Immunology of Fungal Infections Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2019

Immunology of Fungal Infections Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Jan 13 - 18, 2019 at Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.

Conference Description:
The 2019 Gordon Research Conference the Immunology of Fungal Infections focuses on leading advances in our understanding of the challenges that fungi impose on the immune system. This meeting – the 5th in its series – has become the must-attend venue for immunologists and medical mycologists to discuss how the immune system response to the challenge of fungal pathogens as well as how the fungus responds to the assault of innate and adaptive immune responses.

In this meeting, we include a focus on investigations using of NextGen sequencing and big data approaches, state of the art advances in fundamental immune processes controlling fungal infections and development of new strategies for immunotherapeutic control of these pathogens in humans. Other sessions will focus on important current issues regarding mechanisms of fungal immunity, including innate fungal recognition; pathogen-associated molecular patterns and corresponding pattern recognition receptors; adaptive immune responses and their regulation; impact of immunodeficiency and immunomodulation on fungal pathogenesis and susceptibility; how the host microbiome and metabolic states drive immunity; human immunogenetics, immunopharmacology and translational immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cells) and vaccination strategies. We have also added a new session focusing on the microbiology of different fungal microbes, which will help bring together microbiologists and immunologists attending the meeting. We will also have a session to highlight the “next generation" of promising young investigators in the field. This meeting has become a melting pot for perspectives gained from researchers from different traditions with a common interest in fungal infections.

Conference Topics:
• Next-Gen Advances in Fungal Immunology: Genomes and Beyond
• Immunity to Fungi in Humans: Bench to Bedside
• The Microbiology of Fungi: What Immunologists Need to Know
• Fungal Infections at Mucosal Surfaces
• Fungal Adaptation to the Immune Response
• Pulmonary Immunity to Fungal Infections
• Adaptive Immunity to Fungal Infections
• Advances in Innate Immunity to Fungal Microbes
• Young Investigator Presentations

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.