Events
Fall 2026
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 7 | Labor Day No Seminar | |||
| Sept. 9 12:00PM |
Jorn Coers, Ph.D. Professor Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University Medical Center |
“Catch me if you can: cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial escape” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Sept. 10 8:00AM |
John Alexander Horton, D.O. Infectious Diseases Fellow, Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
“Evaluating the Impact of Proactive Infection Prevention Strategies on Surgical Site Infections and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections” | Infectious Diseases | Y7.316 |
| Sept. 10 9:00AM |
Hani Gabra, M.D., Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, Imperial College London, Founder and CSO, Papyrus Therapeutics |
“OPCML and the IgLON Family: Towards Clinical Tumor Suppressor Replacement Therapy” | Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research & Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center | Virtual |
| Sept. 11 7:45-11:00AM |
Eric Cromwell, M.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Chair for Clinical Integration and Operations Clinical Director, Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, UT Medicine (Austin, Texas) |
“The Many Faces of Ocular Herpes: Cornea, Uvea, Retina, and Beyond” | Ophthalmology | E6.200 |
| Sept. 16 12:00PM |
Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Cell Biology, John P. Perkins Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Science, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center |
“Identifying and Target Nutrient Dependencies in Cancer Cells” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Sept. 17 4:00PM |
James Collins, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology |
“You Complete Me: The Secret Lives of Schistosomes” | President's Lecture Series | Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium (C) |
| Sept. 18 12:00PM |
Xiao-Fei Kong, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease |
“ABCF1 Haploinsufficiency: A New Genetic Disorder for Gastrointestinal Inflammation” | Internal Medicine Research Conference | D1.502 |
| Sept. 18 12:30PM |
Suraj Patel, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease |
“Targeting Endogenous Retroelement Reverse Transcription in Liver Disease” | Internal Medicine Research Conference | D1.502 |
| Sept. 24 8:00AM | Emily Adhikari, M.D. Assistant Professor of Obsterics & Gynecology |
“From Risk to Discovery: Rethinking Congenital Syphilis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Clinical Impact” | Infectious Diseases | Y7.316 |
| Sept. 25 8:00AM | Neima Briggs, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine |
“The Parasites Within: Rethinking Our Relationship with Helminths” | Internal Medicine | D1.502 |
| Sept. 28 12:00PM |
Russell Jones, Ph.D. Professor Van Andel Research Institute |
“Translating T Cell Immunometabolism: From Disease Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities” | McDermott Center | NL12.125 |
| Sept. 30 12:00PM |
Neima Briggs, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine |
“The Paradoxical Role of CD4+ T cells in Helminth Infection” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Oct. 5 4:00PM |
Chandrashekhar Pasare, DVM., Ph.D. Professor and Director, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
“Unexpected role for VPS33B in regulating immune responses” | Physiology | ND13.218 |
| Oct. 8 1:00PM |
Yi Feng, Ph.D. Center for the Genetics of Host Defense |
“Convergent evolution of antiviral interference in vertebrates” | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |
| Oct. 9 8:00AM-5:00PM |
Immunology Symposium | Immunology | Pegasus Park | |
| Oct. 22 1:00PM |
Koji Nakajima, M.D. Center for the Genetics of Host Defense, Internal Medicine |
“Human DBR1 is a brainstem gate-keeper against a broad range of viruses” | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |
| Oct. 28 12:00PM |
David Gate, Ph.D. Director of the Abrams Research Center on Neurogenomics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine |
“Mechanisms of amyloid clearance in immunized Alzheimer's disease patients” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Oct. 30 1:00PM |
David Schad, Ph.D. Candidate Molecular Microbiology Graduate Program |
“Targeting of ELMO2 by the Shigella E3 Ligase IpaH4.5 Reveals Key Differences Between ELMO Paralogs” | Molecular Microbiology | NL4.124 |
| Nov. 2 4:00PM |
Patrick Seale, Ph.D. Professor Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania |
“Mesenchymal stromal cells as regulators of inflammation and fibrosis” | Physiology | ND13.218 |
| Nov. 4 12:00PM |
Saad B. Omer, M.P.H., Ph.D., M.B.B.S. Dean, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health |
“Some of my best friends are Immunologists: A journey in Interdisciplinary Vaccinology” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Nov. 5 12:00PM |
Cornelius Y. Taabazuing, Ph.D. Presidential Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania |
“Decoding and Reprogramming Innate Immunity for Biological Discovery” | Provost's Seminar Series | NL4.124 |
| Nov. 5 1:00PM |
Pratibha Bhalla, Ph.D. Instructor, Department of Immunology |
“22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome: Nature’s Deletion with Immune Consequences” | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |
| Nov. 18 12:00PM |
Saumendra N. Sarkar, Ph.D. Professor, University of Maryland, School of Medicine |
“Specialized functions of ISG during infection and cancer” | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Nov. 19 1:00PM |
Kun Yang, Ph.D. Instructor, Department of Immunology |
“NGLY1-deficiency” | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |
| Dec. 2 12:00PM |
Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D. Inaugural Director of the Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center |
TBA | Immunology | ND5.218 |
| Dec. 3 1:00PM |
Dominic Choo Medical Student, SoRelle Lab |
TBA | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |
| Dec. 17 1:00PM |
Anas Khanshour Department of Pathology, Next Generation Sequencing Clinical Lab |
“Loss of Function, Gain of Insight: Rare Genetic Drivers of Multiple Food Allergies” | Human Inborn Errors of Immunity | NB8.118 |