Stanford Immunology Seminar Series 2020-2021

Seminars & Events

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. It also functions as a class called IMMUNOL 311.

Seminars are on Tuesdays at 4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via ZOOM link listed.

Please register to receive an individual login link.

Recordings will be available up to 7 days post event with SUNet ID log in.


Mar March 30 Tue 2021

"Ontogeny and Functions of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System"

Florent Ginhoux, PhD
Principal Investigator | Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) | Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore

Faculty Host: Dr. Juliana Idoyaga

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - Because unpublished data was discussed, this webinar was not recorded. 


Apr April 06 Tue 2021

"Non-canonical autophagy:  A double-edged sword"

Jennifer Martinez, PhD
Tenure-Track Investigator Inflammation and Autoimmunity Group Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory at NIH/NIEHS

Faculty host: Olivia Martinez, PhD

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - available until April 14, 2021


Apr April 13 Tue 2021

"Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors"

Michael Lim, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery | Professor, by courtesy, Departments of Oncology, Otolaryngology, and Radiation Oncology at Stanford University, School of Medicine

Faculty host: N/A

4:00 - 5:00 PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - Because unpublished data was discussed, this webinar was not recorded.


Apr April 20 Tue 2021

TBD


Apr April 27 Tue 2021

“Functional heterogeneity of tissue-resident lymphocytes”

Laura Mackay, PhD
Sylvia & Charles Viertel SMRF, NHMRC Leadership Fellow | Dame Kate Campbell Fellow, HHMI-Gates International Research Scholar at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne

Faculty Host: Ansu Satpathy, MD, PhD

4:00 - 5:00 PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - available until May 5, 2021


May May 04 Tue 2021

"Cell Atlases as Roadmaps to Understand and Treat Disease"

Aviv Regev, PhD
Executive Vice President at Genentech Research and Early Development

Faculty Host: Mike Angelo, MD, PhD

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - Because unpublished data was discussed, this webinar was not recorded.


May May 11 Tue 2021

"Mathematical modeling of immune cell activation in cancer"

Stacey Finley, PhD
Gordon S. Marshall Early Career Chair  | Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Quantitative and Computational Biology, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science | Director, Center for Computational Modeling of Cancer at University of Southern California 

Faculty host: Nima Aghaeepour, PhD

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - available until May 19, 2021


May May 18 Tue 2021

"Novel insights on the regulation of interferon in innate antifungal immunity"

Amariliz Rivera-Medina, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Immunity and Inflammation at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School

Faculty host: Catherine Blish, MD, PhD

4:00 - 5:00 PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - available until May 26, 2021


May May 25 Tue 2021

"Ancient pathway teaches macrophages new tricks during phagocytosis"

Javier Irazoqui, PhD
Dr. Marcellette G. Williams Distinguished Scholar | Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, Program in Innate Immunity at UMass Medical School

Faculty Host: Dr. Juliana Idoyaga

4:00 - 5:00 PM PDT via Zoom

Zoom recording - available until June 2, 2021