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2026 Program (subject to change)

Thursday, October 15

1:00 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.Shuttle buses to Skamania Resort (requested during registration)
4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Arrival and check in
6:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.Welcome and Introductory Comments

Symposium Co-Directors:
Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Basic Research, Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. (Adjunct Professor of Dermatology, OHSU)
Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R. (Professor and Chair, OHSU)

6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.Frank Carbone, Ph.D. (Emeritus Professor, Doherty Institute)
A historical perspective on the role of TRM cells in skin
7:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.Fireside Chat

Moderators:
Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital)
William J. Crisler, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

Speakers:
Thomas Kupper, M.D. (Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
Donna Farber, Ph.D. (Professor & Division Chief of Surgical Sciences and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University)

8 p.m. – 10 p.m.Optional Firepit & S’mores

 

Friday, October 16

7:00 a.m. – 7: 45 a.m.Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 7:55 a.m.Meeting Announcements
7:55 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.Meeting Introduction
Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital)
8:10 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.Session 1: Core Biology of TRM

Session Introduction & Moderator
Patrick Brunner, M.D., MSc (Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma and Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

8:20 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Donna Farber, Ph.D. (Professor & Division Chief of Surgical Sciences and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University)
Human TRM across sites, age, and disease
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Discussion
9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.Marcus Buggert, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Karolinska Institute)
Human virus-specific T cell immunity at single-lymph-node resolution
9:25 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.Discussion
9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.Short Talk

Jacob Fishman (University of Pennsylvania)
Functional genomics reveals PIK3CD-dependent control of human T cell tissue residence in skin

9:55 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital)
Making Memory Local: Establishment and Persistence of Resident T Cells in Human Skin
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.Discussion
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.Coffee Break
10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Dan Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh)
The interaction of the nervous system with TRM
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Discussion
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Short Talk

Upasana Das Adhikari, Ph.D. (Research Fellow, Harvard University)
Immunometabolic Checkpoints in Inflammation Resolution: How Dysfunctional CD8⁺ Tissue-Resident T Cells Undermine Intestinal Barrier Integrity

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.Lunch & Panel Discussion: Epigenetic changes in psoriasis following IL-23 blockade

Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital)
Ahmad Naim, M.D. (Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Sun Pharmaceuticals)
Abrar Qureshi, M.D., M.P.H (Chief, Department of Dermatology, Brown University)

1:00 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.Tiago Matos, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Global Project Head, Sanofi)
Human TRM
1:25 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.Discussion
1:40 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.Rei Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University)
TRM in aging skin
2:05 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.Discussion
2:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.Break & Optional Recreational Activities (waterfall tour or onsite walk)
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Mentorship Mixer
6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.Dinner

 

Saturday, October 17

7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 7:50 a.m.Meeting Announcements
7:50 a.m. – 8 a.m.Session 2: TRM in Infection and Host-Microbe Interactions

Session Introduction & Moderator
Thomas Kupper, M.D. (Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.Jean McGee, M.D., Ph.D., M.S. (Associate Professor, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School)
The gut–skin connection
8:25 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.Discussion
8:40 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.Phillip Scott, Ph.D. (Vice Dean for Research & Academic Resources and Professor of Immunology, University of Pennsylvania)
The role of TRM in Leishmania responses
9:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.Discussion
9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.Jia Zhu, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Associate Professor in Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington) 
TRM in human responses to HSV
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Discussion
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.Thomas Kupper, M.D. (Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
Skin vaccination and lung memory
10:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.Discussion
10:55 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.Shruti Naik, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director, Tissue Repair Program, Department of Immunology & Immunotherapy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Mechanisms of Tissue Adaptation and Maladaptation
11:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.Discussion
11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Laura Cooney, Ph.D. (Director, Biomarker Discovery Research, University of Michigan)
TRM insights from ITN trials
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.Discussion
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.Session 3: TRM in Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy

Session Introduction & Moderator
Thomas Gebhardt, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Dermatology & Head of Gebhardt Lab, The University of Melbourne)

