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The gut-brain axis regulates key behaviors like feeding, gut function, metabolism and autonomic responses, largely through brainstem circuits and the vagus nerve. These pathways are targeted by incretin-mimetic drugs, which have transformed diabetes and obesity treatment. This Keystone Symposia conference will highlight cutting-edge research on how the gut senses nutrients and relays signals to the brain, the neural circuits involved, and how these mechanisms can inform therapeutic strategies for obesity and metabolic disorders.

The meeting will unite experts from neuroscience, gut biology, metabolism, nutrition, and pharmacology, from across academia and industry, to explore the physiological and therapeutic relevance of gut-brain communication. Held jointly with the Keystone Symposia conference on Islet Biology and Diabetes: Beta Cell Compensation, Failure and Recovery, the event will also examine how these signaling pathways intersect with metabolic regulation and diabetes. Shared sessions and networking opportunities will foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation towards novel discoveries with clinical impacts.

The Augmented Humans (AHs) International Conference 2026 will be an in-person event, held in March 2026 at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology graduate university (OIST).

The conference focuses on physical, cognitive, and perceptual augmentation of humans through digital technologies. The plural – humans – emphasizes the move towards technologies that enhance human capabilities beyond the individual and will have the potential for impact on a societal scale.

The idea of augmenting the human intellect has a long tradition, the term was coined by Douglas Engelbart in 1962 1. Today, many of the technologies envisioned by Engelbart and other are commonplace, and looking towards the future, many technologies which amplify the human body and mind far beyond the original vision are within reach.

The conference proceedings are planned to be published in the ACM Digital Library as a volume in its International Conference Proceedings Series with ISBN.

B cells are critical to forming long-lived immunity, with plasma cells and memory B cells providing protection against reinfection. Yet, while so fundamental to human health and longevity, dysfunction of B cells during chronic infection, autoimmunity and lymphomas can drive immunopathogenesis and disease. This conference will explore recent advances in understanding core determinants of the longevity and effectiveness of humoral responses. It will detail how these advances can be used to specifically target B cells for therapeutic intervention and utilize antibodies for diagnostics and immunotherapies. Understanding these mechanisms has become even more timely, given the focus on newly emerging pathogens and their variants, the expanding portfolio of new vaccine platforms, and determining how to therapeutically engineer the B cell response. Our meeting brings together global experts in the fundamental and translational biology of plasma cells and memory B cells. We have designed the program to encompass ‘the instruction manual’ of building effective B cell responses. The program incorporates interdisciplinary talks on B cell repertoires in vaccine design, molecular mechanisms of promoting humoral memory longevity, understanding how ineffective and/or immunopathogenic antibody is produced, and new therapeutic strategies to ameliorate disease.

Bringing Florida to the slopes of COLORADO!

The University of Florida 2026 Spring Anesthesia Ski Summit is a combined ski and learn meeting for healthcare practitioners involved in perioperative care. The conference will feature morning and evening CME lectures allowing attendees to enjoy the ski slopes from open to close. Expert speakers will be presenting interesting topics in anesthesiology and perioperative care.

The Antlers Resort in Vail, CO will host our conference and attendees. This ski-accessible resort has access to an unparalleled variety of skiing & snowboarding terrain as well as plenty of other recreational activities for attendees and families. Group rates available soon.

Plan something different for vacation this year, and get some CMEs while youre at it! We hope to see you on the slopes.

For more information, please visit our conference website: https://anest.cme.ufl.edu/

Protective antibody-mediated immune responses typically depend on the generation of high-affinity antibodies with the capacity to neutralize pathogen activity and trigger effector functions of innate immune cells. Yet, antibody functions can be harmful in autoimmune diseases and allergic reactions. Thus, understanding how antibodies are generated is fundamental for the design of vaccination strategies and for the manipulation of B cell responses in these pathological conditions. The generation of most long-lived antibodies depends on collaboration between cognate T cells and B cells that interact with each other and exchange signals that promote B cell clonal expansion and differentiation into antibody-secreting cells, germinal center B cells and memory B cells. The current meeting will focus on the cellular dynamics of B-T cell interactions and the underlining molecular mechanisms that promote the differentiation of B cells both within and independent of germinal centers. Similar events that occur in non-lymphoid organs such as in mucosal tissues and tumors will be addressed as well. In addition, T-B collaborations that drive pathological conditions such as in autoimmunity, allergy, and their positive functions in cancer will be discussed. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the 'B cells and Plasma Cells in Health and Disease' meeting.