Tuberculosis: Heterogeneity from Experimental Models to Human Disease

February 16-19, 2025 | Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, United States
Scientific Organizers: JoAnne L Flynn, Bryan D. Bryson and Henry C. Mwandumba

  In Person
  On Demand

February 16-19, 2025 | Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, MA, United States
Scientific Organizers: JoAnne L Flynn, Bryan D. Bryson and Henry C. Mwandumba

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Lobby
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Venetian Room
Monday, February 17, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
 Grand Ballroom
Clifton E. Barry III, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Heterogeneity of Tuberculosis
The Spectrum of Tuberculosis
9:00–11:15 AM
 Grand Ballroom
Philana Ling Lin, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
SIV/HIV M. tuberculosis Coinfection
Reinout van Crevel, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Paradoxical TB
Gerhard Walzl, Stellenbosch University
Dynamics of Human TB
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 Venetian Room
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Panel Discussion: How to ‘Sell’ your TB Skills and Knowledge to Bridge to other Research/Disciplines/Career Options
11:30–12:30 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Workshop 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Venetian Room
Spatial Heterogeneity in TB
5:00–7:00 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Erin F. McCaffrey, Stanford Univerity
Spatially Mapping TB Granulomas
Jacob D. Estes, Oregon Health and Science University
Early Granuloma Formation
Denise Kirschner, University of Michigan Medical School
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Granulomas at Both Tissue and Whole Host Scale
Maximiliano Gutierrez, Francis Crick Institute
Imaging Mtb-Host Interaction Dynamics
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Bacterial Heterogeneity
8:00–11:00 AM
 Grand Ballroom
Sarah M. Fortune, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
The Intersection of Bacterial and Host Heterogeneity
Sabine Ehrt, Weill Cornell Medical College
Bacterial Metabolism
Bree B. Aldridge, Tufts University
Single Cell Microbiology
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Venetian Room
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Venetian Room
Functional Immune Heterogeneity I
5:00–7:00 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Patricia S. Grace, Harvard School of Public Health
Humoral Immunity in TB
JoAnne L Flynn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Compartment Heterogeneity and Protection
Munyaradzi Nyasha Musvosvi, University of Cape Town
Antigen Discovery for Vaccines
Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computational Approaches to Correlates of Immunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Ballroom Foyer
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Functional Immune Heterogeneity II
8:00–11:00 AM
 Grand Ballroom
Bryan D. Bryson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Antigen Recognition in TB
Henry C. Mwandumba, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Human Lung Immunity
Anne O'Garra, Francis Crick Institute
Correlates and Mechanisms of M. Tuberculosis Infection Outcome
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Venetian Room
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Workshop 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Venetian Room
Translational TB Research
5:00–6:45 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Rada Savic, University of California, San Francisco
Shortening Treatment
Alexander C. Schmidt, Gates Medical Research Institute
Vaccines and Clinical Trials
Galit Alter, Moderna, Inc.
Correlate Inspired mRNA Vaccine Design
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
 Grand Ballroom
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Oval/Venetian Rooms
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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