Program | Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin

Program subject to change

Thursday, Oct 20
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception and introductory comments Robert L. Modlin, M.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.	Keynote: Yasmine Belkaid (National Institutes of Health) “Multikingdom control of skin immunity”

Friday, Oct 21
7:00 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.	Breakfast
8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Session 1: Microbial immunity and pathogenesis Session Moderator: Robert Modlin
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Robert L. Modlin, M.D. (University of Los Angeles, California) “Linking immune responses and lipid metabolism to antimicrobial responses in skin”
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.	Discussion
8:55 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Daniel Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh) “Cutaneous neurons modulating immune responses ”
9:25 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.	Discussion
9:35 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.	Isaac Chiu, Ph.D. (Harvard University) “Neuro-immune interactions in host defense”
10:40 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.	Discussion
10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.	Annemieke de Jong, Ph.D. (Columbia University) “Recognition of bacterial lipids by human T cells through CD1a”
11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Discussion
11:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:45 a.m. – 12 noon	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
12 noon – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.	Ricardo Cibotti, Ph.D. (NIAMS / NIH) Funding Forum: Emerging challenges and opportunities
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.	Session 2: The microbiome in infection, autoimmunity and cancer Session Moderator: TBD
1:25 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.	Julie Segre, Ph.D. (National Institutes of Health) “Human Skin Microbiome: Finding Friends and Foes”
1:55 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.	Discussion
2:05 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.	Tiffany Scharschmidt, M.D. (University of California, San Francisco) “Microbiome, Tregs up and coming.”
2:35 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Discussion
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
3:15 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:35 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.	Heidi Kong, M.D., M.H.Sc. (NIAMS / NIH) “The Microbiome in Human Skin Disease”
4:05 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.	Discussion
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Keisuke (Chris) Nagao, M.D., Ph.D. (NIAMS / NIH) “Intersection of tissue, immunity and the microbiota in skin”
4:45 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.	Discussion
5:00 p.m.	Awards Presentation · Society of Investigative Dermatology Eugene M. Farber Travel Awards for Young Investigators · Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Travel Award · Montagna Symposium Director’s Award for Fostering Skin Research Among Underrepresented Scientists
5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Poster Reception

Saturday, Oct 22
7:00 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.	Announcements
8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Session 3: Autoimmunity Session Moderator: John O’Shea
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	John O’Shea, M.D. (NIAMS /NIH) “Lymphocytes and Superenhancers”
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.	Discussion
8:55 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Teri Greiling, M.D., Ph.D. (Oregon Health & Science University) “Lupus and the microbiota”
9:25 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.	Discussion
9:35 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.	Raymond Cho, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, San Francisco) “Single-cell interrogation of inflammatory skin disease”
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Discussion
10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:35 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Michel Gilliet, M.D. (Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland) “Targeting immune pathways in inflammatory diseases”
11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Discussion
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:45 a.m.	Lunch on own
1:30 p.m.	FREE TIME / GOLF / CASCADE HIKE
6 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.	Dinner
7:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.	Keynote: Laura Mackay, Ph.D. (The University of Melbourne, Australia) “Local Immune Protection by CD8+ Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells”

Sunday, Oct 23
7:00 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.	Announcements
8:05 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.	Session 4: Tumor immunology and prevention Session Moderator: Niroshana Anandasabapathy
8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Niroshana Anandasabapathy, M.D., Ph.D. (Weill Cornell Medicine) “Cancer immune surveillance in tissues: where it begins and ends”
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.	Discussion
8:55 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.	Jean Tang, M.D., Ph.D. (Stanford) “Small molecule and gene therapy approaches for BCC and SCC prevention in rare diseases”
9:25 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.	Discussion
9:35 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.	Shruti Naik, Ph.D. (New York University School of Medicine) “Immune-epithelial crosstalk in skin inflammation and repair”
10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Discussion
10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
10:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Discussion
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Short Talk “Title to be provided”
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.	Session 5: Immune and biologic intervention Session Moderator: TBC
1:10 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Richard Gallo, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego) “Pathogen Response in the Skin”
1:40 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.	Discussion
1:50 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.	Eynav Klechevsky, Ph.D. (Washington University in St. Louis) “Regulation and dysregulation of Immune Responses by human skin dendritic cell subsets”
2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Discussion
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Julia Oh, Ph.D. (The Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, CT) “From metagenomes to therapeutics: the human skin microbiome”
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.	Discussion
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Brian Kim, M.D. (Mount Sinai) “Neuroimmune Regulation of Itch”
4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.	Discussion
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	Northwest Barbecue Dinner at Salishan Beach (Weather permitting) Bus departs at 5:15 p.m. and returns 7:30 p.m.