B: Microbiome Influence on Epithelial-immune Crosstalk
B: Microbiome Influence on Epithelial-immune Crosstalk
April 16, 2026 08:00 11:15 Ballroom
Thursday, April 16, 2026
8:00–11:15 AM
Ballroom
MAJOR SYMPOSIUM B
Microbiome Influence on Epithelial-immune Crosstalk
Chairs:
Tiffany Scharschmidt, UCSF, USA
Ramnik J. Xavier, Harvard Med. Sch., Broad Inst., USA
Speakers:
Christopher D. Johnston, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cntr., USA, TBD
Laura L. Kiessling, MIT, USA, Probing the function of human immune lectins
Tiffany Scharschmidt, UCSF, USA, Early life immune-microbe crosstalk in skin
Dharti Shantaram, Ohio State Univ. Col. of Med., USA, Pseudomonas instigates neutrophil accumulation in adipose tissue and insulin resistance in obesity
Thaddeus Stappenbeck, Cleveland Clinic, USA, Micro-communities of microbes that modulate immune responses
Himanshi Tanwar, Univ. of Maryland, USA, Role of periodontitis in inflammatory bowel disease
Ramnik Xavier, Harvard Med. Sch., Broad Inst., USA, Gut microbes, metabolites, and mucosal homeostasis