GENE EXPRESSION & SIGNALING IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
April 26 - 30, 2006
Abstract Deadline: February 1, 2006

Organizers:
Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee, UK
Richard Flavell, HHMI/Yale University
Rudolf Grosschedl, Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Germany
Stephen Smale, HHMI/UCLA School of Medicine

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We are pleased to announce the third Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Gene Expression & Signaling in the Immune System, which will begin on Wednesday evening, April 26 and end at noon on Sunday, April 30, 2006. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to immune system gene expression and signaling. In addition to a strong focus on lymphocyte development and adaptive immunity, this year's meeting will also emphasize the molecular regulation of innate immune responses.

Topics include:
· Stem Cells & Early Developmental Decisions
· Regulation of Lymphocyte Development
· Control of Antigen Receptor Gene Assembly
· Antigen Receptor Signaling
· Cell Death
· Cell Activation
· Innate Immunity
· Cytokine Signaling

Invited speakers:
Shizuo Akira, Osaka University, Japan
Frederick Alt, HHMI/Childrens Hospital
David Baltimore, Caltech
Yehudit Bergman, The Hebrew University Medical School, Israel
Meinrad Busslinger, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria
Kathryn Calame, Columbia University College of P&S
Gerald Crabtree, HHMI/Stanford University
Mark Davis, HHMI/Stanford University School of Medicine
Sankar Ghosh, Yale University Medical School
Laurie Glimcher, Harvard School of Public Health
Gillian Griffiths, University of Oxford, UK
Cynthia Guidos, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Douglas Hilton, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Dimitris Kioussis, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Gary Koretzky, University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Michael Krangel, Duke University Medical Center
Dan Littman, HHMI/Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
Tak Mak, AMDI OCI University Health Network, Canada
Diane Mathis, Joslin Diabetes Center
Ruslan Medzhitov, HHMI/Yale University School of Medicine
Matthias Merkenschlager, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Kenneth Murphy, Washington University, St. Louis
Cornelis Murre, University of California, San Diego
Michael Neuberger, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Michel Nussenzweig, The Rockefeller University
Klaus Rajewsky, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research
Anjana Rao, Harvard Medical School/Center for Blood Research
Steven Reiner, University of Pennsylvania
Tannishtha Reya, Duke University Medical Center
Alexander Rudensky, HHMI/University of Washington
David Schatz, HHMI/Yale Medical School
Mark Schlissel, University of California, Berkeley
Andrey Shaw, Washington University School of Medicine
Harinder Singh, HHMI/University of Chicago
Tadatsugu Taniguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Alexander Tarakhovsky, The Rockefeller University
Craig Thompson, University of Pennsylvania
Jurg Tschopp, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Ulrich von Andrian, Harvard Medical School

The format of the meeting will include eight oral sessions and two poster sessions. Each oral session will include invited speakers and speakers selected from submitted abstracts. For this reason, abstracts from accomplished junior and senior investigators are warmly invited. The abstracts should focus on new and unpublished data. The organizers will select abstracts for oral or poster presentations. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site (below) as soon as decisions have been made. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs.

We hope to see you at Cold Spring Harbor in April.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
Abbott Bioresearch, B&D Biosciences, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, Inc., Merck & Co., Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Point Therapeutics, Inc., Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.