Major Symposium A: Transcriptional Control of Immunity: Diverse Regulatory Mechanisms in Gene Regulation

05 May 2018
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Ballroom D

Major Symposium A: Transcriptional Control of Immunity: Diverse Regulatory Mechanisms in Gene Regulation

Chairs:
Amy S. Weinmann, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Boris Reizis, New York Univ. Sch. of Med.

Speakers:

  • Amy S. Weinmann, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, Role for metabolites in regulating cellular differentiation gene programs
  • Boris Reizis, New York Univ. Sch. of Med., Transcriptional control of dendritic cell function in vivo
  • Tracy L. Johnson, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, A histone “tail”: coordinating RNA splicing and histone modification—from yeast to macrophages
  • Jorge Henao-Mejia, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Regulation of innate immune cells by lncRNAs
  • Andrea Schietinger, Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., Molecular mechanisms defining tumor-specific T cell differentiation and dysfunction
  • Stephen T. Smale, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Mechanisms regulating selective transcriptional responses to innate immune stimuli