Breadcrumb Home 31st Annual CSIBD Workshop and 2nd Ó³»´«Ã½ Immunology Program Symposium Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symposium 31ST Annual CSIBD WorkshopSecond Ó³»´«Ã½ Immunology Program Symposium 2021 Ó³»´«Ã½ of MIT and Harvard Immunology Program Symposium Friday – November 19th, 2021 The Symposium is open to the research community at no charge. Session III: Inflammation and myeloid cell biology Moderators: Charles Elson / Jacques Deguine 9:00 - 9:30 Leveraging polygenic enrichments of gene features to predict genes underlying complex traits and diseases Hilary Finucane, Ph.D. 9:30 - 10:00 Molecular mechanism for self vs. non-self RNA discrimination Sun Hur, Ph.D. 10:00 - 10:30 Large-scale sequencing and multi-ancestry genetic analyses identify novel genes and variants associated with IBD Hailiang Huang, Ph.D. 10:30 - 11:00 Myeloid biology in dysregulated microenvironments and therapeutic opportunities Rosandra Kaplan, M.D. 11:00 - 11:30 Nutrient adaptation in the intestine Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D. 11:30 - 12:00 Immune-metabolic mechanisms of cognitive decline in aging Katrin Andreasson, M.D. 12:00 - 1:00 Break 1:00 - 2:00 Keynote II Commensal derived metabolites promote pro-inflammatory T cell differentiation and IBD pathogenesis Richard Flavell, Ph.D., FRS Session IV: Metabolism and Immunity Moderators: Thad Stappenbeck / Andrew Luster 2:00 - 2:30 NeuroImmunometabolism Ana Domingos, Ph.D. 2:30 - 3:00 Immunometabolism meets Immunothrombosis Luke O’Neill, Ph.D. 3:00 - 3:30 Diet, lipids and anti-tumor immunity Lydia Lynch, Ph.D. 3:30 - 4:00 Integrating metabolism with systems immunology in immunity and disease Hongbo Chi, Ph.D. 4:00 - 4:30 Tracey Simon, M.D. Immunology Program Events 31st CSIDB Workshop Second Ó³»´«Ã½ Immunology Program Symposium Latest news News 01.23.2026 AI generates short DNA sequences that show promise for gene therapies News 01.16.2026 Scientists develop molecules that may treat Crohn’s disease News 01.07.2026 Researchers uncover molecular roots of fibrosis or tissue scarring in inflammatory bowel disease News 12.22.2025 High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous All news
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