Seminar Series
Immunology, Inflammation, Infection, and Transplantation Seminars
New Season of I3T Seminars: In Person
The I3T Seminar Series 2023-24 is back in person this year with an outstanding lineup of speakers. We have already confirmed dates with the speakers below, and we will be sending out the lineup to all our members shortly. Do not hesitate to contact us at I3T@mednet.ucla.edu for any questions.
2023 - 2024 Seminars
October
Speaker: Lukas Jeker, MD, PhD
Title: Professor, Experimental Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology
Institution: University of Basel
Date: Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 53-105
Talk Title: "Molecular Cell Shielding - A Therapeutic Platform Approach for Hematologic Diseases"
Speaker: Chintan Parekh, MD, MBBS
Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Institution: CHLA, USC
Date: Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "BCL11B, a master regulator of human T-cell development"
Speaker: Sujan Shresta, PhD
Title: Professor, Center for Vaccine Innovation
Institution: La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Date: Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Flavivirus-Dendritic Cell Interactions"
Speaker: Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD
Title: Professor of Microbiology
Institution: Mount Sinai
Organizing in partnership with: CTSI
Date: Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023
Location: In-person NRB Auditorium 132
Talk Title: "Modulation of innate immunity by dengue viruses"
November
Speaker: Josh Beck, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Institution: Iowa State University
Date: Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Mechanism of malaria parasite effector protein export to hijack the vertebrate host cell"
Speaker: Tom Taghon, PhD
Title: Professor, Medicine and Health Sciences
Institution: Ghent University
Date: Tuesday, Nov 14, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Unravelling human T cell development"
December
Speaker: Kartik Chandran, PhD
Title: Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Date: Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Dissecting and disabling the spike proteins of emerging enveloped viruses”
Speakers: Johnny Ji (O'Sullivan Lab) & Pablo Alvarez (Li Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Dec 12, 2023
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "Examining the role of ER stress response gene Hspa5 as a key regulator of NK cell persistence during viral infection" & "Unraveling alphavirus neuroinvasion: Molecular insights from a stem cell based blood-brain barrier model"
January
Speaker: Sai Li, PhD
Title: Associate Professor, Life Sciences
Institution: Tsinghua University
Date: Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Cryo-ET of SARS-CoV-2 provided insights into its assembly, fusion and neutralization"
Speaker: Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD
Title: Director, Experimental Immunology
Institution: Allen Institute for Immunology
Date: Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speaker: Jonathan Kipnis, PhD
Title: Professor of Pathology & Immunology
Institution: Washington University
Organizing in partnership with: CTSI
Date: Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024
Location: In-person NRB Auditorium 132
February
Speaker: Reuben Harris, PhD
Title: Professor, Biochemistry & Structural Biology
Institution: University of Texas Health, San Antonio
Date: Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speakers: Tam To (Agak Lab) & Rajesh Parmar (Reed Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Speaker: De'Broski Herbert, PhD
Title: Professor of Pathobiology and Immunology
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Organizing in partnership with: MPTG
Date: Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speakers: Kavit Raval (Tudzarova Lab) & Julia Gensheimer (Crooks Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Feb 27, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
March
Speaker: Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD
Title: Professor of Medicine, Integrative Immunology, Pathology, & Surgery
Institution: Duke University
Date: Tuesday, Mar 5, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speaker: George O'Toole, PhD
Title: Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Institution: Dartmouth College
Organizing in partnership with: MPTG
Date: Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speakers: Hailey Lee (Radu Lab) & Patricia Mendez (Hallem Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Speaker: Alice Bertaina, MD, PhD
Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Institution: Stanford University
Organizing in partnership with: CTSI
Date: Wednesday, Mar 27, 2024
Location: In-person NRB Auditorium 132
April
Speaker: Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Title: Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Institution: Stanford University
Organizing in partnership with: MPTG
Date: Tuesday, Apr 9, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Speakers: Karly Nisson (Fregoso Lab) & Angela Sun (Reed Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Apr 16, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Speaker: Heth Turnquist, PhD
Title: Associate Professor, Surgery & Immunology
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Date: Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
May
Speakers: Alex Yoo (Crooks Lab) & Zhenlan Yao (Li Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
JUNE
Speaker: Janet Markle, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Series Leadership
Gay Crooks, MD
Director
Robert M. Prins, PhD
Co-Director
Anthony Covarrubias, PhD
Co-Director
Timothy O'Sullivan, PhD
Co-Director
For more information, please contact i3t@mednet.ucla.edu.
