The symposium will promote the exchange of conceptual ideas in this rapidly evolving field, and also foster cross-disciplinary collaborations among the scientists.

Innate immunity is studied by both microbiologists and immunologists; however, their perspectives differ widely. Microbiologists are necessarily specialists for their pathogen(s) of choice, while immunologists tend to focus on the host response. The goal of the conference is to bring together immunologists, microbiologists and cell biologists, who, from their specific points of view, will discuss recent progress in their understanding of host-pathogen interactions.

Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual

Organizers: Gordon Brown UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, UK Michaela Gack CLEVELAND CLINIC FLORIDA RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTER, USA Felix Randow MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, UK Dominique Soldati-Favre UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Cyril Zipfel UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Website: https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/ees24-08/