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15th Annual Retreat – September 13-14, 2004
Sleeping Lady Conference Center, Leavenworth, WA

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Monday, September 13

12:00p Buffet Lunch and Retreat Registration
1:00p
Welcome and State of the Department - Dr. Chris Wilson
1:30p
WORKSHOP #1: Lymphocyte Life and Death - Facilitator: Dr. Ed Clark
Poster Presentations by:
a) Sophie Lehar (Bevan Lab) "Notch ligands Delta1 and Jagged1 transmit distinct singals to T cell precursors"
b) Alexander Astrakhan (Rawlings Lab) "BAFF mediates the transition from immature to mature B cell and the formation of a functional BCR signalasome"
c) Mingyi Sun (Fink Lab) "FasL-mediated reverse signaling"
2:30p
Break
   
2:45p
SPEAKER: "CD48: negative costimulary functions?" - Dr. Yvette Latchman
3:15p
WORKSHOP #2: Immune Regulation and Tolerance - Facilitator: Dr. Sasha Rudensky
Poster Presentations by:
a) Ingunn Stromnes (Goverman Lab) "Dissecting the complex pathogenesis of MOG-Induced EAE in C3H mice"
b) Dr. Ryan Teague (Greenberg Lab) "IL-15 rescues tolerant CD8+ T cell proliferation and restores CTL-mediated tumor rejection in vivo"
c) Jared Lopes (Ziegler Lab) "Functional analysis of FoxP3"
4:00-5:00p
Graduate Student and Post-Doc Meetings
4:15-6:00p
Sleeping Lady Room Check-in (no sooner than 4:15 pm)
5:00p
Social Hour
6:00p
Dinner
7:30-9:00p
Poster Session

Tuesday, September 14
7:30 Breakfast
8:30a
WORKSHOP #3: Initiation of Immune Response
- Introductions by: Dr. Lalita Ramakrishnan
a) Dr. David Martin (Elkon Lab) "Mammalian DNA and histone immune complexes activate dendritic cells via TLR-9-independent pathways"
b) Hannah Volkman (Ramakrishnan Lab) "Tuberculous granuloma formation is enhanced by the Mycobacterium RD1 virulence determinant"
c) Dr. Daniela Giordano (Clark Lab) "Nitric Oxide facilitates dendritic cell migration toward the lymph node-directing chemokine CCL19/MIP3ß"

9:30a SPEAKER: "TSLP and Inflammation" - Dr. Steve Ziegler
10:00a Break and Check out
10:30a SPEAKER: "Putting T Cells to Work to Treat Disease" - Dr. Phil Greenberg
11:00a Award Presentations - Dr. Ed Clark and Students
11:15a

THE SANDRA L. CLARK EDUCATION FUND LECTURE: "T Cells, T Cell Receptors and MHC" -
Dr. Philippa Marrack

12:15p Buffet Lunch
1:15p
WORKSHOP #4: Immunity to Infection
- Facilitator: Dr. Murali-Krishna Kaja
a) Dr. Matt Williams (Bevan Lab) "IL-2 is required for effective secondary T cell responses"
b) Colin Havenar-Daughton (Kaja Lab) "Keeping activated T cells alive"
c) Dr. David Tobin (Ramakrishnan Lab) "A forward genetic screen for host determinants of susceptibility and resistance to Mycobacterial infection"

2:15p SPEAKER: "Enforcing Fidelity of T Cell Function" - Dr. Chris Wilson

The Department of Immunology gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support for this retreat provided by Amgen, Inc.

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