Events
The center hosts events throughout the year in-person to share knowledge and breakthroughs in the field of immunology. If you are interested in joining a seminar virtually, please email immunology@northwestern.edu at least 48 hours in advance and we will do our best to accommodate. View all of the center's 2023-24 Distinguished Lectureship Seminar Series here.
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The Center for Human Immunobiology 2nd Annual Scientific Retreat
July 18th-19th, 2024
Join Us
Participate in the 2nd Annual Center for Human Immunobiology Scientific Retreat to display your work, socialize with your peers, network with other researchers, and learn about your colleagues’ immunology related research.
Register to Attend
RSVP required by Friday, July 5th, 2024. Open to all CHI Members, registration is limited to 150 participants. There is no fee to attend.
For any accessibility questions for this event please reach out to Lisa Rawlani lmr@northwestern.edu.
Poster Session
You must register your poster by Monday, June 24th in order to display at the poster session. You will receive an email confirmation and instructions for the poster session once your registration is final. Please note, while this event is for CHI Members only, the CHI Retreat is a public event, not a private internal meeting. In case your research requires invention disclosure, please check with Northwestern INVO to submit a new application, which can be found under Policies and Forms on the INVO Website.
INVO requires 6 weeks prior to event (June 7, 2024) for compliance checks. For more information about the application process, please email INVO invo@northwestern.edu. If you are not able to confirm with INVO related to invention disclosure you should not put confidential information on your poster.
Agenda
Thursday, July 18th, 2024 |
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5:30 - 7:30 PM |
Pre-retreat Dinner |
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Friday, July 19th, 2024 |
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9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Check-In & Breakfast |
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10:00 - 10:30 AM |
Welcome & Center Updates |
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10:30 - 11:00 AM |
CHI Pilot Grant Winners Update Divakar S Mithal, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Samuel E Weinberg, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pathology |
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11:00 - 12:00 PM |
Keynote Presentation "T cell fates: you are what you eat" Susan Kaech, PhD, Professor and Director Nomis Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences |
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12:00 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 - 2:30 PM |
Select Northwestern Faculty Talks Talk 1 - Satish Nadig, MD, PhD Talk 2 - Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD |
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2:30 - 2:45 PM |
Coffee break |
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2:45 - 3:45 PM |
"Meet the Editor” Panel
Gail Bishop – Journal of Immunology Christiana Fogg - Science Immunology Beth McNally – JCI Faby Rivas – Immunity |
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3:45 - 4:45 PM |
Select Northwestern Faculty Talks Talk 3 - Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD Talk 4 - David Gate, PhD |
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4:45 - 6:30 PM |
Poster Session (Group A from 4:45 - 5:45 PM/ Group B from 5:45 - 6:45 PM) with Reception Bar and Food |
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6:30 - 6:45 PM |
Poster Session Awards |
The pre-retreat reception, retreat and poster presentation is open to Faculty, Trainees and Staff of both the Chicago and Evanston Campus and Sponsors of Bronze Level and higher. You must have a Northwestern University affiliation to attend and to present a poster. For more information contact us: immunology@northwestern.edu.
2024 Sponsors
The 2nd Annual Center for Human Immunobiology Scientific Retreat is generously supported by the following sponsors:
Gold Level Sponsors
Bronze Level Sponsors
Supporting Level Sponsor
Interested in sponsoring the CHI 2024 Annual Scientific Retreat? Contact us to learn more and request a sponsorship opportunities packet, immunology@northwestern.edu.
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