Program
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM HONORING
Dennis L. Kasper, M.D.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Scientific Symposium
Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Registration and Lunch)
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM (Symposium)
Reception
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
6:15 PM – 9:30 PM
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. | Registration and Luncheon (Outside Rotunda Room) |
SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
(Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center)
Vaccines | |
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| 12:30 – 12:35 p.m. | Opening Remarks and Session Moderator: John J. Mekalanos, Ph.D., Adele Lehman Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS |
| 12:35 – 1:20 p.m. | Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Head, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, “Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases: From AIDS to Zika” |
| 1:20 – 1:50 p.m. | Lawrence C. Paoletti, Ph.D., Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, "Group B Streptococcal Vaccines: From Concept to Clinic" |
| 1:50 – 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Rino Rappuoli, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Head, External R&D, GSK Vaccines, Siena, Italy; Professor of Vaccines Research, Imperial College, London, UK, “Deploying Vaccines to Fight Superbugs” |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Michael R. Wessels, M.D., John F. Enders Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, “Emergence of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease: A Tale of Two Toxins” |
The Microbiome | |
Christophe O. Benoist, M.D., Ph.D., Morton Grove-Rasmussen Professor of Immunohematology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, Session Moderator | |
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Diane J. Mathis, Ph.D., Morton Grove-Rasmussen Professor of Immunohematology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, “Treg Activities in the Colon and Elsewhere” |
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, “Shining light on gut microbiota-host interactions” |
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Break & Refreshments |
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Laurie E. Comstock, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Channing Laboratory, BWH, “Bacterial Antagonism in the Mammalian Gut Microbiota - 50 Ways to Kill your Neighbor” |
5:00 – 5:15 p.m. | Neeraj (Neil) Surana, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, “Moving Beyond Microbiome-wide Associations to Causal Microbe Identification” |
5:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Deniz Erturk-Hasdemir, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbiology and Immunobiology, HMS, “Molecular Mechanisms of Immunoregulation by the Capsule of a Gut Commensal” |
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks: Lloyd H. Kasper, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Microbiology and Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College |
RECEPTION | |
6:15 p.m. | Welcome, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Lobby) |
6:15 – 8:00 p.m. | Open Bar & Passed Hors d’oeuvres with music provided by the Boston Cello Ensemble and tour of 2nd floor galleries for interested guests (Cloisters & 2nd Floor Galleries) |
7:15 p.m. - | Introduction (Larry Paoletti), Toast (Jody Kasper & John O’Loughlin) & Remarks (Dennis Kasper) (Courtyard & Cloisters) |
8:00 – 9:30 p.m. | Buffet Dinner & Passed Desserts (Café G, Studio, Terrace (weather permitting) & Living Room) |
9:30 p.m. | Conclusion of Reception |
– Musicians: Boston Cello Ensemble (Joseph Gotoff, Jaehee Ju, Hyun-Min Lee, Jacques Wood), http://www.bostoncelloensemble.org –
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