G: Therapeutic and Translational Immunology*

Sunday, April 19, 2026
8:00–11:15 AM
Room 253 

MAJOR SYMPOSIUM G 

Therapeutic and Translational Immunology* 

Chairs: 

Jane Grogan, Biogen, USA 

Jamie Spangler, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA 

Speakers: 

Michael Birnbaum, MIT, USA, Decoding adaptive immunity 

Donna Flesher, Biogen, USA, TBD 

John E. Harris, UMass Med. Sch., USA, TBD 

Faez Amokrane Nait Mohamed, Harvard Med. Sch., USA, Intranasal administration of a pan-reactive influenza antibody reveals Fc-independent mode of protection 

Sai Reddy, ETH Zurich, DEU, Generative design of antibody Fc variants with synthetic and programmable immune function 

Jamie Spangler, Johns Hopkins Univ., USA, Engineering cytokine/antibody fusion proteins as targeted immunotherapeutics 

James Torchia, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Med. Sch., USA, Targeted immunosuppression with a tissue-selective PD-1 agonist prevents rejection of transplanted hearts 

*topic requested by IMMUNOLOGY2025™ attendees

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