SITC Primer Presentations
October 25, 2012
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
North Bethesda, MD
Presentations are posted online based upon presenter approval.
Program Schedule
7:00 am - 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am - 8:05 am | Welcome and Introductions |
8:05 am - 8:45 am | Session 250: Innate Immunity ![]() Willem W. Overwijk, PhD - MD Anderson Cancer Center |
8:45 am - 8:55 am | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
8:55 am - 9:35 am | Session 251: Dendritic Cells ![]() Madhav Dhodapkar, MD - Yale University |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Refreshments & Networking |
10:00 am - 10:40 am | Session 252: Immunology of Antibodies as Therapy ![]() Helen Chen, MD - National Cancer Institute |
10:40 am – 10:50 am | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Session 253: T Cell Differentiation: From Naïve to Effector Cells ![]() Susan M. Kaech, PhD - Yale University |
11:30 am – 11:40 am | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Session 254: Immunobiology of the Tumor Microenvironment ![]() Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago |
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
12:30 pm - 1:25 pm | Lunch Break and Networking |
1:25 pm - 2:05 pm | Session 255: T Cell Intracellular Signaling Jonathan Powell, MD - Johns Hopkins Hospital |
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
2:15 pm - 2:55 pm | Session 256: Tumor Antigen, Tumor Immunogenicy and Immunization ![]() Pedro J. Romero, MD - University of Lausanne |
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
3:05 pm - 3:20 pm | Refreshments and Networking |
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm | Session 257: Coinhibition and Costimulation in Cancer Immunotherapy Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University |
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
4:10 pm - 4:50 pm | Session 258: Adoptive Immunotherapy ![]() Cassian Yee, MD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm | Audience Response /Question and Answer |
All presentations are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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