12:55 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.Thomas Gebhardt, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, Dermatology & Head of Gebhardt Lab, The University of Melbourne)
T cell immunity against cutaneous melanoma and metastatic disease
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.Discussion
1:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Lukas Flatz, M.D. (Medical Director and Senior Physician, Dermato-Oncology Section, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen)
TRM in immune checkpoint responses and toxicities
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Discussion
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Short Talk

Sasan Jalili, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, The Jackson Lab)
Harnessing the alarm function of tissue-resident memory T cells for non-invasive immune monitoring via microneedle skin patches

2:30 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology and Vice Chair, Translational Research and Innovation, Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Building better CAR T cells
2:55 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.Discussion
3:10 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.Shawn Demehri, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Dermatology and Director, High Risk Skin Cancer Clinic, Harvard Medical School)
T cell responses in skin cancer
3:35 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.Discussion
3:50 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.Short Talk

Catherine Lu, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, NYU Langone)
Longitudinal Multi-Omic Profiling in Human Face Transplant Reveals LAG3 as a Therapeutic Target for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

4:05 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Break / Optional Recreational Activities (Skamania art tour or onsite walk)
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Dinner
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.Wine Reception, Flash Talks & Poster Competition

 

Sunday, October 18

8 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Breakfast
8:45 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.Announcements
8:50 a.m. – 9 a.m.Session 4: TRM Driving Inflammatory Skin Disease

Session Introduction & Moderator
William J. Crisler, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

9 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.William J. Crisler, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)
Resident Memory T cells and Necroptosis in Skin Fibrosing Disorders
9:25 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.Discussion
9:40 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.Patrick Brunner, M.D., MSc (Director, Cutaneous Lymphoma and Associate Professor of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
TRM in chronic atopic dermatitis
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.Discussion
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.Short Talk

Daniel Stein, M.D., MPH, (Harvard University)
Identifying niches of tissue resident immunological memory that underlie psoriasis relapse after treatment with ustekinumab

10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.Coffee Break
10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Marine-Alexia Lefevre, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Clinical Allergology and Immunology, University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, France)
Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells in Chronic Eczema: From Local Immune Memory to Novel Therapeutic Approaches
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Discussion
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 12:55 p.m.Johann Gudjonsson, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Professor, University of Michigan)
TRM in human inflammatory skin diseases
12:55 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.Discussion
1:10 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.Short Talk

Daniel Sortebech, M.Sc (Karolinska Institutet)
Epidermal Tc17 clonotypes define a skin-joint axis and a circulating CD18⁺ T-cell signature in psoriatic arthritis

1:25 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.John Harris, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair, Department of Dermatology, Mass General Brigham)
TRM in vitiligo
1:50 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.Discussion
2:05 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Christoph Schlapbach, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Bern)
Th2 and Th9 TRM in sustaining skin inflammation
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Discussion
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Short Talk

Rungdong Jiang, M.D. (University of Michigan)
A Longitudinal Single-Cell Atlas of Anti-IL-23 Therapy in Plaque Psoriasis Reveals Mechanisms of Sustained Response

3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Break / Optional Recreational Activities (offsite hike or onsite walk)
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Dinner & Awards
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Reception & Karaoke

 

Monday, October 19

7 a.m. – 8 a.m.Breakfast
8 a.m. & 9 a.m. (Departure times to be confirmed)Bus Departs for PDX Airport

 

 

2026 Support Acknowledgement

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by a grant (5R13AR009431-59) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

The Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin gratefully acknowledges:

 

 

Champion:

 

Johnson & Johnson
LEO Foundation
National Institute of Health    
SUN Pharma

 

Sustainer:

 

David M.C. Ju Foundation
Galderma
Society for Investigative Dermatology

 

Benefactor:

 

Antipode

 

 

 

Patron:

Amgen
Castle Biosciences
Incyte
SKNV
Skin of Color Society
UCB

 

 

Associate:

Oregon Dermatology Society
Biology of Skin Foundation