MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar Series
Spring 2025 MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar: Immunology-focused
These are the immunology-focused sessions; the full seminar schedule is posted by the Microbiology Immunology and Cancer Biology program (MICaB).
12:00–1:15 p.m.
Hybrid In-person/Zoom seminars will be held in:
1-125 Cancer & Cardiovascular Research Building (CCRB)
Recurring Zoom link:
https://z.umn.edu/MICaBSeminar
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February 3, 2025
“Chasing antigen-specific CD4+ T cells”
Marc Jenkins, Ph.D.
Regents and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Microbiology, Director, Center for Immunology (CFI)
Host: Jesse Williams
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February 17, 2025
“Immunomodulatory cancer-associated fibroblasts influence Treg cell dynamics in lung cancer.”
Nicholas Arpaia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, New York
Host: Mike Farrar
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March 3, 2025
"CD4+ T stem cells in cardiovascular inflammation."
Cornelia M. Weyand, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology, Research Chair, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Host: Jesse Williams
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March 10, 2025
"Innate immune control of the pathogenesis of malaria"
Tracey Lamb, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah
Host: Kristina Burrack, PhD
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March 17, 2025
"The biology and ontogeny of alveolar macrophages across the age spectrum"
Larry S. Schlesinger, M.D.
President/CEO, Professor, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Host: Monica Campo
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March 31, 2025
“Brain resident memory T cells in health and disease”
Pam Rosato, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Host: David Masopust
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April 14, 2025
“The Role of Linked Recognition in Alloimmunization to Transfused RBCs and the B cell Precursor Frequency Hypothesis”
James Zimring, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Experimental Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Host: Vaiva Vezys
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April 28, 2025
“The many enigmas of gut IgA”
Stephanie Eisenbarth, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology), Pathology, Director, Center for Human Immunobiology, Chief of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Host: Ryan Nelson
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Jointly sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Immunology.
To schedule time with a speaker, please contact his or her host.