IL-15 Basic Research
and Clinical Applications
October 30, 2006


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IL-15: Basic Research and Clinical Applications
Conference Program

October 30, 2006

Lipsett Auditorium, Blg 10
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Tom Waldmann, Howard Young, Co-chairs


8:45-9:00 Robert Wiltrout - Welcome
  John Neiderhuber - Opening Comments
     
9:00-9:30 Tom Waldmann-“The Biology of IL-15 and IL-2: Implications for Cancer Therapy and Vaccine Design”
     
9:30-10:00 Michael Caligiuri-“The Role of IL-15 in NK Cell Development and NK Cell Leukemia”
     
10:00-10:30  Break
     
10:30-11:00 Francois Villinger-“IL-15 effects in vivo: The view from the healthy and SIV infected nonhuman primates”
     
11:00-11:30 Cliff Lane-“The Relative Role of IL-2, 7 & 15 in T Cell Stimulation”
     
11:30-12:00 Jay Berzofsky -“The Role of IL-15 as a Vaccine Adjuvant to Enhance CTL Memory and Avidity and to Replace CD4 Help”
     
12:00-1:00 Lunch
     
1:00-1:30  David Weiner-“IL-15 as a DNA Vaccine Adjuvant”
     
1:30-2:00

Nick Restifo-“Use of IL-15 in the Adoptive Immunotherapy
of Cancer”

     
2:00-2:30 Bana Jabri- “Control of Effector CTL by IL-15: Role in the Pathogenesis of Celiac Disease”
     
2:30-2:45 Break
     
2:45-3:45

Panel Discussion-“Getting IL-15 to the Clinic

  • Steve Creekmore
  • Micheal Norcross  
  • Steven A Rosenberg
  • Tom Waldmann
  • Bob Wiltrout