Coming Soon:

Stay tuned as we finalize the speaker list and event schedule!

• To have experts from immunology and related disciplines discuss recent scientific advances and present on the current state and future of their fields
• To have our student body select invited speakers based on their scientific, academic, and career interests
• To create an environment conducive to the generation of new ideas, particularly to application of fundamental principles from other disciplines to our own individual areas of research
• To encourage and foster graduate student interaction with scientific leaders and experts in both professional and social settings
• To provide a platform for established scientists and professors to discuss their past, present and future impressions of the state of academic science, translational research, clinical medicine and industry
• To strengthen the immunology graduate student community in this country by providing a fun and creative atmosphere to network, establish connections and collaborations, and to share ideas at this formative stage of our careers
• To host Yale Immunobiology alumni who are now leaders in the field to discuss their scientific trajectories and accomplishments
• To promote Yale Immunobiology graduate student involvement with the greater scientific community
• To highlight our presence, ideas, and scientific/academic goals to the Yale campus and the greater scientific community
• To host a unique and fun scientific symposium and provide an enjoyable and memorable atmosphere for graduate students, faculty, and invited speakers
• To have our inaugural Yale Immunbiology Graduate Student Symposium pave the way for future symposia of bigger scope

From I-95 North or South:Take exit 47 to Route 34 west to exit 2. Turn left onto College street and continue onto Congress St. Turn right onto Cedar st. Harkness Auditorium is located at the Sterling Hall of Medicine at 333 Cedar St.

From I-91 South: Take Exit 2 onto Frontage road. Follow directions as above.

Parking: The Air Rights Garage has 24/7 parking available for hourly and daily rates. It is located between North and South Frontage roads, on York St. The Howard Avenue Garage has visitor parking available from 6:30 am to 8:30 pm. It is located at the corner of Howard and Congress streets.

2013 Immunobiology Graduate Student Symposium Committee

Kachiko Hayashi (kachiko.hayashi@yale.edu)

William Ruff (william.ruff@yale.edu)

Asu Erden (asu.erden@yale.edu)

Robert Amezquita (robert.amezquita@yale.edu)

Jessica Wang (jessica.k.wang@yale.edu)

Corey Martin (corey.martin@yale.edu)

Faculty advisors

Dr. Martin Kriegel (martin.kriegel@yale.edu)

Dr. David Schatz (david.schatz@yale.edu)

Ira Mellman

Former chair of Cell Biology at Yale, Vice President of Research Oncology at Genentech, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Jonathan C. Kagan

Ph.D. from Yale University, Assistant Professor at Harvard University Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

Linda R. Watkins

Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar, Director of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Ph.D. Program.

Diane Mathis

Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, and Director of the JDRF Center on Immunological Tolerance in Type-1 Diabetes at Harvard Medical School.

Ian Lipkin

Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and Professor of Neurology and Pathology at College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, Director of the Northeast Biodefense Center

Shelly Kagan

Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the former Henry R. Luce Professor of Social Thought and Ethics.

The 2012 Inaugural Immunobiology Graduate Student Symposium Committee

Tian Su (tian.su@yale.edu)

Padmini Pillai (padmini.pillai@yale.edu)

Jeremy Jacox (jeremy.jacox@yale.edu)

Edward Schmid (edward.schmid@yale.edu)

Faculty advisor

Dr. Susan Kaech (susan.kaech@yale.edu)

Director of Graduate Studies

Peter Cresswell (peter.cresswell@yale.edu)