09:30 Keynote lecture: Jenny Mjösberg
- Innate lymphoid cells as regulators of gut and lung homeostasis and inflammation
10:30 Sponsor presentation (Miltenyi Biotec)
- MACS(R) Cell Separation Hero Days
10:45 Flash talks
Immunity Intersections: Cancer, Microbes and Regulation
- Estefania Nova-Lamperti | University of Concepcion, Chile
Fueling malignancy: bacteria-mitochondria crosstalk promotes cancer-to-T cell mitochondrial transfer and T helper cell exhaustion in oral cancer - Jiří Březina | VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Belgium
Claudin 1-mediated positioning of DC1 to mTECs is essential for maintenance of central tolerance - Daniel Vašek | Charles University, Czechia
Do myeloid cells control cold-induced thermogenesis? - Dragica Mićanović | Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Serbia
Gut immune system in the murine model of Alzheimer’s disease - Fikir Asfaw | GIMM, Portugal
The impact of IL-17 microbiota crosstalk on peripheral nerve regeneration - Ines Poljak | King’s College London, United Kingdom
Immune reprogramming of 3D tumor models via optoporation-mediated targeted gene delivery to macrophages - Rahul Biradar | Turku Bioscience, University of Turku, Finland
Single-cell profiling of CD4+ T cells reveals early-stage immune alterations in type 1 diabetes - Patrycja Gardias | National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation, Poland
Lipid paradox after 3-month baricitinib treatment in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients depends on rheumatoid factor (RF) level - Kitti Vecsernyés-Nagy | University of Szeged, Hungary
Investigating the impact of Candida albicans infection on LINE-1 retrotransposition and tumorigenesis in a novel genotoxicity mouse model - Benedikt J. Lohnes | University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Exploring the exhaustion landscape of TCRm-based T cell engagers and CAR-T cells targeting KRAS G12V/HLA-A*03:01 in non-small cell lung cancer
11:30 Refreshment break
- Meet the exhibitors
- Meet the representatives of the young national societies, presentations at the yEFIS booth: Young Scandinavian Society for Immunology (ySSI), Young Group of Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia (ySPI)
12:00 Parallel workshops
- AI for Researchers: Tips and Tricks to Boost Your Productivity, with Eliška Skládalová & Adam Urban
- Speak Up & Stand Out: Mastering Audience Engagement, with Barbora Šmídová
13:00 Lunch - meet the exhibitors and networking
- Get to know the yEFIS Working Groups, presentations at the yEFIS booth: Improving Academia WG, Communications WG, Careers and Education WG, European Journal of Immunology (EJI) WG
14:00 Parallel workshops
- Speak Up & Stand Out: Mastering Audience Engagement, with Barbora Šmídová
- From Lab Bench to Launchpad: How You Can Become an Entrepreneur, with Katarína Pšenáková
- From Postdoc to PI: Climb the Academic Ladder Like a Pro, with Matouš Vobořil
- Level Up Online & Offline: Building a Career That Stands Out, with Pavla Hubálková
15:00 Oral communication Session 3
First Responders: Innate Immune Sensing, Evasion, and Memory
- Davide Proietto | University of Ferrara, Italy
A viral N protein motif disrupts MHC I pathways and impairs naïve and memory CD8⁺ T cell function - Zlata Sosic | UNITO, Italy
Neutralizing eNAPRT modulates immune responses in sepsis - Manon Broutin | Inem, France
Beta Spike vaccine quaternary structure reshapes the memory B-Cell repertoire by hiding cryptic epitopes - Francesco Palestra | University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Innate immune rewiring in non-small cell lung cancer uncouples inflammatory activation from antibacterial function in human monocytes and lung macrophages
16:00 Poster Session 2 & Refreshment break
Identity and Dysregulation: From Self-Tolerance to Systemic Disease
17:30 Break/transfer to networking event
19:00 Speed networking & team challenges (Radlická Kulturní Sportovna)
