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B lymphocytes play critical roles in immune responses by producing antibodies that eliminate pathogens, presenting antigens to T cells and secreting regulatory cytokines. B cells develop from hematopoietic precursors through stochastic and directed molecular events that include DNA rearrangements, epigenetic changes, and transcriptional regulation. Further differentiation is controlled by environmental factors that include interactions with hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells, pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms, and a broad range of cytokines and chemokines. The B cell receptor repertoire is purged of self-specificity at multiple checkpoints prior to entrance into primary or memory pools. Failures in these processes can lead to autoimmune disease and lymphoid malignancy. These events involve highly choreographed cell-cell interactions and migratory behaviors. The goal of this meeting will be to ask how the various B cell microenvironments regulate the molecular events that determine B cell fate and function, and to explore how manipulation of the microenvironment can impact the immune response, autoimmunity, transformation and vaccine development.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 24
3:00 - 7:30 PM  Registration                                                              Rio Grande D 
6:30 - 7:30 PM  Refreshments                                                           Rio Grande A/B/C 
7:30 - 8:30 PM  Keynote Address                                                       Bataan 
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  

 

Wednesday, February 25
7:00 - 8:00 AM  Breakfast                                                                Rio Grande A/B/C 
8:00 - 11:15 AM  Lineage Commitment and BCR Generation
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Bataan 
9:20 - 9:40 AM  Coffee Break                                                            Rio Grande C/D 
11:15 AM-  On Own for Lunch  
11:15 AM- 1:00 PM  Poster Setup                                                    Rio Grande A/B/C 
1:00 - 10:00 PM  Poster Viewing                                                       Rio Grande A/B/C 
2:00 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 1: What Targets the lgH/lgL Loci for VDJ Recombination, CSR, and SHM?
 Don Fernando Hall

Workshop 1A: AID Targeting (Cis and Trans-acting Elements)
Workshop 1B: RAg Interactions, VDJ Recombination and Allelic Exclusion
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 2: Regulating B Lineage Specification and Commitment
 Bataan 

2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 3: Computation and Mathematical Modeling in the Study of B Cell Biology
 Council Chambers
4:30 - 5:00 PM  Coffee Available                                                                   Foyer 
5:00 - 7:00 PM  Selection and Survival of Primary B Cells
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Bataan 

7:00 - 8:00 PM  Social Hour w/ Lite Bites                                              Rio Grande A/B/C 
7:30 - 10:00 PM  Poster Session 1
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Rio Grande A/B/C 

 

Thursday, February 26
7:00 - 8:00 AM  Breakfast                                                                     Rio Grande A/B/C 
8:00 - 11:15 AM  Differentiation Decisions                                            Bataan 
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009 

9:20 - 9:40 AM  Coffee Break                                                                Rio Grande C/D 
11:15 AM-  On Own for Lunch  
11:15 AM- 1:00 PM  Poster Setup                                                      Rio Grande A/B/C 
1:00 - 10:00 PM  Poster Viewing                                                         Rio Grande A/B/C 
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 4: Interactions between B Cells and the Innate Immune System
 Bataan 

2:00 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 5: What is B Cell Memory? How are Cells Committed to Memory or Plasma Cell Differentiation?
 Don Fernando Hall 

Workshop 5A: Commitment to Germinal Center of Plasmablast Differentiation
Workshop 5B: B Cell Memory
Workshop 5C: The Regulation of Plasmblast Maturation and Survival
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 6: Dysregulated B Cells in Autoimmunity
 Council Chambers 

4:30 - 5:00 PM  Coffee Available                                                            Foyer 
5:00 - 7:00 PM  B Cell Activation and Regulation
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Bataan 

7:00 - 8:00 PM  Social Hour w/ Lite Bites                                            Rio Grande A/B/C 
7:30 - 10:00 PM  Poster Session 2
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Rio Grande A/B/C 

 

Friday, February 27
7:00 - 8:00 AM  Breakfast                                                                    Rio Grande A/B/C 
8:00 - 11:00 AM  B Cell Niches, Contacts, and Effector Function
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Bataan 
9:20 - 9:40 AM  Coffee Break                                                                Rio Grande C/D 
11:00 AM-  On Own for Lunch  
11:00 AM- 1:00 PM  Poster Setup                                                       Rio Grande A/B/C 
1:00 - 10:00 PM  Poster Viewing                                                          Rio Grande A/B/C 
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 7: Unique Aspects of Mucosal Immunity
 Don Fernando Hall 
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 8: Integrating Signaling Cascades
 Council Chambers 

2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 9: Epigenetic Regulation and microRNA Control
 Bataan 

4:30 - 5:00 PM  Coffee Available                                                                    Foyer 
5:00 - 7:15 PM  B Cells on the Move                                                           Bataan 
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  
7:00 - 8:00 PM  Social Hour w/ Lite Bites                                      Rio Grande A/B/C 
7:30 - 10:00 PM  Poster Session 3                                                Rio Grande A/B/C 
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009 

 

Saturday, February 28
7:00 - 8:00 AM  Breakfast                                                                  Rio Grande A/B/C 
8:00 - 11:15 AM  Therapeutic Manipulation of B Cell Subsets
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009  Bataan
9:20 - 9:40 AM  Coffee Break                                                            Rio Grande C/D 
11:00 AM-  On Own for Lunch  
2:30 - 4:30 PM  Workshop 10: Targeted Vaccine Strategies for Chronic Infection
 Bataan 
4:30 - 5:00 PM  Coffee Available                                                           Foyer 
5:00 - 7:15 PM  Transformation                                                            Bataan 
Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 01/24/2009 
7:00 - 8:00 PM  Social Hour w/ Lite Bites                                           Rio Grande 
8:00 - 11:00 PM  Entertainment                                                           Rio Grande 

 

 

Sunday, March 1
 Departure 

 

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