Welcome to the Advanced Course in Basic & Clinical Immunology!

Attendees pick up their badges and materials

Course Director, Abul Abbas welcomes a group of attendees

Attendees enjoy the Welcome Reception

Inspecting the course materials

From left to right: FOCIS President, David Hafler and FOCIS President Elect, Jerry Nepom

From left to right: FOCIS President, David Hafler, FOCIS Executive Director, Gail Bast and FOCIS President Elect, Jerry Nepom

Meeting fellow attendees at the Welcome Reception

On the way to the morning sessions

Attendees gather for breakfast on the first day of the course

Attendees gather for breakfast on the first day of the course

Asia de Cuba, The Mondrian restaurant

Abul Abbas prepares to introduce the course

Co-course Director, PJ Utz begins the first day of the program

The first row

Hidde Ploegh, speaker

PJ Utz enjoying lunch with invited speaker, Douglas Golenbock

Attendees enjoy lunch

David Hafler chats over lunch with a course attendee

Artful dessert

Jerry Nepom and attendee, Brad Stone enjoy discussion over lunch

Jacques Banchereau, speaker

Janet Hafler, speaker

Janet Hafler and Andrew Lichtman instruct on how to give an effective presentation

Attendees listen to a talk before dinner

Attendees listen to a talk before dinner

Career Panel, Blake Patterson, Alba Therapeutics, John Ridge, NIAID and PJ Utz, Stanford University

John Ridge, NIAID presents on how to take advantage of NIH opportunities

NIH representatives join the panel to answer attendee questions on funding

Lewis Lanier, speaker

Lewis Lanier addresses attendee questions after his talk

Ken Murphy, speaker

Abul Abbas has lunch with attendees

Attendees at lunch

PJ Utz has lunch with attendees

Attendees at lunch

PJ Utz introduces speaker, Shiv Pillai

Shiv Pillai precedes his talk with a sorrowful ode to “Ben and Jen”

Shiv Pillai follows his talk with the hip “Lymphocyte Rap”

PJ Utz, Abul Abbas, and speaker Kathy Siminovitch enjoy a break in the sun with attendees

Abul Abbas speaks with attendees

PJ Utz and Kathy Siminovitch

Bill St. Clair, speaker

Red Bar, The Mondrian

Andrew Lichtman, Abul Abbas, and Chris Soltis

PJ Utz, Shiv Pillai, and Andrew Lichtman

Attendees reviewing course material on a break

Kathy Siminovitch, speaker

Lunch

Speaker, Phil Greenberg speaks with Dilani Arnold over lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Phil Greenberg, speaker

Abul Abbas introduces Jerry Nepom to give the closing talk of the course

PJ Utz, Chris Soltis, and Abul Abbas

Course attendees take in the nearby sites

FOCIS is well represented in the Grand Canyon