The immune system needs to be tightly regulated to maintain homeostasis. Efficient immune responses are required to detect and eliminate toxins, pathogens and transformed cells, but controlling the timing and extent of responses is crucial to avoid collateral tissue damage and autoimmunity, while promote healing. This two-day event will highlight cutting edge research from across London and beyond that explores what can go right or wrong in these processes.
Areas including host-pathogen interaction, autoimmunity, immunoregulation, neurodegeneration and cancer immunology will be represented by nineteen high-profile invited speakers. Their talks will be interspersed with short talks selected from submitted abstracts to allow early career researchers to present their work. Keynote presentations from Professor Bana Jabri (Director of Institut Imagine, Paris) and Professor Chris Buckley (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford) will start off and finish the event. Poster sessions on both days will give attendees the opportunity to present their work and to network with other scientists at the Symposium.
Tickets on sale until 6 September 23:59
Please submit your abstract for a poster or oral presentation using this form - deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 July 2026.
Photo credit: Villi from the small intestine. S. Schuller. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Bana Jabri
Institut Imagine
Paris, France
Christopher Buckley
Kennedy Institute
Oxford, UK
Bart De Strooper
The Francis Crick Institute/UK Dementia Research Institute
London, UK
Adrian Liston
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Tim Bartels
UK Dementia Research Institute
London, UK
Tania Dottorini
King's College London
London, UK
Anna Mallach
Imperial College London/UK Dementia Research Institute
London, UK
Hannah Burgess
Imperial College London
London, UK
Serge Mostowy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London, UK
Sam Wilson
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
James Peters
Imperial College London
London, UK
Venizelos Papayannopoulos
The Francis Crick Institute
London, UK
Patricia Barral
King’s College London
London, UK
Andreas Tiffeau-Meyer
UCL
London, UK
Jennifer Cowan
University College London
London, UK
Pascal Meier
Institute of Cancer Research
London, UK
Dominique Bonnet
The Francis Crick Institute
London, UK
Jessica Strid
Imperial College London
London, UK
Claire Roddie
University College London
London, UK
Cecilia Johansson
Imperial College London
London, UK
Steve Ley
University College London
London, UK
Michael Malim
King's College London
London, UK
Mala Maini
University College London
London, UK
Andreas Wack
The Francis Crick Institute
London, UK
Carola Vinuesa
The Francis Crick Institute
London, UK
