IMMUNOLOGY 2017™ in Washington, DC

Washington, D.C. attracted record attendance during IMMUNOLOGY 2017™. Compelling lectures and posters, along with an active exhibit hall provided 5 days of cutting-edge science in the nation’s capital. Access to lawmakers created the perfect opportunity for almost 100 attendees to prolong their stay and schedule Capitol Hill visits with Congressional delegates to advocate for biomedical research and the National Institutes of Health.

AAI PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM

Arlene-Sharpe

AAI President’s Address
Friday, May 12, 5:00 PM

Arlene H. Sharpe, Harvard Med. Sch., AAI President
Second signals make all the difference

AAI President’s Symposium
Second Signals: Translating Understanding into Therapy

Monday, May 15, 12:30 – 2:30 PM

  • Rafi Ahmed, Emory Univ., From reovirus to PD-1
  • Ana C. Anderson, Harvard Med. Sch., Co-inhibitory receptors and T cell dysfunction
  • Dario A.A. Vignali, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Synergistic interactions between PD-1 and LAG-3
  • Suzanne L. Topalian, Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Med., PD-1 pathway blockade: a common denominator for cancer therapy

AAI DISTINGUISHED LECTURES

Saturday, May 13, 6:00 PMGiorgio-Trinchieri
Giorgio Trinchieri
NCI, NIH
Cancer as a disease of the metaorganism

Sunday, May 14, 6:00 PM
Ellen A. Robey
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Factors that determine T cell fate in the thymus

Monday, May 15, 6:00 PMNunez_Gabriel
Gabriel Núñez
Univ. of Michigan
Pathogens, the microbiota, and immunity at the intestinal barrier

AAI MEETING LOCATION

Walter E. Washington Convention Center

801 Mount Vernon Place NW

Washington, DC 20001

2016 MEETING PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS