Agenda
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Session I Chair: Eric Long |
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| 9:00 am | Introduction | |
| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Raymond Welsh University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA Keynote Lecture: "NK cell control of T cell-regulated viral pathogenesis and persistence" |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Mary Carrington, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI "The influence of KIR variation in HIV disease" |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break | |
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Session II Chair: Dan McVicar |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Bibiana Bielekova, Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS "Regulatory role of CD56bright NK cells in multiple sclerosis revealed by daclizumab therapy" |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Konrad Krzewski, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID "LAMP1: Not only a degranulation marker but an integral component of NK cell function" |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Ainhoa Perez-Diez, Lab. of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, NIAID "Resident peritoneal NK cells" |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 |
Diego A. Vargas-Inchaustegui, Vaccine Branch, CCR, NCI "NK and CD4+ T cell co-operative immune responses correlate with control of disease in a macaque SIV infection model" |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Bernard A.P. Lafont, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID "Diversity of the Natural Killer cell Repertoire based on MHC class I recognition in macaques" |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
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Session III Chair: Mary Carrington |
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| 1:40 - 2:10 |
Barbara Rehermann, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK "Role of NK cells in Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Response to IFN-based Treatment" |
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| 2:10 - 2:25 |
Wolfgang Kastenmuller, Laboratory of Systems Biology, NIAID "A spatially-organized multicellular innate immune response in the lymph node limits the systemic spread of tissue-invasive pathogens" |
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| 2:25 - 2:40 |
Romina Goldszmid, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI "NK cell-derived IFN-γ orchestrates the cellular dynamics and differentiation of monocytes into interleukin-12 producing dendritic cells during the initiation of the Th1 response to Toxoplasma gondii infection" |
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| 2:40 - 3:10 |
Sumati Rajagopalan, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID "Cellular senescence reprograms human natural killer cells to promote vascular remodeling" |
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| 3:10 - 3:40 | Break | |
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Session IV Chair: David Margulies |
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| 3:40 - 4:10 |
Andrew Brooks, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Australia "Recognition of HLA-A and HLA-B allotypes by KIR3DL1" |
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| 4:10 - 4:25 |
Geraldine O'Connor, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI "Mutational Analysis Provides Insight into the Protective Role of KIR3DS1 in HIV Pathogenesis" |
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| 4:25 - 4:40 |
Feng-Yen Li, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID "XMEN disease is associated with loss of NKG2D expression and high susceptibility to lymphomas" |
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| 4:40 - 4:55 |
Xin Xu, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, NIAID "NK cells are required for optimal host defense, including the production of IL-22, against pulmonary K. pneumoniae infection in mice" |
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| 4:55 - 5:10 |
Wai Po Chong, Laboratory of Immunology, NEI "Reciprocal interaction between NK cells and DCs regulates Th17 immune response by controlling the innate IFN-γ/IL-27 axis" |
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| 5:15 - 5:30 | NK Interest Group Discussion | |
