We have gathered an exciting list of speakers (see below) who will explore topics ranging from the function and development of NK and NKT cells, network modeling of cytokine and immunity, the interaction between viruses and host cells, lipids and inflammation, plus atherosclerosis and diabetes and inflammation.  Most excitingly, our confirmed Keynote Speaker, Dr. Philippe Gros, will present his most recent work on the genetic basis of susceptibility to infectious disease.  The 2008 Summer Symposium offers a timely examination of these topics and will be of interest to members of the academic, biomedical and pharmaceutical communities.

Keynote Speaker - Philippe Gros (McGill University)

Session Topics

Modeling Immunity

Réka Albert (Pennsylvania State University)

Rob J. de Boer (Utrecht University)

James Faeder (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)

Ronald N. Germain (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Alexander Hoffmann (University of California, San Diego)

Innate Immune Cells

Avery August (Pennsylvania State University)

Cheong-Hee Chang (University of Michigan)

David H. Raulet (University of California, Berkeley)

Moriya Tsuji (Rockefeller University)

Chyung-Ru Wang (University of Chicago)

Host Pathogen Interactions

Marcia Blackman (Trudeau Institute)

Michel Desjardins (University of Montreal)

Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly (UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School)

Chris Norbury (Pennsylvania State University)

Richard Randall (University of St. Andrews)

Inflammation and Disease

Steven Abcouwer (Pennsylvania State University)

Linda Curtiss (The Scripps Research Institute)

Klaus Ley (La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology)

Janet Liversidge (University of Aberdeen)

Charles Serhan (Harvard University)

The 2008 Summer Symposium will be held in the Life Sciences Building. For more information on symposium sessions and events, please click on the menu item titled "Program Schedule".

If you have questions regarding the symposium program schedule, please send e-mail to: amd9@psu.edu or call (814) 863-5487

Retinal microglia stained with iba-1.  Picture by Chris Norbury and Erica Granger, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University