Seminars in Immunology
Mathew Blurton-Jones, PhD, UC Irvine will present a seminar on December 11th on “Harnessing iPSC-Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain”
Mathew Blurton-Jones, PhD, UC Irvine will present a seminar on December 11th on “Harnessing iPSC-Microglia to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins to the Brain”
In October 2025, Lisa Wagar, PhD was invited to give a talk at the Scandinavian Society for Immunology annual meeting at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Dr. Wagar also gave a presentation at the student workshop. Congratulations Dr. Wagar!
Please join us in congratulating Nishad Maggirwar who was just awarded a 3-year NIH F31 fellowship!
Scientists at the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences at UC Irvine report that they have developed a powerful new tool, called Phollow, that lets scientists watch viral activity in the gut microbiome of living animals with unprecedented precision—down to a single viral particle. Led by Travis Wiles, PhD, assistant professor, the study … offers…
Oral Presentation:First Place – Angie Lackner (McNulty Lab)Second Place – Zach Wagoner (Wagar Lab)Third Place – Claire Murat (Marangoni Lab)Top Five Posters: Philip Farahat (Villalta Lab)Julia Cabral (McNulty Lab)Shannon Geels (Marangoni Lab)Takeya Masubuchi (Hui Lab, UCSD)Jibin Zhang (Hui Lab, UCSD)Honorable Mention Posters:Elise Nguyen (Othy Lab)Mahina Mitul (Wagar Lab)Mari Soto (Othy Lab)Rachel Sousa (Marangoni Lab)Olivia Yanes…
Speakers include: Kate Fitzgerald, Laurie Glimcher, Chris Garcia, George Stark, Warren Leonard. There are discounted rates for UC faculty, fellows and students. Furthermore, there will be 4-6 oral presentations based on abstracts. Details for registration, hotel accommodations, and asbstract submission may be found here.
Please join us in congratulating Suhas Sureshchandra (Wagar Lab) who won best speaker (pictured second from left) and Shannon Geels (Marangoni Lab) who won best poster (pictured far right) at the Immunology LA Meeting in Los Angeles on June 28th – way to go Suhas and Shannon!