The Stanford Immunology Program Seminar Series is held every Tuesday at 4:30-5:30 PM in person or via Zoom. Nationally and internationally recognized speakers present research seminars to the Stanford Immunology community. Graduate students participate in extending invitations to speakers and in hosting speakers.

For the 2022-2023 seminar schedule, please visit this page.

The CSI Seminar Series is held on Tuesdays at 4:00-5:00pm during the Summer Quarters. Speakers are invited to share their insights into the state-of-the-art trends and their advice on navigating a systems immunology career. 

For the more information, please visit this page .

The SIP format features research presentations by both senior graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to the immunology community. The SIP Talks are held on Thursdays at 12:30pm will begin in the Autumn Quarter and will continue until the end of Spring Quarter.

To view the schedule, visit this page.

The upcoming Stanford Immunology Annual Scientific Conference will be held on January 27-29, 2023 at Monterey Tides hotel in Monterey, CA. For details and registration visit this page

Journal club for graduate students are held on Tuesdays at 3:00-4:00 pm during 2022-2023 school year.  Every week, one graduate student presents the background, methodology, and results of an immunology research paper that has been published within the last year.  Attendance is open to everyone; it is required of first- to third-year students.  Attendees are expected to read the week's paper before the session and be ready to participate in critical discussion of the results. The teaching assistant will decide the order of presenters during the first session of the academic year.

To preview the weekly papers to be discussed, visit this Journal Club page.

The annual Barbeque is held in mid September at the end of Startup week to welcome incoming First Years and welcome back current students, postdocs, faculty, and staff of Stanford Immunology. It is organized by Second Year students  on the Startup committee.

Graduates students presents his/her research, including laying out the rationale behind choices and decisions, for example, regarding theory selection and research methods.

Visit the Dissertation Defenses page for scheduled defenses.

In addition to Immunology seminars, students are encouraged to explore talks organized by the other Biosciences home programs and School of Medicine events.  For a comprehensive list of talks, thesis defenses, and other student-organized events, visit the Biosciences Events and School of Medicine Events pages.