The NIH Cytokine Interest Group will host a symposium on TNF family cytokine biology and signaling on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in the Lipsett Amphitheater on the NIH campus.  In addition to the five outstanding guest speakers listed below, PIs and trainees at the NIH are invited to present their work. If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit an abstract of 500 words or less to Francoise Meylan by Friday, February 10, 2012.  Registration for the symposium is free.

Cytokine Interest Group Symposium
TNF family cytokine biology and signaling
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, Lipsett Amphitheater

Invited speakers:

John Silke, La Trobe University, Australia. IAP's and Inhibitors in TNF-Family Signaling

Chuanju Liu, New York University. Progranulin: a Novel Ligand for TNF Receptors

Francis Chan, University of Massachusetts. Non-Apoptotic Death Pathways Mmediated by TNF Receptors

Hao Wu, Weill Cornell Medical College. Structural biology of TNF Receptor and NF-kB Signaling

Michael Croft, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. Biology of T cell Costimulation by TNF-Family Cytokines.