Joint Research in Progress Seminars
We look forward to you joining us again on the 3rd Friday of every month at 12 pm, in the BST Conference Room 1595.
| Date | Presenter 1 | PI Lab | Presenter 2 | PI Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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09/15/2023
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NO RIP | – | – | – |
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10/20/2023
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Miltenyi AutoMacs | – | Miltenyi AutoMacs | – |
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11/17/2023
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NO RIP – STI Retreat
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– | – | – |
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12/15/2023
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Mouhamad Al Moussawy | Khodor Abou-Daya | TBD | – |
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01/19/2024
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Marta Bueno-Fernandez | Oliver Eickelberg | Juliana Powell | Adrian Morelli |
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02/16/2024
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Wonseok Choi | Partha Biswas | TBD | – |
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03/15/2024
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NO RIP – UNIVERSITY CLOSED | – | – | – |
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04/19/2024
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Kenta Yamamoto | Sarah Gaffen | Cindy Avalos | Angus Thomson |
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05/17/2024
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Johnny Bou Saba | Heth Turnquist | Kassandra Baron | Heth Turnquist |
| 06/21/2024 | Jordan Warunek | Heth Turnquist | Riwa Kanj | Fadi Lakkis |
| 07/19/2024 | Afsana Naaz | Heth Turnquist | TBD | – |
For more information, please contact:
Kal Husted
(412) 648-4058
hustedkm@upmc.edu
Joint Journal Club
We look forward to you joining us again on the 4th Friday of every month at 12 pm, in the BST Conference Room 1595.
| Date | Speaker #1: Basic Scientist |
Speaker #2: Clinician |
|---|---|---|
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09/22/2023
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Hussein El Bourji | Mohamad Zaidan |
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10/27/2023
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Ruiqi Yang | TBD |
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11/24/2023
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CANCELLED – Thanksgiving Break
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12/22/2023
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CANCELLED – Holiday Break
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01/26/2024
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Mark Snyder | TBD |
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02/23/2024
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Mouhamad Al-Moussawy | TBD |
| 03/22/2024 | Tony Haykal | TBD |
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04/26/2024
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Cindy Avalos | Hasan Nassereldine |
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05/24/2024
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Riwa Kanj | TBD |
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06/28/2024
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Julianna Powell |
TBD
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07/26/2024
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Jordan Warunek | TBD |
For more information, please contact:
Kal Husted
(412) 648-4085
hustedkm@upmc.edu
Transplantation Biology Seminar Series
We look forward to you joining us again on the 2nd Friday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at 12 pm, Hybrid, via Zoom and BST Conference Room 1595.
| September 8, 2023 | Nicole Valenzuela, PhD – UCLA |
| October 13, 2023 | Megan Levings, PhD – University of British Columbia |
| November 10, 2023 | Peter Heeger, MD – Cedars-Sinai |
| December 8, 2023 | Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD – Duke University |
| January 12, 2024 | Peter Sage, PhD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| February 9, 2024 | James Riley, PhD – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
| March 1, 2024 | Bernhard Hering, MD – University of Minnesota |
| April 12, 2024 | Pavan Reddy, MD |
| May 10, 2024 | “TBD” |
| June 14, 2024 | Josh Levitsky, MD – Northwestern |
For more information, please contact:
Amy Nye
(412) 383-5774
nyea@upmc.edu
Transplantation Grand Rounds
We look forward to you joining us again every Wednesday at 8:00 a.m., Hybrid, via Zoom and LHAS, Montefiore.
