Xenotransplantation

In preparation for the 2026 Banff Meeting to be held Oct 5-9, 2026, in Banff, Canada - we are soliciting input from the international transplant community on guiding the discussions at the in-person meeting. Please share your thoughts on the following questions to each of the sessions in your area of interest listed in the blog: (the full program and registration information for the 2026 Banff meeting can be found here:

https://site.pheedloop.com/event/2026banffmeeting/schedule)*

*Some final changes to session and presentation titles might occur.

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Preclinical and Clinical Kidney Xenotransplantation, Pathology, and Outcomes

Preclinical Xenotransplantation in Nonhuman Primate Recipients

Xenotransplantation in Decedent Models

Kidney Xenograft Patho-Molecular Correlations: Lessons from the Human Decedent Models

Kidney Xenograft Patho-Molecular Correlations: Lessons from Expanded Access Trials

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Methods and Developments in AntiPig Antibody Assays

Experience and Recommendations, NYU Experience

SLA Assays, University of Miami Experience

Lessons learned from DSA testing in Humans and New Assays

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Heart and Liver Xenotransplantation

Preclinical and Clinical Heart Xenotransplantation

Liver Xenotransplantation in a Decedent Model

What are the most important knowledge gaps and/or unmet clinical needs for this session?

What questions would you ask the moderators and speakers at this session?

Issues and Emerging Mechanisms in Xenotransplantation

Multiplex Immunostaining in Human Xenotransplantation

Physiology and Immunology in Pig-to-Human Decedent Xenotransplantation

Pig Kidney Physiology: Challenges and Current Approach

Mechanistic Insights from Transcript Analysis of Xenografts from Nonhuman Primate Recipients

Pathologic Evaluation of Pig Kidney and Heart Xenografts: Banff Recommendations