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Schedule

Day Time Room Topic
Day 1
Sep. 2nd
14:30-18:00 Waalbrug B 🧬 Computational immunity
Day 2
Sep. 3rd
9:30-16:30 Waalbrug B (main)
De Oversteek (parallel talk)
🤖 Geometric deep learning & 3D modelling + outing
Day 3
Sep. 4th
9:30-17:35 Auditorium 🔬 T-cell immunity and therapy

Day 1: Computational Immunity (Room: Waalbrug B)

Time Event
14:30-15:00 📋 RegistrationRegister and coffee
15:00-15:05 🎯 OpeningOpening
15:05-16:30 🎤 Invited TalksInvited talks (20+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: Johannes Textor, Dario Marzella

David Gfeller (UNIL)
Predicting TCR-peptide-MHC interactions - How can we bridge the two sides of the equation

Vincent Zoete (UNIL)
Computer-aided Molecular Engineering

Li Xue (Radboudumc)
AI-boosted 3D modelling for cancer immunotherapy
16:30-17:00 ☕ BreakCoffee break, snacks
17:00-17:45 ⚡ Flash TalksFlash talks (12+3 min/talk):
Session chair: Li Xue

Cunliang Geng (NLeSc)
DeepRank2 - a python framework for mining 3D protein structures with geometric deep learning

Chris Thorpe (EBI)
Experiments in generating Multiple Sequence Alignments for AlphaFold which include specific co-evolutionary information for MHC:peptide complexes

Mihaela Mihaylova (Radboud)
Human-in-the-loop approach for less laborious cell tracking

Day 2: AI and 3D modelling (Room: Waalbrug B)

Time Event
9:30-10:00 📋 RegistrationRegister/coffee
10:00-10:45 ⚡ Parallel Flash TalksParallel flash talks (Two rooms, 12+3 min/talk):

⭐ AI on 3D (Room: Waalbrug B):
Session chairs: Erik Bekkers, Cong Liu

David Frühbuß (Max Planck)
MHC-Diff: Fast and Accurate Peptide–MHC Structure Prediction via an Equivariant Diffusion Model

Rens den Braber (UvA)
AI-based energy predictor for conformation sampling

Amelia Villegas-Morcillo (TU Delft)
All-atom and structure-aware generative design of immunoproteins using diffusion models

🌟 AI on 3D (Room: De Oversteek):
Session chair: Daniel Rademaker

Farzaneh Meimandi parizi (Radboud)
SwiftTCR: Efficient computational docking protocol of TCRpMHC-I complexes using restricted rotation matrices

Dario Marzella (Radboudumc)
Improving peptide-MHC binding prediction through structure-based AI models

Riza Özçelik (TU/e)
Look the Other Way: Designing 'Positive' Molecules with Negative Data via Task Arithmetic
10:45-11:15 ☕ BreakCoffee break
11:15-12:05 🎤 Invited TalksInvited talks (Room: Waalbrug B, 20+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: Martijn Huijnen, Dario Marzella

Johannes Textor (Radboud University)
How T cells coordinate their motion in single lane traffic

Yang Yang (Shanghai Jiaotong Univ)
EPIC: Multi-objective Guided Diffusion for Epitope Design in TCR-pMHC Complexes
12:05-13:30 🍽️ LunchLunch and poster session
13:30-14:45 🎤 Invited Talks Geometric deep learning (20+5 min/talk):
Session chair: Li Xue

Erik Bekkers (UvA)
Equivariance and weight-sharing in neural networks without specialized modules

Artem Moskalev (Johnson&Johnson)
Language and Geometry models for RNA

Cong Liu (UvA)
Geometric Modelling with Clifford Algebra for Molecules and Proteins
14:45-15:15 ☕ BreakCoffee break
15:15-16:30 🎤 Invited Talks3D modelling and design (20+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: Hanka Venselaar, Coos Baakman

Monica Fernandez-Quintero (Scripps)
Structure and dynamics-guided antibody design

Hashem Koohy (Oxford)
Decoding Antigen Recognition Through Structural Modelling of TCR:pMHC complexes

Danny Sahtoe (Hubrecht Institute)
Design of conformational and epigenetic control systems
17:15-19:15 🚶‍♀️ OutingOuting - Historical walk of Nijmegen (starting point: Central Station Nijmegen)
19:30 🍽️ DinnerDinner with speakers and organizers @ Waagh restaurant (invitation only)

Day 3: T cell immunity and therapy (Room: Auditorium)

Time Event
9:30-10:00 📋 RegistrationRegister/coffee
10:00-11:30 🎤 Invited TalksInvited speakers (25+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: Mark Gorris, to be confirmed

Heather Melichar (McGill)
Predicting T cell responses from intracellular calcium dynamics

Sonja Bushow (Erasmus MC)
Immunopeptidomics in chronic HBV infection for therapeutic vaccine design

Ludger Klein (LMU Munich)
Role of B cells in central T cell tolerance
11:30-13:00 🍽️ LunchLunch and poster session
13:00-14:30 🎤 Invited TalksInvited speakers (25+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: to be confirmed

Mark Gorris (Radboudumc)
Induction of Frameshift-specific T cells through Dendritic Cell Vaccination in Lynch Syndrome and CMMRD

Timo van den Berg (Byondis & Radboudumc, antibody therapy)
Therapeutic targeting of the CD47-SIRPα myeloid immune checkpoint in cancer with the anti-SIRPα antibody BYON4228

Raquel Cuella Martin (McGill)
High-throughput precision gene editing to systematically characterize unusual protein-protein interactions
14:30-15:00 ☕ BreakCoffee break
15:00-16:15 🎤 Invited TalksInvited speakers (20+5 min/talk):
Session chairs: to be confirmed

Alexandre Bonvin (Utrecht University)
AI and physics-based integrative modelling of immune complexes

Anna Vangone (Roche)
Drug discovery in the era of AI

Guang Yang (Shanghai Tech)
A broadly neutralizing antibody recognizing a unique epitope with a signature motif common across coronaviruses
16:15-16:45 ☕ BreakCoffee break
16:45-17:30 ⚡ Flash TalksFlash talks (12+3 min/talk):
Session chairs: to be confirmed

Thomas Kuilman (AstraZeneca)
Establisment of a TCR Discovery Platform to support building ML models that predict TCR characteristics

Asima Abidi (Radboudumc)
Characterization of TGF-BRII frameshift neoepitope specific T cell receptors for use in adoptive T cell therapy

Tom Hofland (Radboudumc)
Retrotransposable elements as novel cancer-specific antigens
17:30 🎯 ClosingClosing remarks