AIS12 – Aarhus Immunotherapy Symposium 12: Rewiring Immunity

AIS12 will take place Thursday 26 November 2026 at
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University
Building 1630, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

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Keynote Lecture in Biotech Entrepreneurship & Workshop
10:00-11:30 Tony de Fougerolles
Biotech Executive and Founding CSO of Moderna, Oxford, UK
30 years of developing drugs from an immunologist point of view and what is next
Workshop: Building a career in biotech: no risk, no reward
Tony de Fougerolles

11:30-12:10 Light lunch and Registration
12:10 Welcome
Vice-dean of Research, AU HEALTH Per Höllsberg, MD DMSc.
Session 1 Keynote Lecture in Biomedicine
Chair: Poul Sørensen

12:15 – 13:00 Prof. John Isaacs
Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Autoimmune in 2026. Can we talk about cure yet?
Session 2 Autoimmune and allergic diseases
Chairs: Søren Degn, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann

13:00-13:35 Prof. Ludvig Sollid
University of Oslo, Norway
T-cell and B-cell crosstalk in celiac disease

13:35-14:10 Laurent Mascarell
Sn. Director, Stallergenes Greer, Antony, France
House dust mite allergy: Linking allergen exposure, extract design and biomarkers to asthma outcomes

14:10- 14:45 Ignacio Moraga
CSO TECregen, Basel, Switzerland
Reversing thymic involution through thymopoietics to restore adaptive immunity

14:45-15:30 Break
Session 3 Trained immunity, neuroinflammation and cancer
Chairs: Thomas Vorup, Martin Thomsen

15:30-16:05 Prof. Rafick Sekaly
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, US
Central Trained Immunity: Hematopoietic stem cells programs of long term viral control and response to vaccines

16:05- 16:40 Michael Engsig
CEO Nykode, Oslo, Norway
Antigen-specific immune response: APC-selective targeting in cancer and autoimmunity

16:40- 17:15 Jack Elands
CEO Adcytherix, Marseille, France
How to raise a new generation of ADCs with novel payloads

17:15- 17:50 Associate Prof. Anna Mathia Klawonn
Aarhus University, Denmark
Microglia T-cell dynamics in early alpha-Synuclein Pathology

17:50-19:00 Cocktail Dînatoire and Networking