2025 Symposium

Frontiers in Innate Immunity and Cell Death

 November 4 and 5, 2025
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Presented by the Center of Excellence for Innate Immunity and Inflammation

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Please join us in person at “Frontiers in Innate Immunity and Cell Death”, the 3rd annual Symposium hosted by the Center of Excellence for Innate Immunity and Inflammation (CoE-III) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, on November 4 and 5, 2025.  

The innate immune system plays a critical role in infectious, inflammatory, and autoimmune diseases and cancers. Despite this importance, our understanding of how the innate immune system recognizes and responds to diverse pathogens or danger signals to drive host defense, clear cancerous cells, regulate cell death pathways, control cytokine production, and engage the adaptive immune response remains limited. Furthermore, inborn errors in innate immune genes and aberrant innate immune signaling are key drivers of disease, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood, limiting our ability to therapeutically target these processes.

The 2025 Symposium will bring together an outstanding, international group of leading experts and early career researchers to share recent discoveries in innate immunity and cell death, featuring topics on the basic biology of innate immunity, interactions with adaptive immunity, the molecular diversity of immune mechanisms, immuno-oncology, neuroimmunology, the pathophysiology of inflammation, therapeutic applications, and more. 

The CoE-III Symposium will be held in-person at St. Jude. While the previous CoE-III Symposia have been exclusive to the St. Jude research community, this year, we are excited to offer opportunities for external registrants to join us. We look forward to welcoming the innate immunity research community for robust discussions and interactions to support  basic and translational research and advance cures.   

 

  1.  Registration fees:

    • St. Jude Employees: Complimentary
    • External Attendees:
      • Trainees (Students and Postdoctoral Fellows): $75
      • All Others (Principal Investigators, Research Staff, Industry Professionals): $200

    Registration deadline: October 19, 2025

    Please Note: Capacity is limited. Registration will close once maximum capacity is reached.

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  2. Full agenda coming soon.

    1. Time Event Location
      7:30-8:20 am Breakfast MTC Lobby
      8:20-8:30 am Welcome MTC Auditorium
      8:30-9:00 am Speaker 1 MTC Auditorium
      9:00-9:30 am Speaker 2 MTC Auditorium
      9:30-10:00 am Speaker 3 MTC Auditorium
      10:00-10:30 am Break MTC Lobby
      10:30-11:00 am Speaker 4 MTC Auditorium
      11:00-11:30 am Speaker 5 MTC Auditorium
      11:30 am-12:00 pm Speaker 6 MTC Auditorium
      12:00-2:00 pm Lunch MTC Lobby, Board Room
      2:00-2:20 pm Young Investigator Talk 1 MTC Auditorium
      2:20-2:40 pm Young Investigator Talk 2 MTC Auditorium
      2:40-3:00 pm Young Investigator Talk 3 MTC Auditorium
      3:00-3:20 pm Young Investigator Talk 4 MTC Auditorium
      3:30-5:30 pm Poster Session and snacks MTC Lobby
    2. Time Event Location
      7:30-8:20 am Breakfast MTC Lobby
      8:20-8:30 am Welcome MTC Auditorium
      8:30-9:00 am Speaker 7 MTC Auditorium
      9:00-9:30 am Speaker 8 MTC Auditorium
      9:30-10:00 am Speaker 9 MTC Auditorium
      10:00-10:30 am Break MTC Lobby
      10:30-11:00 am Speaker 10 MTC Auditorium
      11:00-11:30 am Speaker 11 MTC Auditorium
      11:30 am-12:00 pm Speaker 12 MTC Auditorium
      12:00-12:10 pm Closing MTC Auditorium

  3. And more to come soon!

  4. Calling all trainees and early career researchers! We invite you to submit an abstract highlighting your recent work in the areas of innate immunity and cell death.

    Abstract Guidelines:

    • Format: Please provide an unstructured abstract. You will also be asked to provide a title and list all authors. Please have this information ready when submitting.
    • Word Limit: 250 words. Submissions will not be accepted for abstracts that exceed the limit.
    • Abstracts must be submitted online via the website only. Abstracts submitted by email will NOT be accepted.

    Abstract submission deadline: August 1, 2025 (11:59 pm CST)

    Submit an abstract

    Abstracts will be reviewed by a committee of experts for selection of Poster or joint Oral and Poster presentations. Those selected for joint Oral and Poster presentations will also be awarded with travel support to attend the Symposium (including travel, accommodation, and registration).

    Decision Notification:

    • The submitters will be informed of acceptance by mid-September 2025. A decision will be communicated via email.
    • Instructions for preparation of presentations/posters will be made available closer to the date of the Symposium.

    Please note that submitting an abstract does not register you for the meeting.

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    For any questions email CoE-III_Symposium@StJude.org

  5. Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium
    St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
    262 Danny Thomas Place
    Memphis, TN 38105

    • For your convenience, we have curated a selection of hotel options placing you in the heart of Memphis. Please note, these properties offer/require valet parking.
    • While these recommendations provide a range of accommodations to suit different preferences, guests are not limited to these options.

    Marriott

    • The Westin Memphis Beale Street
    • Courtyard Memphis Downtown

    Hyatt

    • Hyatt Centric
    • Caption by Hyatt

    Hilton

    • Canopy by Hilton Memphis Downtown
    • Hilton Garden Inn Memphis Downtown

    Privately-owned

    • The Peabody Memphis
    • Hotel Napoleon

     

 
 
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