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 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.

Micro 117. Microbiology and Immunology in Dentistry
For students in the School of Dentistry
Pathogens and Host Defense (PHD) Block
For students in the School of Medicine

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

Diana Hargreaves, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Jason Cyster

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

Russel 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

2/2/26

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.

2024-2025 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

9/12/24

Sara Suliman, PhD, MPH

9/19/24

9/26/24

Lily Zemelko (Rutishauser)

Sara Misiukiewicz (Pelka)

10/3/24

Jing-Yi Chung (Spitzer)

Sarina Ehteshamzadeh (Pleasure)

10/10/24

Catera Wilder, PhD

10/17/24

Mackenzie Roberts (Roan)

Rukman Thota (Krummel)

10/24/24

Sarah Castro (Sweet-Cordero)

Sophia Miliotis (Roan)

10/31/24

Kai Trepka (Turnbaugh)

Anita Qualls (Gardner)

11/7/24

Celeste Garza (Suliman)

Aditya Jangid (Roybal)

11/14/24

Courtney Tamaki (Cho)

Karla DeLucas (Rutishauser)

11/21/24

Trishna Patel (Kamber)

Lauren Tabor (Bruno)

11/28/24

Thanksgiving

12/5/24

Judith Ashouri Sinha, MD

12/12/24

Madison Lotstein (Fragiadakis)

Han Chen (Pelka)

12/19/24

Holiday Break

12/26/24

Holiday Break

1/2/25

Holiday Break

1/9/25

Alexis Combes, PhD

1/16/25

Amrik Kang (Wiita)

Tasha Tsao (Aguilar)

1/23/25

Riana Hunter (Feeney)

1/30/25

Cole Tharp (Phillips)

Khang Nguyen (Roose)

2/6/25

Claire Havig (Roybal)

Gabriella Kimmerly (Rutishauser/Eyquem)

2/13/25

Bryson Choy (Ye)

Tom Li (Wiita/Eyquem)

2/20/25

Rachel Jones (Blelloch)

2/27/25

McKenzie Daanene (Spitzer)

3/6/25

Eva Gillis-Buck (Gardner)

3/13/25

Emilie Kono (Eyquem/Ye)

Joy Okoro (Suliman)

3/20/25

Peter Bruno, PhD

3/27/25

Nikhita Kirthivasan (Cyster)

Isabel Shen (Combes)

4/3/25

Madeline McCanne (Kamber)

Zachary Stensland (Spitzer/Fragiadakis)

4/10/25

Rio Barrere-Cain (Scharschmidt)

Haolin (Charles) Shen (Cyster)

4/17/25

Harnoor Virk (Roan)

4/24/25

No Journal Club

5/1/25

Minna Apostolova (Spitzer)

Kira Downey (Roybal)

5/8/25

Angela Phillips, PhD

5/15/25

Clara Kochendoerfer (Roybal)

Kira Downey (Roybal)

5/22/25

Alexander Vu (Tang)

James Asaki (Marson/DeRisi)

5/29/25

Sara Smith (Fragiadakis)

Julianne Lim (Bruno)

6/5/25

Brenda Ametepe (Sirota)

Andoni Asencor (Pleasure)

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