Wednesday, May 13, 2026
| 8:40am | Breakfast
DHMC - Auditorium G (entrance area) |
| 8:55am | Welcome
DHMC - Auditorium G |
| 9:00am | "Title TBA"
Dr. Jeffrey C. Rathmell (University of Chicago) |
| 9:40am | "The Lymphatic Vasculature in Lung Homeostasis and Disease"
Dr. Hasina Reed (Weill Cornell Medicine) |
| 10:20am | Break |
| 10:40am | "Hickory dickory dock: Tracking leukocytes around the clock"
Dr. Jason Schenkel (UT MD Anderson) |
| 11:05am | "Dissecting immune pathways driving lung repair"
Dr. Ruth A. Franklin (Harvard Stem Cell Institute) |
| 11:45am | "CD8 T cells and sphingolipids: can’t live with 'em, can't live without ‘em"
Student Speaker - We selected Akshaya Balasubramanian from among the submitted abstracts. |
| Round tables introduction
Patrick Lizotte, Pinar Gurel, Ruth Franklin, and Alejandra Mendoza |
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| 12:00pm | Lunch Buffet
Chilcott Atrium (outside of Auditorium G) |
| 1:10pm | "Regulation of Inflammation by Nociception"
Dr. Alejandra Mendoza (Scripps Research) |
| 1:50pm | "Endogenous initiators of the immune response during tissue surveillance"
Dr. Robert Binder (University of Pittsburgh) |
| 2.30pm | Break |
| 2:45pm | Poster presenters lightening round
Chilcott Atrium (outside of Auditorium G) |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Poster session / Social Hour
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| Round tables: Academia, Industry Startup, Academia-Industry |