CIIT Seminar Series 2024-2025
- Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101. (Seminars are also streamed via Webex.)
- Day: Fridays
- Time: Presentations from 12 to 12:45 p.m. and Q&A from 12:45 to 1 p.m.
- Physicians may claim Category 2 CME for attending this event.
September 12, 2025
Autumn G. York, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Washington; Hanna H. Gray Faculty Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Presentation: “Decoding the immunological lipidome” (no video available)
October 2025
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Modulating Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts to Enhance Anti-Tumor Immunity
Akshay Krishnamurty, PhD
Principal Scientist and Group Leader, Discovery Oncology Department, Genentech
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Oct 17, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
November 2025
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Learning from Our Patients: Discovery of New Human Inborn Errors of Immunity
Stuart Turvey, MBBS, DPhil, FRCPC
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital, Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Precision Health,
Aubrey J. Tingle Professor of Pediatric Immunology, Professor, The University of British Columbia
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Nov 7, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
December 2025
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CIIT Seminar Series, Topic TBD
Nicholas Riley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Dec 19, 2025 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
January 2026
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Antigen Assimilating Multispecific T Cell Engagers
Jason Price, PhD
Principal Investigator, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research; Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Jan 30, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
February 2026
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CIIT Seminar Series, Topic TBD
Lawrence Fong, MD
Science Director, Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar in Immunotherapy, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Feb 13, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
April 2026
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Metabolic Constraints of Cancer Cell Proliferation
Lucas Sullivan, PhD
Associate Professor, Human Biology Division, Affiliate Associate Professor, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Apr 17, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
May 2026
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Mechanisms of Inborn Errors of Immunity and Precision Medicine
Elena Hsieh, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Allergy/Immunology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
June 2026
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Overcoming Barriers to Adoptive T-cell Therapy for Cancer
Shivani Srivastava, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Biology Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
For more information on the CIIT Seminar Series, please visit www.seattlechildrens.org….Date: Friday, Jun 12, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: McKinstry Auditorium, 1st Floor, Seattle Children’s Research Institute's B. Wayne Hughes Building, also known as Building Cure, 1920 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98101