11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Registration and Luncheon (Outside Rotunda Room)

SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
(Rotunda Room, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center)

Vaccines

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
(Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way) ­

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 –
–    Photographer: Bryce Vickmark, http://vickmark.com –

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN THIS CELEBRATION!