Thank you to the FOCIS Centers of Excellence (FCEs) who nominated trainees to receive FCE Awards to attend the FOCIS 2022 Annual Meeting, held June 20-23, 2022
This award recognizes trainees affiliated with an FCE, are FOCIS members, and submit an abstract to the FOCIS Annual Meeting.
FCE Directors nominate their trainees for this award and the FCE Committee selects award recipients on a competitive basis.
Award recipients receive complimentary registration to the FOCIS Annual Meeting to present their research.
Below is a list of the FCE Award recipients. FOCIS is pleased to extend this travel award opportunity to the FCE community.
2022 Recipients
- Ariadna Bartoló Ibars, UAB Barcelona
Abstract: Immunogenicity Induced by Full Academic CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (ARI0001) in Patients Recruited into the CART-BE-01 Clinical Trial - Saul Artega Cruz, Mexica Translational Immunology Group
Abstract: Long Term Expanded Purified Allospecific Tr1 Cells Maintain a Suppressive Phenotype and Function in the Presence of Inflammatory Cytokines and Express a Chemokine Receptor Profile Involved in Allograft Tolerance. - Zarina Brune, Feinstein Institute
Abstract: IRF5 Regulation of CD4+ T Cell Metabolism Controls CD40L Expression - Markéta Chlubnová, UiO FCE
Abstract: Phenotype-based Isolation of Antigen-specific CD4+ T Cells in Autoimmunity: A Study of Celiac Disease - Orianne Cuelenaere-Bonizec, Clinical Investigation Center in Biotherapy (CIC BT)
Abstract: The CDKN2A Deletion Influences the Establishment of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma - Marieke de Korte, Toronto Human Immunology Network
Abstract: Natural Killer Cells may be Functionally Altered due to Simulated Microgravity Exposure - Dallin Dressman, Columbia University
Abstract: Genotype-Phenotype Correlation of T Cell Subsets Reveals Senescent and Cytotoxic Genes in Alzheimer’s Disease - Garrett Dunlap, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Abstract: Detection and Clonal Dynamics of Alloreactive T Cells in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Experiencing Acute Rejection After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy - Stephanie Grebinoksi, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract: Autoreactive CD8+ T Cells are Restrained by an Exhaustion-like Program that is Maintained by LAG3 - Maria Iglesias Escudero, UAB Barcelona
Abstract: Metastatic Melanoma (MM) Patients with Stable Disease Display Reduced Mo-MDSCs Levels in Peripheral Blood - Ada Sera Kurt, King’s College London
Abstract: Chimeric Antigen Receptor Regulatory T Cells (CAR-Tregs) Provide Significantly Greater Modulation of Alloimmune Responses than Alternative Alloantigen-Specific Treg Strategies - Chiara Massa, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Abstract: Enhanced Function of Vaccine Dendritic Cells from Obese Donor upon Inhibition of Lipid Metabolism - John Pell, Yale University
Abstract: Bac Transgenic Overexpression Mice Recapitulate the Immunologic Role of Exonic Variants of APOL1 - Lina Petersone, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT)
Abstract: IL-21 is a Key Regulator of Chronic Germinal Centers in Autoimmune Settings - Chad Polani, BC Children’s Hospital
Abstract: Allogenic and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) Recipients have Detectable Levels of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen-specific T Cells One Month After mRNA Vaccination - Nathan Provin, University of Nantes
Abstract: Differentiation of Human iPSc into Functional Thymic Organoids for in vitro T Cell Generation and Cell Therapy - Janine Robert, Centre for Translational Systems Immunology, Uruguay
Abstract: IL-2 Self-Sufficient Enhanced Tregs - Sandra Romero-Ramirez, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Abstract: High Salivary IgA-Coating Levels of the Oral Microbiota in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Isaac Rosado Sánchez, BC Children’s Hospital
Abstract: The Role of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Versus Endogenous Co-Stimulation in the Function of Alloantigen-Specific Tregs - Nathalie Schmidt, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT)
Abstract: Targeting Cholesterol Metabolism as a Novel Immune Checkpoint in Viral Infections and Cancer - Willians Tambo Ayol, Northwell
Abstract: Prophylactic Unfractionated Subcutaneous Heparin Does Not Increase Postoperative Hemorrhage in Elderly Patients Undergoing Emergency Neurosurgical Procedures - Stephen Tharshana, Institut Pasteur
Abstract: IL-23 Signaling Induces Autoimmune Disease Genes in Mucosal-associated Invariant T (MAIT) Cells - Hanane Touil, Columbia University
Abstract: Developing Trajectories of Immunosenescence in Diverse Adults - Kelsey Voss, Vanderbilt
Abstract: Dysregulated Transferrin Receptor Disrupts T Cell Iron Homeostasis to Drive Inflammation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Lauren Walker, Vanderbilt
Abstract: High-Throughput B Cell Epitope Determination by Next-Generation Sequencing