MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar Series
Fall 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.
In-person seminars will be held in:
1-125 Cancer & Cardiovascular Research Building (CCRB)
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September 15, 2025
“Controlling Transplant Rejection: Emerging Immunologic Targets and Evolving Challenges”
Andrew Adams, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Division of Transplantation, Dept. of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School
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September 29, 2025
“Visualizing and manipulating immunity with light.”
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
Dean's Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester
Host: Jesse Williams
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October 6, 2025
"Targeting the lung for novel vaccines for Tuberculosis"
Shabaana Khader, Ph.D.
Chair of Microbiology, Bernard and Betty Roizman Professor of Microbiology, University of Chicago
Host: Tyler Bold
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October 27, 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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November 10, 2025
"Tissue-specific immunity in the digestive system"
Daria Esterhazy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Chicago
Host: Brian Fife
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November 24, 2025
“Holiday”
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December 8, 2025
“Microbiota-Immune interactions that promote metabolic health”
June Round, Ph.D.
Professor, H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah
Host: Xavier Revelo
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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 their host.