MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar Series
Fall 2026 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)
unless noted on talk
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September 28, 2026
"Spatial Niches and Lymphatic Networks: how information gradients shape the immune response"
Michael Gerner, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington
Host: Carla Rothlin
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October 12, 2026
** Please Note: Seminar will be in CMRR 2-102**
“Cross tissue organization of the fibroblast lineage”
Matthew Buechler, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
Host: Carla Rothlin
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October 26, 2026
** Please Note: Seminar will be in CMRR 2-102**
"Allergic Sensitization in Alpha-gal Syndrome : A Th2 - iNKT Team Effort?"
Onyinye Iweala, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host: Alexa Weingarden
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November 9, 2026
"TBA"
June Round, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah
Host: Xavier Revelo
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December 7, 2026
"TBA"
Tuoqi Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern
Host: Stephen Jameson
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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.