Agenda - Nutritional Modulation of Inflammation and Immunity

07:00–14:30 - Name Badge Pick-up

07:30–08:45 - Breakfast (at hotel)

08:45–10:45 - Session 1: Nutrition and Immunity in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Session Chair: Laxmi Yeruva, USDA-ARS

08:45–09:15 - Serotonin production in the gut: impact on host immunity and gut physiological function, Purna C. Kashyap, Mayo Clinic
09:15–09:30 - Dietary and endogenous lipids regulate inflammation and ferroptotic cell death in the colon, Harini Sampath, Rutgers University
09:30–09:45 - Children experiencing refractory malnutrition show age-dependent changes in monocyte gene expression, Christy Clutter, University of Utah
09:45–10:15 - Interplay between host commensals, the immune response, and colon tumorigenesis, Jimmy Crott, Boston University
10:15–10:30 - Turicibacter-mediated metabolic protection through lipid metabolites, Darci Ott, University of Utah
10:30–10:45 - Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) mitigates murine high fat diet-induced gut and immune dysregulation in late pregnancy, Meghan Ruebel, Microbiome and Metabolism Research Unit; USDA-ARS

10:45–11:00 - Coffee Break

11:00–12:00 - NMII Keynote Address: Immune mechanisms of T cell differentiation and tolerance and autoimmunity as they relate to nutritional status, Diane Mathis, Harvard Medical School

12:30–13:30 - Lunch

13:30–14:30 - Free Time

14:30–16:30 - Session 2: Interactions between Nutrients and Immunity in the Brain and Nervous System
Session Chair: Laxmi Yeruva, USDA-ARS

14:30–15:00 - Early life factors: impact on gut-brain axis, Laxmi Yeruva, USDA-ARS
15:00–15:30 - Impact of gut abnormalities on brain functions: obesity and diabetes through the lens of the gut-brain axis, Hariom Yadav, University of South Florida
15:30–16:00 - Neuroimmune crosstalk in the regulation of metabolic health in adipose tissues, Kristy Townsend, The Ohio State University
16:00–16:15 - Omega-3 fatty acids assteroid-sparing adjuncts, Ashley Anderson, Michigan State University
16:15–16:30 - Microbiota source and human milk bioactive drive divergent immune and behavioral trajectories in early life, Ranjitha Chandrashekar, Oklahoma State University

16:30–17:00 - Break

17:00-17:45 - Joint Keynote Address: The Chambon-Mangelsdorf Memorial Keynote Address: Retinoic Acid Receptors: Diverse Roles in Prevention and Treatment of Disease, Lorraine Gudas, Weill Cornell University

17:45–18:30 - Dinner

18:30–19:30 - Flash Talks - all poster presenters are eligible and encouraged to participate

19:30–21:00 - Poster Session

07:30–11:30 - Name Badge Pick-up

07:30–09:00 - Breakfast (at hotel)

09:00–11:05 - Session 3: Joint Session: Retinoids in Immunity and Regeneration
Session Chairs: Marta Melis, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Sarah Comstock, Michigan State University

09:00–09:30 - Retinoid-mediated cell communications in inflammatory responses within the alveolar niche, Igor Schmarakov, Rutgers University
09:30–10:00 - Retinoic Acid Receptor Regulates Expression of Genes Involved in Oral Cavity Epithelial Differentiation and Extracellular Matrix,Xiao-Han Tang, Weill Cornell Medicine
10:00–10:30 - Retinoids in gut immunity, Shipra Vaishnava, Brown University

10:30–10:50- Coffee Break

10:50–11:20 - EMBO Young Investigator Lecture: Modulation of bone marrow haematopoietic stem cell activity as a therapeutic strategy after myocardial infarction, Nina Cabezas Wallscheid, ETH Zurich

11:30–12:30 - Career Development Session: Developing a publication pipeline, finding funding opportunities, and working toward grant submission, Raz Shaikh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

12:30–13:30 - Box Lunch

13:30–17:00 - Free Time for Excursion

14:00–16:00 - Maid of the Mist (optional)

17:00–19:00 - Dinner (on your own)

19:30–21:30 - Career Development Session: Office Hours for Trainees
Bring your specific aims, CV, publication pipeline and discuss with mid-career and senior investigators.

