AIRG XVI Meeting Agenda

Opening Reception

Registration and reception in the University of Delaware Botanical Gardens located at Townsend Hall.

STAR Tower Audion

Continental Breakfast, Registration

Welcome & Keynote Address: Dr. Scott Edwards – Harvard University
“Pangenomes of songbirds reveal new patterns of MHC evolution and natural selection”

Session I – Adaptive Immunity

Lunch and Poster Session I

Session II – Host-pathogen Interactions I

Evening tour at Longwood Gardens followed by a reception at The Creamery of Kennet Square.

STAR Tower Audion

Breakfast and Networking

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marcia Miller – City of Hope Medical

“MHCY – a wonderfully complex gene region likely contributing to immunity in chickens”

Session III – Immunogenetics I

Session IV – Innate Immunity

Lunch and Poster Session II

Session V – Vaccines and Immunotherapy

Evening tour and reception at the Delaware Art Museum.

STAR Tower Audion

Breakfast and Networking

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Fred Hoerr – Veterinary Diagnostic Pathology

“Production Applications of Immunopathology”

Session VI – Immunogenetics II

Session VII – Host-pathogen Interactions II

Lunch and Business Meeting – Next AIRG