(Note: Bolded text denotes External Speakers)
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| October 4, 2023 | Madhav Menon, Yale University |
| October 11, 2023 | Aravind Cherukuri |
| October 18, 2023 | David McMichael |
| October 25, 2023 | Khodor Abou-Daya |
| November 1, 2023 | Mark Snyder |
| November 8, 2023 | NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| November 15, 2023 | Adriana Zeevi |
| November 22, 2023 | NO GRAND ROUNDS – FALL HOLIDAY |
| November 29, 2023 | Adnan Sharif, University of Birmingham |
| December 6, 2023 | Paolo Cravedi, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| December 13, 2023 – January 10, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS – WINTER RECESS |
| January 17, 2024 | Fadi Lakkis & Abhi Humar |
| January 24, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| January 31, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| February 7, 2024 | Martin Wijkstrom |
| February 14, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| February 21, 2024 | Allan Kirk, Duke University Medical Center |
| February 28, 2024 | Angus Thomson |
| March 6, 2024 | Arjun Kalaria |
| March 13, 2024 | Satish Nadig, Northwestern University |
| March 20, 2024 | Chethan Puttarajappa & Michele Molinari |
| March 27, 2024 | Andrew Cane & Sarmad Alshamery |
| April 3, 2024 | Jennifer Lai, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) |
| April 10, 2024 | Danielle Ladie, UPMC Harrisburg |
| April 17, 2024 | A.J. Demetris |
| April 24, 2024 | Ali Al-Khafaji |
| May 1, 2024 | Flavio Vincenti, UCSF |
| May 8, 2024 | Armando Ganoza |
| May 15, 2024 | Elizabeth Pomfret, University of Colorado Anschutz |
| May 22, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS – STARZL PRIZE |
| May 29, 2024 | Jaideep Behari |
| June 5, 2024 | Chris Hughes |
| June 12, 2024 | David Cooper, Harvard University |
| June 19, 2024 | NO GRAND ROUNDS – JUNETEENTH |
| June 26, 2024 | Olivier Thaunat, University Claude Bernard (Lyon, France) |
For more information, please contact:
Kal Husted
(412) 648-4058
hustedkm@upmc.edu
Joint Faculty Research Forum (JFRF)
We look forward to you joining us the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at noon, Hybrid, via Zoom and 1595 Biomedical Science Tower.
| DATE | SPEAKER |
|---|---|
| January 3, 2024 | Warren Shlomchik |
| January 17, 2024 | Khodor I. Abou-Daya |
| February 7, 2024 | Jing Li |
| February 21, 2024 | NO MEETING – CANCELLED |
| March 6, 2024 | Qingde Wang |
| March 20, 2024 | Julie Phillippi |
| April 3, 2024 | Dana Ascherman |
| April 17, 2024 | Mohamed Ezzelarab |
| May 1, 2024 | Jie Fan |
| May 15, 2024 | TBD |
| June 5, 2024 | NO MEETING – ATC CONFERENCE |
| June 19, 2024 | NO MEETING – JUNETEENTH |
| July 3, 2024 | TBD |
| July 17, 2024 | TBD |
| August 7, 2024 | TBD |
| August 21, 2024 | TBD |
| September 4, 2024 | Rebecca Elsner |
| September 18, 2024 | Faruk Sacirbegovic |
| October 2, 2024 | Scott Biggins |
| October 16, 2024 | TBD |
| November 6, 2024 | TBD |
| November 20, 2024 | TBD |
| December 4, 2024 | Timothy Billiar |
| December 18, 2024 | NO MEETING – WINTER RECESS |
| January 8, 2025 | TBD |
| January 22, 2025 | TBD |
| February 5, 2025 | TBD |
| February 19, 2025 | TBD |
| March 5, 2025 | TBD |
| March 19, 2025 | TBD |
| April 2, 2025 | TBD |
| April 16, 2025 | Qing Ding |
For more information, please contact:
Amy Nye
(412) 383-5774
nyea@upmc.edu
STI Retreat
November 17, 2023
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
University Club
123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Congratulations to the 2023 Abstract Poster Winners!
1st place and winner of the Brian N. Seidel Award for Excellence in Research, Tony Haykal, MD (second from the right)!
2nd place, Charbel Elias, MD (middle)!
3rd place, Hussein El Bourji, MD (second from the left)!
2024 Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in Immunology
The Eberly Distinguished Lectureship in Immunology was established in 2011 by the Department of Immunology and the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute to recognize the generous support of the Robert E. Eberly Family and to showcase each year the research of three prominent international leaders in the field of immunology.
February 15, 2024
Marc K. Jenkins, PhD
• Regents Professor
• Director, Center for Immunology
• University of Minnesota Medical School
May 9, 2024
Suzanne L. Topalian, MD
• Bloomberg-Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy
• Professor of Surgery and Oncology
• Director, Melanoma Program, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
•Associate Director, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
• Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine
October 17, 2024
Louis Staudt, MD, PhD
• Chief, Lymphoid Malignancies Brach, Center for Cancer Research
• Director, Center for Cancer Genomics
• National Cancer Institute, NIH
December 12, 2024
Luke O’Neill, PhD, FRS
• Professor and Chair, Biochemistry
• Chief Scientific Officer, Senda Biosciences
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Immunology Seminar Series
We look forward to you joining us every Thursday (unless otherwise noted) at 11 am at the Assembly Building, Ground Floor Auditorium.
Please click here to see the 2023-2024 schedule.
For more information, please contact:
Candice Kuo
(412) 648-7050
cak94@pitt.edu
