School Program

18th ENII EFIS EJI Summer School on Advanced Immunology

May 22 – 29, 2025
Alghero, Sardinia
Program v. 28/02/2025 – All Guest Faculty are CONFIRMED (lecture order TBC)

Thursday, May 22 – Arrival

12:45-14:00 Lunch
15:00 on Hotel Check-in available

16:00-19:00 Registration (Reception Area)
19:00-20:15 Ice breaker games (Poster Room)

20:15-21:30 Dinner

Friday, May 23
Welcome Introduction (08:45) Erica Lomnes, School Manager

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)

Lecture (11:30-12:30): Charlotte Scott Understanding macrophage heterogeneity in health and disease

Lunch (13:00-14:00)

Free time**
Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)

Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)
Poster Session A (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (19:45-21:30)

*Faculty lectures are 40 minutes, immediately followed by 20 minutes of discussion
** Oral presentation skills workshop offered during the daily free-time (participants attend one day)

Saturday, May 24

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Emma Slack  Microbiota, mucosal immunology
Lecture (10:00-11:00): Bernard Malissen Unveiling the molecular basis of T cell malfunctions and disorders using interactomics

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)
Lecture (11:30-12:30): Doreen Cantrell Protein Degradation pathways in T cells
Lunch (13:00-14:00)
Free time
Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)
Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)
Poster Session B (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (19:45-21:30)

Sunday, May 25

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Carola Vinuesa  Adaptive response (Focus on B-cells)
Lecture (10:00-11:00): Maries van den Broek Interactions between cancer and the immune system

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)
Lecture (11:30-12:30): Sebastian Klobuch Adoptive T cell therapy for the treatment of solid tumors

Lunch (13:00-14:00)
Free time
Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)
Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)
Poster Session C (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (19:45-21:30)

Monday, May 26
Lecture (09:00-10:00): Kiavash Movahedi  Immune responses in pathologies (2) Infection

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Fiona Powrie  Immune response in pathologies (3) Inflammation

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)
Lecture (11:30-12:30): Rino Rappuoli Preparing the world for climate-driven amplification of infections
Lunch (13:00-14:00)
Free time
Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)
Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)
Poster Session D (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (19:45-21:30)

Tuesday, May 27

Lecture (09:00-10:00): Petter Brodin  Human immune variation and development

Lecture (10:00-11:00): Onur Boyman Guided interleukin-2 immunotherapy: translation from discovery to patients

Coffee Break (11:00-11:20)
Lecture (11:30-12:30): Christopher Buckley EFIS Keynote Lecture Fibroblasts: master regulators of inflammation

Free time

Participant short presentations: (16:00-17:30)
Coffee Break (17:30-17:50)
Poster Session E (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (19:45-21:30)

Wednesday, May 28

Cultural Excursions (optional)

Morning 08:30-11:30
Boat Excursion from Alghero Marina to visit the Neptune’s Cave under the Capo Caccia promontory.
08:30 Depart hotel, walk to the Alghero Marina, Navisarda Lines
09:00 Boat Departure
11:30 Boat Returns to the Marina

12:30-13:30 Lunch at the Hotel

Afternoon 13:30-18:30
Excursion by bus to one of the area’s finest beaches (choice based on sea conditions)

13:30 Bus departs Hotel
18:00 Bus departs Beach

Farewell Dinner: 20:30

Thursday, May 29 – Departure

07:00-10:00 Breakfast
Check-out by 11:00 – Early morning departures may “check-out”/pay extras bill Wednesday night.

12:45 Lunch