Program 2020

8:55-9am Bienvenue/ Welcome

9-10am

Differentiation cellulaire/Cell differentiation

Stefanie Valbon, McGill (Richer Lab) CHRONIC VIRAL INFECTION IMPACTS CELL FATE DECISIONS IN THE THYMUS

Livia Odagiu, HMR (Labrecque Lab) NR4A3 IS AN EARLY REGULATOR OF CD8 T CELL FUNCTION, MEMORY GENERATION AND ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY

Dave De Sousa, HMR (Labrecque Lab) THE NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY CONTROLS THE DIFFERENTIATION OF EXHAUSTED CD8 T CELLS DURING CHRONIC INFECTION

Mouna Tlili, INRS (Heinonen Lab) HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELL- INTRINSIC WNT4 PROMOTES SELF-RENEWAL AND PREVENTS LINEAGE BIAS

10-10:10am Pause/Break

10:10-11:10am

Immunothérapie/Immunotherapy

Valérie Janelle, HMR (Delisle Lab) CASPASE-8 REGULATED SENESCENCE AS AN IMMUNE CHECKPOINT IN T LYMPHOCYTES FOR ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY

Meriem Messaoudene, CR-CHUM (Routy Lab) POLYPHENOL PREBIOTIC ISOLATED FROM MYRCIARIA DUBIA IMPROVES GUT MICROBIOTA COMPOSITION AND INCREASES ANTI-PD-1 EFFICACY IN MURINE CANCER MODELS

Seyedeh-Raeleh Niavarani, Sherbrooke (Tai Lab) CHARACTERIZING A NOVEL IMMUNOGENIC TUMOR CELL VACCINE TO TREAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER

David Hamelin, Ste-Justine (Carron Lab) CD8 AND CD4 T CELL RESPONSES OF COVID-19 PATIENTS ARE SHAPED BY THE SARS-COV-2 EPITOPE-ASSOCIATED MUTATIONAL LANDSCAPE

11:10-11:20am Pause/Break

11:20-12:20pm

Maladies et pathologies immunes/Immune diseases and pathology

Caitlin Schneider McGill (Mandl Lab) MIGRATION-INDUCED CELL SHATTERING DUE TO DOCK8-DEFICIENCY CAUSES A TYPE-2 BIASED T CELL RESPONSE

Théo Crosson, UdeM (Talbot Lab) VAGAL SENSORY BEURONS SENSE ALLERGENS TO REGULATE TYPE 2 INFLAMMATION

Bavanitha Thurairajah, McGill (King Lab) PROSTAGLANDIN E2(PGE2) POTENTIATES IL- 17A PRODUCTION BY GAMMA DELTA T CELLS AND IMPACTS IL-17-MEDIATED SKIN AND GUT INFLAMMATION

Vincent Panneton, M, IRCM (Suh Lab) ICOS IS CRITICAL FOR T FOLLICULAR REGULATORY CELL RESPONSES

12:20-12:30pm Pause/Break

12:30-12:45pm Prix/Awards