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Early Registration Deadline: January 14, 2027 

Scholarship Deadline: November 18, 2026 

Short Talk Abstract Deadline: November 18, 2026 

Poster Abstract Deadline: February 23, 2027 

Meeting Summary 

Title: Myeloid Cells: Orchestrators of Immunity in Health, Disease and Therapy 

Date: March 15 - 18, 2027 
Location: INEC Killarney Convention Center, Killarney, KY, Ireland  

Scientific Organizers: Julie Helft, Matthew Collin, and Christine Moussion 

Keynote Speaker(s): Florent Ginhoux, Gustave Roussy 

Myeloid cells include a diverse array of innate sensors, inducers, and effectors of immunity.  While a great deal is known about the taxonomy of individual lineages, there is much to learn about the integration of their roles in immunity, especially in the context of pathology and immunotherapy. 

This meeting will present a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of myeloid cell biology, encompassing their development, differentiation, and functional roles in health and disease. The program will integrate recent advances in the ontogeny of myeloid cells, their adaptation to microenvironmental and systemic signals, and emerging strategies for therapeutic targeting. 

A key feature of the meeting is its interdisciplinary scope, bringing together basic researchers, clinicians, immunologists, neuroscientists, and infection and cancer biologists.  The major emphasis will be on conceptualizing myeloid cells as systemic immune orchestrators, capable of sensing and responding to disease both locally and in distant tissues. This organism-level perspective will incorporate the spatial and temporal dimensions of myeloid cell biology and disease dynamics. The meeting will explore how this integrative framework may inform novel approaches to immunotherapy across a range of conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases, chronic inflammatory disorders, infection, and cancer. 

The program will be invaluable to researchers seeking new insights into tissue and systemic network interactions with the goals of better understanding human disease or exploiting discoveries in myeloid cell biology for therapeutic advancement. 

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