International LIT Symposium
“Synthetic Immunology / Synthetic Biology”
June 23rd – 24th, 2026
Regensburg, Germany
International LIT Symposium
“Synthetic Immunology / Synthetic Biology”
June 23rd – 24th, 2026
Regensburg, Germany
International LIT Symposium
“Synthetic Immunology / Synthetic Biology”
June 23rd – 24th, 2026 | Regensburg, Germany
Symposium at “Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte”
Donaumarkt 1, 93047 Regensburg
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 10.00 Keynote Carl H. June Updates with CAR T cells
10.00 – 10.30 Yvonne Y. Chen Engineering multi-pronged CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors
10.30 – 11.00 Christine Brown Next-generation CAR T-cell approaches for Glioblastoma: overcoming barriers to efficacy
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00 Marcela Maus Test driving CAR T cells
12.00 – 12.30 Luca Gattinoni Stem cell memory T cells for next-generation CAR T therapy
12.30 – 15.00 Lunch + Poster session / Lightning talks at Salzstadel Weisse-Lamm-Gasse 1, 93047 Regensburg
Return to and continuation of Symposium at “Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte” Donaumarkt 1, 93047 Regensburg
15.00 – 16.00 Keynote Michel W. Sadelain TBA
16.00 – 16.30 Katie Galloway Genetic control systems for programming cell fate
16.30 – 17.00 Leonardo Morsut Programming pattern, shape, and function: learning the rules of multicellular organization
17.00 – 17.30 Justin Eyquem Ex vivo and in vivo genome editing to reprogram T cells
From 18.00 Social event / Joint dinner
Preliminary program – subject to change without prior notice
Symposium at “Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte”
Donaumarkt 1, 93047 Regensburg
09.00 – 10.00 Keynote George Coukos Building personalised T-cell therapy for solid tumors
10.00 – 10.30 Sai Reddy Predicting adaptive immune receptor specificity by AI
10.30 – 11.00 Dominik Niopek Precision control of protein activity for synthetic immunology and beyond
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00 Sebastian Kobold Optimizing cell-based strategies for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia
12.00 – 12.30 Roman Jerala Protein domain engineering for improved efficiency of CAR T-cell immunotherapy
12.30 – 13.00 Leo Scheller Protein engineering for tumor microenvironment-specific CARs
13.00 – 13.30 Petra Schwille Hidden champions – what minimal cells can teach us about proteins
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 15.30 Keynote Shimon Sakaguchi TBA
15.30 – 16.00 Gerhard Krönke Resetting autoimmunity in immune-mediated inflammatory disease
16.00 – 16.30 Markus Feuerer Tissue adaptation of regulatory T cells and engineering
16.30 End of meeting
Preliminary program – subject to change without prior notice