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Session 5: Novel Therapeutics for Cancer

Chair: Silvio Gutkind, University of California San Diego

9:00-9:40

Targeting cancer stemness
Thomas Kipps (University of California San Diego)

9:40-10:20

Chemical induction of splice-neoantigens enhances anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy response
Masatoshi Hagiwara (Kyoto University)

10:20-11:00

Monocyte fate during conformal radiotherapy controls therapeutic outcome
Juliana Idoyaga (University of California San Diego)

11:00-11:15

Break

Session 6: Immunotherapy for CNS, Head and Neck Cancers

Chair: Masatoshi Hagiwara,
Kyoto University

11:15-11:55

Development of immunotherapy strategies for brain tumors
Hideho Okada (University of California San Francisco)

11:55-12:35

Novel immunotherapy targets: the druggable immune GPCRome and new immune-evasive cancer drivers
Silvio Gutkind (University of California San Diego)

12:35-13:45

Break

Session 7: Inflammation, Metabolism and Tumor Immunity

Chair: Thiago Carvalho

13:45-14:25

The dual role of inflammation in cancer immunity
Santiago Zelenay (Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute)

14:25-15:05

Germline genetics, host immunity and the microenvironment in cancer progression and immunotherapy response
Cristina Curtis (Stanford University)

15:05-15:25
Short talk

Past history of high-fat diet causes persistent susceptibility to ferroptosis in CD8 T cells
Masaki Tajima (CCII, Kyoto University)

15:25-15:45
Short talk

Organic osmolyte-mediated adaptations critical for immune homeostasis and T-cell mediated anti-tumor responses
Baihao Zhang (RIKEN)

15:45-16:00

Break

Session 8: CD8 T Cells Biology

Chair: Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, University of Tsukuba

16:00-16:40

Functional diversity of memory CD8 T cells is spatiotemporally imprinted
Ananda Goldrath (Allen Institute for Immunology)

16:40-17:20

Functional genomics and systems Immunology in mapping the metabolic basis of cancer immunity
Hongbo Chi (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)

17:45-18:30

Poster Session