Physics of the Immune System I

Presentations

• How much (immune) diversity is enough?

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 2:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM

  Publication: Yiu, Hao and Johnson, PLF. Neutral evolution of germline IGHV and TRBV loci in the great apes. In preparation.

  Presenters

  • Philip Johnson

    University of Maryland

  Authors

  • Philip Johnson

    University of Maryland

  • Hao Yiu

    University of Maryland, College Park

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• Modeling Co-evolutionary Dynamics of CRISPR Immunity and Phage Mutations Using Stochastic Simulations

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Mehmet Velat Inci

    Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Mehmet Velat Inci

    Northeastern University

  • Herbert Levine

    Northeastern University, Northeastern Univ

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• Probing the Role of Defective Interfering Particles in Viral Infection

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:18 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sokol Hoxha

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Sokol Hoxha

    Princeton University

  • Colin Ross Scheibner

    Princeton University

  • Ned S Wingreen

    Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA

  • Andrew G Pyo

    Princeton University

  • Yigal Meir

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  • Aartjan te Velthuis

    Princeton University

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• Non-cell autonomous innate immune memory from positive feedback

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shubham Tripathi

    Yale University

  Authors

  • Shubham Tripathi

    Yale University

  • Can Liu

    Yale University

  • William W Lau

    NIAID

  • Rachel Sparks

    NIAID

  • John S Tsang

    Yale University

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• Mechanistic modeling of adaptation and memory in natural killer (NK) cells

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 3:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Meryl Liu

    Princeton University

  Authors

  • Meryl Liu

    Princeton University

  • Andrew G Pyo

    Princeton University

  • Colin Ross Scheibner

    Princeton University

  • Ned S Wingreen

    Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA

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• Microenvironment, condesates and control of inflammation

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 3:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM

  Publication: Control of Inflammatory Response by Tissue Microenvironment. BioRxiv. 2024 May 14:2024.05.10.592432. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.10.592432. PMID: 38798655 PMCID: PMC11118380.

  Presenters

  • Xu Zhou

    Boston Children's Hospital

  Authors

  • Xu Zhou

    Boston Children's Hospital

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• Mechanical regulation of cytoskeletal organization, signaling and force generation in cytotoxic T lymphocytes

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Vishavdeep Vashisht

    Biophysics Program, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Vishavdeep Vashisht

    Biophysics Program, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland College Park

  • Aashli Pathni

    University of Maryland College Park, Biological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Maryland College Park

  • Frank Fazekas

    University of Maryland College Park, Biophysics Program, University of Maryland College Park

  • Elizabeth Kiely

    University of Maryland- College Park

  • Lei Li

    University of Maryland- College Park

  • Neha Narayan

    University of Maryland

  • Zhengguo Xiao

    University of Maryland- College Park

  • Arpita Upadhyaya

    University of Maryland College Park, Department of Physics, IPST, Biophysics Program, University of Maryland College Park

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• Spatial microenvironments tune immune response dynamics in the Drosophila larval fat body

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:42 PM – March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM

  Publication: Schlomann B.H., et al. Spatial microenvironments tune immune response dynamics in the Drosophila larval fat body. bioRxiv (2024) doi:10.1101/2024.09.12.612587

  Presenters

  • Brandon H Schlomann

    University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Brandon H Schlomann

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Ting-Wei Pai

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Jazmin Sandhu

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Genesis Ferrer Imbert

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Thomas G Graham

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Hernan G. Garcia

    University of California, Berkeley

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• Characterizing 3D trajectories of immune cells in response to bacterial toxin secretion apparatus in live larval zebrafish

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 4:54 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Piyush Amitabh

    University of Oregon

  Authors

  • Piyush Amitabh

    University of Oregon

  • Jonah Sokoloff

    University of Oregon

  • Julia Ngo

    University of Oregon

  • Raghuveer Parthasarathy

    University of Oregon

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• Localized Crosslinking of the Extracellular Matrix Directs Invasion of Tumor Spheroids

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2025, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Austin Naylor

    Oregon State University

  Authors

  • Austin Naylor

    Oregon State University

  • Max Libmann

    Oregon State University

  • Bo Sun

    Oregon State University

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