JSI gives an award to the superior presenters in the workshop and poster session of the JSI Annual Meeting.
Two awardees are selected in an each category by workshop coordinators and chairpersons.
This award is supported by BioLegend, Tomy Digital Biology and Sanofi.
1. Hematopoiesis and Immune Environment
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-C-WS3-13-O/P | Yuichi Hirata (Columbia Univ.) | CD150high Bone Marrow Tregs Maintain Hematopoietic Stem Cell Quiescence and Immune Privilege via Adenosine |
| 1-C-WS4-3-O/P | Masanori Tsutsumi (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Characterization of thymic fibroblast subsets |
2. B cells
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-D-WS5-10-O/P | Kei Haniuda (Tokyo Univ. of Science) | Metabolic control of germinal center B cell and plasma cell differentiation |
| 1-D-WS6-4-O/P | Yoshihito Nihei (Juntendo Univ.) | Characteristics of naïve B cells in murine IgA Nephropathy |
3. T cells
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2-A-WS14-4-O/P | Yuji Kamioka (Kansai Medical Univ.) | Roles of Rap1, Talin-1 and Kindlin-3 in lymphocyte homing to peripheral and mucosal lymph nodes |
| 3-A-WS23-14-O/P | Moe Shiokawa (Osaka Univ.) | Low-affinity TCR engagement induces Itm2a to mediate T cell maintenance in the periphery |
4. Helper T cells
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-H-WS13-4-O/P | Masayuki Tsukasaki (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Host defense against oral bacteria by bone-damaging T cells |
| 1-H-WS13-15-O/P | Hayato Takahashi (Keio Univ.) | Cholesterol 25-hydroxylase expressing CD4+ T cell regulates tissue inflammation |
5. Innate lymphocytes
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-B-WS1-5-O/P | Saya Moriyama (Cornell Univ.) | β2 adrenergic receptor-mediated negative regulation of group 2 innate lymphoid cell responses |
| 1-B-WS2-8-O/P | Asako Chiba (Juntendo Univ.) | MAIT cells as a new therapeutic target for systemic lupus erythematosus. |
6. Dendritic cells and macrophages
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-E-WS8-3-O/P | Etsuko Toda (Tokyo Univ. of Science) | A chemokine signal amplifier FROUNT promotes tumor progression by facilitating migration and activation of tumor-associated macrophage |
| 1-E-WS7-5-O/P | Naoko Shibata (Waseda Univ.) | LPS from lymphoid-tissue resident Alcaligenes induces IgA without excessive inflammation via its weak TLR4 agonist activity. |
7. Mast cells & granulocytes
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2-H-WS21-1-O/P | Yaqiu Wang (Univ. of Tsukuba) | Phosphatidylserine exposure self-regulates mast cells’ degranulation |
| 2-H-WS21-6-O/P | Soichiro Yoshikawa (Tokyo medical and dental Univ. (TMDU)) | Histamine released from skin-infiltrating basophils but not mast cells is crucial for acquired tick resistance in mice |
8. Allergy
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2-G-WS20-7-O/P | Miyuki Omori-Miyake (Tokyo Women’s Medical Univ.) | Identification and functional analyses of three dendritic cell subsets accumulating in skin-draining lymph nodes upon the expression of thymic stromal lymphopoiein in the skin |
| 2-G-WS20-8-O/P | Akihiko Murata (Tottori Univ.) | Local skin memory response is mediated by tissue resident memory T cells |
9. Cytokines and chemokines
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-G-WS11-16-O/P | Ruka Setoguchi (RIKEN) | Chronic interferon-gamma signals impair memory CD8 T cell maintenance |
| 1-G-WS12-3-O/P | Tomohiko Okazaki (The Univ. of Tokyo) | A division of labour for the type ?interferon and apoptosis induction after viral infection |
10. Tolerance and Immune suppression
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2-C-WS16-13-O/P | Shin-ichi Koizumi (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univ.) | Transcription factor JunB is essential for effector regulatory T cell homeostasis and function |
| 3-C-WS27-2-O/P | Tetsuya Sakurai (Kyushu Univ.) | A novel mechanism for induction of tissue-specific immune evasion |
11. Virus infection
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2-B-WS15-7-O/P | Hiroshi Ueki (Univ. of Tokyo) | In vivo imaging of the pathophysiological changes and dynamics of immune cells in influenza virus-infected mouse lung |
| 2-B-WS15-19-O/P | Ryota Sato (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Combating herpesvirus encephalitis by potentiating a TLR3-mTORC2 axis |
12. Bacterial / mycofungal / parasite infection
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-H-WS36-1-O/P | Yasunobu Miyake (Saga Univ.) | Porphyromonas gingivalis negatively regulates host immune responses through inhibitory receptor, Siglec |
| 3-H-WS36-17-O/P | Hiroshi Ashida (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.) | Analysis of novel Shigella effector mechanism that regulate host cell death |
13. Endogeneous innate immunity and inflammation
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-D-WS28-12-O/P | Kaiwen Liu (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Ribonuclease T2 negatively regulates response of the dsRNA sensor TLR3 |
| 3-D-WS29-8-O/P | Chihiro Motozono (Osaka Univ.) | Recognition of phospholipids on dead cells via inhibitory C-type lectin receptor |
14. Mucosal-Skin Immunity
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-F-WS33-5-O/P | Takeshi Tanoue (Keio Univ. School of Medicine) | Induction of IFNγ-producing CD8 T cells by human derived-commensal bacteria |
| 3-F-WS33-4-O/P | Tadashi Takeuchi (RIKEN) | Gut microbial metabolite acetate tunes IgA reactivity toward commensal microbes to maintain mucosal homeostasis |
15. Tissue-specific immune diseases
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-B-WS24-7-O/P | Xuexin Li (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.) | Significant associations of human SIGLEC10 polymorphisms with susceptibility to Guillain-Barré syndrome |
| 3-B-WS24-10-O/P | Hui Jin (Osaka Univ.) | TSHR-stimulating autoantibody production by TSHR / MHC class II complexes |
16. Systemic autoimmune diseases
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1-F-WS9-1-O/P | Yusuke Takeshima (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Immune cell-type specific multi-omics analysis revealed contribution of mitochondria in Bcells to systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| 1-F-WS10-5-O/P | Haruka Tsuchiya (The Univ. of Tokyo) | The Immunogenetics of Inflammatory Mechanisms by Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes form Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
17. Tumor immunity
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-G-WS34-4-O/P | Mariko Takahashi (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) | Tumor suppressors of the DAPK family regulate anti-tumor innate immunity through the STING-type I Interferon pathway |
| 3-G-WS35-14-O/P | Yujiro Kidani (Osaka Univ.) | Distinct transcriptional regulation in tumor-infiltrating regulatory T cells |
18. Cancer immunotherapy
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-E-WS30-1-O/P | Hirotake Tsukamoto (Kumamoto Univ.) | Combined blockade of IL-6 and PD-1/PD-L1 signaling abrogates mutual regulation of their immunosuppressive effects in the tumor microenvironment |
| 3-E-WS31-6-O/P | Hsin-Wei Chen (National Health Research Institutes) | Use of FLIPr as an antigen delivery vector for cancer immunotherapy |
19. Human Immunology (Immunointervention)
| Program No | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 3-H-WS37-5-O/P | Yuki Hitomi (The Univ. of Tokyo) | Identification of POGLUT1 as the effector gene in human primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) susceptibility locus chromosome 3q13.33 |
| 3-H-WS37-22-O/P | Masashi Matsuda (RIKEN) | Human NK cell development in hIL-7 and hIL-15 knock-in NOD/SCID/IL2rgKO mice |
