45th Annual Meeting of - Society for Leukocyte Biology

InflammatIon In Innate and
adaptIve Immune mechanIsms
Dear Colleagues,
Aloha and welcome to the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology.
Our venue, the Hilton Grand Wailea Resort here in Maui promises beautiful views and
exciting activities to supplement a highly stimulating scientific program. The theme for this
year’s meeting is “Inflammation in innate and adaptive immunity”. Our Keynote Speaker
and the recipient of the Bonazinga award is Charles Dinarello, a most appropriate selection
especially in light of the importance of the IL-1 family in regulating a diverse array of
inflammatory activities that impact on the character, magnitude and duration of associated
immune responses. The program also contains 5 plenary sessions covering innate recognition
mechanisms in host defense, inflammasomes, myeloid cell populations linking inflammation
with cancer, the epithelium as a link between innate and Th2 immunity, and metabolism in
immune regulation. Furthermore, the 10 concurrent sessions have been designed to reflect
the broader interests of our community and will be composed of invited speakers, featured
presentations and short presentations chosen from among the submitted abstracts.
In addition to the Alcohol and Immunology satellite symposium there are also a number
of special sessions that deal with science career issues and include Street Smarts of Science: A
Survival Guide for Graduate Students (Liz Kovacs), How to Write Your First Grant Application
(Julian Cambronero), and a session sponsored by the Women and Diversity Committee.
Finally, there are numerous activities and sites in Maui that will provide lots of pre- or
post meeting potential. A dawn bicycle ride down from the top of the volcano or a trip to
the waterfalls and the lush rain forest on the eastern side of the island are great options. In
addition to an opening reception that will be held the first night of the meeting immediately
after the Bonazinga award presentation; we will also be hosting a mixer on Monday evening
that should provide a great chance to socialize.
Finally, a sincere “thank you” to all our sponsors including the NIH, PeproTech Inc.,
BioLegend, Cayman Chemical, Hycult, Abbott, Quartzy, and Bristol Myers Squibb whose
generous support helps make this program possible.
Wishing you a wonderful meeting!
The 2012 Scientific Organizing Committee
Tom Hamilton Xiaoxia Li
October 28 – 30, 2012 | Hilton Grand Wailea Resort | Maui, Hawai’i
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