CIACCO-2026

Welcome

We are pleased to announce the CIACCO-2026 (13th Annual symposium on Cytokines in Inflammation, Ageing, CanCer and Obesity) on October 16, 2026 at the Sherbrooke Golf Club, Sherbrooke, QC.

Objectives of the event

CIACCO Symposia is a not-for-profit organization established through the collective effort of immunologists, microbiologists and cancer biologists from Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montreal, McGill University, Université Laval and University of Ottawa. 

CIACCO symposia seeks to advance education and research in cytokine biology by hosting an annual symposium featuring the latest research on physiological functions, pathological roles, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic targeting of cytokine signaling pathways in health and disease.

The major topics of CIACCO symposium include but are not limited to

·       Cytokines in Inflammation and Immunity

·       Cytokines in Ageing and Senescence

·       Cytokines in Cancer Initiation, Progression and Control

·       Cytokines in Obesity and Metabolism

CIACCO symposium attracts about 100 graduate students and faculty members, and hosts invited talks by established researchers and new investigators. CIACCO provides an ideal platform for students and postdocs to present their research, get feedback and establish contacts within the cytokine research community encompassing diverse fields of biomedical research in a convivial environment.

Student organizers

Akouavi Julite Irmine Quenum (PhD - Microbiology & Infectious diseases, UdS)

Fjolla Rexhepi (PhD - Immunology & Cell Biology, UdS)

Celia Del Carmen Crespo (PhD - Immunology & Cell Biology, UdS)

Roberto Daniel Machado Santisteban (PhD - Microbiology & Infectious diseases, UdS)

Saeed Khodayari (PhD - Immunology & Cell Biology, UdS)

Mohammada Moradzad (PhD - Immunology & Cell Biology, UdS)

Organizing committee

Subburaj Ilangumaran, PhD. Department of Immunology and Cell Biology (U de Sherbrooke)

Alfredo Menendez, PhD, Dept of Microbiology and Infectious diseases (U de Sherbrooke)

Caroline Saucier, PhD, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology (U de Sherbrooke)

Gerardo Ferbeyre, MD, PhD. Department of Biochemistry (U de Montréal)

Jörg Fritz, PhD. Dept of Microbiology and Immunology (McGill University)

Moutih Rafei, PhD. Department of Pharmacology (U de Montréal)

Seung-Hwan Lee, PhD. Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology (U Ottawa)

Manu Rangachari, PhD. Department of Molecular Medicine (U Laval)

Sonia Del Rincon, PhD. Lady Davis Institute (McGill University