Seminar Series
Immunology, Inflammation, Infection, and Transplantation Seminars
2026 - 2027 Seminars
December
Speakers: Alberto Lopez (H. Kulkarni Lab) & Thomas Vu (Deng Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Dec 8, 2026
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "The C3-C3aR Axis Modulates Trained Immunity in Alveolar Macrophages" and title wise I am just "Postdoctoral Research Associate" & “Can we predict COVID-19 Outcomes? A Biomarker and Clinical Framework for Predicting 1-year Outcomes post-COVID-19 Hospitalization”
Speaker: Joseph R. Leventhal, MD, PhD, FACS
Title: Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Institution: Northwestern University
Date: Tuesday, Dec 15, 2026
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
January
Speaker: Paul Bollyky, MD
Title: Stanford Medicine Professor of Infectious Disease and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Institution: Stanford University
Date: Tuesday, Jan 12, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speakers: Katelynn Kazane (O'SullivanLab) & Tanya Ivanov (Cheng Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Jan 19, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "TBA"
Speaker: Yogesh Scindia, PhD
Title: Associate Professor (Tenured) of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
Institution: University of Florida
Date: Friday, Jan 22, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 17-256
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speaker: Scott Weaver, MS, PhD
Title: University Chair in Human Infections and Immunity
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Director, Institute for Human Infections & Immunity
Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory
Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch
Date: Tuesday, Jan 26, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
February
Xenotransplantation Panel
Moderator: Elaine Reed, PhD
Panelists: Reza Abdi, MD, Sun Mi Choi, MD, Joanna Schaenman, MD, PhD & Ali Nsair, MD
Date: Tuesday, Feb 2, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speakers: Gregory Whitehill, PhD (Butte Lab) & Nika Kokonov (Kohn Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Feb 9, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "TBA"
March
Speaker: Michael Lenardo, MD
Title: Chief Scientific Officer
Institution: Calico Life Sciences
Date: Monday, Mar 1, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speakers: Bryan Ramirez Reyes (D. Kulkarni Lab) & Eileen Shiuan (Prins Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Mar 9, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "TBA"
Speaker: Robert Seder, MD
Title: Acting Associate Director, Chief, Cellular Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, HHS
Institution: NIH
Date: Tuesday, Mar 23, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
mRNA Vaccine Panel
Moderator: Rob Prins, PhD
Panelists: Caius Radu, PhD, Zev Wainberg, MD & Ting-Ting Wu, PhD
Date: Tuesday, Mar 30, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
April
Speaker: Jason Zhang, PhD
Title: Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Apr 6, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "Generative AI Protein Design to Tackle Cancer Signaling"
Speakers: Xiang Li (Sallam Lab) & Itzetl Avila (Covarrubias Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, Apr 13, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Titles: "TBA"
Speaker: Moriah Szpara, PhD
Title: Professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Institution: Penn State
Date: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speaker: Steve Woodle, MD
Title: Professor, Director of Solid Organ Transplantation at UC Health; Director of Israel Penn Center for Transplant Oncology, William A. Altemeier Professor in Research Surgery
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Date: Tuesday, Apr 27, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
May
Speaker: Wesley Armstrong (O'Sullivan Lab) & Madeline Ho (Prins Lab)
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Additional Information: Research In Progress
Talk Title: "TBA"
Speaker: Kari Nadeau, MD, PhD
Title: Dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Distinguished Professor in Environmental Health Sciences
Institution: UCLA
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2027
Location: In-person CHS 23-105
Talk Title: "TBA"
Series Leadership
Gay Crooks, MD
Director
Robert M. Prins, PhD
Co-Director
Melody Li, PhD
Co-Director
Harry Pickering, PhD
Co-Director
For more information, please contact i3t@mednet.ucla.edu.
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