On Friday, December 15th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Kun He (Poholek) "Spatial microniches of IL-2 synergize with IL-10 to drive lung migratory Th2 cells in response to inhaled allergen" and Dani Antos (Alcorn) "Interferon λ acts on myeloid cells to exacerbate pulmonary superinfection." RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Events Archive
Student/Postdoc RIP (He/Antos)
December 15, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Amy Moran, Ph.D.
December 14, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Seminar Series will be hosting Amy Moran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology at Oregon Health and Science University. Her talk is titled, “What’s sex have to do with immunotherapy?” This seminar will take place IN PERSON in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The seminar will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Ponde/Dey)
December 8, 2023 - 3:30pm
On Friday, December 8th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Nicole Ponde (Gaffen) “IL-17 in Infection” and Ipsita Dey (Gaffen) “Contribution of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-δ (C/EBPδ) in kidney inflammatory disorders." RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Isaac Chiu, Ph.D.
December 7, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
On Thursday, December 7, 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Seminar Series will be hosting Isaac Chiu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School. His talk is titled, “Sensory neuron regulation of barrier immunity and host defense.” This seminar will take place IN PERSON in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The seminar will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Manandhar/Murter)
December 1, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
On Friday, December 1st, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Priyanka Manandhar (L. Kane) "Cell-intrinsic Tim-3 is required for optimal CD8 response to acute LCMV infection" and Ben Murter (L. Kane) “PIK3IP1/TrIP Immune regulation on CD8 T cells Restricts Anti-Tumor Immunity”. RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Rachel Gottschalk, Ph.D. (Faculty RIP)
November 30, 2023 - 9:00am to 10:00am
On Thursday, November 30, 2023, the Department of Immunology's Faculty RIP Series will feature Rachel Gottschalk, Ph.D. Her talk is titled, "Microbiota-dependent lung stimuli shape alveolar macrophage signaling-to-transcription networks." This talk will take place in Assembly Conference Room 4001 and it will be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Lau/Frisch)
November 17, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
On Friday, November 17th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Louis Lau (Singh) "Genomic and perturbation analyses of human PCs using an in vitro system" and Andrew Frisch (Delgoffe) “Redirecting glucose flux during in vitro expansion generates epigenetically and metabolically superior therapeutic T cells for cancer”. RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Prof. Dr. med. Dietmar Zehn
November 16, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
On Thursday, November 16, 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Seminar Series will be hosting Prof. Dr. med. Dietmar Zehn, Executive Director of the Center for Infection Prevention and Chair of Animal Physiology and Immunology at the Technical University of Munich. His talk is titled, “Differentiation and maintenance of exhausted CD4 and CD8 T cell populations." This seminar will take place IN PERSON in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The seminar will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Alok Joglekar, Ph.D. (Faculty RIP)
November 16, 2023 - 9:00am to 10:00am
On Thursday, November 16, 2023, the Department of Immunology's Faculty RIP Series will feature Alok Joglekar, Ph.D. His talk is titled, “Post-translationally modified epitopes in Autoimmunity." This talk will take place in Assembly Conference Room 4001 and it will be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Simonson)
November 10, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
On Friday, November 10th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Andrew Simonson (Flynn) “CD8+ lymphocytes are required for containment of secondary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection”. RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Sarah Gaffen, Ph.D.
November 9, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Seminar Series will be hosting Sarah Gaffen, Ph.D., Gerald P. Rodnan Professor in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. Her talk is titled, "At the Crossroads of IL-17 Signaling and Autoimmunity." This seminar will take place IN PERSON in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The seminar will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Rahimikollu)
October 27, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
On Friday, October 27th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Javad Rahimikollu (Das). The talk is titled, "SLIDE: Significant Latent Factor Interaction Discovery and Exploration across biological domains." RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Tim Hand, Ph.D.
October 19, 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Seminar Series will be hosting Tim Hand, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh. His talk is titled, "Mechanisms of Intestinal Bacteria-Specific Immune Memory." This seminar will take place IN PERSON in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The seminar will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Jeremy Tilstra, M.D., Ph.D. (Faculty RIP)
October 19, 2023 - 9:00am to 10:00am
On Thursday, October 19, 2023, the Department of Immunology's Faculty RIP Series will feature Jeremy Tilstra, M.D., Ph.D. His talk is titled, "Exploring the tissue/immune interaction in autoimmunity." This talk will take place in Assembly Conference Room 4001 and it will be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.
Student/Postdoc RIP (Abbott/Sojati)
October 13, 2023 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
On Friday, October 13th, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series will feature Darryl Abbott (Hand) "Maternal immunoglobulin A controls the neonatal microbiota and immune response" and Jorna Sojati (Williams) "The Upper Respiratory Tract Exhibits Reduced Interferon Response Contributing to Limited CD8+ T-Cell Recruitment and Delayed Human Metapneumovirus Clearance." RIP will take place in the Thomas E. Richards Auditorium of the Assembly building. The RIP will also be live-streamed on Zoom and recorded. The recording will be posted on the department website.