# 2020 Immunometabolism in Health and Disease GRC

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2021 · $6,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The 2020 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Immunometabolism in Health and Disease, subtitled
`Cellular metabolism in immunity: basic and translational', will be the inaugural GRC on the interface of cellular
metabolism and immunity (or “immunometabolism”), a cutting-edge, emerging field in immunology. Recent
studies indicate that cellular metabolism serves as both a fundamental mechanistic driver of and intervenable
therapeutic target in infectious, allergic, and other immune-mediated diseases. The realization that metabolism
is reprogrammed during the immune response and that bioenergetic and other metabolites are `repurposed' to
modulate immune functions has led to a recent paradigm shift. As this young and interdisciplinary field
accelerates, there is a critical need to convene experts and trainees alike. To this end, we are holding a meeting
at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island from June 21–26, 2020. We are assembling international
experts, both from academia and industry, on the role of cellular metabolism in the programming of myeloid and
lymphoid immune cells in immunity and disease, and thus expect to foment productive, high-level discussions
and collaborations, as well as significant interest among early-career investigators and trainees. Among the
Specific Aims of our meeting are presentation of cutting-edge unpublished science, discussion and resolution
of current controversies in the field, identification/prioritization of unmet needs in the field, stimulation of new
collaborations, and provision of a comfortable and productive forum for trainees and early-stage investigations
to learn and share their findings. The Co-Chairs, Drs. Michael Fessler and Hongbo Chi, in consultation with the
Vice Chairs (Drs. Jeffrey Rathmell and Kathryn Moore) and other field leaders, have planned nine oral sessions
to promote dialogue among established leaders in immunometabolism and emerging experts ranging from
trainees to early-career scientists: Session 1 - Repurposing of Bioenergetics in Innate Immunity and Short Talks.
Session 2 - Metabolic Programming of Lymphocyte Function. Session 3 - Trained Immunity, and Short Talks.
Session 4 - Sterols in Immunity. Session 5 - Immunity and Microbiota as a Driver of Metabolic Disease.
Session 6 - Immunometabolism of the Tumor Microenvironment. Session 7 - Metabolism in Host Defense, and
Short Talks. Session 8 - Cell Fate in Immunometabolism. Session 9 - Emerging Opportunities for Intervening
upon Immunometabolism in Disease. The speakers and discussion leaders are diverse and inclusive, including
women (29%), early-stage investigators (16%), underrepresented minority groups (10%) and international
experts from five countries outside the US. The focus of our conference directly meets the mission and goals of
NIAID towards advancing intervenable insights into infectious, allergic, and immune-mediated diseases, and we
are honored to invite members of NIAID administration as ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9912281
- **Project number:** 1R13AI150025-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Hongbo Chi
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $6,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-01 → 2022-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9912281

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9912281, 2020 Immunometabolism in Health and Disease GRC (1R13AI150025-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9912281. Licensed CC0.

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