12:30-12:40 p.m. 

Opening remarks 

David McManus, MD, ScM
Chair, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Kate Fitzgerald, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School 

12:40 to 1:00 p.m. 

20 min 

Luke O’Neill, PhD, Trinity College Dublin
Doug Golenbock: the Copernicus of Immunity 

1:00 to 1:20 p.m.

20 min 

Holger Heine, PhD, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center
Bugs, archaea and some other important abbreviations part 2 

1:20 to 1:40 p.m. 

20 min 

Clare Bryant, PhD, The University of Cambridge
TRIFFosome identification: common mechanisms by which Toll-like receptors form adaptor protein signalling platforms 

1:40 to 2:00 p.m. 

20 min 

Kenneth Rock, MD, UMass Chan Medical School
Identification and characterization of novel DAMP-DAMP receptors 

2:00 to 2:20 p.m. 

20 min 

Alberto Visintin, PhD, Compass Therapeutics Inc.
Innate Beginnings to Cancer Fight: 20 Years in 20 Minutes 

2:20 to 2:40 p.m. 

20 min 

Neal Silverman, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School
Travels through innate immune recognition: 20+ years of discovery with Doug Golenbock 

2:40 to 3:20 p.m.

Break (40 min) 

3:20 to 3:40 p.m. 

20 min 

Romana Rashid, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School
Unveiling the Mysteries of Malaria: CNBP's Pivotal Role in Innate Immune Signaling During Plasmodium Infection 

3:40 to 4:00 p.m.

20 min 

Rick Malley, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Mentorship Tales and Shots in the Dark 

4:00 to 4:20 p.m. 

20 min 

Philipp Henneke, MD, University of Freiburg
Development of innate barrier immunity in chronic infections 

4:20 to 4:40 p.m.

20 min 

Shruti Sharma, MSc, PhD, Tufts University
The Innate Immune Paradox of Aging 

4:40 to 5:00 p.m. 

20 min 

Randy Hampton, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Innate Community: a lifelong path with my BFAM Douglas Golenbock 

5:00 to 5:15 p.m. 

Closing remarks 

Douglas Golenbock, MD 
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, UMass Chan Medical School