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East-West Iron Club Meeting
Oct 22-23, 2026

EWIC 2026 Program

2:00 – 7:30 PM – Thursday, October 22, 2026 at the University of Florida – Lake Nona Campus

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM – Friday, October 23, 2026 at the University of Florida – Lake Nona Campus

1:00 – 2:15 PMRegistration
2:15 – 2:30 PMWelcome and Opening Remarks
Francesca Vinchi and Yogesh Scindia
2:30 – 3:30 PMKeynote Lecture (45 min talk + 15 min Q&A)
Borna Mehrad, MD – University of Florida
“Iron, Infections & Immunity”
3:30 – 4:30 PMRound-table Discussion 1 – ‘Iron, Infections & Immunometabolism’
Session Facilitators: Yogesh Scindia, Tom Ganz
4:30 – 5:00 PMCoffee Break
5:00 – 6:00 PMTrainee Data Blitz (2 slides/ 2 min/ 2 questions)
Session Chair: Francesca Vinchi – Emory University School of Medicine
6:00 – 7:30 PMPoster Session
7:30 PMSocial Dinner
7:30 – 8:30 AMRegistration
8:25 – 8:30 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks
Francesca Vinchi & Yogesh Scindia
8:30 – 9:30 AMRound-table Discussion 2 – ‘Iron & Aging’
Session Facilitators: Nick Bessman, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Andres Leon-Torres
9:30 – 10:30 AMRound-table Discussion 3 – ‘Iron Uptake, Intracellular Trafficking,Utilization & Toxicity’
Session Facilitators: Mitch Knutson, Nermi Parrow, Katie Seu 
10:30 – 11:00 AMCoffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 AMRound-table Discussion 4 – ‘Approaches to target or provide Iron –
When & How – and New Methodologies to monitor Iron’ron Uptake, Intracellular Trafficking,Utilization & Toxicity’
Session Facilitators: Yelena Ginzburg, Kostas Pantopoulos, Tracy Punshon
12:00 – 1:00 PMLunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 PMRound-table Discussion 5 – ‘Iron, Ferroptosis & Chronoferroptosis’
Session Facilitators: Yatrik Shah, Adam Mamais
2:00 – 3:00 PMRound-table Discussion 6 – ‘Systemic & Tissue Iron, with a focus on
heart, brain and pregnancy’
Session Facilitators: Ella Nemeth, Philip Gordts, Richard Batchelor 
3:00 – 3:30PMBusiness Meeting & Awards
Closing Remarks & Adjourn
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