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Final Program

Immuno-oncology

Thursday, June 26, 2025
4:25pm - 6:25pm East Coast USA Time
Location: Salons A-D

    Chair(s)

  • RP

    Ricardo Pujol Borrell, MD, PhD

    Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology

    • Co-Chair(s)

  • HA

    Harris Avgousti

    Medical Student
    Northwestern University
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

Presentations:

  • 4:25pm - 4:40pm East Coast USA Time
    Implementation of Complex in Vitro 3D Lung Cancer Model to Monitor Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Through Deep Profiling at Single-cell and Spatial Resolution

    Presenting Author: Sandra Curras-Alonso – Sanofi

  • 4:40pm - 4:55pm East Coast USA Time
    cDC1 and Tissue-Resident Exhausted CD8 T Cells Drives Disease Control and Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy Response in Melanoma

    Presenting Author: Sarai G. De Leon Rodríguez, MD – UMAE Specialty Hospital, National Medical Center “Siglo XXI,” Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) / Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

  • 4:55pm - 5:10pm East Coast USA Time
    Single Cell Spatial Transcriptomics of the Human Bone Marrow Reveals Active Adaptive Immunity in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

    Presenting Author: Susan DeWolf, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • 5:10pm - 5:25pm East Coast USA Time
    Cancer-Associated ALDH1 Metabolism Enforces Immune Evasion

    Presenting Author: Christopher Garris, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 5:25pm - 5:40pm East Coast USA Time
    Enhancing Adoptive Immunotherapy: Targeting Epstein-Barr Virus with Highly Active, Durable and Immunosuppression-resistant Cytotoxic CD4+T Cells

    Presenting Author: Prabesh Khatiwada – Columbia University

  • 5:40pm - 5:55pm East Coast USA Time
    Regulation and Dysregulation of Disease Specific Immune Responses by Human Dendritic Cell Subset

    Presenting Author: Eynav Klechevsky, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis

  • 5:55pm - 6:10pm East Coast USA Time
    The ATP-binding Cassette Membrane Transporter MDR1 Promotes Tumor-specific CD8 T Cell Persistence

    Presenting Author: Lincoln Brown – Vanderbilt University

  • 6:10pm - 6:25pm East Coast USA Time
    Clonal Evolution Analysis of Paediatric Lymphoma Reveals a Highly Diversified Cellular Status and Potential Targets for Precision Medicine

    Presenting Author: Lisa Westerberg, PhD – Karolinska Institute