Major Symposium Guidance

Major Symposium Guidance for Trainees

We are pleased to offer AAI trainee members who are graduate students or postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to present their research in IMMUNOLOGY2026™ Major Symposia. Speakers will be selected from AAI trainee member-submitted abstracts relevant to the Major Symposium topic areas.

Please use the list of IMMUNOLOGY2026™ Major Symposium topics below as reference for selecting session(s) that best match the topic of your abstract. Your selection will help the Programming Chairs and Major Symposium Chairs identify abstracts that are relevant to each session.

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Major Symposia Topics

  • 20 Years of Th17 Cells: Discovery and Clinical Impact
  • Early Life Immune Development and Function
  • Epigenetic Modifiers as Drivers of Immune Function
  • Microbiome Influence on Epithelial-immune Crosstalk
  • Neuroimmune Landscapes Across the Body: Circuitry and Cytokines 
  • Obesity, Environment, and Immunity
  • Resolution of Inflammation
  • Therapeutic and Translational Immunology