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 06.25.2025 Scientists discover network of cells and genes involved in Crohn’s disease complication News 06.24.2025 Q&A: One scientist’s bold vision to make on-demand treatments routine for life-threatening rare genetic diseases News 06.16.2025 #WhyIScienceQ&A: A neuroscientist advocates for stepping outside your comfort zone in research News 06.11.2025 Ó³»´«Ã½ and Bayer extend their cardiovascular alliance All news
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