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  • Fall 2026
    DateSpeakerTitleHostLocation
    Sept. 7 Labor Day No Seminar      
    Sept. 9
    12:00PM
    Jorn Coers, Ph.D.
    Professor Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Integrative Immunobiology, Duke University Medical Center
    “Catch me if you can: cell-autonomous immunity and bacterial escape” Immunology ND5.218
    Sept. 10
    8:00AM
    John Alexander Horton, D.O.
    Infectious Diseases Fellow, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    “Evaluating the Impact of Proactive Infection Prevention Strategies on Surgical Site Infections and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections” Infectious Diseases Y7.316
    Sept. 10
    9:00AM
    Hani Gabra, M.D., Ph.D.
    Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology, Imperial College London, Founder and CSO, Papyrus Therapeutics
    “OPCML and the IgLON Family: Towards Clinical Tumor Suppressor Replacement Therapy” Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research & Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Virtual
    Sept. 11
    7:45-11:00AM
    Eric Cromwell, M.D.
    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Chair for Clinical Integration and Operations Clinical Director, Mitchel and Shannon Wong Eye Institute, UT Medicine (Austin, Texas)
    “The Many Faces of Ocular Herpes: Cornea, Uvea, Retina, and Beyond” Ophthalmology E6.200
    Sept. 16
    12:00PM
    Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Cell Biology, John P. Perkins Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Science, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
    “Identifying and Target Nutrient Dependencies in Cancer Cells” Immunology ND5.218
    Sept. 17
    4:00PM
    James Collins, Ph.D.
    Professor of Pharmacology
    “You Complete Me: The Secret Lives of Schistosomes” President's Lecture Series Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium (C)
    Sept. 18
    12:00PM
    Xiao-Fei Kong, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease
    “ABCF1 Haploinsufficiency: A New Genetic Disorder for Gastrointestinal Inflammation” Internal Medicine Research Conference D1.502
    Sept. 18
    12:30PM
    Suraj Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive and Liver Disease
    “Targeting Endogenous Retroelement Reverse Transcription in Liver Disease” Internal Medicine Research Conference D1.502
    Sept. 24 8:00AM Emily Adhikari, M.D.
    Assistant Professor of Obsterics & Gynecology
    “From Risk to Discovery: Rethinking Congenital Syphilis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Clinical Impact” Infectious Diseases Y7.316
    Sept. 25 8:00AM Neima Briggs, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
    “The Parasites Within: Rethinking Our Relationship with Helminths” Internal Medicine D1.502
    Sept. 28
    12:00PM
    Russell Jones, Ph.D.
    Professor Van Andel Research Institute
    “Translating T Cell Immunometabolism: From Disease Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities” McDermott Center NL12.125
    Sept. 30
    12:00PM
    Neima Briggs, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
    “The Paradoxical Role of CD4+ T cells in Helminth Infection” Immunology ND5.218
    Oct. 5
    4:00PM
    Chandrashekhar Pasare, DVM., Ph.D.
    Professor and Director, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    “Unexpected role for VPS33B in regulating immune responses” Physiology ND13.218
    Oct. 8
    1:00PM
    Yi Feng, Ph.D.
    Center for the Genetics of Host Defense
    “Convergent evolution of antiviral interference in vertebrates” Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118
    Oct. 9
    8:00AM-5:00PM
    Immunology Symposium   Immunology Pegasus Park
    Oct. 22
    9:00AM
    Melita Irving, Ph.D.
    Geneticist, Department of Fundamental Oncology, University of Lausanne
    TBA Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research & Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Virtual
    Oct. 22
    1:00PM
    Koji Nakajima, M.D.
    Center for the Genetics of Host Defense, Internal Medicine
    “Human DBR1 is a brainstem gate-keeper against a broad range of viruses” Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118
    Oct. 28
    12:00PM
    David Gate, Ph.D.
    Director of the Abrams Research Center on Neurogenomics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
    “Mechanisms of amyloid clearance in immunized Alzheimer's disease patients” Immunology ND5.218
    Oct. 30
    1:00PM
    David Schad, Ph.D. Candidate
    Molecular Microbiology Graduate Program
    “Targeting of ELMO2 by the Shigella E3 Ligase IpaH4.5 Reveals Key Differences Between ELMO Paralogs” Molecular Microbiology NL4.124
    Nov. 2
    4:00PM
    Patrick Seale, Ph.D.
    Professor Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania
    “Mesenchymal stromal cells as regulators of inflammation and fibrosis” Physiology ND13.218
    Nov. 4
    12:00PM
    Saad B. Omer, M.P.H., Ph.D., M.B.B.S.
    Dean, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health
    TBA Immunology ND5.218
    Nov. 5
    1:00PM
    Pratibha Bhalla, Ph.D.
    Instructor, Department of Immunology
    TBA Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118
    Nov. 18
    12:00PM
    Saumendra N. Sarkar, Ph.D.
    Professor, University of Maryland, School of Medicine
    TBA Immunology ND5.218
    Nov. 19
    1:00PM
    Kun Yang, Ph.D.
    Instructor, Department of Immunology
    “NGLY1-deficiency” Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118
    Dec. 2
    12:00PM
    Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
    Inaugural Director of the Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
    TBA Immunology ND5.218
    Dec. 3
    1:00PM
    Dominic Choo
    Medical Student, SoRelle Lab
    TBA Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118
    Dec. 17
    1:00PM
    Anas Khanshour
    Department of Pathology, Next Generation Sequencing Clinical Lab
    “Loss of Function, Gain of Insight: Rare Genetic Drivers of Multiple Food Allergies” Human Inborn Errors of Immunity NB8.118