Caution: The entrance during the three days of the congress will be located
205, rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris.

The past few years have seen a tremendous explosion in discoveries showing that the immune system of bacteria is much more complex and diverse than originally thought. These discoveries led to the realization that beyond CRISPR and restriction enzymes, microbes encode over 100 of new defense systems exhibiting an enormous variety of defensive mechanisms. These discoveries led to the understanding that human cells and bacteria use shared systems and principles to defend against viral infection.

The purpose of the EMBO Workshop: The Immune System of Bacteria is to bring together the emerging community of researchers studying bacterial phage defense and how it illuminates immunology not only in bacteria but also diverse eukaryotic organisms including humans. Topics that will be covered include principles in defense systems, evolution and spread of antiviral immunity, defense island biology and mechanisms of viral evasion of host immunity.

The Symposium will take place in the Pasteur Institute, at the heart of the beautiful city of Paris. The Symposium will begin on April 8th, 9:00, and will end in the evening of April 10th. An organized excursion in Paris will take place on April 11th (optional)

The program will comprise talks from invited speakers, as well as short talks selected from submitted abstracts. Deadline for abstract submission is February 28th, 2025.

Aude Bernheim, Institut Pasteur, France

Philip Kranzusch, Harvard Medical School, USA

Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Conference contact: sisb2025@conferences-pasteur.org