Agenda
Agenda
Please note that all times listed currently reflect US Eastern Time (ET). The schedule is subject to change. Presentations are live or pre-recorded followed by live group Q&A
Day 1: Tuesday, July 27th, 2021
| Time | Event |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Welcome and Introductions: Charles Stephensen (USDA/WHNRC/UC Davis) & Raz Shaikh (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
| 10:15 am – 11:00 am | Keynote Address: Nicole Baumgarth (University of California, Davis) Regulation of antimicrobial humoral immunity |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am – 1:00 pm | Session 1: Obesity: Impacts on Innate and Adaptive Immunity Chair: Raz Shaikh (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
| 11:15 am – 11:35 am | Alyssa Hasty (Vanderbilt University) Adipose Immunity in Weight Loss and Cycling |
| 11:35 am – 11:55 am | Daniel Winer (Buck University) Insulin Receptor Control of Adaptive Immunity |
| 11:55 am – 12:15 pm | Arion Kennedy (North Carolina State University) Unraveling T cell Activation in Obesity Associated Fatty Liver Disease |
| 12:15 pm – 12:35 pm | Nancie Jo MacIver (Duke University) Molecular mechanisms of T-cell dysfunction in malnutrition |
| 12:35 pm – 12:45 pm | Natalie Harasymowicz (Washington University in St. Louis) Gene Therapy for fat-1 Prevents Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Cellular Senescence And Increases the Content of Anti-Inflammatory Macrophages |
| 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Break |
| 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm | Meet the Experts Session Room 1 - Setting up and using a gnotobiotic mouse facility for dietary studies. Presentations by Dr. Laxmi Yeruva and Dr. Timothy Hand, followed by discussion. Room 2 - Using dietary intake data to characterize risk of inflammation. Presentations by Dr. Edward Giovannucci and Dr. Fred Tabung, followed by discussion. Room 3 - Use of machine learning in nutrition research. Presentation by Dr. Danielle Lemay, followed by discussion. |
| 2:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Session 2: Diet and Infection in the Age of COVID Chair: Melinda Beck (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
| 2:15 pm – 2:35 pm | Linda Saif (The Ohio State University) Nutritional impacts on immune response to rotavirus infection |
| 2:35 pm – 2:55 pm | Raz Shaikh (UNC, Chapel Hill) Obesity drives a dysregulated specialized pro-resolving mediator signature: Implications for viral infection |
| 2:55 pm – 3:15 pm | Melinda Beck (UNC, Chapel Hill) Obesity and Influenza vaccination: Lessons learned for COVID-19 |
| 3:15 pm – 3:35 pm | Daniela Frasca (University of Miami) Obesity, aging, and B-cells |
| 3:35 pm – 3:45 pm | Sarah Price (University of Louisville) Got Zinc? A Role for Yersiniabactin in Zinc Acquisition during Yersinia pestis Infection |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Break |
| 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm | Poster Session 1 - Posters will be available online for viewing a few days prior to the virtual SRC; session time will be devoted to Q&A between poster presenters and attendees |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | Planning the Next Conference - (via zoom link) All conference attendees are invited to discuss plans for collecting feedback on this conference and planning for a future conference. |
Day 2: Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
| Time | Event |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Day Two: Welcome Address and Summary of Day One |
| 10:15 am – 11:45 am | Session 3: Nutritional Immunity: The Battle for Nutrients Between Hosts and Bacteria Chair: Charles Stephensen (USDA, WHNRC/UC Davis) |
| 10:15 am – 10:35 am | Eric Skaar (Vanderbilt University) Transition metals and virulence in bacteria |
| 10:35 am – 10:55 am | Manuela Raffatellu (University of California, San Diego) Nutritional Immunity in the inflamed gut |
| 10:55 am – 11:15 am | Hal Drakesmith (University of Oxford) The battle for iron: A key determinant of the outcome of infection |
| 11:15 am – 11:25 am | Jeanette Miller (Vanderbilt University) The Function of a Bacterial Lytic Transglycosylase in Mitigating Zinc Dysregulation |
| 11:25 am – 11:45 am | Questions and Answers |
| 11:45 am – 12:00 pm | Break |
| 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm | Session 4: Diet, Microbiome, and Immunity During Infancy Chair: Sarah Comstock (Michigan State University) |
| 12:00 pm – 12:20 pm | Timothy W. Hand (University of Pittsburgh) The role of maternal IgA in infant gut health |
| 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm | Laxmi Yeruva (Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center) Breastmilk and immunity in the infant: Lessons from animal models |
| 12:40 pm – 1:00 pm | Marcia Monaco (University of Illinois) A swine model of colitis for mechanistic understanding of microbiota and immunity |
| 1:00 pm – 1:20 pm | Valerie Verhasselt (University of Western Australia) Antigen shedding in human milk: a key for immune system education |
| 1:20 pm – 1:30 pm | Akila Rekima (University of Western Australia) Colostrum drives the development of successful anti-helminth immune defenses |
| 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Career Development Session for Early Career Scientists - Two senior scientists (Drs. Stephen Hursting and Charles Stephensen) and two mid-career scientists (Drs. Raz Shaikh and Sarah Comstock) discuss how to succeed in a scientific career. |
| 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Poster Session 2 - Posters will be available online for viewing a few days prior to the virtual SRC; session time will be devoted to Q&A between poster presenters and attendees |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm – 5:45 pm | Session 5: Prebiotics, Probiotics and Immune Health Chair: Margherita Cantorna (Penn State University) |
| 4:00 pm – 4:20 pm | Sarah Comstock (Michigan State University) Prebiotic dietary modifications to decrease intestinal inflammation in adult humans |
| 4:20 pm – 4:40 pm | Margherita Cantorna (Penn State University) Mechanisms underlying vitamin D control of mucosal infection |
| 4:40 pm – 5:00 pm | Adam Moeser (Michigan State University) Early nutrition, stress, the microbiome, and intestinal mast cell function |
| 5:00 pm – 5:20 pm | Danielle Lemay (USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center/UC Davis) Dietary fiber, microbiome and intestinal inflammation in healthy humans |
| 5:20 pm – 5:30 pm | Yasmine Bouzid (University of California, Davis) Adequate intake of dietary fiber is associated with lower gastrointestinal inflammation in healthy U.S. adults |
| 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm | Questions and Answers |
Day 3: Thursday, July 29th, 2021
| Time | Event |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Day Three: Welcome Address and Summary of Day Two |
| 10:15 am – 11:00 am | Keynote Address: Stephen Hursting (UNC, Chapel Hill) Breaking the Obesity-Cancer Link: A Mechanistic Perspective |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Break |
| 11:15 am – 1:00 pm | Session 6: Environmental and Nutritional Stressors on Immunity Chair: Simin Meydani (USDA/ HNRCA/Tufts University) |
| 11:15 am – 11:35 am | Cheryl Rockwell (Michigan State University) The food preservative tert-butylhydroquinone exacerbates the T cell response to food allergen |
| 11:35 am – 11:55 am | Michael B. Fessler (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Oxysterols Coordinate Lipid and Inflammatory Homeostasis in the Lung |
| 11:55 am – 12:15 pm | Philip Calder (University of Southampton) n-3 PUFA and adaptive immunity in humans |
| 12:15 pm – 12:35 pm | Kym Gowdy (The Ohio State University) Dietary Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Modulate the Pulmonary Response to Environmental Exposures |
| 12:35 pm – 12:45 pm | Jerry Lio (Ohio State University) Vitamin C Potentiates Plasma cell Differentiation via TET-mediated DNA Modifications at a Novel Prdm1 Distal Element |
| 12:45 pm – 1:00 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Break |
| 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm | Sponsored Event (National Dairy Council) - Dr. Chris Cifelli, VP for Research, will describe the Council's program for research funding and provide an overview of recently funded projects related to diet and inflammation. |
| 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm | Session 7: Dietary Patterns, Microbiota, Inflammation/Immunity and Disease Risk Chair: Jimmy Crott (USDA/Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging/Tufts University) |
| 2:00 pm – 2:20 pm | Fred Kinyuy Tabung (The Ohio State University) Dietary indices of inflammation and cancer risk |
| 2:20 pm – 2:40 pm | Edward Giovannucci (Harvard University) Inflammatory diets, microbiome and colon cancer risk |
| 2:40 pm – 3:00 pm | Charles Stephensen (USDA, WHNRC/UC Davis) Association of Healthy Eating Index scores with inflammation and immune activation in healthy adults |
| 3:00 pm – 3:20 pm | Stine M. Ulven (University of Oslo) Dietary fat, metabolomics and inflammation assessed by gene expression profiling |
| 3:20 pm – 3:30 pm | Qi Jin (The Ohio State University) Hyperinsulinemic and pro-inflammatory dietary patterns are associated with increased risk of total and site-specific cancers among postmenopausal women |
| 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Session 8: Diet, Intestinal Inflammation and Cancer Chair: Stephen Hursting (UNC, Chapel Hill) |
| 4:00 pm – 4:20 pm | Jimmy Crott (USDA, HNRCA) Dietary fat, microbiome, inflammation and intestinal tumorigenesis |
| 4:20 pm – 4:40 pm | Connie Rogers (Penn State University) Role of changes in energy balance and related nutritional factors on inflammation |
| 4:40 pm – 5:00 pm | Bill Murphy (UC Davis) Effect of obesity-related inflammation on immunotherapy in cancer |
| 5:00 pm – 5:10 pm | Michael Coleman (UNC Chapel Hill) β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate synergizes with cytotoxic chemotherapy and immunotherapy in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer |
| 5:10 pm – 5:30 pm | Questions and Answers |
| 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm | Wrap-up by Conference Organizers |