Events & Seminars
International Symposium
X6 2026 Senri Life Science International Symposium &
The 15th International Symposium of IFReC
“International Symposium on Advanced Immunology 2026”
| Date & Time | February 5, 2026 (Thu) 10:30 am to 4:30 pm February 6, 2026 (Fri) 10:00 am to 4:30 pm • Reception to be held after the first day. |
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| Venue | Senri Life Science Center Building 5th Floor “Yuichi Yamamura Commemorative Life Hall” |
| Language | English |
| Coordinators | Shizuo Akira President Senri Life Science Foundation Kiyoshi Takeda Director and Professor WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), The University of Osaka |
| Sponsors | Senri Life Science Foundation Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), The University of Osaka |
| Support | Biocommunity Kansai (BiocK) “Core-to-Core Program” of JSPS |
Program Day1 （Feb.5）
| Talk 1 | Interleukin6; from its discovery to clinical application Past, Present and Future
Tadamitsu Kishimoto The University of Osaka |
| Talk 2 | A T cell-centric View of Human Innate Lymphoid Cell Differentiation
James Di Santo Institut Pasteur |
| Talk 3 | Dendritic cell diversity in directing discrete immune modules
Kenneth Murphy Washington University in St. Louis |
| Talk 4 | Macrophages: “Master regulators of inflammation control”
Miriam Merad Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Talk 5 | Meningeal Treg control of brain health and degeneration
Diane Mathis Harvard University |
| Talk 6 | Treg for immune tolerance
Shimon Sakaguchi The University of Osaka |
Program Day2 （Feb.6）
| Talk 1 | T cells are Terrific
Christophe Benoist Harvard University |
| Talk 2 | Discrimination of Self and Neoself Antigens by T Cells in Immune Homeostasis
Shunsuke Mori The University of Osaka |
| Talk 3 | Mapping the T cell repertoire to a model system of the human gut microbiome
Kazuki Nagashima Harvard University |
| Talk 4 | Mapping B Cell Tolerance Breakdown in Lymph Nodes of Lupus Patients
Caterina Faliti Emory University |
| Talk 5 | Integrative projection of multi-layer omics data into the single-cell immune landscape
Ryuya Edahiro The University of Osaka |
| Talk 6 | Mapping RNA dynamics in immunity in single cells and space
Akiko Oguchi RIKEN/Kyoto University |
| Talk 7 | Commensal sialidase shapes host–microbe interaction and early life immunity
Hiutung Chu University of California San Diego |
| Talk 8 | Gut Reactions: Immune regulatory pathways in the intestine
Fiona Powrie University of Oxford |
| Talk 9 | Identification of microbiota-derived metabolite and T cell subset implicated in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease
Kiyoshi Takeda The University of Osaka |
Registration Guidelines
Admission fee for the symposium : Free
Reception fee : 3,000 yen
Capacity: Symposium 200, Reception 100
* Pre-registration is required.
Registration deadline : January 31 (Sat), 2026
Please apply using the button below.
* You will receive an automatic reply email from [autoreply@form-mailer.jp] later.
Inquiries
Senri Life Science Foundation, 2026 International symposium Office
otk-2023<at>senri-life.or.jp
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TEL : 06-6873-2006 FAX : 06-6873-2002
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