This session focuses on new and exciting basic and translational topics in transplantation. It includes talks on xenotransplantation, desensitization, and tissue-based immune responses.
Organizing Societies: American Society of Transplantation (AST) American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) The Transplantation Society (TTS)
Symposium Chairs: Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD Stanford University
Elaine Reed, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Session Agenda 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Endothelial Injury and Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Xenotransplantation Mohammad Mohiuddin, MD Professor, University of Maryland
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Histocompatibility testing for Xenotransplantation Massimo Mangiola, PhD Associate Professor, New York University Langone Health
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Desensitization: Bench to Bedside Marlena Habal, MD Assistant Professor, New York University Langone Health
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CAR-T Cell Therapy for Desensitization of Highly Sensitized Transplant Patients Sebastiaan Heidt, PhD Associate Professor, Leiden University Medical Center
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Effector Memory B Cells as Mediators of Systemic and Mucosal Immunity in Humans Anoma Nellore, MD Associate Professor, University of Alabama, Birmingham
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Endothelial Cells Nicole Valenzuela, PhD Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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