2025 Special Interest Group Satellites

Learn about the session options and program details below for these pre-conference symposiums programmed by members for members. Sessions to be presented on Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 in conjunction with SLB 2025. Sign-up during registration OR contact us to add any of these great sessions onto your schedule. A single $50 fee applies to participate in the sessions on October 29th which includes the morning and afternoon sessions of your choice, and lunch.

SIG 1: The Role of Neutrophils in Chronic Inflammation (9am-12pm)

Room: Cypress 1

Chair: Carlos Rosales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

• Compensating with a Cost: How FcγRIIIb Deficiency Shapes Neutrophil Functions, Marion Brunk, Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Through the Lens of Zebrafish: How Systemic Inflammation Hacks Neutrophil Responses, Sofia de Oliveira, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Neutrophils in the Oral Cavity: Guardians of Health and Agents of Disease, Eileen Uribe Querol, Facultad de Odontología - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Harnessing Neutrophils in Cancer: Mission Impossible?, Jadwiga Jablonska, University Hospital Essen
• Obesity Impairs Neutrophil Microbicidal Functions, Carlos Rosales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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SIG 2: TBD (9am-12pm)

SIG 3: Novel Mediators Rejuvenating Innate Immune Homeostasis (1-4pm)
Room: Cypress 1
Chair: Liwu Li, Virginia Tech

• Rejuvenation of Innate Immunity for Inflammation Therapeutics, Liwu Li,Virginia Tech
• Role of DNA Sensing Pathways in Sepsis, Meihong Deng, School of Medicine at Hofstra University
• MAP Kinase Phosphatase in Efferocytosis and Progression of Late-stage Atherosclerosis, Jun Yu, Temple University School of Medicine
• Engineered immune cells for homeostasis, Qing Deng, Purdue University

SIG 4: TBD (1pm-4pm)

Room: Cypress 2

Chair: TBA

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