Second Annual New England Regional Symposium
On Frontiers in Mucosal Immunology (FIMI)
"Mucosal Vaccines "

Monday, September 20, 2004

Speakers:

Start Time
EVENT
7:30 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:15 am
Nicholas J. Mantis
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:25 am
Marian R. Neutra
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
8:30 am
Keynote Address
Myron Levine
9:20 am
Coffee Break and Poster setup
   
Session I
Mucosal Vaccines Against Bacterial Pathogens I

TBA, Moderator
9:50 am
William Wade
  Identification of a protective B cell epitope that is likely linked to function for Vibrio cholerae's TCP structure
10:10 am
Edward Ryan
  Vibrio cholerae vaccines and vectors
10:30 am
Linda Cauley
  T cell activation in the lungs
10:50 am
Dennis Metzger
Mucosal immunopathogenesis of Francisella tularensis
11:10 am
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
   
Session II
Mucosal Vaccines Against Bacterial Pathogens II
TBA, Moderator
11:30 am
Marty Taubman
  Mucosal vaccines for dental caries infection
11:50 am
Larry Silbart
  Developing mucosal vaccines for veterinary applications: Correlates of immune protection in chickens using a live attenujated Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccine
12:10 pm
Richard Malley
  Mucosal immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae
12:30 pm
Nicholas Mantis
  Mucosal vaccines against ricin
12:50 pm
Lunch and Poster Session
   
Session III
Mucosal Vaccines Against HIV
TBA, Moderator
1:50 pm
Deborah Anderson
  Mucosal Immunity in the Male Genital Tract
2:10 pm
Pam Kozlowski
  Effect of DepoProvera on induction of immune responses in nasally vaccinated nonhuman primates
2:30 pm
Paul Johnson
  Trafficking of T lymphocytes to the female reproductive tract
2:50 pm
Elizabeth Ramsburg
  Live attenuated VSV as an AIDS vaccine vector
3:10 pm
Coffee Break and Poster Session
   
Session IV
Novel Mucosal Adjuvants and Delivery Approaches
TBA, Moderator
3:30 pm
Lee Wetzler
  Innate immunity and vaccine adjuvants: The effect of the TOLL-like receptor 2 ligand, neisserial porin, on immune function
3:50 pm
Natalie Anosova
  Role of native and mutant CT and LT in dendritic cell migration within Peyer's patches
4:10 pm
Darrell Irvine
Designing vaccines that control the dendritic cell life cycle
4:30 pm
Masaru Yoshida
  Human neonatal Fc receptor mediates transport of IgG into luminal secretions for delivery of antigens to mucosal dendritic cells
4:50 pm
Closing Remarks

This symposium is supported by the Harvard Digestive Diseases Center (HDDC). The HDDC is supported by Grant Number DK034854 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.