Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Next-Generation Advances in Fungal Immunology: Genomes and Beyond
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:20 pm
"Gut Mycobiome and the Host: When Immunity Encounters the Giants"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Novel Insights in Host Defense Against Candida auris "
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Immunity to Fungi in Humans: Bench to Bedside
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"T Cell Immunity to Candida albicans in Humans"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Small Molecule Inhibitors of Cryptococcal Capsule Formation: Tipping the Balance Toward the Macrophage"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"CAR-T Cells: New Developments and Potential Role in Antifungal Immunotherapy"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Of Mice and Humans: Host Control of Candidiasis"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"NDV-3A: The Path Ahead for a Fungal Vaccine with Clinical Proof of Concept"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Microbiology of Fungi: What Immunologists Need to Know
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Impact of Host Inputs on Immune Evasion by Candida albicans "
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
"Metabolic Control of Candida glabrata Virulence"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
"The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan Cell Is an Inducible Fungal Morphotype Underlying Pathogenesis"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
"Modus Operandi of the Accidental Lung Pathogen, Aspergillus fumigatus "
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
"Immunology of Coccidioides "
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
"Hijacking of Host Cell Signaling During Mucormycosis"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
"Lung Epithelial Cells Orchestrate Innate Antifungal Immunity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fungal Infections at Mucosal Surfaces
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Neutrophil-Regulation in Oral Candidiasis Unrelated to IL-17"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Innate Immune Responses to Cryptococcus neoformans "
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Antifungal Immunity and the Mechanism of Fungal Programmed Cell Death"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Host Response to Aspergillus and Fusarium Blinding Corneal Infections"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Inducing Protective Host Immunity to Polymicrobial Sepsis with C. albicans and S. aureus "
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Fungal Adaptation to the Immune Response
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Innate Immune Control of Candida Dissemination"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Histoplasma Adaptation to Phagosomal Copper Dynamics Triggered by Macrophage Activation"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Dissecting the Phagocyte: Fungal Interaction"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Counteracting Nutritional Immunity: Micronutrient Scavenging by Human Fungal Pathogens"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Pulmonary Immunity to Fungal Infections
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Early Pneumocystis -Macrophage Interactions Determine the Outcome of Infection"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"The Role of T-Cells and Monocytes in Cryptococcal CNS Disease: Clearance Versus Damage?"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Environmental to Host Transitions in Fungal Pathogens of Humans"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Deciphering the Key Innate Immune Cells that Trigger and Sustain Fungal Allergic Inflammation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"CCL28 Antimicrobial Properties and Defense from Oropharyngeal Candidiasis"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Adaptive Immunity to Fungal Infections
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Cutaneous Afferent Nerves and C. albicans Host Defense"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Systemic Immune Modulation by Commensal Fungi"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Host Factors Affecting Susceptibility to Candida auris , an Emerging Fungal Pathogen"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Checkpoint Inhibitors and Fungal Disease: A Good Thing?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in Innate Immunity to Fungal Microbes
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"The Diverging Roads of IL-1 and IL-36 in Oropharyngeal Candidiasis"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
"CLRs and Anti-Fungal Immunity"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
"Oxygen Affects Candida albicans -Enterocyte Interactions"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"A. fumigatus Interactions with Primary Human Airway Epithelium"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Seeing Is Believing: The Case for an Immunologically Relevant Ocular Microbiome"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
"Host Recognition and Clearance of Pneumocystis "
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Young Investigator Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Single B Cell-Derived Human Monoclonal Anti-Candida Antibodies as Immunodiagnostics and Immunotherapeutics"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"Immunity in the Oral Cavity: Fungal Recognition and Inflammatory Signaling"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Gastrointestinal Tract Immunity to Candida "
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Type-17 Immunity Controls Malassezia -Mediated Skin Infection"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"IL-9 and Mast Cells as New Players in Fungal Infections"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Mechanistic Insights into Risk Factors that Predispose to Invasive Fungal Diseases"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure