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22nd Symposium of the
International Immunocompromised Host Society

Annual Congress of the Swiss Society for
Allergology and Immunology

«Infection and immunity – Are you competent?»

September 8 - 11 2022, Basel, Switzerland

Program

Program THURSDAY

16:00 – 16:30
Singapore
General

Welcome to Basel - welcome to the joint meeting of ICHS and SSAI

Hans H. Hirsch, Basel (CH) / Mike Recher, Basel (CH)

Infection and Immunity: Patient's perspective

Franziska Riner, Lenzburg (CH) / Stefan Eggimann, Küssnacht am Rigi (CH)
16:30 – 18:00
Singapore
Joint Session

Plenary Session 1: Infection and immunity – Are you competent?

Hans H. Hirsch, Basel (CH) / Mike Recher, Basel (CH)

Allergic diseases as inborn errors of immunity

Josh Milner, New York (US)

Infectious diseases in 2022

Annelies Zinkernagel, Zurich (CH)

Infection and Immunity: The Challenge of Safe Xenotransplantation

Jay Fishman, Boston (US)
18:00 – 18:45
Exhibition
General

Evening Reception (Industry Exhibition)

Program FRIDAY

07:00 – 08:00
General

Registration and Room Finding

08:00 – 08:50
Montreal
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 1

Clinical and diagnostic considerations in immunocompetent vs immunodeficient patients (case-based)

When Imaging goes viral…Focus on Corona, CARVs and CMV

Jens Bremerich, Basel (CH)

Clinical, diagnostic and functional integration: The lung expert‘s view

Daiana Stolz, Basel (CH)
08:00 – 08:50
Singapore
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 2

Epidemiology and management of infections with new therapies in heme-onc and HCT (case-based)

The new –nib on the block

Benjami W. Teh, Melbourne (AU)

The new block on the -mab

Johan Maertens, Leuven (BE)
08:00 – 08:50
Sydney
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 3: Meet the Allergologist

Immediate type allergy

Food Allergy, what‘s new?

Barbara Ballmer, St.Gallen (CH)

Understanding antibiotic allergy

Kathrin Scherer Hofmaier, Aarau (CH)
08:00 – 08:50
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 4: Meet the translational immunologist

Targeted treatment based on molecular mechanisms - Meet the translational immunologist

... in the immunodeficient patient

Mike Recher, Basel (CH)

... in immune-oncology

Heinz Läubli, Basel (CH)
08:50 – 09:00
General

Time for Room Change

09:00 – 10:00
Singapore
Joint Session

Plenary Session 2: When too little immunity turns bad… Session dedicated to Dr. Robert Finberg

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US) / Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Madrid (ES)

When immunodeficiency looks like infection...

Steven Holland, Bethesda (US)

When infection looks like immunodeficiency

Jay Fishman, Boston (US)
10:00 – 10:30
General

COFFEE BREAK / POSTER WALK (Posters / Industry Exhibition)

10:30 – 11:50
Montreal
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 1: Invasive Fungal Infections

Risk, and drugs and personalized medicine

Murat Akova, Ankara (TR) / Tobias Hohl, New York (US)

When things get “IFI” – clinical clues in heme-onc, HCT, and SOT

Nina Khanna, Basel (CH)

Is pre-emptive anti-fungal therapy ready for prime time ?

Johan Maertens, Leuven (BE)

Genetic risk stratifiers: Pentraxin paradigm and what’s in the pipeline

Pierre-Yves Bochud, Lausanne (CH)

New drugs, new goals, new guidelines

Monica Slavin, Melbourne (AU)
10:30 – 11:50
Singapore
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 2: Big Data

AI for Diagnosis, Risk factors and Treatment Outcomes

Andri Rauch, Berne (CH) / Karoline Leuzinger, Basel (CH)

The Swiss Cohort Studies: Track record and way forward

Nicolas Müller, Zurich (CH)

The Swiss Personalized Health initiative

Adrian Egli, Zurich (CH)

Platform to evaluate outcomes for immunodysfunctional patients: PERSIMUNE

Jens Lundgren, Copenhagen (DK)

Transforming healthcare with the iBox prediction system

Marc Raynaud, Paris (FR)
10:30 – 11:50
Sydney
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 3: Myeloid cell dysregulation

Lukas Jörg, Berne (CH)

Mastocytosis: Clinical manifestations and novel treatment strategies

Karin Hartmann, Basel (CH)

Eosinophilic airway diseases: basic science, clinical manifestations and future challenges

Celeste Porsbjerg, Copenhagen (DK)

Histiocytic disorders

Julien Haroche, Paris (FR)

Targeting "Don't eat me" signals to treat hematologic malignancies

Alexandre Theocharides, Zurich (CH)
10:30 – 11:50
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 4: Infections in primary immunodeficiency

Thomas Hauser, Zurich (CH) / Mike Recher, Basel (CH)

Overview of primary immunodeficiencies – basics

Isabelle Meyts, Leuven (BE)

Primary immunodeficiency – Infectious clues and diagnosis

Nizar Mahlaoui, Paris (FR)

Clinical approach to the pediatric patient – etiological and antimicrobial treatment

Thomas Lehrnbecher, Frankfurt (DE)

Clinical approach to the adult patient – etiological and antimicrobial treatment

Peter Jandus, Geneva (CH)
11:50 – 12:00
General

Time for Room Change

12:00 – 13:20
Sydney
Industry Symposia

Industry Lunch Symposium - sponsored by CSL Behring AG

Adrian Zürcher, (CH)

Burden of infection in SID

Peter Jandus, Geneva (CH)

SIDs in hemato-oncological situations

Sacha Zeerleder, Lucerne (CH)

Where will we see SIDs in the future?

Kirsten Wittke, Berlin (DE)
12:00 – 13:20
General

Lunch Break - (Posters / Industry Exhibition)

12:00 – 13:20
Singapore
Industry Symposia

Industry Lunch Symposium - Supported by Independent Medical Education Grant from Takeda International

Robin Avery, Baltimore (US) / Hans H. Hirsch, Basel (CH)

Dancing with the Troll – The lab perspective

Karoline Leuzinger, Basel (CH)

Precise and Personalized is Best Against the CMV Troll - The SOT Perspective

Camille N. Kotton, Boston (US)

Taming the CytomegaloBeast: Tools in our Armamentarium – The HCT perspective

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US)
13:20 – 13:30
General

Time for Room Change

13:30 – 15:00
Montreal
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 5: The BEST OF ICHS

CORONA COMPETENCE

Nicolas Müller, Zurich (CH) / Malgorzata Mikulska, Genoa (IT)

Virology

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US)

Solid organ

Robin Avery, Baltimore (US)

HCT

Monica Slavin, Melbourne (AU)

Autoimmunity

Jose-Maria Aguado, Madrid (ES)
13:30 – 15:00
Singapore
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 6: Immunity is down - just jack it up

Thomas Lehrnbecher, Frankfurt (DE) / Camille N. Kotton, Boston (US)

Treating infections with check-point inhibitors?

Irene Cortese, Bethesda (US)

T-cell guided antiviral therapy – ready for use?

Oriol Manuel, Lausanne (CH)

Transfer of antigen-specific immune effectors – Just do it!

Patrizia Comoli, Pavia (IT)

Energy management in viral infection

Andreas Bergthaler, Vienna (AT)
13:30 – 15:00
Sydney
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 7: Laboratory Diagnostics

Ingmar Heijnen, Basel (CH) / Luca Bernasconi, Aarau (CH)

Donor-specific Antibodies: Why measure it and what we do about it

Stefan Schaub, Basel (CH)

A novel functional mast cell assay for the detection of allergies

Alexander Eggel, Berne (CH)

Clinical application of genetic testing in primary immunodeficiencies

Johannes Trück, Zurich (CH)

Anti-cytokine autoantibodies: When and how to measure?

Rainer Doffinger, Cambridge (GB)
13:30 – 15:00
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 8: Experimental Immunology

Daniela Latorre, Zurich (CH) / Daniel Legler, Kreuzlingen (CH)

Immunometabolic regulation of T cell function

Christoph Hess, Basel (CH)

CD4 T cells Sans Frontières: division of labor in the lung

Carolyn King, Basel / Lausanne (CH)

Coronin 1, T cell homeostasis and immunity: Getting it just right

Jean Pieters, Basel (CH)

Eosinophil subsets in intestinal inflammation

Isabelle Arnold, Zurich (CH)
15:00 – 15:30
General

COFFEE BREAK / POSTER WALK (Posters / Industry Exhibition)

15:30 – 17:00
Singapore
Joint Session

Plenary Session 3: When too much immunity turns bad… (Aberrant responses to microbes)

Mike Recher, Basel (CH) / Thomas F. Patterson, San Antonio (US)

Genetic Susceptibility to Epstein Barr virus infection

Alain Fischer, Paris (FR)

The human genetic and immunological determinants of life-threatening COVID-19

Jean-Laurent Casanova, New York (US)
17:00 – 17:15
General

Time for Room Change

17:15 – 18:45
Singapore
Industry Symposia

Industry Afternoon Symposium - Current and future directions for the management of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients

sponsored by Mundipharma

Samir Agrawal, (GB)

Welcome and introduction

Samir Agrawal, (GB)

Importance of PK/PD: optimising antifungal drug dosing

Russell Lewis, (IT)

Key challenges in the clinical management of invasive candidiasis: the value of a patient-tailored approach

Jose-Maria Aguado, Madrid (ES)

Addressing unmet needs of the current treatment paradigm: novel antifungals in development

Frédéric Lamoth, (CH)

Questions and answers

17:15 – 18:45
General

Posters / Industry Exhibition

Program SATURDAY

07:00 – 08:00
General

Registration and Room Finding

08:00 – 08:50
Montreal
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 5

Microbe alarm before transplantation – You’re on call… (Case-based - When to treat, when to defer, when to reject…)

...the SOT perspective

Paolo Grossi, Varese (IT)

...the HCT perspective…

Zenia Papanicolaou, New York (US)
08:00 – 08:50
Singapore
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 6

How immunocompromised is your patient ? (case-based)

Which clinical criteria inform my daily practice ?

Monica Slavin, Melbourne (AU)

Which specific or adjunctive tests can help to inform diagnosis and management?

Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Madrid (ES)
08:00 – 08:50
Sydney
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 7: Meet the Aerobiologists

Infection and respiratory allergy

Pollen exposure in allergic as well as non-allergic subjects increases the susceptibility to respiratory viral infection, including to SARS-CoV-2

Stefanie Gilles, Munich (DE)

Respiratory viral infection increases the risk of developing respiratory allergies

Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, Zurich (CH)
08:00 – 08:50
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 8: Meet the Swiss Young Immunologists (SYIS)

Next generation immunologists

Daniela Latorre, Zurich (CH) / Sinduya Krishnarajah, Zurich (CH)

Best SYIS abstract 1: Microbial triggering of myelin-specific immune cells in the gut drives central nervous system inflammation

Lena Siewert, Basel (CH)

Best SYIS abstract 2: The emerging role of autoreactive T cells in Guillain-Barré syndrome

Lenka Sukenikova, Zurich (CH)

Best SYIS abstract 3: Generating a Virus-Like Particles based vaccine against IgE

Zahra Gharailoo, Bern (CH)

Best SYIS abstract 4: A novel Virus-Like Particle platform for the treatment of peanut allergy: mechanistic insights

Pascal Krenger, Bern (CH)
08:50 – 09:00
General

Time for Room Change

09:00 – 10:00
Singapore
Joint Session

Plenary Session 4: Corona and COVID19 2022: State-of the-Art in the third pandemic year after start - (Session dedicated to Dr. Francisco Marty)

Monica Slavin, Melbourne (AU) / Hans H. Hirsch, Basel (CH)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID19 – Clinical trials, real-time translation and way forward

Lindsey R. Baden, Boston (US)

The origin and ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2

Eddie Holmes, Sydney (AU)
10:00 – 10:30
General

COFFEE BREAK / POSTER WALK (Posters / Industry Exhibition)

10:30 – 11:50
Montreal
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 9: Bacterial Infections, Immune dysfunction and critical illness

Nina Khanna, Basel (CH) / Mario Fernández-Ruiz, Madrid (ES)

Sepsis State-of-the-Art and what is unique to the immunocompromised host?

Thierry Calandra, Lausanne (CH)

Breaches in defence: catheters, ports and implants post-transplant

Paolo Grossi, Varese (IT)

MDR-bugs in heme-onc and HCT: Selection, scare and stewardship

Murat Akova, Ankara (TR)

MDR-bugs in solid organ transplantation: Who is at risk and why?

Jose-Maria Aguado, Madrid (ES)
10:30 – 11:50
Singapore
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 10: Community-acquired respiratory viruses in Immunocompromised Hosts

Maddalena Peghin, Varese (IT) / Laurent Kaiser, Geneva (CH)

CARV pathogenesis – clues from the good, the bad, and the ugly

Chrysanthi Skevaki, Giessen (DE)

How do I manage CARVs in solid organ transplant recipients?

Mike Ison, Chicago (US)

How do I manage CARVs in heme-onc and HCT?

Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Jena (DE)

Perspective: Infection control, and then what: antivirals, vaccines or immunotherapy ?

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US)
10:30 – 11:50
Sydney
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 11: The immunodysregulated skin

Alexander Navarini, Basel (CH)

Disseminated Papillomavirus Warts

Vivien Béziat, Paris (FR)

Atopic dermatitis

Patrick M. Brunner, Vienna (AT)

Skin manifestations in autoinflammatory diseases

Sinisa Savic, Leeds (GB)

T cells in the skin: Lymphoma and inflammatory skin disease

Christoph Schlapbach, Berne (CH)
10:30 – 11:50
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 12: Epstein-Barr Virus and associated Diseases

Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP) / Christoph Berger, Basel (CH)

Epstein-Barr Virus - Biology of invasion, stealth and resurrection

Christian Münz, Zurich (CH)

ADA2 deficiency: EBV lymphoproliferation and much more

Isabelle Meyts, Leuven (BE)

EBV diseases in transplantation

Cédric Hirzel, Berne (CH)

Novel inborn errors of immunity underlying susceptibility to EBV infection

Sylvain Latour, Paris (FR)
11:50 – 12:00
General

Time for Room Change

12:00 – 13:20
Singapore
Industry Symposia

Industry Lunch Symposium - CMV in the Transplant Patient: What’s New?

sponsored by MSD

Rafael de la Camara, Madrid (ES)

Confronting CMV in SOT: Complexities and Complications

Nassim Kamar, Toulouse (FR)

CMV in HSCT: Raising the Bar of Clinical Outcomes

Zenia Papanicolaou, New York (US)

What’s Next in Optimizing CMV Prevention: Emerging New Evidence

Michele Malagola, Brescia (IT)

Interactive Panel Discussion & Q&A

12:00 – 13:20
Sydney
Industry Symposia

Industry Lunch Symposium - Vaccination in the immunocompromised patient

sponsored by Moderna

Michel Obeid, Lausanne (CH)

mRNA science in response to a pandemic and potential beyond COVID-19

Melissa J. Moore

Protection of immunocompromised patients

Mike Ison, Chicago (US)

A trial platform for conducting nested trials of mRNA vaccine efficacy for SARS-CoV-2 in immune compromised hosts: The Swiss HIV and Transplant Cohort Studies

Heiner C. Bucher, Basel (CH)

Discussion and Q&A

12:00 – 13:20
General

Lunch Break - (Posters / Industry Exhibition)

13:20 – 13:30
General

Time for Room Change

13:30 – 15:00
Montreal
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 13: Hepatitis Viruses - Direct and Indirect Challenges

Andri Rauch, Berne (CH) / Roberto Speck, Zurich (CH)

Transplantation with HCV – Milestones on the way to the new normal

Christine Durand, Baltimore (US)

Hepatitis E - Virology and clinical manifestations in the immunocompetent host

Darius Moradpour, Lausanne (CH)

Hepatitis E - Key lessons from Transplantation

Nassim Kamar, Toulouse (FR)

Hepatocellular cancer - mechanisms, personalized profiling and therapy approach

Markus Heim, Basel (CH)
13:30 – 15:00
Singapore
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 14: Best vaccination for Prevention, Control or Therapy

Lindsey R. Baden, Boston (US) / Maddalena Peghin, Varese (IT)

The Pandemic Challenge: Game-changer for respiratory viruses?

Natasha Halasa, Nashville (US)

The Reactivation challenge: CMV and other herpesviruses in patients at risk

Per Ljungman, Stockholm (SE)

The re-infection challenge: lessons from the malaria vaccine field

Claudia Daubenberger, Allschwil (CH)

The Cure Challenge: Mission impossible or breakthrough for HIV ?

Francesco Simonetti, Baltimore (US)
13:30 – 15:00
Sydney
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 15: Interferons: The good, the bad, the ugly

Camillo Ribi, Lausanne (CH) / Annette Oxenius, Zurich (CH)

The expanding spectrum of autoinflammatory interferonopathies and their mimics

Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, Bethesda (US)

Priming systemic antiviral immunity by the gut microbiota

Nelson Gekara, Stockholm (SE)

What can we learn about type I interferons from murine models

Karl Lang, Essen (DE)

Type I and Type II Interferons in HLH

Jana Pachlopnik, Zurich (CH)
13:30 – 15:00
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

Parallel Session 16: Tumor immunology

Daniel Speiser, Lausanne (CH) / Martin Bachmann, Berne (CH)

Gut microbiota-immune crosstalk in neuroinflammation

Anne-Katrin Pröbstel, Basel (CH)

Revisiting the role of checkpoint molecule TIM-3 in cancer

Karen Dixon, Boston (US)

Biased Interleukin-2 immunotherapy against poorly-immunogenic and metastatic cancer

Onur Boyman, Zurich (CH)

Shielding Cells for Next Generation Cancer Immunotherapy

Lukas Jeker, Basel (CH)
15:00 – 15:15
General

Time for Room Change

15:15 – 16:45
Sydney
Industry Symposia

Industry Afternoon Tea Symposium - CSU - (mis)perception and reality?

sponsored by Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG

Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Zurich (CH)

How to deal with CSU? Optimal treatment for CSU patients

Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, Zurich (CH)

The goals of treatment for CSU. How can we better support our CSU patients in terms of personalized medicine

Anna Gschwend, Bern (CH)

Where does CSU come from? New understandings in the CSU pathomechanism

François Spertini, Lausanne (CH)
15:15 – 16:45
Singapore
Industry Symposia

Industry Afternoon Tea Symposium - SAME SAME, BUT DIFFERENT – THE CHALLENGES OF SECONDARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY

sponsored by Takeda Pharma AG

Oliver Hausmann, Lucerne (CH)

Welcome and Introduction

Oliver Hausmann, Lucerne (CH)

Disease-induced SID by Multiple Myeloma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Cecilie Hveding Blimark, Gothenburg (SE)

Therapy-induced SID by CAR-T cell therapy

Antonia Müller, Vienna (AT)

Clinical Presentation and Management of SID

Sinisa Savic, Leeds (GB)

Closing

Oliver Hausmann, Lucerne (CH)
15:15 – 16:45
Montreal
Industry Symposia

Industry Afternoon Tea Symposium - Examining the immune response using the T-SPOT® technology

sponsored by Oxford Immunotec

Time for Prime Time: T-SPOT.CMV in HCT Recipients

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US)

Clinical implementation of CMV-specific CMI in solid organ transplantation

Oriol Bestard, Barcelona (ES)

Latent Tuberculosis testing in the Immunocompromised with ELISPOT

Johannes Nemeth, Zurich (CH)
16:45 – 16:55
General

Time for Room Change

16:55 – 17:25
Montreal
ICHS Session

ICHS Lifetime achievements Award & Young investigator Award

16:55 – 17:25
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

SSAI Awards (Best Posters for Biotest Awards, Sanofi Prize 2021 and Best SYIS presentation prize)

17:25 – 17:35
General

Time for Room Change

17:35 – 19:05
Montreal
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 17: Technical or Conceptual Game Changers in Laboratory Diagnostics (Swiss Society for Microbiology)

Gilbert Greub, Lausanne (CH) / Jean Villard, Geneva (CH)

What infectious disease clinicans caring for immunocompromised hosts wants from the lab...

Maddalena Peghin, Varese (IT)

Cell-free DNA and Virus replication: New concepts, challenges, and opportunities

Karoline Leuzinger, Basel (CH)

Comprehensive immune phenotyping - the Immunome: for whom, when and why?

Déla Golshayan, Lausanne (CH)

Metagenomics for Immunocompromised

Adrian Egli, Zurich (CH)
17:35 – 19:05
Singapore
ICHS Session

Parallel Session 18: Infections after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (ASTCT and EBMT-sponsored session)

Roy Chemaly, Houston (US) / Rafael de la Camara, Madrid (ES)

Cytokine relase syndrome: CAR-T cells or Sepsis?

Malgorzata Mikulska, Genoa (IT)

Rare Opportunistic Infections after HCT: Nocardiosis and Listeriosis

Dina Averbuch, Jerusalem (IL)

T cell Immunity, T cell Therapy and Viruses: What, when, and how?

Zenia Papanicolaou, New York (US)

COVID-19 in HCT Recipients: specific immune effectors or antivirals?

Sanjeet Dadhwal, Duarte (US)
17:35 – 19:05
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

SSAI General Assembly

19:30 – 23:00
Joint Session

RHINE RIVER CRUISE NETWORKING EVENT

Program SUNDAY

07:00 – 08:00
General

Registration and Room Finding    

08:00 – 08:50
Montreal
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 9

The mighty mold – mechanisms, manifestations, management (Case-based)

Mold biology and pathogenesis

Tobias Hohl, New York (US)

Clinical manifestations and management

Thomas Lehrnbecher, Frankfurt (DE)
08:00 – 08:50
Singapore
ICHS Session

MEET THE EXPERT 10

Do break points: from dilution and diffusion to Maldi-ToF AI

Adrian Egli, Zurich (CH)

Do break-proof: optimizing treatment of immunocompromised hosts

Malgorzata Mikulska, Genoa (IT)
08:00 – 08:50
Sydney
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 11: Meet the vaccinologist

The difficult to vaccine

Vaccinations in immunodeficiency

Christoph Berger, Basel (CH)

Allergy to vaccines incl. COVID mRNA vaccines

Yannick Muller, Lausanne (CH)
08:00 – 08:50
Osaka/Samarkand
SSAI Session

MEET THE EXPERT 12: Meet the ENT specialist

Chronic rhinosinusitis

Primary chronic rhinosinusitis

Simona Nicoleta Negoias, Basel (CH)

ANCA vasculitis, antibody deficiency etc.: Immunologic causes of chronic rhinosinusitis

Thomas Daikeler, Basel (CH)
08:50 – 09:00
General

Time for Room Change

09:00 – 10:00
Singapore
Joint Session

Plenary Session 5: Novel insights into immune regulation, vaccination and immune therapy

Malgorzata Mikulska, Genoa (IT) / Manuel Battegay, Basel (CH)

The rationale for genetic and epigenetic causes for antibody deficiency

Bodo Grimbacher, Freiburg (DE)

A COVID-19 peptide vaccine for the induction of SARS-CoV-2 T cell immunity
ICHS Takeda laboratory and Clinical Virology Awards 2022

Juliane Walz, Tübingen (DE)

BK virus-specific T cells for immunotherapy of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
ICHS Takeda laboratory and Clinical Virology Awards 2022

Irene Cortese, Bethesda (US)
10:00 – 10:30
General

COFFEE BREAK (Industry Exhibition)

10:30 – 11:50
Singapore
Joint Session

ABSTRACTS AWARDS

Best Abstracts of Infection & Immunity: What’s new and exciting?

Exocrine gland-resident memory CD8+ T cells use mechanosensing for tissue surveillance

Nora Ruef, Fribourg (CH)

The cellular metabolism of SLE NK cells is primarily altered at the level of mitochondrial respiration.

Natalia Fluder, Lausanne (CH)

Development of a human in vitro lymphoid tissue model to study B cell responses

Elena Bonaiti, Basel (CH)

Molecular Characterization of BK Polyomavirus Replication in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Karoline Leuzinger, Basel (CH)

COVID-19 Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Given Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab Prophylaxis and/or Bebtelovimab Treatment in a Nurse-Led Program

Willa Cochran, Baltimore (US)

Improved outcomes over time and higher mortality in CMV seropositive allogeneic HCT patients with COVID-19; A study from the EBMT registry.

Per Ljungman, Stockholm (SE)
11:50 – 12:30
Singapore
Joint Session

CLOSING CEREMONY

11:50 – 12:30
Singapore
General

FAREWELL & OUTLOOK

Mike Recher, Basel (CH) / Hans H. Hirsch, Basel (CH) / Murat Akova, Ankara (TR)

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