14 – 16 October 2026
Full program
Three days of keynotes and scientific talks across seven sessions, from tissue immunosurveillance to innate immune recognition.
Wednesday 14UKE Hamburg, HCTI
Thursday 15External venue
Friday 16External venue
📍 HCTI ground floor, UKE Hamburg — Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg
I
Immunosurveillance
16:00 – 16:10
Welcome Remarks
Speaker to be confirmed
16:10 – 17:00
Adrian Hayday — Keynote
Francis Crick Institute, London
Tissue immunosurveillance mechanisms require core concepts of innate and adaptive immunity to be re-evaluated
📍 External venue — Haus 73, Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg
II
Inflammation and Tissue Repair
9:00 – 9:40
Julie Jameson
California State University San Marcos, California
The complex roles of γδ T cells: from tissue repair to autoimmunity
9:40 – 10:20
Geraldine Nouailles
Charité, Berlin
Title to be announced
10:20 – 10:50
Audrey Kahn
Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg
GDF-15 in neuroinflammation: cytokine sensing by brainstem neurons restricts pathogenic T cell responses
Coffee
Coffee break — 30 minutes
III
T Cell Fate and Function in Tissues
11:20 – 12:00
Petra Bacher
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
Title to be announced
12:00 – 12:30
Lena Boehme (AG Taghon)
Ghent University, Belgium
Human γδ T cells adopt effector identities within the postnatal thymus
12:30 – 13:00
Nicola Gagliani
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Title to be announced
Lunch
Lunch break — 90 minutes
IV
Session IV — theme to be confirmed
14:30 – 15:10
Philipp Hohensinner
Medical University of Vienna
Tissue constraints on macrophage plasticity in inflammation
15:10 – 15:40
Rayhane Nchioua
Universität Ulm, Ulm
Our Pandemic Viruses Outsmart Our Immune System
Coffee
Coffee break — 40 minutes
V
AI and Computational Approaches to Tissue Immunity
16:20 – 16:50
Ilya Osterman
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Hamburg
The metabolic battlefield: phages and bacteria in a molecular arms race
16:50 – 17:20
Merle Stahl
Universität Hamburg (UHH), Hamburg
Title to be announced
17:20 – 17:50
Zheng Song
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Decade-long persistence of adaptive γδ T effectors during recurrent malaria
📍 External venue — Haus 73, Schulterblatt 73, 20357 Hamburg
VI
Immunity at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
9:00 – 9:40
Anna Chelmonska-Soyta
Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Breg Cells in Early Pregnancy and Miscarriage
9:40 – 10:20
Daniela Pereira-Carvalho
King's College, London
Title to be announced
10:20 – 10:50
Ioannis Belios
Division for Experimental Feto-Maternal Medicine, UKE, Hamburg
Title to be announced
Coffee
Coffee break — 30 minutes
VII
Innate Immune Recognition
11:20 – 12:00
Andreas Diefenbach
Charité, Berlin
Title to be announced
12:00 – 12:30
Hao Huang
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Title to be announced