The 2025 Principles of Mucosal Immunology Virtual Course will be held June 30-July 2, 2025 with sessions focusing on both scientific and career development topics facilitated in three hour segments each day of the course. The course will be offered virtually with live-streamed sessions and available asynchronously to enable full access globally. Registrants have the opportunity to ask questions of all presenters live, with an online forum for additional questions and to engage in continued conversation with each other throughout the course and beyond after the course’s conclusion.
Registration discounts for full lab group registrations are available. We are also proud to offer free registration to any SMI member working in lower or middle-income countries. Any SMI member located in a country or region designated as "Under-Represented" on the linked document here , is still eligible for this ticket's pricing.
Program Committee
Alessandra Filardy, PhD -Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Stephanie Ganal-Vanarburg, PhD - University of Bern
Sangwon Kim, PhD -Thomas Jefferson University
Registration
Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course Registration Rates
| Registration Type |
Early Bird 4/1-5/26/25 |
Regular 5/27-6/27/23 |
Week-of 6/28-7/2/25 |
| Member | $120 | $145 | $160 |
| Non-Member | $150 | $175 | $190 |
| Trainee Member | $60 | $85 | $100 |
| Trainee Non-Member | $85 | $110 | $130 |
| Lab Group (max. 5 registrants)* | $120 | $145 | $160 |
| Lab Group (max. 10 registrants)* | $200 | $225 | $240 |
| URC (Lower or Middle-Income Country) | Free | Free | Free |
| URC Non-Member | $5 | $5 | $5 |
| URC Lab Group (max. 5 registrants)* | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| URC Lab Group (max.10 registrants)* | $20 | $20 | $20 |
* Fee stated is a group rate. This ticket is available to Primary Investigators (PIs) who are SMI members in good standing. Please email info@socmucimm.org or call 414.359.1650 to register your lab. SMI staff will send those registered individuals access to the virtual course. SMI reserves the right to cancel registrations that do not meet the above criteria.
Course Schedule
Principles of Mucosal Immunology Course Schedule - US Central Daylight Time (CDT).
| June 30, 2025 | Basics of mucosal immunology | Faculty |
| 14:00 | Overview of mucosal barriers | Rodney Newberry, MD Washington University St. Louis |
| 14:35 | APCs in the mucosa | Brian Kelsall, MD NIAID |
| 15:15 | ILCs | Marco Colonna, MD Washington University St. Louis |
| 15:45 | B cells/GC/IgA | Carla Nowosad, PhD NYU Langone Grossman School of Medicine |
| 16:30 | Conventional and unconventional T cells (iELs) | Dan Littman, MD, PhD NYU |
| 17:00 | Microbiota and immune system | TBA |
| July, 1, 2025 | Specialized mucosal immunity - beyond the intestine | Faculty |
| 14:00 | The mucosal immune system of the airways and the lungs | Clare Lloyd, PhD Imperial College London |
| 14:30 | Immunity in the skin barrier | Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD Harvard University |
| 15:15 | Mucosal immunity in early life | TBA |
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15:45 |
Environmental influences on the mucosal immune system | Erika von Mutius |
| 16:30 | Oral tolerance | Ana Caetano, MD, PhD Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| 17:00 | Mucosal infections |
Brian Sheriden, PhD |
| July, 2, 2025 | Towards new horizons in mucosal immunity | Faculty |
| 14:00 | New technologies, immunohistochemistry, organoids | Gustavo Andrés Monasterio Ocares, DMD, PhD Karolinska Institutet |
| 14:30 | Axis of gut and brain | TBA |
| 15:15 | Metabolic regulations of mucosal immunity | TBA |
| 15:45 | Microbiota in Cancer? Vaccines? | TBA |
| 16:30 | Career Development Session – Publishing | Benjamin Marsland, PhD Monash University |
| 17:00 | Career Development Session- Industry | Francisco Leon, MD, PhD Tolerance Bio |
Cancellation Policy
Please note full refunds, minus a $25 administrative fee will be given if a written cancellation is received by June 10, 2025, info@socmucimm.org. No-shows will not receive a refund. Exceptions to the SMI cancellation policy will be made due to a documented medical reason accompanied by a doctor's note. All cancellation requests require the approval of the SMI Executive Director.