HARNESSING IMMUNITY
TO PREVENT AND TREAT DISEASE
November 11 - 14, 2009
Abstract Deadline: September 11, 2009

Organizers:
Susan Swain, Trudeau Institute
Kathrin Jansen, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Robert Seder, Vaccine Research Center/NIH

Past Program

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor winter biotechnology conference on Harnessing Immunity to Prevent and Treat Disease , which will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, November 11 and run through lunch on Saturday, November 14, 2009. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to the design of novel vaccines, the immune response and delivery systems.

The format of the meeting will include six oral sessions consisting of invited and short talks, limited to approximately 15 minutes, principally on unpublished work. As usual at Cold Spring Harbor Meetings, all abstracts of both poster and platform sessions will be published in an abstract book given to all the participants.

Topics:
• Perspectives on Immunotherapy for Cancer
• Innate Immunity and Adjuvants
• Vaccines and Adjuvants for Noninfectious Diseases
• Immunity to Infectious Disease I
• Vaccines for Challenging Diseases and New Threats:
HIV, TB, Influenza, Chlamydia
• Immunity to Infectious Disease II

Keynote Speakers :
Ralph Steinman, The Rockefeller University
Jim Allison, Memorial Sloan-Ketering Cancer Center/HHMI

Invited Speakers:
Jacques Banchereau, Baylor University
Yasmine Belkaid, NIH/NIAID, Mucosal Immunology
Bruce Beutler, Scripps Research Institute
Nina Bhardwaj, NYU School of Medicine
Shane Crotty, LaJolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Emilio Emini, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Olivera Finn, University of Pennsylvania
Helen McShane, University of Oxford, UK
Paul Offit, Chldren's Hospital of Philadelphia
Bali Puledran, Emory University
Olaf Schneewind, University of Chicago
Robert Seder, NIH/NIAID, Vaccine Research Center
Rafick Sekaly, Hospital Sait-Luc Montreal, Canada
Dennis Selkoe, Harvard Medical School
Mark Slifka, Oregon Health & Science University
Larry Steinman, Stanford University
Kanta Subbarao, NIH/NIAID Infectious Diseases
E. John Wherry, The Wistar Institute
Guangming Zhong, UT Health Science Center

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend and have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in November.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

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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.