The Center for Human Immunobiology Annual Scientific Retreat
The 2nd Annual Center for Human Immunobiology Scientific Retreat brought our CHI members together to display their work, socialize with peers, network with other researchers and learn about colleagues’ immunology related research. See information from our recent 2024 retreat below.
2024 Agenda
Thursday, July 18 |
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5:30 - 7:30 PM |
Pre-retreat Dinner |
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Friday, July 19th |
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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
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 |
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 2025 Annual Scientific Retreat?
Contact us to learn more and request a sponsorship opportunities packet.
Center for Human Immunobiology Launch Retreat, April 2022
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