Symposiums and Conferences
Program in Innate Immunity Symposium
The PII sponsors an annual, one-day, symposium on the UMass Chan Medical School campus, where international leaders in the field of innate immunity are invited to present their latest research. These symposiums also feature oral and poster presentations by UMass Chan students and post-doctoral fellows. Please check back for upcoming symposium dates.
Past symposiums have featured:
- Luke O’Neill, PhD
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland - Jules Hoffmann, PhD (Nobel Laureate)
Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute, Strasbourg, France - Gary Ruvkun, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT - Andrew Luster, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - Kensuke Miyake, PhD
University of Tokyo, Japan
- Jonathan Kagan, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA - Daniel Stetson, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Virginia Pascual, MD
Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children’s Health, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY - Beth Stevens, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA - Marco Colonna, MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - Frederic Geissmann, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
International Toll Conferences
The International Toll Conferences aim to present recent advances on Toll and Toll-like receptors and related molecules in innate immunity. These meetings are held approximately every 2-3 years and are a unique opportunity for communication and networking between world-class faculty, ranging from developmental biologists to translational scientists, and new and established researchers in the field. Past conferences have been held in Italy, Brazil, Portugal and Spain. Please check back for upcoming conference dates.