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

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, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
  • 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: Alcohol Use Disorder and Its Impact on Immunity (1pm-4pm)
Room: Cypress 2
Chairs: Jamie Sturgill, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and Vidula Vachharajani, Cleveland Clinic

  • The Drinking Dilemma: How Alcohol Stirs up Colitis, Mashkoor A. Choudhry, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division
  • Neuroinflammatory Effects of Alcohol on Burn Injury: Unraveling the Role of the Gut, Rachel H. McMahan, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Alcohol’s Disruptive Effects on Bone Marrow, Ilhem Messaoudi, University of Kentucky
  • Title TBD, Samantha Yeligar, Emory University/Atlanta VA Medical Center