The Organizing and International Advisory Committee is planning an outstanding scientific program. We have confirmed the following globally recognized scientists to give keynote presentations:

Headshots of 4 individuals who are giving keynote talks at Cytokines 2025

INVITED SPEAKERS

Andrea Ablaser, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Session: DNA sensing (NAIS sensing)

Mark Ansel, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

Tal Arnon, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Session: Cytokine regulation of humoral immunity

Mark Ansel, University of California San Francisco, CA, United States

Glen Barber, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Session: DNA sensing (NAIS sensing)

Rami Bechara, Paris-Saclay University, Inserm, Paris, France
Session: Cytokines in autoimmunity

Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
Session: Genomic and cytokine responses

Tyler Bold, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Session: Host-responses to Microbial infection I

Jane Bruckner, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: Cytokines in autoimmunity

Susan Carpenter, University Of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Session: Innate immunity

Sara Cherry, University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Session: Cytokine stimulated genes

Carolyn Coyne, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Session: Cytokines in maternal and fetal health

Kate Fitzgerald, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States
Session: Innate immunity

Adriana Forero, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Session: Innate immunity

Sarah L. Gaffen, University of Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Session: Host-responses to Microbial infection I

Michael Gale Jr., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
Session: Interferon regulation and function 

Liraz Galia-Shmuel, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

Jessica Hamerman, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: Myeloid cells development, function & trained immunity

Emily Hemann, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Session: Type III Interferon regulation and function

Caitlyn Holmes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
Session: Host-responses to Microbial infection I

Lora Hooper, UT Soutwestern, Dallas, TX, United States
Session: Cytokines in microbiome dynamics

Brendan Jenkins, The University Of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Session: Cytokines in cancer

Alison Kell, University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Session: Host-responses to virus infection

Nichole Klatt, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Session: Cytokines in microbiome dynamics

Robyn Klein, Western University, London, OT, Canada
Session: Cytokines in microbiome dynamics

Seema Lakdawala, Emory University School Of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
Session: Host-responses to virus infection

Ryan Langlois, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Session: Host-responses to virus infection

Helen Lazear, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Session: Cytokines in maternal and fetal health

Sharon Lewin, Doherty Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Session: Host-responses to virus infection

Helene Liu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Session: RNA sensing

Carolina Lopez, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
Session: Innate Immunity II

Li-Fan Lu, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Session: Cytokines in T-cell programming and responses

Jonathan Miner, University Of Pennsylvania, Springfield, PA, United States
Session: Cytokines in autoimmunity

Selinda Orr, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
Session: Host-responses to Microbial infection I

Shekhar Pasare, University of Cincinnati, OH, United States
Session: Myeloid cells development, function & trained immunity

Virginia Pascual, Drukier Institute At Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States
Session: Cytokines in autoimmunity

Carla Rothlin,Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
Session: Myeloid cells development, function & trained immunity

Ram Savan, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: Type III Interferon regulation and function

Sunny Shin, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Session: Host-responses to Microbial infection I

Dan Stetson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: DNA sensing (NAIS sensing)

Mehul Suthar, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
Session: Myeloid cells development, function & trained immunity

Jenny Ting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Session: Inflammation in acute & chronic diseases

Russell Vance, UC Berkeley, Albany, CA, United States
Session: Interferon regulation and function 

Vaiva Vezys, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Session: Cytokines in T-cell programming and responses

Josh Woodward, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: Innate immunity

Autumn York, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Session: Inflammation in acute & chronic diseases