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“Best Practices in Mucosal Sampling Workshop”
Sponsored by NIAID/NIH
Image courtesy Otto Yang, Maria Teresa Ochoa, Gloria Preza, and Peter Anton
Thursday, May 1, 2014Masur Auditorium, NIH campus
Day 1: Wednesday 4/30/14
MIG Program Meeting Invitation only
Day 2: Thursday: 5/1/14Open to the public
8:00 – 8:30am On-Site Registration
8:30 – 8:45am Introduction and MIG PLOS collection launch: Florian Hladik and Thandi Onami
8:45 – 10:00am Collecting clinical and demographic data to evaluate mucosal samples. Chair, Alan Landay
8:45 – 9:10am Immunological changes during the menstrual cycle: Charles Wira
9:10 – 9:35am STI testing and treatment-influences on mucosal sampling: Susan Cu-Uvin
9:35 – 10:00am Launch of Enterprise Mucosal Sampling Guide: Patricia D’Souza
10:00 – 10:20am Coffee break- On Your Own
10:20 – 12:30pm Standardizing cervico-vaginal mucosal specimen analysis. Chair, Otto Yang
10:20 – 10:40am Cervico-vaginal mucosal sampling-- cytobrushes vs. vaginal biopsies: Florian Hladik
Conference attendees and/or presenters are responsible for meals and/or light refreshments on their own and at their own cost. Government staff and/or Government contractors may not be involved in the provision or facilitation of food and/or light refreshments for conference attendees and/or presenters.
10:40 – 11:00am Using soluble immune mediators to study the mucosal milieu: Charlene Dezutti
11:00 – 11:20am Monitoring mucosal humoral responses following vaccination: Georgia Tomaras
11:20 – 11:40am Mucosal T cells and HIV susceptibility: Rupert Kaul
11:40 – 12:00pm Proteomic methods for monitoring mucosal responses: Blake Ball
12:00 – 12:30 Panel discussion
12:30 – 1:20pm Lunch – On Your Own
1:20 – 3:00pm Standardizing gastrointestinal mucosal specimen analysis. Chair, Phil Bergin
1:20 – 1:40pm GI mucosal sampling: options for protocol feasibility and participant compliancePeter Anton
1:40 – 2:00pm Monitoring mucosal T cell responses to vaccines: Steve DeRosa
2:00 – 2:20pm Early initiation of ART preserves Th17 cells and reverses HIV-related immune activation: Alexandra Schuetz
2:20 – 2:45pm Mixing OMICS to monitor mucosal inflammation: Rafick Sekaly/Mark Cameron
2:45 – 3:00pm Coffee break – On Your Own
3:00 – 4:30pm Novel methods to interrogate mucosal samples: Chair, Jean Charles Grivel
3:00 - 3:20pm Nanowell approaches to measuring mucosal immune responses: Chris Love
3:20- 3:40pm FcR bearing effector cells in the human female genital tract: Rena Astronomo
3:40 - 4:00pm Optimizing cryopreserved functional responses: Barbara Shacklett
4:00 – 4:30pm Discussion and wrap-up
Conference attendees and/or presenters are responsible for meals and/or light refreshments on their own and at their own cost. Government staff and/or Government contractors may not be involved in the provision or facilitation of food and/or light refreshments for conference attendees and/or presenters.