Annual Bursky Symposium

May 16, 2024

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC; Medical Campus)

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The 7th Annual Bursky Symposium is hosted by the Bursky Center for Human Immunology & Immunotherapy Program (formerly CHiiPs) and the Division of Immunobiology in the Deparment of Pathology and Immunology.

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8:30a David Perlmutter, MD (WashU Medicine) – Opening Remarks

8:40a Robert Schreiber (Bursky Center) – Welcome and State of the Bursky Center

8:50a Presentation of the Unanue Prize

8:55a Andrew Bursky – Reflection

Guest Speakers

9:20a Tak Mak, PhD (University Health Network) – “Metabolic and neural regulations of immunity and cancer”

10: 25a Jennifer Gommerman, PhD (University of Toronto) – “B cell depletion therapies in MS – Exploring mechanisms of action”

11:05a Shane Crotty, PhD (La Jolla Institute for Immunology) – “Upper airway immune memory in humans”

11:45a Philip Greenberg, MD (University of Washington School of Medicine) – “Engineered T cells for solid tumors: Overcoming obstacles encountered in the TME”

For inquiries contact Yuko Morima.