Systems-level engineering of T-cell specificity

Virtual Event : 1 - 2 December 2026

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 1st December 2026

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

12:00

WELCOME TO DAY ONE

Session 1

12:05

Benny Chain The UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, UK

'Private and shared T cell receptor clusters in cancer immunity'

Q&A: 12:25-12:35

12:35

Thierry Mora École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris, France

'How to maintain a diverse T-cell response'

Q&A: 12:55-13:05

13:05

Proffered Paper 1

Q&A: 13:15-13:20

13:20

Proffered Paper 2

Q&A: 13:30-13:35

13:35

REFRESHMENT BREAK

13:50

FLASH TALKS 1

Session 2

14:05

Armita Nourmohammad Yale School of Medicine, USA

Q&A: 14:25-14:35

14:35

Proffered Paper 3

Q&A: 14:45-14:50

14:50

REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:05

FLASH TALKS 2

15:20

Proffered Paper 4

Q&A: 15:30-15:35

15:35

Proffered Paper 5

Q&A: 15:45-15:50

15:50

Marta Luksza MSKCC, USA

Q&A: 16:10-16:20

16:20

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

Wednesday 2nd December 2026

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

12:00

WELCOME TO DAY TWO

Session 3

12:05

Omer Dushek University of Oxford, UK

'Generation of super-selective T cells by engineering buffered signalling'

Q&A: 12:25-12:35

12:35

Dirk Busch Technical University of Munich, Germany

Q&A: 12:55-13:05

13:05

Proffered Paper 6

Q&A: 13:15-13:20

13:20

Proffered Paper 7

Q&A: 13:30-13:35

13:35

REFRESHMENT BREAK

13:50

FLASH TALKS 3

Session 4

14:05

Proffered Paper 8

Q&A: 14:15-14:20

14:20

Melita Irving University of Lausanne, Switzerland

'ZipER: Engineering TCR Architecture for Precision T Cell Therapy'

Q&A: 14:40-14:50

14:50

REFRESHMENT BREAK

15:05

FLASH TALKS 4

15:20

Chris Garcia Stanford University, USA

'Stress testing TCR recognition of Pmhc'

Q&A: 15:40-15:50

15:50

Proffered Paper 9

Q&A: 16:00-16:05

16:05

OPEN FORUM

An informal discussion session where speakers and participants are invited to discuss the key talking points from the day

16:45

SUMMARY AND CLOSE

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