Findings in 5

Findings in 5

Findings in 5 gives attendees who submit a late-breaking abstract an opportunity to present their work to their peers at the AAI Booth Theater. Explore the schedule of sessions on this page.

Autoimmune Initiation, Pathology, and Regulation

Thursday, April 16, 2026
2:00–2:30 PM

AAI Booth Theater, Exhibit Hall, Booth 731


Speakers:

  • Huili Wang, Univ. of Chicago, USA, Spatial proximity sequencing maps developmental dynamics in the germinal center
  • Shashank Nagaraja, Scripps Res., USA, Batf3 promotes a distinct chromatin accessibility program during T cell activation
  • Ian McBain, Weill Cornell Med. Grad. Sch. of Med. Sci., USA, Decoding the role of CD4 T cells in driving autoimmune type 1 diabetes
  • Limor Rubin, Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., Harvard Med. Sch., USA, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency contributes to Treg dysfunction and susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

The Inflammatory Environment

Friday, April 17, 2026
2:00–2:30 PM

AAI Booth Theater, Exhibit Hall, Booth 731


Speakers:

  • Qiong Zhang, Hosp. for Special Surgery, USA, Gene-specific rewiring of type I interferon responses by Staphylococcus aureus
  • Jingfei Yao, Boston Children’s Hosp., USA, Chronic inflammation induces a molecular and functional state divergent from physiological aging in hematopoietic stem cells
  • Valerie Vinette, Weill Cornell Med., USA, Interstitial macrophages prevent tuberculosis relapse by restricting Mycobacterium tuberculosis immune evasion
  • Christopher Risley, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, Multi-omic analysis of long COVID patients reveals obesity-associated metabolic dysfunction and inflammation in adipose-residing immune cells

Neuroimmune Interactions

Saturday, April 18, 2026
2:00–2:30 PM

AAI Booth Theater, Exhibit Hall, Booth 731


Speakers:

  • Qiyuan Zhou, Univ. of Toronto, CAN, Early-Life Overnutrition Reprograms Metabolism and Immunity to Promote Sex-Biased CNS Autoimmunity
  • Paola Valenzuela, NIAID, NIH, USA, C3 complement inhibition by Sicpin, a salivary protein from Simulium nigrimanum
  • Qinli Sun, Stanford Univ., USA, Facile Induction of Immune Tolerance by an Interleukin-2-TGF-β Surrogate Agonist
  • Silvia Monticelli, Institute for Res. in Biomed, ESP, FCRL3 is an immunoregulatory receptor that restrains the activation of human memory T lymphocytes