Immunology of the exposome: addressing the crisis in chronic inflammatory disease
Immunology and Medicine conference by The Royal Society
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About
This meeting examines how pollutants, infections and other environmental exposures interact with genetic susceptibility to cause chronic inflammatory disease. Immunologists and environmental scientists study how barrier-surface immunity decodes these influences. The programme combines early-life and population cohorts, single-cell methods, microbial and dietary environments, experimental exposures and mucosal defence to connect mechanisms with prevention and treatment.
Programme participants include Martine Vrijheid (Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain); Petter Brodin (Imperial College London, UK); Darragh Duffy (Pasteur Institute, France); Magnus Rattray (University of Manchester, UK); Sheena Cruickshank (University of Manchester, UK); Fenna Sillé (Johns Hopkins University, US).
Schedule: 12–13 October 2026, 09:00–17:00 each day, Europe/London (BST, UTC+1). Researchers may attend online or at the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, United Kingdom. Both modes are free; advance registration is required using the appropriate online or in-person ticket. Optional lunch is £25/day, subject to availability; outside food is permitted. A poster session is planned for 12 October; no fixed submission deadline is stated.
Topics
- chronic inflammatory disease
- environmental exposures
- genetic susceptibility
- barrier-surface immunity
- single-cell methods
- dietary environments
- mucosal defence
People
Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain
Pasteur Institute, France
Johns Hopkins University, US
University of Manchester, UK
Imperial College London, UK
University of Manchester, UK