Keypoint Newsletter: 2023 Season Highlights
In June we concluded our 2023 season, which ran from August 2022 to June 2023, aligning with the academic year. It was a busy season, consisting of 60 meetings altogether, including 13 that had been rescheduled due to the pandemic. We hosted over 9,000 participants and covered many exciting new topics, including Neurocircuitry of Social Behavior, Infections in Pregnancy, Computational Design and Modeling of Biomolecules and Multispecific Immune Cell Engagers for Cancer Immunotherapy.
See season highlights below, including Nobel Laureate appearances, scholarships provided, and more!
Nobel Laureate Appearances
2018 Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Allison presented the Keynote Address at our March 2023 conference on Cancer Immunotherapy: Mechanisms of Response versus Resistance in Banff, Canada. He is serving as lead organizer for the 2024 meeting Cancer Immunotherapy: Beyond Immune Checkpoint Blockade and Overcoming Resistance in Whistler, Canada!
2022 Nobel Laureate Dr. Svante Pääbo featured as Keynote Speaker in our May 2023 conference on New Frontiers in Reconstructing Human Evolution History, in Hannover, Germany.
An amazing #KSCancerImmuno23 keynote by Nobel laureate and @CIR_AACR Deputy Editor @JimAllisonPhD! Fantastic start to what's going to be an awesome conference 🤩😯😃 pic.twitter.com/BMl85llUv4
— Adriana D. Benavides, Ph.D. - Cuz Immunology Rocks (@Adri_CIR) March 6, 2023
Financial Aid Provided to over 500 Students, Postdocs, Under-Represented and LMIC Scientists
Altogether, we provided 432 scholarships to students and post-doctoral fellows, 19 early-career investigators from under-represented backgrounds (ECITAs awards) to attend conferences for essential career building and networking experiences. Here are just a few of the appreciative comments on Twitter from awardees:
Trading in my pipettes this week for these views 🏔️ at #KSCancerImmuno23!! Thankful to the @KeystoneSymp Future of Science Fund and for the opportunity to speak on my PhD work in the @ford_lab 👩🏼🔬🇨🇦 #immunotherapy @WinshipAtEmory pic.twitter.com/8GEB4tZ1Pn
— Kelsey Bennion (@BennionKelsey) March 6, 2023
Having been awarded a scholarship by Keystone Symposia, I had the honour of delivering a presentation and poster at the 2023 Single Cell Biology: From Development to Cancer conference.#KSSingleCell23 pic.twitter.com/c0j2pHBWvD
— Antony Rose (@Antony_Rose_) June 27, 2023
In addition, with support from by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we were able to provide 101 scientists from low- and middle- income countries with Global Health Travel Awards (GHTAs), to attend 10 different conferences on topics of global health importance. GHTA awardees came from 24 different countries, across Africa, Asia and South and Central America.
Attending my first keystone #KSCancerImmuno23 at Banff,…Experiencing a true, 'Winter Wonderland’
— Sunita Keshari, Ph.D. (@kesharisunita) March 8, 2023
Day 2 of keystone: Had an exciting poster presentation and discussion on NeoAg Cancer vaccines.
Received Keystone symposia Travel Grant Award😊🎉 pic.twitter.com/TA1F1CN4x6
Find out more about financial aid programs and opportunities here
Season Highlights from Attendees
The twittersphere was abuzz with raved reviews from students, postdocs and PIs alike, expressing their enthusiasm and appreciation for the unrivaled scientific programming and networking opportunities provided by Keystone Symposia conferences. In particular, we congratulate those rising stars who presented their work, many for the first time, in front of field leaders and peers; a formative experience that has launched the careers many before them. A small sampling below captures the essence of their sentiments, and the value provided to each and every one of our >9,000 attendees!
