November 13, 20, 27, December 4, 11, 2021
Virtual course held as five (5) live-streamed sessions
This course is organized in collaboration with Beckton Dickinson China
Overview
Overview
Join us to learn basic and translational immunology topics from the faculty of global experts.
Target Audience
This course is designed for:
- Clinical fellows in disciplines related to immunology, including autoimmunity, allergy, infectious disease, oncology, primary immunodeficiency, and transplantation
- Fellows doing basic or translational research with an emphasis on human disease
- Scientists or other research and development personnel from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies who are involved in developing new therapies for immunological disease
- Academic or community physicians who wish to enhance their understanding of immunology
Learning Objectives
After the course, attendees will be able to:
- Discuss the fundamental mechanisms underlying protective immune responses and discuss the recent advances and emerging themes in immunology research.
- Describe the fundamental mechanisms underlying immunologic disease and associate these mechanisms with strategies for therapeutic modulation of the immune system.
- Appreciate the basic immunological principles underlying biotherapeutics, recognize the commonality among diverse organ-specific disease states, and infer the mechanisms of therapeutic effect.
- Analyze the medical literature reporting immunologic advances pertinent to their patients, cite the rationale for use of new immunodiagnostic and immunotherapeutic modalities in their patients, and serve as thought leaders within their medical communities.
Thank You
The course is organized in collaboration with Beckton Dickinson China.
Program Committee
Chair: Ignacio Anegon, MD (INSERM-University of Nantes, France)
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD (Yale University, U.S.A.)
Terri Laufer, MD (University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, U.S.A.)
Faculty
Ignacio Anegon, MD (INSERM-University of Nantes, France)
Robert Balderas, MBA (BD Biosciences, U.S.A.)
Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD (Sonoma Biotherapeutics, U.S.A.)
Paul Bryce, PhD (Sanofi, U.S.A.)
Chen Dong, PhD (Tsinghua University, China)
Stephanie Dougan, PhD (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD (Yale University, U.S.A.)
Magnus Fontes, PhD (Institut Roche, France)
Florent Ginhoux, PhD (Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore)
Junwei Hao, MD, PhD (XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, China)
Xiaoyu Hu, PhD (Tsinghua University, China)
Yiqing Hu, PhD (BD China, China)
Terri Laufer, MD (University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.)
Wanli Liu, PhD (Tsinghua University, China)
Cathryn Nagler, PhD (University of Chicago, U.S.A.)
Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD (Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, U.S.A.)
Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, MD (Stanford University, U.S.A.)
Eric Vivier, DVM, PhD (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Zheng Zhang, MD, PhD (The Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, China)
Agenda
All presentations will live stream at the China Standard Time (GMT+8) listed below. China does not observe daylight savings time.
Day 1 (Full Day). Saturday, November 13, 2021
Innate Immune Responses
Times zones:
- Sat, Nov. 13, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Beijing, China)
- Sat, Nov. 13, 2:00 am – 10:00 am (Paris, France, CET)
- Fri, Nov. 12, 8:00 pm – Sat, Nov. 13, 4:00 am (Boston, U.S., EST)
- Fri, Nov. 12, 5:00 pm – Sat, Nov. 13, 1:00 am (San Francisco, U.S., PST)
| Time | Lecture Title – Speaker Name (Organization) |
| 8:30-9:00 | Reception (30 minutes) |
| 9:00-9:05 | Welcome. Description of FOCIS and FOCIS Centers of Excellence – Ignacio Anegon, MD |
| 9:05-9:10 | Welcome – Yiqing Hu, PhD (BD China, China) |
| 9:10-10:10 | Overview of the Immune System – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD |
| 10:10-10:20 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 10:20-11:20 | Innate Immunity – Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD |
| 11:20-12:20 | Antigen Receptors and Signaling – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD |
| 12:20-13:30 | Lunch (70 minutes) |
(rescheduled for Nov. 20) |
