Education is core to our mission – which is why IMMCG regularly offers seminars for those interested in deepening their understanding of immunology.

Organized by IMMCG faculty member Marco Orecchioni, these external seminars are usually held Tuesdays at noon. They’re open to any and all, inside and outside the university.

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held in the M. Bert Storey Research Building, conference room 1209.

 

Fall 2023

Indumathi Manoharan, PhD

Indumathi Manoharan, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgia Cancer Center


December 21

Thursday, December 21 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: "REGULATION OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED ORGAN DYSFUNCTION BY THE WNT PATHWAY"

Seminar Flyer

Kenneth S. Rosenthal, PhD

Kenneth S. Rosenthal, PhD

Professor of Immunology, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership


December 5

Tuesday, December 5 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: "MANIPULATION OF ANTIGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNITY WITH LEAPS VACCINES FOR ANTI-VIRAL, ANTI-CANCER AND ALSO ANTI-RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THERAPY"

Seminar Flyer

Anshu Agrawal, PhD

Anshu Agrawal, PhD

Professor in Residence School of Medicine University of California, Irvine


November 30

Thursday, November 30 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: "IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION UNDERLYING AGING AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE"

Seminar Flyer

Mohammad Oliaeimotagh, MD, MSC

Mohammad Oliaeimotlagh, MD, MSC

Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology Center of Georgia


November 9

Thursday, November 9 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: "Thresholdr: An Automated Method For Thresholding Cite-SEQ-Based Antibody Expression Date For Immune Cell Type Identification"

Seminar Flyer

Nicholas R.J. Gascoigne, PhD, FRSB

Nicholas R.J. Gascoigne, PhD, FRSB

Professor, Immunology Translational Research Programme, Cancer Translational Research Programme, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore


October 31

Tuesday, October 31 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: “Using Distinct CAR and TCR Signaling Cascades to Enhance Cellular Immunotherapy”

Seminar Flyer

Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.

Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer Autoimmunity & Inflammation Center Infectious Disease & Vaccine Research Center La Jolla Institute for Immunology


October 12

Thursday, October 12 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: “Subsets of Pathogenic T cells in Ulcerative Colitis”

Seminar Flyer

Jane Buckner, MD

Jane Buckner, MD

President, BRI Director, Translational Sample Core Benaroya Institute, Seattle, WA


October 10

Tuesday, October 10 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: “T1D from GWAS to Treg Therapy”

Seminar Flyer

Helen Goodridge, PhD

Helen Goodridge, Ph.D.  

Professor Biomedical Sciences Associate Director of Discovery Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center


October 3

Tuesday, October 3 at 12:00 p.m., CN 1209

Title: “Monocyte Heterogeneity and Origins”

Seminar Flyer

 

Spring 2023

Ting Zhang, MD/Ph.D

Ting Zhang, MD/Ph.D.  

Tianjin Medical University Peking University


September 28

Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “Leukemia-induced Macrophage in Stem Cells Leukemia/Lymphoma”

Seminar Flyer

Zhichao Fan, Ph.D.

Zhichao Fan, Ph.D.  

Assistant Professor Department of Immunology UConn Health


September 26

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “Roles of mitofusin-2 in Neutrophil Adhesion and Development”

Seminar Flyer

Mohammad Yaeshin Gazi, PhD

Mohammad Yeashin Gazi, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow Georgia Cancer Center


August 31

Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “The Immunological Basis of the Antitumor Effect of a Novel RAS/b-catenin Dual Inhibitor”

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor Vascular Biology Center


August 17

Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “New regulators of inflammation in the disordered vessel wall”

Gabriel Valentin, Ph.D.

Gabriel Valentin, Ph.D.  

Postdoctoral Fellow Immunology Center of Georgia


August 10

Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “CXCR3 Expression in Myeloid Cells as a Predictive Biomarker for Immunotherapies.”

Wan-Tien (Austin) Chiang, Ph.D.

Wan-Tien (Austin) Chiang, Ph.D.

