Sunday, May 14, 2023 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM ET Room 209ABC
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, NIH) Symposium
How the Latest Advances in Immunology Inform the Field of Developmental Immunotoxicology: A Panel Discussion
This symposium will feature brief talks and a panel discussion between basic and developmental immunologists and immunotoxicologists to learn from and inform each other of new scientific paradigms, advances, and methodology in their respective fields.
Chairs
- Michael C. Humble, NIEHS, NIH
- Fenna C.M. Sillé, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Panelists
- Michael C. Humble, NIEHS, NIH, Introduction
- Anna E. Beaudin, Univ. of Utah, Contribution of fetal hematopoiesis to postnatal immune function and disease susceptibility
- Jamie C. DeWitt, East Carolina Univ., Impact of early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and implications for later life immune-based diseases
- Isha Khan, Michigan State Univ., An in vitro model of human hematopoiesis for developmental immunotoxicity testing
- Brian D. Rudd, Cornell Univ., Studying immune development in mice with normalized microbial exposure
- Momoko Yoshimoto-Kobayashi, Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Cntr. at Houston, HSC-independent hematopoiesis in the embryo contributes to a significant part of adult immune cell
- Judith T. Zelikoff, New York Univ. Langone Health, Pulmonary immunotoxic effects of inhaled ambient particulate matter on prenatally-exposed offspring
- Fenna C.M. Sillé, Johns Hopkins Univ., Panel discussion: future outlook on alternatives to DIT testing