Speaker articles

Take a look at some of the articles our esteemed speakers have published recently and chat with them about their research in Basel in June.

Keynote Speakers

Yasmine Belkaid, NIH NIAID, USA
Endogenous retroviruses promote homeostatic and inflammatory responses to the microbiota

Charles Dinarello, University of Colorado Denver, USA
A novel anti-human IL-1R7 antibody reduces IL-18-mediated inflammatory signaling

Speakers

Antontio Abbate, VCU Health, USA
Effect of interleukin-1 blockade with anakinra on leukocyte count in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

Hongbo Chi, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
In vivo CRISPR screening reveals nutrient signaling processes underpinning CD8+ T cell fate decisions

Ana Domingos, University of Oxford, UK
Brain-Sparing Sympathofacilitators Mitigate Obesity without Adverse Cardiovascular Effects

Marc Donath, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Inflammation in obesity, diabetes, and related disorders

Mark Febbraio, Monash University, Australia
“Sweet death”: Fructose as a metabolic toxin that targets the gut-liver axis

Roberto Giacomelli, University of Rome, Italy
Long-term Safety of Rituximab in Primary Sjögren Syndrome: The Experience of a Single Center

Michael Hall, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Multi-omics data integration reveals novel drug targets in hepatocellular carcinoma

Christoph Hess, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Memory CD8+ T Cells Balance Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Activity by Reprogramming Cellular Acetate Handling at Sites of Infection

Rusty Jones, Van Andel Research Institute, USA
Immunometabolic Interplay in the Tumor Microenvironment

Susan Kaech, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Uptake of oxidized lipids by the scavenger receptor CD36 promotes lipid peroxidation and dysfunction in CD8+ T cells in tumors

Claudia Kemper, NIH NHLBI, USA
Diapedesis-Induced Integrin Signaling via LFA-1 Facilitates Tissue Immunity by Inducing Intrinsic Complement C3 Expression in Immune Cells

Claudia Mauri, University College London, UK
Intestinal barrier dysfunction plays an integral role in arthritis pathology and can be targeted to ameliorate disease

Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Modification of Proteins by Metabolites in Immunity

Matthew Spitzer, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Single-cell analysis by mass cytometry reveals metabolic states of early-activated CD8+ T cells during the primary

Matthias Tschöp, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
Obesity-associated hyperleptinemia alters the gliovascular interface of the hypothalamus to promote hypertension