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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 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.

2025-2026 ImmunoX Seminar Series

Dates	Speaker	Host
9/1/25	No Seminar - Labor Day
9/8/25	Nima Aghaeepour, Stanford University	Gabi Fragiadakis
9/15/25	David Van Valen, California Institute of Technology	Karin Pelka
9/22/25	Daniel Mucida, The Rockefeller University	Elizabeth Crouch
9/29/25	Shika Ramanan, Salk Institute for Biological Studies	Sagar Bapat
10/6/25	Sydney I Ramirez, La Jolla Institute of Immunology	Sara Suliman
10/13/25	ImmunoX New Member Forum
10/20/25	Timothy Hand, University of Pittsburgh	Tiffany Scharschmidt
10/27/25	Tiffany Scharschmidt, UCSF
11/3/25	David Hafler, Yale University	Katerina Akassoglou
11/10/25	Yuxuan Miao, University of Chicago	Tien Peng
11/17/25	Slava Epelman, University of Toronto	Javid Moslehi
11/24/25	No Seminar - Thanksgiving
12/1/25	No Seminar - Thanksgiving
12/8/25	Ning Jenny Jiang, University of Pennsylvania	Qizhi Tang
12/15/25	Pilar Alcaide, Tufts University	Javid Moslehi
12/22/25	No Seminar - Christmas
12/29/25	No Seminar - Christmas
1/5/26	No Seminar - New Years
1/12/26	Russell Vance, UC Berkeley	Sara Suliman
1/19/26	No Seminar - MLK Day
1/26/26	No Seminar - Midwinter Conference of Immunologists
2/2/26	Ananda Goldrath, Allen Institute of Immunology	Max Krummel & Jeroen Roose
2/9/26	ImmunoX New Member Forum
2/16/26	No Seminar - Presidents Day
2/23/26	Ruslan Medzhitov, Yale	Ari Molofsky
3/2/26	Ignacio Sanz, Emory University	Julie Zikherman
3/9/26	David J. Gonzalez, UCSD	Peter Turnbaugh
3/16/26	Ai Ing Lim, Princeton University	Nadia Roan
3/23/26	Rayne Rouce, Texas Children's Hospital	Catera Wilder
3/30/26	Morgan Huse, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	Jeroen Roose
4/6/26	Judy Lieberman, Harvard Medical School	Rachel Rutishauser
4/13/26	Gabriel Victora, The Rockefeller University	Alex Marson
4/20/26	Patricia Grace, University of Pittsburgh	Babak Javid
4/27/26	Hui Hu, University of Alabama Birmingham	Mark Ansel
5/4/26	Brian D. Brown, Mount Sinai	Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff
5/11/26	Ana Anderson, Harvard Medical School	Alexis Combes
5/18/26	Brian Kim, Mount Sinai	Ari Molofsky
5/25/26	No Seminar - Memorial Day

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
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
10/23/25	Pailin Chiaranunt, PhD (Molofsky/Molofsky)	Courtney Tamaki (Cho)
10/30/25	Joy Okoro (Suliman)	Rukman Thota (Krummel)
11/6/25	Madeline McCanne (Kamber)	Isabel Shen (Combes)
11/13/25	Betsy Crouch, MD, PhD
11/20/25	Amy Fan, PhD (Krummel)	Brenda Ametepe (Sirota/Sarwal)
11/27/25	Thanksgiving
12/4/25	Mackenzie Roberts (Roan)	Zachary Stensland (Spitzer/Fragiadakis)
12/11/25	Sophia Miliotis (Roan)	Riana Hunter (Feeney)
12/18/25	Christmas
12/25/25	Christmas
1/1/26	New Years
1/8/26	Caroline Escoubas, MD, PhD (Molofsky)	Madison Lotstein (Fragiadakis)
1/15/26	Philip Dumesic, MD, PhD
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
2/19/26	Amrik Kang (Wiita)	Khang Nguyen (Roose)
2/26/26	Hong Sun, PhD (Gardner)	James Asaki (Marson/DeRisi)
3/5/26	Harnoor Virk (Roan)	Kira Downey (Roybal)
3/12/26	Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD
3/19/26	McKenzie Daanen (Spitzer)	Cole Tharp (Phillips)
3/26/26	Rebecca Knoll, MD (Lynch)	Nikhita Kirthivasan (Cyster)
4/2/26	Sarah Castro (Sweet-Cordero)	Gabriella Kimmerly (Rutishauser/Eyquem)
4/9/26	Sara Misiukiewicz (Pelka)	Rachel Jones (Blelloch)
4/16/26	Mallar Bhattacharya, MD
4/23/26	Jaela Caston (Crouch)
4/30/26	Trishna Patel (Kamber)	Tom Li (Wiita/Eyquem)
5/7/26	Clara Kochendoerfer (Roybal)
5/14/26	Roarke Kamber, PhD
5/21/26	Sara Smith (Fragiadakis)	Minna Apostolova (Spizter)
5/28/26	Sarina Ehteshamzadeh (Pleasure)	Alexander Vu (Tang)
6/4/26	Ankit Salhotra (Bruno)	Eva Gillis-Buck (Gardner)

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

2025 Dates: Friday, September 19-Sunday, September 21, 2025