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Early Arrivals for Optional tours
Wednesday, January 18
| All Day | Main Arrivals | |
| All Day | 
 | Lobby | 
| 3:00 - 6:00 pm | AMSMIC Registration Desk open | Lobby | 
| 6:30 - 9:30 pm | Welcome Fiesta Dinner | La Casita Garden | 
Thursday, January 19
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast Buffet | La Estancia Restaurant | 
| 8:00 - 12:00 pm | AMSMIC Meeting I | Vallarta I | 
| 8:00-8:10 | Opening Remarks / Introductions Mitzi Nagarkatti, AMSMIC President | |
| 8:10-9:10 | Targeting Innate Immunity and Panoptosis for the treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, St Jude's Hospital | |
| 9:10-10:10 | The long shadow of intestinal microbiota in cancer development and treatment Christian Jobin, University of Florida | |
| 10:10-10:30 | coffee break | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Understanding adaptive immunity and immune memory to SARS-COV-2 infection and Covid-19 vaccines Shane Crotty, La Jolla Institute of Technology | |
| 11:30-12:10 | New Chair Presentations I 
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| 12:30 - 5:30 pm | AMSMIC Group Lunch & Historic Art Walk | Lobby | 
| PM | Evening on your own | 
Friday, January 20
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast Buffet | La Estancia Restaurant | 
| 7:00 - 8:00 | AMSMIC Council Meeting | La Cava at La Estancia | 
| 8:00 - 12:00 pm | AMSMIC Meeting II | Vallarta I | 
| 8:00-8:15 | AMSMIC Business Meeting I / Elections | |
| 8:15-9:15 | Panel Discussion: Building Department Culture Moderator: James Bangs Panelists: Eugene Oltz, Jimmy Ballard, John Barnett, James Bangs | |
| 9:15-10:15 | Neuroimmunoendocrine activation during experimental pulmonary tuberculosis | |
| Rogelio Hernandez Pando National Institute of Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Mexico City | ||
| 10:15-10:35 | coffee break | |
| 10:35-11:20 | AMSMIC Business Meeting II / Committee Reports & Election Results Julie Kerry, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Hansel Fletcher, Jeremy Boss, Jim Kaper | |
| 11:20-12:30 | New Chair Presentations II 
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| 12:30 - 2:00 | New Chair Boot Camp & Lunch | Los Cabos | 
| 2:00 - 5:00 | Free time on your own | |
| 5:00 - 10:30 pm | Group Dinner: Sunset Cruise & "Rhythms of the Night" Show | Meet in lobby | 
Saturday, January 21
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast Buffet | La Estancia Restaurant | 
| 8:00 - 12:00 pm | AMSMIC Meeting III | Vallarta I | 
| 8:00-8:45 | Problem-Solving Discussion Groups: | |
| Strategies for recruitment and retention of faculty & trainees Moderator: Alan Jacobson, Dealing with University Leadership Moderators: Jeremy Boss Resilience during the time of Covid-19 Moderators: Daniel Voth, Janko Nikolich-Zugich | ||
| 8:45-9:00 | Discussion Group Moderator Reports | |
| 9:00-10:00 | NIAID Update Kelly Poe, NIAID | |
| 10:00-10:20 | coffee break | |
| 10:20-11:00 | Modernizing the relationship of science and society Mary Wooley, Research!America | |
| 11:00-11:45 | A Scientific society's efforts to make it one of the most welcoming, diverse and effective fields in science Stefano Bertuzzi, American Society of Microbiology | |
| 11:45-12:00 | AMSMIC Business Meeting III 
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| 12:00 - 1:15 | Women Chairs Lunch | Los Cabos | 
| 12:30 - 5:30 | Optional Tours: El Jorullo National Park 
 | Meet in the lobby | 
| 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Farewell Reception | El Patio (pool area) | 
Sun Jan 22
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Breakfast Buffet | La Estancia Restaurant | 
| All day | Departures | 
 
               
       