Seminars & Lectures
Looking for a seminar related to immunology? Here's your gateway to what's happening when.
Blumenthal Lectureship Series
The Center for Immunology presents outstanding speakers in the field of allergy and immunology.
MICAB Kickoff and Poster Session
MICaB Kickoff is a yearly luncheon sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in which faculty and graduate students come together to welcome new graduate students and new faculty members. The luncheon also includes a poster session that highlights the work of current graduate students in the program.
Tea Time
Come and enjoy Tea, Coffee,Treats and Immunology Talk in an informal setting.
Every Monday and Thursday
2:30 p.m. 2-163 WMBB
Immunology Journal Club and Super Group
- Immunology Journal Club- is a weekly gathering of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to evaluate recent immunological articles with an interactive discussion. To view presenter schedule and links for papers click here
Every Monday at 10:30 a.m. in
2-115 CCRB. - Immunology Super Group- is a weekly meeting in which graduate students and postdocs from CFI laboratories present their research work in progress to the entire CFI community.
Every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in
1-125 CCRB
Immunology related seminars
- BMBB Seminars
- BMT Conference Schedule
- Cancer Biology Research Club
- Infection and Immunity Research Conference (formerly "CIDMTR" conference)
- Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation Seminar Calendar
- Larson Lectureship Series
- Masonic Cancer Center Seminar Series
- MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar Series
- Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics Student Seminar
- MICaB Student Seminar Series
- Stem Cell Institute Weekly Research Conference
- Department of Surgery Events Calendar
To schedule time with a speaker, please contact his or her host.
2019-2020 Immunology MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar
12:00–1:15 p.m., locations listed with the session
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Immunology.
These are the immunology-focused sessions; the full seminar schedule is posted by the Microbiology Immunology and Cancer Biology program (MICaB).
September 9: 1-125 CCRB
Paul Kubes, PhD
“Imaging sterile injury and infection in vivo”
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Host: Bryce Binstadt (612) 626-4598
September 16: 1-125 CCRB
Kai Wucherpfennig, MD, PhD
"Mechanisms of resistance to cancer immunotherapy"
Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Host: Brian Fife (612) 624-2417
Sponsored in part by 
September 30: 1-125 CCRB
Stephen McSorley, PhD
**MICaB alumni invited speaker**
"CD4 T cell responses to bacterial infection"
Center for Comparative Medicine SVM: Anatomy, Physiology & Cell Biology, University of California, Davis
Host: Marc Jenkins (612) 626-2715
October 28: 1-125 CCRB
Anita Chong, PhD
"B cells as mediators and antagonists of transplantation tolerance"
Section of Transplantation, The University of Chicago, IL
Host: Bruce Blazer (612) 626-2734
November 11: 1-125 CCRB
Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD
"Impact of tertiary lymphoid tissue on immune cell and molecular trafficking in IBD"
Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO
Host: Kris Hogquist (612) 625-1616
Sponsored in part by
December 2: 1-125 CCRB
Joao Pereira, PhD
"Cell circuits, B cells, and systemic responses to microbial infections"
Department of Immunobiology and of Pharmacology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Host: Mike Farrar (612) 625-0401
Sponsored in part by 
December 16: 1-125 CCRB
Jessica Hamerman, PhD
**EWIS Nominated Speaker**
"Toll-like receptor signaling, monocyte differentiation, and Macrophage Activation Syndrome"
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA
Host: Tanya Freedman (612) 301-8313
January 27: 1-125 CCRB
Marisa Alegre, PhD
"New Insights into Transplant Rejection and Tolerance"
Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, The University of Chicago, IL
Host: Mike Farrar (612) 625-0401
February 24: 1-125 CCRB
Timothy Nice, PhD
Title: TBA
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Host: Brian Fife (612) 624-2417
March 16: 1-125 CCRB
Mandy Ford, PhD
Title: TBA
Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Host: Bruce Blazer (612) 626-2734
March 30: 1-125 CCRB
Greg Barton, PhD
Title: TBA
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley
Host: Tanya Freedman (612) 301-8313
Sponsored in part by
April 13: 1-125 CCRB
Teresa DiLorenzo, PhD
Title: TBA
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Host: Brian Fife (612) 624-2417
April 27: 1-125 CCRB
Ana Anderson, PhD
Title: TBA
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Host: Mike Farrar (612) 625-0401
May 6: 1-125 CCRB
Katy Rezvani
**Immunology Student Invited Speaker**
Title: TBA
Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas
Host: MICaB-Immunology Students