Absolutely amazing 4 days at @KeystoneSymp #KSCancerImmuno23 . Great to discuss my PhD work on PTPN22 in T cells and hear some truly inspiring talks on groundbreaking cancer immunology research. Lots learnt and lots of new connections made. And being in Banff wasn’t bad either! pic.twitter.com/TJCC47TC1D
— Alex Teagle (@alex_teagle) March 10, 2023
My brain is abuzz with information, ideas, and excitement for the work thanks to in-person, focused meetings bringing together fundamental and applied #vaccine-centered #immunology ! #KSBcells23 #KSHIV23 pic.twitter.com/CiGt8LNUYv
— Asheley Chapman, PhD 🦠 (@asheley_phd) June 7, 2023
I was deeply honored to have received an invitation to present at the esteemed scientific immunology congress in Keystone, Colorado USA. Being given the opportunity to share my research and insights with fellow experts in the field is truly a privilege.#KSBCells23 #KSHIV23 pic.twitter.com/qKPdh5aWFc
— Zgjim Osmani (@ZgjimOsmani) June 23, 2023
Happy to have presented my work at the Keystone Symposia on HIV Vaccines #KSHIV23! Thanks to the organizers for allowing me to present my first oral talk! pic.twitter.com/Ozvozh9jf6
— Daniel J. Morris (@the_djmorris) June 8, 2023
Wonderful first day at @KeystoneSymp #KSNeuroimmune23. All talks were fantastic but when a new PI (@DGateLab ) who just published a Cell paper from his new lab gives a mind-blowing talk with all unpublished data (two projects, actually) and then at the end shows QRcode to his lab…
— Jonathan Kipnis (@jonykipnis) May 17, 2023
#KSNeuroimmune23: Had amazing conversations about my project on #cytokine effects on neuronal #cytoskeleton and their interactions with #alphasynuclein! Loving the open exchange of ideas here and honored that I could contribute. pic.twitter.com/IdRd56g9Km
— Veronika Sigutova (@Veronika_Sig) May 19, 2023
5 posters from our #BloodEngineeringLab
— Rio Sugimura 🇺🇦 (@rio_sugimura) March 7, 2023
Great achievement for second anniversary of our lab🎂🎂#KSCancerImmuno23 pic.twitter.com/IbB3KD2uHa
mens sana in corpore sano. Good to be on the mountain for a break in the amazing presentations #KSNeuroimmune23 #KSNeurodegen23 pic.twitter.com/BCDx8QcLTV
— Julien Muffat (@tinyglue) May 18, 2023
I had such a wonderful time at #KSNeuroimmune23 & #KSNeurodegen23! Met many lovely trainees, had great & insightful chats with PIs, and I’m leaving with a full new list of ideas and experiments 😄 thank you to everyone who made this such an awesome meeting! pic.twitter.com/14NBw3l0x9
— Camden Hoover (@camdenhoover3) May 20, 2023
the long lunch break @KeystoneSymp is meant for experiencing the best of 2 worlds, science & nature. beauty in science is self-evident and we can attest to the bounty of nature surrounding #KSNeuroimmune23 & #KSNeurodegen23.#HuangLabBrown @brown_ctn @Brown_MCB_Prog pic.twitter.com/wv0BzLg9L6
— Alvin Huang (@YAlvinHuang) May 18, 2023
Many thanks to #KSNeurodegen23 & #KSNeuroimmune23 organizers for such a great week of science in Whistler! Get to meet old friends and new people and have fun discussions about science. pic.twitter.com/jYWsnfpto8
— Guoyan Zhao (@gzhao11) May 20, 2023
Katerina gave a tour-de-force presentation at #KSNeuroimmune23 summarizing 20 years of work from @AkassoglouLab on role of fibrin in CNS diseases from conception to 1st-in-humans clinical trial of fibrin immunotherapy! Amazing body of work on its way to the clinic! #proudalumnus pic.twitter.com/7fSGnbSPr3
— Dimitrios Davalos & Lab (@DavalosLab) May 19, 2023
Had such a lovely time learning amazing science, exchanging scientific ideas, and meeting new people at #KSNeuroimmune23 and #KSNeurodegen23 👩🔬🏔️ Thank you to everyone for making this conference such a wonderful experience 😀 pic.twitter.com/PbBKzouXOi
— Jasmine Pathan (@jasmino_acid) May 21, 2023
So excited we presented our new concept on remission of prediabetes for the first time at #KSDIABETES23 from Tübingen and DZD @DiabResearch.
— Andreas Birkenfeld (@Dr_Birkenfeld) May 4, 2023
Cool & inspiring meeting in Palm Springs! Big thanks to fantastic organizers @LoraHeisler, Martin Myers Jr, Chris Rhodes #T2D #prediabetes pic.twitter.com/Rm3KV90Avh
Had a great time presenting my poster at the @KeystoneSymp hypoxia conference, hearing about some amazing work and meeting the nicest people! @srochaliv #KSHypoxia23 #Hypoxia #Killarney pic.twitter.com/F81Xl0iyHk
— Harry Collier (@Hypoxic_Harry) June 2, 2023
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