
Kenneth Murphy, PhD, Washington University
Session 1: Moderator: Xiaotong Song, Texas A&M University
9:45-10:05 Integrating Imaging and Spatial Transcriptomics to Infer Immune-Stromal Interactions in Tumors and Wound Healing
Kenneth Hu, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:05-10:25 Immune Landscape in Endometrial Carcinogenesis with Single-Cell Analysis
Yusi Fu, Texas A&M University
10:25-10:45 Understanding Chorioamnionitis: Utility of Humanized Chorio-Decidual Interface-on-a-Chip
Laura Richardson, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
10:45-11:05 Technology Talk: Utilizing New Technologies in Translational Immune Profiling
Cara Haymaker, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:05-11:35 Vendor Session and Networking Break-Event Hall
Moderator: Tyler Graf, Rice University
11:35-12:05 Lighting poster talks
Sexual Dimorphism in Dendritic Cell-expressed CTLA-4 Regulation of Type 1 Immunity
Nalini Bisht, Baylor College of Medicine Poster 7
Infection Activated-Hematopoietic Stem Cells Mediate Trained Immunity
Ruoqiong Cao, Baylor College of Medicine Poster 8
Developing PRMT5 Inhibition-based Immuno-oncology Combination Therapies in MTAP-loss Tumors
Si Chen, University of Houston Poster 12
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: The Impact of Aging in the Tumor Microenvironment
Jocelynn Colunga-Minutti, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Poster 15
SARS-CoV‑2 B Epitope-Guided Neoantigen NanoVaccines Enhance Tumor-Specific CD4/CD8 T Cell Immunity through B Cell Antigen Presentation
Wei Gao, University of Houston Poster 19
Systematic Dissection of CAR-NK cell Exhaustion in the Solid Tumor Microenvironment
Yu-Sung(Kevin) Hsu, MD Anderson Cancer Center Poster 25
The Role of CD83 in Modulating Tumor Immune Responses
Ruparoshni Jayabalan, MD Anderson Cancer Center Poster 27
Discovery of Novel Tumor-Specific and Immunogenic Neoantigens in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma for T-cell-based Therapies
Srinath Lakshmivenkatesh, MD Anderson Cancer Center Poster 30
Cathelicidin-Mediated Modulation of Cardiac Immune Response during Fungal Sepsis
Lizette Rios, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Poster 40
Immunostimulatory Chemotherapy Combined with a MerTK Inhibitor Temporally Drives Interferon Reprogramming of Tumor-Associated Macrophages Leading to Durable Anti-Tumor Immunity in TNBC
Alex Smith, Baylor College of Medicine Poster 42
Integrating WES and Total RNA-seq to Identify Gene Fusions in 11q13, in Development of a Personalized Peptide Vaccine for Breast Cancer
Brandon Than, University of Houston Poster 47
Sexual Dimorphism in the Tumor Microenvironment: A Key to Disparities in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Naimah Turner, MD Anderson Cancer Center Poster 50
T-Cell Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease
Ningbo Zheng, University of Houston Poster 53
Glycolytic Regulation of Rheumatoid Factor Autoreactive AM14 B Cell Activation and Plasma Cell Differentiation
Yanan(Jackie) Zhu, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Poster 54
12:05-2:00 Lunch and Poster Session-Event Hall
12:05-12:50 Lunch
12:50-2:00 Posters
Moderator: Roza Nurieva, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:00-2:40 Keynote Presentation
The Afterlife: Decoding the Immune Response When Cells Die
Carla Rothlin, Yale University
Session 2: Moderator: Sujanitha Umamaheswaran, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:40-3:00 Macrophage Clustering, Cooperativity, and ‘Intrudopodia’ Contribute to Solid Tumor Phagocytosis
Lawrence Dooling, University of Houston
3:00-3:20 CD4 T Cell Stemness in Transplantation Rejection and Tumor Control
Wenhao Chen, Houston Methodist Research Institute
3:20-3:40 CRISPR/Cas-based Epigenome Editing for Immune Cell Engineering and Immunomodulation
Isaac Hilton, Rice University
3:40-4:10 Vendor Session and Networking Break-Event Hall
Session 3: Moderator: Sharon Amanya, Baylor College of Medicine
4:10-4:30 Boosting Tumor Targeting by T Cells Through Engineered Immune Synapse Stabilization
Chiou-Tsun “Ray” Tsai, Baylor College of Medicine
4:30-4:50 Broadly Inhibitory Antibodies that Protect Against Severe Malaria
Evelien Bunnik, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
4:50-5:10 cGAS Innate Immune Signaling in Metabolic Diseases
Juli Bai, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
5:10-5:15 Closing Remarks
David Corry, Baylor College of Medicine
Roza Nurieva, MD Anderson Cancer Center
5:15-6:15 Reception-Event hall