Annual Scientific Conference 2026

The Annual Scientific Conference is held at Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey, CA.

Graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff of the Stanford Immunology program are invited to attend.

Talks are given by various members of the Immunology community, in addition to a poster session competition. Awards for best grad student and postdoc talks and posters are awarded at the end of the retreat.

Immunology graduate students are required to attend and give at least one poster and one scientific presentation at the retreat during their years in the program.

New first years are recommended to use this opportunity to get to know their classmates and fellow graduate students, as well as to learn more about faculty research interests.

Agenda: You can download the agenda for the conference. All talks and meals will be held in Monterey Ballroom. Please check the program for details.

Lodging: Attendees with overnight accommodations can check in at the Front Desk after 4:00 pm on Friday. Any room upgrades and incidentals will be the responsibility of the attendee.

Day attendees can check in directly with Immunology Staff to receive your name badge at the Monterey Ballroom. 

Rideshare: Whether you want to be the driver or passenger, attendees who are interested in carpooling to Asilomar can fill out this Google Sheets (coming soon) to see who is interested. We regrettably cannot arrange rides for you; you will need to contact the driver or passenger to arrange the rides.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you! 

TBD

Talks, poster presentation, and meals will be taking place in the Monterey Ballroom.

Times, speakers, and topics may change without notice.

The Poster Session will be taking place on Saturday, November 14 at 8:30-11:00pm in Monterey Ballroom.

Request for Abstracts
Deadline: tbd

Graduate students, postdocs, and staff can submit abstracts for our Annual Scientific Conference, taking place on November 13-15, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey, CA.

• Stanford Immunology Graduate students are required to attend give at least one poster and one scientific oral presentation. Preference for talks is given to graduates who are nearing program completion.
  
  
• Postdoctoral scholars from all Immunology Program labs are invited to submit an abstract of their research for an oral or a poster presentation.
  
  
• New First Years are recommended to use this opportunity to get to know their classmates and fellow graduate students, as well as to learn more about faculty research interests

Please let us know if you would like to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster. If your research for your talk or poster is published, please list the citation, including the PMCID number.

Please provide a recent profile photo/headshot for the conference program.

Please submit your abstract below by tbd or to Torye Nguyen at toryen@stanford.edu. We will contact you as soon as possible if your abstract is chosen for an oral presentation. If chosen for a talk, you will be asked to give a practice talk of your presentation in person Annual Retreat Planning Committee on tbd.