MI 250 Journal Club 2026-27

M&I graduate students are required to attend MI250/Journal Club in their first and second years. The course is held on Tuesdays during the academic year from 5:30-6:30 PM in Fairchild D300. 

Each session, a student will present the Wednesday Seminar speaker's publication, and the faculty member will facilitate the discussion. Papers will be posted on this page as they become available.

Check here for the Archive of Wednesday Seminar Speakers and Publications for MI 250 Journal Club.

MI 250 Publications

Refer to the MI250 schedule below for required reading.

            October 6, 2026              Daniel Fletcher, UC Berkeley  |  Target cell tension regulates macrophage trogocytosis
            Link to article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39975908/

October 20, 2026            Aaron Whiteley, University of Colorado, Boulder  |  A phage protein screen identifies triggers of the bacterial innate immune system
Link to article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39975908/

            November 10, 2026       Christopher Sassetti, UMass Chan Medical School

            January 12, 2027           Jeffrey Dvorin, Harvard University

            January 19, 2027           Britt Glaunsinger, UC Berkeley

            January 26, 2027           Oscar Aguilar, UCSF

            February 9, 2027           Katherine Pollard, UCSF

            February 23, 2027        Janelle Ayres, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

            March 30, 2027              Michael Patnode, UCSC

            April 6, 2027                    Deborah Hung, Broad Institute

            April 13, 2027                 Lena Pernas, UCLA

            April 20, 2027                 Meghan Koch, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

            April 27, 2027                 Nicole Gerardo, Emory University

            May 4, 2027                     Eric Martens, University of Michigan Medical School

            May 11, 2027                  Melody Li, UCLA