Support available for trainees submitting to Nutrition, Immunity, and Inflammation Conference
Nutrition, Immunity, and Inflammation Conference: From Model Systems to Human Trials
Conference dates: July 27-29, 2021
Abstract submission deadline: July 6, 2021
This virtual FASEB Science Research Conference is focused on exploring the role of nutrition in innate and adaptive immunity. The conference will bring together graduate students, postdocs, and junior and senior investigators from academia and industry.
The main themes of this conference will address the complex interplay between dietary nutrients and outcomes associated with the microbiome, infection, and inflammation in the context of health and disease.
Conference sessions will present the latest research and foster discussion on:
- Diet, Microbiome, and Immunity During Infancy
- Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Immune Health
- Nutritional Immunity: The Battle for Nutrients Between Host and Bacteria
- Obesity: Impacts on Innate and Adaptive Immunity
- Diet and Infection in the Age of COVID
- Environmental and Nutritional Stressors on Immunity
- Food Components Impact Adaptive Immunity
- Dietary Patterns, Inflammation, and Disease Risk
- Diet, Inflammation, and Cancer
The conference covers nine sessions with 10 selected abstracts for short talks, and a "Meet the Expert" session in a speed-dating format, to allow engagement between junior and senior investigators. Nicole Baumgarth, PhD, DVM (University of California, Davis) will present the keynote lecture.
Support is available for trainees submitting abstracts. The abstract submission deadline is July 6. Categories of awards are as follows:
- Up to 8 cash awards for short talks (talks to be selected from among submitted abstracts)
- Up to 16 cash awards for outstanding poster presentations.
- Also, up to 18 child-care stipends are available after registration on a first come/first serve basis.
Contact FASEB Conference Manager, Kristen Hagy at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Organizing Committee
Charles Stephensen, USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Raz Shaikh, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sarah Comstock, Michigan State
Stephen Hursting, UNC-Chapel Hill