Abstract Topics

Abstract Topics

You can submit abstracts for IMMUNOLOGY2026™ across 26 topic categories.

submissions open September 3, 2025

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Topic categories include:

  • MHC Structure, Function, and Ligands 
  • MHC Assembly and Trafficking 
  • Mechanisms of Cross Presentation 
  • Intracellular Events in Antigen Processing 
  • Dendritic Cell Antigen Processing 
  • Dendritic Cell Biology 
  • Myeloid Cell Biology  
  • Other Antigen Presenting Cells 
  • Antigen Presentation in the Tumor Microenvironment 
  • Structure/Function Studies of Antigen Processing and Presentation 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Immunopathogenic Mechanisms/Immunogenetics of Autoimmunity 
  • Tolerance and Autoimmunity 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Inflammation 
  • Chemokines and Chemoattractants 
  • Adhesion Molecules in Cellular Migration, Inflammation, and Disease 
  • Leukocyte Recruitment 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Bioinformatics Methods and Mathematical Models of Immune Interactions and Responses in Health and Disease 
  • Computational Immunology 
  • Integration of Multiple Cell Types/Functions/Responses 
  • -Omics: Immunomics, Genomics, and Proteomics 
  • Other Related Topics

Topic categories include:

  • Receptors and Signal Transduction 
  • Gene Regulation 
  • Regulators of Immune Cell Development and Function 
  • Receptors in vivo 
  • Role in Health and Disease 
  • Structure/Function Studies of Cytokines, Chemokines, and Their Receptors 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Stem Cells and Early Lineage Restrictions 
  • Myeloid and Erythroid Cell Development 
  • Lymphoid Organogenesis 
  • B Cell Development 
  • T Cell Development 
  • Developmental Defects in Aging 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Mast Cells, Eosinophils, Basophils 
  • Asthma and Allergic Inflammation 
  • Regulation of Hypersensitivity Responses 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Basic Science Studies of Human Health and Disease 
  • Studies of the Healthy Human Immune System 
  • Mechanistic Studies of the Impact of Immunotherapy and Immunomodulation on the Human Immune Response (including Studies Based on Clinical Trials) 
  • Complement and Other Innate Immune Modulators and Therapeutics in Pathogenesis of Human Disease 
  • Other Related Topics 

Abstracts submitted in this topic should NOT include abstracts representing pure signaling, transcriptional regulation, or structural studies (see: Immune Response Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms for these abstracts) or abstracts related to regulating responses to tumors (see: Tumor Immunology: Cellular Responses and Tumor Microenvironment).  

Topic categories include:

  • Mechanisms of Co-stimulation and Tolerance 
  • Mechanisms of Regulatory T Cell, B Cell, and Myeloid Suppressor Cell Activity 
  • Cell-Cell Interactions 
  • Effector Cell Processes 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Signal Pathways in Immune Cell Development, Regulation, and Activation 
  • MHC: Evolution and Polymorphisms 
  • Molecular Aspects of Repertoire Formation (Recombination, Isotype Switching, Somatic Mutation) 
  • Transcriptional Regulation of the Immune System 
  • Structural Biology of Immune Regulation 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • K – 12 Education Programs 
  • Undergraduate Education Strategies and Programs 
  • Graduate Education Strategies and Programs 
  • Public/Layperson Educational Strategies, Programs, and Communication 
  • Strategies and Programs for Communicating Immunology to Scientists in Other Disciplines  
  • Other Education Programs 

Topic categories include:

  • Innate Cellular Mechanisms of Host Defense 
  • Crosstalk of Complement with Other Immune Systems 
  • Ontogeny of Host Defense Mechanisms 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Signal Transduction and Inflammasome Activation in Innate Immunity 
  • Molecular Mechanisms of Innate Immune System Regulation 
  • Fc Receptors and Acute Phase Proteins 
  • Structure/Function Analysis of Components of the Innate Immune Response 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Cell Cycle and Mechanisms of Proliferation 
  • Lymphocyte Differentiation 
  • Lymphocyte Homeostasis, including Apoptosis 
  • Mechanisms/Biology of Immunological Memory and Aging 
  • Selection and Repertoire Diversity 
  • Influence of Stromal Cells 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Cellular Responses to Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens 
  • Immunopathogenesis of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Infection 
  • Innate Immunity Against Bacterial, Parasitic, and Fungal Pathogens 
  • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Protective Mucosal Immune Responses 
  • Influences on Mucosal Immunity 
  • Mucosal Tolerance and Disease 
  • Role and Regulation of IgA 
  • Immunology of Pregnancy 
  • Immunologically Privileged Sites 
  • Microbiome and Immunity 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Interactions Between Immune and Nervous System 
  • Neuroinflammation 
  • Demyelination 
  • Neuronal Cell Death, Loss, and/or Injury 
  • Immune Cells in the Nervous System 
  • CNS Borders and Immunity 
  • Gut-Brain Axis 
  • Cytokine Signaling to the Brain 
  • Neuronal Control of the Immune Response 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Technology Development and Applications 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Therapeutic Modulation of Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease in Animal Models 
  • Development of Therapies for Human Autoimmune Disease 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Clinical Immunology and Related Translational and Interventional Research 
  • Development of Diagnostics 
  • Early Clinical Investigations 
  • Novel Therapeutic Concepts: From Bench to Bedside 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Solid Organ Transplantation 
  • Cellular or Bone Marrow Transplantation 
  • Graft vs. Host Disease (GVHD) 
  • Transplantation Tolerance Induction 
  • Mechanisms and Prevention of Graft Rejection 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Antitumor Effector Cells and Cellular Regulation of Tumor Immunity 
  • Cellular Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection and Modulation of Antitumor Responses 
  • Tumor-Associated Antigens 
  • Tumor-Associated Immunosuppression 
  • Tumor Microenvironment 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Vaccine Development  
  • Immune-Based Therapies (Including CAR T/B Cell Therapies)  
  • Non-Cellular Regulation of Tumor Immunity 
  • Non-Cellular Mechanisms of Tumor Rejection and Modulation of Antitumor Responses 
  • Pathobiology of Immune System Malignancies 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Mucosal Vaccine Development and Immune-Based Therapies 
  • Therapy of Asthma and Hypersensitivity Responses 
  • Vaccine Development for Infectious Disease 
  • Immunotherapeutic Strategies Against Pathogens 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Comparative Immune Responses to Pathogens/Tumors 
  • Evolution and Genetic Regulation of the Immune System 
  • Hematopoiesis and Development 
  • Differentiation and Selection 
  • Other Related Topics 

Topic categories include:

  • Cellular Responses to Viral Pathogens 
  • Immunopathogenesis of Viral Infection 
  • Innate Immunity Against Viral Pathogens 
  • Mechanisms of Host Invasion, Evasion, and Resistance (including HIV) 
  • Other Related Topics