Thank you for attending Immunology Scientific Conference 2024

Thanks for attending this year’s Immunology Scientific Conference 2024 at Asilomar! We hope you enjoyed this opportunity to learn and connect with 200+ graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. If you didn't attend, see below for highlights.

The First Years battled faculty in the song trivia game, jeopardy and impromptu scientific presentation. First Years dominated this year's competition. 

Congratulations to the following:

*McDevitt Awardee - Joe Gonzalez, PhD, Wang Lab, "A transcriptional switch underlies the pro- and anti-inflammatory activity of distinct IgG glycoforms"

*Jones Teaching Awardee - Katherine Nico, Howitt Lab

*Service Awardees - Candace Liu, Angelo Lab and Camilo Espinosa Bernal, Aghaeepour Lab

Best Talks

*Karan Kathuria, MD-PhD Immunology Graduate Student, Davis Lab, "Functional characterization of T cell – B cell interactions in

human spleen organoids by Synapse-Seq"

*Ivana Cvijovic, PhD, Postdoc, Quake and Fisher Labs, "Long-term B

cell memory emerges at uniform relative rates in the human"

Best Posters

*Maïgane Diop, MD-PhD Immunology Graduate Student, Blish and Gaudilière Labs, "High-dimensional spatial analysis of endometrial innate immunity in endometriosis"

*Oliver Wirz, PhD, Postdoc, Boyd Lab, "Drivers of differential antibody breadth in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA"

vaccination and infection

*Ryan Furuichi Fong, Life Science Research Professional, Davis Lab, "Broadening T cell help largely overcomes influenza subtype-bias"

Thank you to the Conference Committee for your dedication on making the event a success, including Conference Co-Directors: Nathan Reticker-Flynn and Tobias Lanz; Social Chairs: Second Year Class; Conference Committee: Lina Hansen, Olivia Martinez, and Torye Nguyen; Staff Support: Rita Robinson, Cindy Limb, and Lynn Galicia; and Technical Support: Candace Liu and Amanda Verzosa.