Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology Symposium

Date: 
January 22, 2021
Time: 
9am - 1pm
Place: 
Virtual

Next Generation in Genomic Immunology

The Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology is creating an ecosystem that brings together experts to develop transformative opportunities to harness the immune system to treat patients across a broad range of diseases.

In this inaugural symposium, you’ll hear from up-and-coming scientists from around the world who are using innovative technologies at the intersection of human immunology, genomics, CRISPR genome engineering, computational biology, and synthetic biology to answer key questions in human immunology and to repurpose the immune system for therapeutic benefit.

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Agenda

9:00–9:10am Introductory Remarks: Alex Marson, Director, Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology
9:10–9:50am Keynote: Ananda Goldrath, Tata Chancellor’s Endowed Professor in Molecular Biology, UCSD
9:50–10:10am Catera Wilder, Postdoctoral Fellow, Alexander Hoffmann Lab, UCLA
10:10–10:30am Camila Rosat Consiglio, Postdoctoral Researcher, Petter Brodin Lab, Karolinska Institutet
10:30–10:40am Break
10:40–11:00am Yapeng Su, Graduate Student, James Heath Lab, Institute for Systems Biology
11:00–11:20am Aleksandra Deczkowska, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ido Amit lab, Weizmann Institute of Science
11:20–11:40am María Casanova-Acebes, Junior PI, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas
11:40–11:50am Break
11:50–12:10pm Pratiksha Thakore, Postdoctoral Fellow, Aviv Regev Lab, Broad Institute
12:10–12:50pm Keynote: Avery Posey, Jr., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
12:50–12:55pm Closing Remarks: Alex Marson, Director, Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology