Physics of the Immune System & Immunology I

Presentations

• Immune response as a model for the function of evolving systems

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: DeWitt et al. Replaying germinal center evolution on a quantified affinity landscape. bioRxiv 2025.06.02.656870;

  Presenters

  • William DeWitt

    • University of Washington

  Authors

  • William DeWitt

    • University of Washington

  • Armita Nourmohammad

    • University of Washington

  • Tyler Starr

  • Frederick Matsen

  • Gabriel Victora

    • The Rockefeller University

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• Predicting the antigenic peptidome

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: Preprint in preparation

  Presenters

  • Laura Collesano

    • University of Cologne

  Authors

  • Laura Collesano

    • University of Cologne

  • Roberto Morán-Tovar

  • Viera Kovacova

  • Marta Łuksza

  • Michael Lassig

    • University of Cologne

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• Antigenic Shielding with a Dynamically Evolving Cross-Reactivity Network

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Zhou Li

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Zhou Li

    • Northeastern University

  • Kevin Ng Chau

    • Northeastern University

  • Jason George

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  • Herbert Levine

    • Northeastern University

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• Exponential proofreading: the kinetic mechanism of B cell immune response and cross-protection

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: In preparation

  Presenters

  • Roberto Morán-Tovar

    • University of Cologne

  Authors

  • Roberto Morán-Tovar

    • University of Cologne

  • Michael Lassig

    • University of Cologne

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• Immune bet-hedging: how to make diverse memories to prepare for future challenges

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Thierry Mora

    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

  Authors

  • Vadim Karnaukhov

  • Andrea Mazzolini

  • Olivier Lantz

  • Aleksandra Walczak

  • Thierry Mora

    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

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• Inferring signatures of time-varying mutational mechanisms during antibody affinity maturation

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: In preparation

  Presenters

  • Magdalena Russell

    • University of Washington

  Authors

  • Magdalena Russell

    • University of Washington

  • William DeWitt

    • University of Washington

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• How the immune system learns

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Newton

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Daniel Newton

    • Harvard University

  • Zhang-Wei Hong

  • Pulkit Agrawal

  • Arup Chakraborty

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Modeling the Synergetic Dynamics of B cells and Tfh cells in Germinal Center Reactions

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Pyo

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Andrew Pyo

    • Stanford University

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

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• Clonal dynamics of HIV reservoirs through the lens of CD4+ T cells

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Reeves

    • Fred Hutch Cancer Center / University of Washington

  Authors

  • Daniel Reeves

    • Fred Hutch Cancer Center / University of Washington

  • Annukka Antar

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• Recombination biases predispose T cell receptor clustering in antigen-specific repertoires

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Yuval Elhanati

    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

  Authors

  • Yuval Elhanati

    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

  • Andreas Meyer

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• Spatial Decision-Making in B Cell Evolution

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Jimmy Gonzalez Nunez

    • University of California Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Jimmy Gonzalez Nunez

    • University of California Los Angeles

  • Shenshen Wang

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