Human Immunology - Genes and Environment 2026

Human Immunology - Genes and Environment 2026 is organized by Wellcome Connecting Science Courses and Conferences and will be held from May 13 - 15, 2026 at Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
Human immune systems play important roles, either causal or as modifiers of all human diseases. Recent technological advances now enable precise characterisation of these complex and variable systems, opening the door to studying immunity directly in human subjects as a powerful complement to traditional animal models. By improving direct investigation of human immune function and accounting for genetic and environmental influences on disease, we can advance every area of medicine.

As the second conference in this series, this meeting builds on the momentum of our inaugural event by advancing our understanding of how human immune systems shape health and disease. New technologies now allow deeper insight into immune variation and its genetic and environmental drivers, transforming our ability to study immunity directly in human populations.

The programme will bring together researchers across immunology, genetics, functional genomics and physiology to address key gaps in our understanding of human immune diversity. Sessions will cover genes to function, large-scale immune variation, human infection responses, sex and age differences, links between immunity and whole-body physiology, and neglected areas such as maternal immunity.

Alongside the invited talks by the leaders of the field, the meeting will also feature short oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts, posters and poster pitch talks for a highly interactive meeting.