Assistant Project Scientist University of California San Diego


July 20

Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: “Systems Immunology: Doubling the Power of Single Cell Data in Unraveling the Complex Immune System”

Sujan Shresta, Ph.D.

Sujan Shresta, Ph.D.

Professor
Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research
La Jolla Institute for Immunology


June 13

Thursday, June 13, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: "Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Flavivirus-Dendritic Cell Interactions”

Jiliang Zhou, MD, Ph.D.

Jiliang Zhou, MD, Ph.D.    

Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Augusta University


June 8

Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title:"Identification of master transcription factors for smooth muscle development and homeostasis”

Yan Wang, PhD

Yan Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Klaus Ley Lab Augusta University


June 1

Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.
CN 1209

Title: "FACS based-FRET monitor β2 integrin conformation spreading”

Ada Weinstock, Ph.D.

Ada Weinstock, Ph.D.  

Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Section of Genetic Medicine, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago


May 23

Tuesday at 12:00 p.m.

Title: "The effects of weight loss and regain on atherosclerosis”

Amir Khan, PhD

Amir Khan, Ph.D.  

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Klaus Ley Lab Immunology Center of Georgia


March 28

Title: "Single cell RNA sequencing reveals age effects on immune cell proportions and transcriptomes in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)”

Xuemei Xie, MD/PhD

Xuemei Xie, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Pathology


March 23

Title: "Exploring Neutrophil development and heterogeneity in homeostasis and infection through single cell transcriptomics”

Natalia Jaeger, MSc

Natalia Jaeger, MSc

Ph.D. Candidate in Immunology Department of Pathology & Immunology Washington University in Saint Louis, MO
 


March 21

Title: "Heterogeneity of human small intestine T cells and their abnormal distribution in Crohn’s disease”

Seminar Flyer

Caryn L. Bird, PhD

Caryn L. Bird, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Candidate, Dr. Theodore Johnson Lab, Cancer Immunology, Inflammation and Tolerance Program, AU


March 14

Title: "Local complement-mediated signaling in response to a tumor antigen augments anti-tumor T cell responses”

Seminar Flyer

Arif Yurdagul, PhD

Arif Yurdagul Jr., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Cardiovascular Center for Diseases and Sciences, LSU Health Shreveport


March 7

Title: "Nutrient Sensing of Apoptotic Cell-Derived Cargo Drives Inflammation Resolution”

Seminar Flyer

Mercy Kihinde-Ige

Mercy Kihinde-Ige

Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Huidong Shi Lab, AU


March 2

Title: "Single-cell RNA-sequencing Analysis of Transcriptional Regulatory Networks and Metabolic Pathways in Genetically Modified Tumor-specific CD4+ T cells”

Seminar Flyer

Ogacheko Okoko

Ogacheko Okoko

Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Gang Zhou’s Lab, AU


February 16

Title: "Novel strategies to enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy – Sensitizing tumors and improving T cell function”

Seminar Flyer

Shahad Iqneibi, PhD

Dr. Shahad Iqneibi

Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology Center of Georgia, Dr. Klaus Ley Lab at AU


February 2

Title: "Single cell transcriptomic changes of CD8T cells in male and female patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes"

Seminar Flyer

 

Fall 2022

December 27

Holiday

December 6

Dr. Huidong Shi
Immunology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Title: "Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Retinal Microglia Heterogeneity: from Metabolic Profiles to Lineage Topology"

November 29

Dr. David Munn
Immunology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Title: “Tracking T cell reactivation during immunotherapy”

November 22

Dr. Yukai He, MD, PhD
Immunology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Title: The affinity of antigen binding domain on CAR-T’s efficacy: Moderate may be better

November 15

Heping Ma, MD
Title: Introduce an imaging modality new at AU, multiphoton and confocal intravital microscopy

October 11

Dr. Gang Zhou
Immunology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Title: "The identity of the immunosuppressive myeloid cells emerging during chemotherapy-induced myelopoiesis"

October 4

Dr. Adil Rasheed
Title: MLKL (Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein): An Immunometabolic Nexus of Cardiovascular Disease