Join us on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from 09:00 to 18:00 at Queen's College, Cambridge to explore interconnected defence across organs with world-leading researchers in both academia and industry.
The 2025 edition of the long-running Cambridge Immunology Forum hosted by the BSI Cambridge Immunology Group and the Cambridge Immunology Network will focus on “Immune highways: interconnected defence across organs”. This meeting will continue the tradition of the Cambridge Immunology Forum focusing on a single immunological theme which covers aspects from basic science through to clinical applications and will feature a range of local and world leaders in this interesting field.
Topics that will be covered include:
- neuroimmunology
- the “gut – brain” axis
- immune cell migration and chemotaxis
- maintaining tissue homeostasis
- the cytokine network
- vascular immunology
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Abstract submission
Abstract deadline is Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 23:59 BST.
Programme
08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:20 | Welcome/opening
Session 1: Chemotaxis and Cytokines
09:30 | Invited Speaker: Dr Ang Cui (Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, USA)
Dictionary of immune responses to cytokines at single-cell resolution
10:10 | Invited Speaker: Professor Robert Insall (University College London, UK)
Self-generated gradients and secondary attractants – immune cells steering themselves
10:50 | Refreshments, posters and meet with exhibitors
Session 2: Tissue Remodelling
11:20 | Invited Speaker: Professor Markus Feurer (Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy, Germany)
Tissue Regulatory T Cells
12:00 | Invited Speaker: Dr Régis Joulia (Imperial College London, UK)
How mast cells orchestrate and disrupt specialised immune niches in the lungs and beyond
12:40 | Sponsor short talk: TBC
Talk title TBC
12:50 | Lunch and Networking
Session 3: Interconnected Organs
14:20 | Invited Speaker: Dr Virginia Pedicord (University of Cambridge, UK)
What happens in the gut doesn't stay in the gut: gut feelings in distant immune processes
15:00 | Invited Speaker: Dr Joanne Jones (University of Cambridge, UK)
Human Tissue Immunity – and the role of CD8+ T-regulatory Cells
15:40 | Refreshments
Session 4: Immune cell Trafficking
16:10 | Invited Speaker: Professor Federica Marelli-Berg (Queen Mary’s London, UK)
T-cell cardiotropism: mechanisms and clinical implications
16:50 | Invited Speaker: Professor Ulrich von Andrian (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Talk title TBC
17:30 | Meeting close and poster awards
17:45 | Drinks reception
18:30 | Conference Dinner (for those who have registered to attend ONLY)
Registration
BSI members benefit from reduced registration fees at this meeting and other BSI events, as well as free access to our journals, grants, career development activities and much more. You can sign up to become a member online. For current BSI members, your reduced fee will be applied automatically if you are logged in to your account. All fees include VAT.
Early Bird
The deadline for Early Bird registration is Monday 8 September.
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BSI member |
Non-member |
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Full |
£37 | £79 |
| Early Career/Clinician in training (read the criteria) | £37 | £79 |
| Postgraduate (anyone studying a PhD or Masters) | £25 | £57 |
| Senior (Retired) (read the criteria) | £25 | £57 |
| Discounted membership/rate (read the criteria) | £25 | £57 |
| Undergraduate (membership is free) | £10 | n/a |
Late registration
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BSI member |
Non-member |
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Full |
£55 | £99 |
| Early Career/Clinician in training (read the criteria) | £55 | £99 |
| Postgraduate (anyone studying a PhD or Masters) | £43 | £75 |
| Senior (Retired) (read the criteria) | £43 | £75 |
| Discounted membership/rate (read the criteria) | £43 | £75 |
| Undergraduate (membership is free) | £28 | n/a |
Sponsorship
Two grants are available to BSI members to support your attendance at this event:
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Conference Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards their travel costs in attending this conference. In this scheme, we have 10 grants available for this conference and they will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to eligible BSI members. Deadline: Tuesday 2 September 2025. Find out more and apply.
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Carers' Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards extra care arrangements costs they incur during the conference, for example, childcare costs, or for additional care for the applicant themselves. Deadline: Tuesday 2 September 2025. Find out more and apply.
