Seminars & Events | UCSF ImmunoX

ImmunoX Seminar Series

Once a week throughout the academic year, renowned scientists from all over the world present cutting-edge research in the ImmunoX Seminar Series. The seminars are held either in person or virtually at 9am on Mondays. For details, please contact us via jonathon.wilson@ucsf.edu.

Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Parnassus Heights

Access to Spring 2020-Spring 2022 Zoom video archive available upon request (jonathon.wilson@ucsf.edu).

Archive available (UCSF MyAccess login required) Full Series Fall 2025-Spring 2026 - Full Series Fall 2024-Spring 2025 - Full Series Fall 2023-Spring 2024 - Winter 2020 - Fall 2019 - Summer 2019 - Spring 2019 - Winter 2019 - Fall 2018 - Summer 2018 - Spring 2018 - Winter 2018 - Fall 2017 - Summer 2017 - Spring 2017 - Winter 2017 - Fall 2016 - Winter 2016 - Fall 2015 - Winter 2015 - Fall 2014 - Summer 2014 - Winter 2014 - Fall 2013

For details, please contact the ImmunoX Program Coordinator at jonathon.wilson@ucsf.edu or (415) 502-1961.

Dates

Speaker

Host

9/7/26

No Seminar

None

9/14/26

Andy Chan

Art Weiss & Julie Zikherman

9/21/26

Paul E. Love, NIH

Oscar Aguilar

9/28/26

Shaun Jackson, University of Washington

Mike Waterfield

10/5/26

ImmunoX New Member Forum

None

10/12/26

Philip Kranzusch, Harvard

Sagar Babat

10/19/26

Louis Staudt, NIH

Javid Moslehi

10/26/26

Greg Delgoffe, University of Pittsburgh

Matt Spitzer & Justin Eyquem

11/2/26

Hao Yuan Kueh, Yale

Peng He

11/9/26

Wan-Lin Lo, University of Utah

Tiffany Scharschmidt

11/16/26

David Schatz, Yale

Rachel Rutishauser

11/23/26

No Seminar

None

11/30/26

No Seminar

None

12/7/26

Jared Dudakov, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Mike Waterfield

12/14/26

Ana C. Anderson, Harvard

Alexis Combes

12/21/26

No Seminar

None

12/28/26

No Seminar

None

1/4/27

No Seminar

None

1/11/27

Rachel Rutishauser, UCSF

Sara Suliman

1/18/27

No Seminar

None

1/25/27

No Seminar

None

2/1/27

Jakob Von Moltke, University of Washington

Ari Molofsky

2/8/27

ImmunoX New Member Forum

Max Krummel & Jeroen Roose

2/15/27

ImmunoX New Member Forum

None

2/22/27

Jenna Guthmiller, University of Colorado (Anschutz)

Angela Phillips

3/1/27

Carla Rothlin, University of Minnesota

Judith Ashouri-Sinha

3/8/27

Jessica Stark, MIT

Chris Hsiung

3/15/27

Wayne Yokoyama, Washington University at St. Louis

Oscar Aguilar

3/22/27

Marion Pepper, University of Washington

Mark Ansel

3/29/27

Frances Lund, University of Alabama - Birmingham

Arun Prakash

4/5/27

Facundo Batista, Ragon Institute

Jason Cyster

4/12/27

Michael Angelo, Stanford

Nadia Roan

4/19/27

Montserrat Anguera, University of Pennsylvania

Sergio Baranzini

4/26/27

André Veillette, McGill University

Oscar Aguilar

5/3/27

Michael B. Brenner, Harvard

Tien Peng

5/10/27

Hisashi Arase, University of Osaka

Julie Zikherman

5/17/27

Donna Farber, Columbia University

Tien Peng

5/24/27

Nicole Baumgarth, Johns Hopkins

Julie Zikherman

5/31/27

No Seminar - Memorial Day

None

ImmunoX Journal Clubs

Each week, a faculty member, a postdoctoral fellow, or a student (under the sponsorship of a faculty member of his/her choice) presents a discussion of one or a few related articles published in research journals in the ImmunoX Journal Club. The article(s) should deal with research in molecular or cellular immunology, but more general topics in molecular or cell biology, genetics and evolution, and neurobiology are also welcome. Topics too close to one's own research specialty are not encouraged. Beginning in their second year of graduate school, students in the immunology program make an annual presentation in the ImmunoX Journal Club. In addition to presenting published papers of interest, students also present their thesis research at least once during their training.

This journal club is very well-attended and, together with the graduate course in Immunology, forms the backbone of scientific exchange between faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows.

2025-2026 Journal Club Schedule

All meetings are from 9:00-10:00am at Parnassus Heights

Access to Spring 2020-Spring 2022 Zoom video archive available upon request (jonathon.wilson@ucsf.edu).

