The Center for Human Immunobiology Annual Scientific Retreat

Thursday, July 18

5:30 - 7:30 PM                  

Pre-retreat Dinner
Gino's East - Mag Mile

Friday, July 19th

9:00 - 10:00 AM               

Check-In & Breakfast

10:00 - 10:30 AM             

Welcome & Center Updates

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

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

12:00 - 1:30 PM               

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 PM                  

Select Northwestern Faculty Talks

Talk 1; Precision Therapeutics:next generation immunosuppression - Satish Nadig, MD, PhD

Talk 2 - Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD

2:30 - 2:45 PM                  

Coffee break

2:45 - 3:45 PM                  

"Meet the Editor” Panel
Discussion of editorial criteria, publishing strategies, peer review, and editorial careers.
Moderated by Krishan Chhiba, MD, PhD; Fellow, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Gail Bishop – Journal of Immunology

Christiana Fogg - Science Immunology 

Beth McNally – JCI

Faby Rivas – Immunity

3:45 - 4:45 PM                  

Select Northwestern Faculty Talks

Talk 3; CD1-restricted Lipid Antigen Specific T Cell Responses in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection - Chyung-Ru Wang, PhD

Talk 4; Genomic approaches to study Alzheimer's disease immunity - David Gate, PhD

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

6:30 - 6:45 PM                  

Poster Session Awards