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| 14:30-15:30 | Plenary lecture, Monocyte Inflammatory Response – Xiaoyu Hu, PhD |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break (15 minutes) |
| 15:45-16:45 | NK Cells and Innate Lymphoid Cells – Eric Vivier, PhD, DVM |
| 16:45-17:00 | Registration for Next Course (15 minutes) |
Day 2 (Half-Day). Saturday, November 20, 2021
Adaptive Immune Responses
| Time | Lecture Title – Speaker Name (Organization, Country) |
| 8:00-9:00 | T Cell Activation and Costimulation –Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD |
| 9:00-10:00 | T-B Cell Collaboration – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD |
| 10:10-10:10 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 10:10-11:10 | T Cell Subsets – Chen Dong, PhD |
| 11:10-12:10 | B Cells – Wanli Liu, PhD |
| 12:10-12:20 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 12:20-13:20 | Macrophages and Dendritic Cells Origin and Function – Florent Ginhoux, PhD |
Day 3 (Half-Day). Saturday, November 27, 2021
Immunopathology
| Time | Lecture Title – Speaker Name (Organization, Country) |
| 8:00-9:00 | Immune Tolerance and Regulation – Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD |
| 9:00-10:00 | Tumor Immunity – Stephanie Dougan, PhD |
| 10:10-10:10 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 10:10-11:10 | Allergies – Paul Bryce, PhD |
| 11:10-12:10 | Infectious Diseases – Zheng Zhang, MD, PhD |
Day 4 (Full-Day). Saturday, December 4, 2021
Immunopathology 2
| Time | Lecture Title – Speaker Name (Organization, Country) |
| 8:00-9:00 | Mucosal Immunity – Cathryn Nagler, PhD |
| 9:00-10:00 | Autoimmunity – Terri Laufer, MD |
| 10:10-10:10 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 10:10-11:10 | Primary Immunodeficiencies – Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, MD |
| 11:10-12:10 | Defining Deep Biology with High Dimensional Platform Technologies – Bob Balderas, MBA |
| 12:10-13:00 | Lunch (50 minutes) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Plenary lecture, Neuroimmunity – Junwei Hao, MD, PhD |
| 14:00-15:00 | Transplantation – Ignacio Anegon, MD |
| 15:00-15:10 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 15:10-16:10 | Computational Immunology – Magnus Fontes, PhD |
| 16:10-17:10 | Plenary lecture, Advances on Cellular Immunotherapy – Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD. Their presentation will be posted to the attendee platform before Day 5 of the course. |
| 17:10-17:30 | Closing Remarks – Ignacio Anegon, MD |
Day 5 (Half-Day). Saturday, December 11, 2021
Questions and Answers (Q&A) sessions with Faculty (non-lectures)
| Time | Lecture Title – Speaker Name (Organization, Country) |
| 8:00-9:00 | Q&A with U.S.-based Faculty – Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD; Paul Bryce, PhD; Stephanie Dougan, PhD; Terri Laufer, MD; Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD; Cathryn R. Nagler, PhD; Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD. |
| 9:00-10:00 | Q&A with China-based Faculty – Robert (Bob) Balderas, MBA; Chen Dong, PhD; Xiaoyu Hu, PhD; Prof. Wanli Liu, PhD |
| 15:00-16:00 | Q&A with France-based Faculty – Ignacio Anegon, MD; Magnus Fontes, PhD; Florent Ginhoux, PhD. |
Networking Opportunities
Faculty Q&A Sessions
The last day of the course is Saturday, December 11. It is a half-day of Question and Answer (Q&A) sessions with faculty. Three 60-minutes sessions are scheduled based on the faculty locations. Attendees are welcome to connect with multiple faculty members during this time. There are no presentations on this date.
Course Chat
Attendees can use the Chat feature in the attendee platform to ask questions of faculty and interact with other attendees in real-time.
Register Online
Online registration is open. Registration is required to access the course content.
Registration includes access to the live-streamed presentations and faculty Q&A sessions.
Attendees may receive an electronic certificate of attendance after completing the online course evaluations.
Registration Rates
| Registration Type (USD) | Virtual Rate |
| FOCIS Members | |
| Trainee/Fellow – Member | $0 |
| Regular – Member | $0 |
| Industry – Member | $0 |
| FOCIS Non-members | |
| Trainee/Fellow – Non-member | $0 |
| Regular – Non-member | $0 |
| Industry – Non-member | $0 |
Cancellation Policy
If you must cancel or transfer your registration, please send an email notification to info@focisnet.org.