Archive available (UCSF MyAccess login required) Fall 2024 - Full Series Fall 2023-Spring 2024 - Winter 2020 - Fall 2019 - Spring 2019 - Winter 2019 - Fall 2018 - Spring 2018 - Winter 2018 - Fall 2017 - Spring 2017 - Winter 2017 - Fall 2016 - Spring 2016 - Winter 2016 - Fall 2015 - Spring 2015 - Winter 2015 - Fall 2014 - Spring 2014 - Winter 2014 - Fall 2013

Dates

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

9/11/25

Jason Cyster, PhD

None

9/18/25

Lily Zemelko (Rutishauser)

Kai Trepka (Turnbaugh)

9/25/25

Claire Havig (Roybal)

Rafaella Shima (Turnbaugh)

10/2/25

Karla DeLucas (Rutishauser)

Jing-Yi Chung (Spitzer)

10/9/25

Emilie Kono (Eyquem)

Charles Shen (Cyster)

10/16/25

Karin Pelka, PhD

None

10/23/25

Pailin Chiaranunt, PhD (Molofskys)

Courtney Tamaki (Cho)

10/30/25

Joy Okoro (Suliman)

Isabel Shen (Combes)

11/6/25

Madeline McCanne (Kamber)

Rukman Thota (Krummel)

11/13/25

Betsy Crouch, MD, PhD

None

11/20/25

Amy Fan, PhD (Krummel)

Brenda Ametepe (Sirota/Sarwal)

11/27/25

Thanksgiving

None

12/4/25

Harnoor Virk (Roan)

Madison Lotstein (Fragiadakis)

12/11/25

Sophia Miliotis (Roan)

Riana Hunter (Feeney)

12/18/25

Holiday Break

None

12/25/25

Holiday Break

None

1/1/26

Holiday Break

None

1/8/26

Caroline Escoubas, MD, PhD (Molofsky)

Zachary Stensland (Spitzer/Fragiadakis)

1/15/26

Philip Dumesic, MD, PhD

None

1/22/26

Tasha Tsao (Aguilar)

Rio Barrere-Cain (Scharschmidt)

1/29/26

Aditya Jangid (Roybal)

Lauren Tabor (Bruno)

2/5/26

Michelle Grunberg (Bondy-Denomy)

Celeste Garza (Suliman)

2/12/26

Emily Goldberg, PhD

None

2/29/26

Amrik Kang (Wiita)

Khang Nguyen (Roose)

2/26/26

Hong Sun, PhD (Gardner)

James Asaki (Marson/DeRisi)

3/5/26

Mackenzie Roberts (Roan)

Kira Downey (Roybal)

3/12/26

Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD

None

3/19/26

Cole Tharp (Phillips)

None

3/26/26

Rebecca Knoll, MD (Lynch)

Nikhita Kirthivasan (Cyster)

4/2/26

Rachel Jones (Blelloch)

None

4/9/26

Sara Misiukiewicz (Pelka)

Gabriella Kimmerly (Rutishauser/Eyquem)

4/16/26

Mallar Bhattacharya, MD

None

4/23/26

Joanna Balcerek, MD, PhD (Molofsky)

Jaela Caston (Crouch)

4/30/26

Trishna Patel (Kamber)

Tom Li (Wiita/Eyquem)

5/7/26

Jesse Garcia Castillo, PhD (Roose)

Clara Kochendoerfer (Roybal)

5/14/26

Roarke Kamber, PhD

None

5/21/26

Sara Smith (Fragiadakis)

Minna Apostolova (Spitzer)

5/28/26

Sarina Ehteshamzadeh (Pleasure)

Alexander Vu (Tang)

6/4/26

Ankit Salhotra (Bruno)

Eva Gillis-Buck (Gardner)

6/11/26

McKenzie Daanen (Spitzer)

Sarah Castro (Sweet-Cordero)

Parnassus Institute Trainee Minisymposium (PITRAMI)

The goal for this series is to promote interactions across programs and disciplines, bringing trainees and faculty together in the shared endeavor of refining our research. Planned quarterly, PITRAMI events involve 15-20 trainees giving 10 minute talks about the progress of their research. Speakers are postdocs, graduate students, and staff members, who come forward on a voluntary basis to present their research projects. In order to showcase a broad range of topics, PITRAMI includes the contributions of multiple different Parnassus research groups. PITRAMI’s conclude with a social hour to promote networking and collaboration across the Parnassus campus.

If interested in connecting with PITRAMI leadership (either to present or learn more about PITRAMI leadership opportunities, please contact Dr. Jeroen Roose (Jeroen.Roose@ucsf.edu).

UCSF ImmunoX/UCB Immunology Retreat

Each year, immunologists from UCSF and UC Berkeley co-sponsor a two-day conference. This conference allows scientists from both institutions to share their work and interact with each other in a social setting.

Location: Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds

2026 Dates: Friday, September 18 - Sunday, September 20, 2026