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Systems Immunology        
April 22 - 26, 2025
Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2025

Organizers:

Menna Clatworthy, University of Cambridge, UK
Alexander Hoffmann, University of California, Los Angeles
Kathryn Miller-Jensen,
Yale University
Shai Shen-Orr, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

We are pleased to announce the fourth Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Systems Immunology. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to systems biology approaches to normal and pathological functions of the immune system. The meeting will be held in the evening of Tuesday, April 22, and ending at noon on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

The meeting is intended to promote cross-disciplinary exchange between experimental, computational, and mathematical biologists studying the organization, functions, and regulation of the immune system at various scales. Our goal is to establish a recurrent forum that brings together immunologists and systems biologists in this nascent field.

Topics:

  • Components and Interactions
  • Circuits and Dynamics
  • Specificity and Discrimination
  • Genetic and Epigenetic Immune Memory
  • Cell Decisions and Hematopoiesis
  • Multi-Cell Immune Response Coordination
  • Dysregulation and Autoimmunity
  • Host-Pathogen Antagonism
  • Engineering Immunity

Keynote Speakers:
Bali Pulendran, Stanford University School of Medicine

Session Chairs and Invited Speakers:
Mark Davis,
HHMI/Stanford University School of Medicine
Rob de Boer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

Keke Fairfax,
University of Utah
Stacey Finley,
University of Southern California
Rachel Gottschalk,
University of Pittsburgh
Steven Kleinstein,
Yale School of Medicine
Hao Yuan Kueh,
University of Washington
Yang Li,
HZI Helmholtz, Germany
Alexander Marson, University of California, San Francisco

Felix Meissner,
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Musa Mhlanga,
Radboud Institute for Molecular Lifesciences, The Netherlands
Armita Nour Mohammad,
University of Washington
James Peters,
Imperial College London, UK
John Tsang,
Yale University & National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

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 both 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.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend, and we have applied for funds from the government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission, financial aid, or any other matters should be directed to Val Pakaluk.

Social Media:

The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlsysimm. Note that you must obtain permission from an individual presenter before live-tweeting or discussing his/her talk, poster, or research results on social media. Click the Policies tab above to see our full Confidentiality & Reporting Policy.

This conference is supported in part by 

Pricing:

In-Person Fees:
Academic/Media Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1885
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $1765
Academic Shared Room Package: $1610
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $1200
Student Package/Double Occupancy: $1500
Student Package/No Housing Package: $1090
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $2410
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1725

*Student Housing is default double occupancy. Please inquire about availability and fees to upgrade to a private room.

NOTE: We cannot guarantee housing will be on campus.
Room packages close 2 weeks before the meeting start date

Virtual Participation: Includes access to the oral sessions via Zoom, the digital poster gallery, the Slack discussion workspace, and the Leading Strand video archive.  If you are submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, please plan to attend the meeting in-person.

Presenters: Individuals submitting abstracts and facing financial barriers should firstly request financial aid (see above). Permission to present your talk or poster virtually will be given only in exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis. If you think you are eligible for an exemption from the requirement to present in person, please provide a justification in writing via email to Val Pakaluk.

Non-presenting participants: We plan to broaden access to the conference by allowing certain categories of non-presenting participants to attend virtually at reduced fees. Categories include: 
1. Individuals from low & middle income countries; 
2. Individuals from non-LMIC countries in Asia, Australasia, Africa or South America; 
3. Individuals from US & Canadian minority serving institutions; 
4. Individuals with a demonstrable financial barrier; 
5. Individuals with family obligations or other special circumstances. 
For categories 4 & 5 above, please provide a justification via email to Val Pakaluk

Virtual Fees
Academic Virtual Package $360
Grad Student Virtual Package: $225
Corporate Virtual Package: $535


Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on April 17)
Late Academic Virtual Package: $460
Late Student Virtual Package: $325
Corporate Virtual Package: $635