IEIIS Day

Join a day early for a special program presented by the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society.  Check back for updated program details.

An add-on fee of $100 is required to join this program on October 21, 2024. Look for the option during main conference registration.

Confirmed program: 

• 8:30 – 9:00 am – Breakfast
  9:00 – 10:00 am – Introductions and Keynote Speaker: The LPS-code: Uncovering Meta-level Chemical Structures that Establish LPS as Friend or Foe, Antonio Molinaro, University of Naples Federico II
  10:00 – 10:30 am - Synthesis and Functions of Acetic Acid Bacteria Acetobacter pasteurianus Lipid A, Atsushi Shimoyama, Osaka University
  10:30 – 10:45 am – Coffee Break
  10:45 – 11:15 am - Archaea aRe Not bActeria, but don’t ask TLR8: What is sensing of archaea good for?, Holger Heine, Research Center Borstel
  11:15 – 11:45 am - Role of Semaphorin 5A in Acute Lung Injury, Parizad Torabi-Parizi, NIH
  11:45 am -1:45 pm – Lunch and IEIIS Business Meeting
  1:45pm – 2:15 pm - Host Immune Recognition of Bacterial Glycans: A Molecular View, Alba Silipo, University of Naples Federico II
  2:15 – 2:45 pm - Title TBD, Yukari Fujimoto, Keio University
  2:45 -3:15 pm - Novel Neuroendocrine Role in the Host Response to Influenza Infection, Kari Ann Shirey, University of Maryland School of Medicine
  3:15 – 3:30 pm – Coffee Break
  3:30 – 4:00 pm - Title TBD, Jun Kunisawa, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
  4:00 – 4:20 pm – Potential Short Talk TBD
  4:20 – 4:40 pm - Potential Short Talk TBD
  4:40 – 5:00 pm – Conclusions and Wrap-Up