Topic outline

  • February 2, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Overview of Immunology: molecules, cells and tissues

    • Instructor: Brianna Naizir

      Teaching Fellow: Zhang, Linsey

  • February 3, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Rearrangements of antigen receptor genes

    • Instructor: Jayanta Chaudhuri

      Teaching Fellow: Zhang, Linsey

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 4, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - B cell development and differentiation

    • Instructor: Jayanta Chaudhuri

      Teaching Fellow: Zhang, Linsey

    • Student Presenter: Hanselman, Olivia/Illouz, Sylvia

      Olivia/Sylvia - please decide between yourselves who will do which paper.

    • Student Presenter: Hanselman, Olivia/Illouz, Sylvia

      Olivia/Sylvia - please decide between yourselves who will do which paper.

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 5, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Innate Immunity

    • Instructor: Justin Perry

      Teaching Fellow: Zhang, Linsey

    • Student Presenter: Lange, Matthew

    • Student Presenter: Lange, Matthew

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 5, 2026 - 3:00-4:30 - Amazon Web Services Antibody Design Platform

    • Location - Z 668

      Please bring your laptop  - you will be split into 10 groups, each with a project leader.

  • February 6, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Tumor Immunology

    • Instructor: Vinod Balachandran

      Teaching Fellow: Zhang, Linsey

    • Student Presenter: Levin, Bailey/Li, Faye

      Bailey/Faye - please decide between yourselves who will do which paper.

    • Student Presenter: Levin, Bailey/Li, Faye

      Bailey/Faye - please decide between yourselves who will do which paper.

  • February 9, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Immune Cell Migration and Invasion

    • Instructor: Mariia Akhmanova

      Teaching Fellow: Lang Goldgewicht, Andrea

    • Student presenter: Magnus, Karina

    • Student Presenter: Magnus, Karina

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 10, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - NK cells and innate lymphocytes

    • Instructor: Simon Grassmann

      Teaching Fellow: Lang Goldgewicht, Andrea

    • Student Presenter: McIlhenny, Laruen

  • February 11, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Lymphocyte activation

    • Instructor: Morgan Huse

      Teaching Fellow: Lang Goldgewicht, Andrea

    • Student Presenter: Mutaher, Mohammed

    • Student Presenter: Mutaher, Mohammed

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 12, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Transplant Immunology

    • Instructor: Alan Hanash

      Teaching Fellow: Lang Goldgewicht, Andrea

    • Student Presenter: Perea del Angel, Ana

  • February 13, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Immune surveillance and checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy in cancer

    • Instructor: Luc Morris

      Teaching Fellow: Lang Goldgewicht, Andrea

    • Student Presenters: Pope, Eleanor/Prabakaran, Adithya

      Eleanor/Adi - please decide amongst yourselves who will present which paper.

    • Student Presenters: Pope, Eleanor/Prabakaran, Adithya

      Eleanor/Adi - please decide amongst yourselves who will present which paper.

  • February 17, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Antigen Presentation and Dendtric Cells

    • Instructor: Chrysothemis Brown

      Teaching Fellow: Joshua Lau

    • Student Presenter: Styers, Hannah

  • February 18, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - MHC and antigen presentation 

    • Instructor: Alexander Rudensky

      Teaching Fellow: Joshua Lau

  • February 18, 2026 - 1:30-4:30 - T cell development and differentiation

    • Instructor: Alexander Rudensky

      Teaching Fellow: Joshua Lau

  • February 19, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Immune cell metabolism

    • Instructor: Santosha Vardhana

      Teaching Fellow: Joshua Lau

    • Student Presenter: Volpe, Christina

    • Student Presenter: Volpe, Christina

    • Student Presenter: Volpe, Christina

    • Student Presenter: Volpe, Christina

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 20, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Fetomaternal Tolerance

    • Instructor: Gabrielle Rizzuto

      Teaching Fellow: Joshua Lau

    • Maternal-Fetal Immunology

  • February 23, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Host-pathogen interactions: immune evasion by pathogens

    • Instructor: Tobias Hohl

      Teaching Fellow: Ecenur Turkay

  • February 24, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Tumor immunity: basic concepts

  • February 25, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - CAR T cell therapy for brain tumors: bench to bedside to bench

    • Instructor: Ivan Kotchetkov

      Teaching Fellow: Ecenur Turkay

    • Student Presenter: Beattie, Kai

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 26, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - From the World’s Deadliest Bacteria to Cancer Therapy: Lessons from TB and BCG 

    • Instructor: Yaprak Ozakman

      Teaching Fellow: Ecenur Turkay

       

    • Please review prior to class.

  • February 27, 2026 - 9:30-12:30 - Signal transduction and cell death during inflammation

    • Instructor: Alex Gitlin

      Teaching Fellow: Ecenur Turkay

    • All students should read and be prepared to present.

    • All student should read and be prepared to present.

    • Please read prior to class.