07:30–10:30 - Name Badge Pick-up

07:30–09:00 - Breakfast (at hotel)

09:00–11:45 - Session 4: Interactions between Nutrients and Immunity in the Cardiovascular System and Liver
Session Chair: Arion Kennedy, North Carolina State University

09:00–09:30 - Immunometabolic regulation of inflammation (in heart), Edward Thorp, Northwestern University
09:30–10:00 - T cell - derived cytokines: pathogenic players on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression, Maria Fields, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
10:00–10:30 - Immunometabolic axes in MASLD pathogenesis, Senad Divanovic, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

10:30–10:45 - Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 - Adaptive immune mechanisms in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, Xavier Revelo, University of Minnesota
11:15–11:45 - Antigen and T cell regulation in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, Arion Kennedy, North Carolina State University

12:00–12:05 - Group Photo

12:05–12:35 - Meet-the-Expert Session: Careers in Nutritional Immunology Panel

12:35–13:00 - Business Meeting

13:00–14:00 - Lunch

14:00–15:45 - Session 5: Interactions between Nutrition and Immunity in Adipose Tissue
Session Chair: Sarah Comstock, Michigan State University

14:00–14:30 - Effect of almond consumption on gut health, inflammation and cardiometabolic outcomes in people with metabolic syndrome, Laura Beaver, Oregon State University, Linus Pauling Institute
14:30–15:00 - HIV-associated adipose tissue dysfunction and cardiometabolic disease, Samuel Bailin, Vanderbilt University
15:00–15:15 - High-fat diet-induced obesity durably reprograms B cell function and links nutritional status to humoral immune dysregulation, Munir Akkaya, The Ohio State University
15:15–15:45 - A shift in dietary fat quality improves obesity-driven pulmonary inflammation, Raz Shaikh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

15:45–16:00 - Break

16:00–18:00 - Session 6: Interactions between Nutrients and Immunity in the Respiratory Tract
Session Chair: Kymberly Gowdy, The Ohio State University

16:00–16:30 - PUFAs and inflammation across the lifecourse, Philip Calder, University of Southampton
16:30–17:00 - Lipid mediators underlying dietary fatty acid regulation of pulmonary inflammation, Kym Gowdy, The Ohio State University
17:00-17:15 - Glutamine metabolism: a key host vulnerability against respiratory pathogens, Sadiya Parveen-Nesson, LSU Health Shreveport
17:15-17:30 - Inhaled nutrients to reduce inflammation: immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D aerosols in the airway epithelium, Kevin Schichlein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17:30–18:00 - Impact of environmental exposures, diet and other metabolic factors on respiratory health in airways disease, Emily Brigham, University of British Columbia

18:10–18:55 - Joint Closing Keynote Address: Live cell Biochemistry, studying the interactions governing transcription using single molecule microscopy, Xavier Darzacq, University of California, Berkeley

18:55–20:15 - Dinner (on your own)

07:30–09:00 - Breakfast (at hotel)

09:00–11:45 - Session 7: Interactions between Diet and Immunity in the Organs of the Immune System
Session Chair: Ryan Snodgrass, USDA

09:00–09:30 - When the heart talks to fat: immune mechanisms linking myocardial infarction to insulin resistance, Prabha Nagareddy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences University
09:30–10:00 - Human monocyte dynamics in response to fasting and refeeding, Ryan Snodgrass, USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
10:00–10:30 - T cells that express the Vdr and Cyp27b1 are critical for effective host defense from influenza A infection, Margherita Cantorna, Pennsylvania State University

10:30–10:45 - Coffee Break

10:45–11:15 - Metabolic modulation of CAR T cell therapy by β-hydroxybutyrate, Shan Liu, University of Pennsylvania
11:15–11:45 - Micronutrient vitamin C as a regulator of B cell function, Jerry Lio, Ohio State University

11:45–12:15 - Box Lunch Pickup

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