Thursday, May 13, 2021

Poster Session

Block Symposia

Distinguished Lecture—Donna L. Farber: Human immunity in space and time

Chair:

• David Masopust, Univ. of Minnesota, AAI Program Committee Chair

Speaker:

Donna L. Farber
Columbia Univ. Med. Ctr.
Human immunity in space and time

AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award Presentation and Lecture

Generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Chair:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)

Award Recipient:

Alexander Y. Rudensky
HHMI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr., Rockefeller Univ. and Weill Cornell Med.
The virtue of restraint in adaptive immunity

Recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology

Block Symposia

2020 AAI President’s Symposium

Genes and Genomes in Healthy and Autoimmune Lymphocytes

Presentation of AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award to Jeffrey A. Bluestone

Chair:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)

Speakers:

Due to the cancellation of IMMUNOLOGY2020™, some of the 2020 lectures
and symposia will be presented at Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021™.

AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award Presentation

Presented prior to Dr. Boss's President’s Symposium

Chair:

• Jeremy M. Boss, Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., AAI President (2019–2020)

Award Recipient:

Jeffrey A. Bluestone
Univ. of California, San Francisco, and Sonoma Biotherapeutics

Recognizes a member for exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists

Careers in Biotech Panel Discussion

Sponsored by the AAI Education Committee

Chair:

• H. Kiyomi Komori, Arena Pharmaceuticals

Many opportunities exist in biotechnology for scientists with advanced degrees. There are positions in laboratory research, program management, business development, regulatory affairs, clinical trials oversight, medical liaison, and more. This panel features scientists employed in a variety of positions discussing their career paths and the skills required for success in each.

Panelists:

• Sadiye Rieder, Senior Scientist, Viela Bio,Gaithersburg, MD
• Rachel S. Soloff, Senior Director of Research, Kyowa Kirin Pharma. Res., La Jolla, CA
• Ben Wen, Associate Director, Genomics Inst. of the Novartis Res. Fndn., San Diego, CA
• Tania Wiens, Director of Business Development, Precision for Med., Carlsbad, CA

Social Event (TBA)