Mathematical Immunology of Infectious Diseases
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Theme 1: Organization and function of the immune system Chair: Alan Perelson 08:20 AM 08:30 AM Introduction to theme 1 and its presentations by Chair 08:30 AM 09:30 AM Speaker: Rob J De Boer (Plenary lecture) Utrecht University “Estimating the killing efficacy of cytotoxic T cells” 09:30 AM 10:00 AM Speaker: Stanca Ciupe “Mathematical models of T-cell development” Duke University 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Health Break 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Speaker: Murray E Alexander Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council “A unifying mechanism of clonal expansion leading to T cell memory” 11:00 AM 11:30 AM Speaker: Lindi Wahl University of Western Ontario “Tregs and autoimmunity: deterministic and stochastic approaches predict a role of bystander suppression” 11:30 AM 12:00 PM Speaker: Vahid Anvari York University “Relatively mature dendritic cells”
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