CIIT Seminar Series

Seminars take place from 12 to 1 p.m. at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Soundgarden Conference Room, 1900 Ninth Ave., 11th Floor, Seattle, WA, 98101. Lunch will be provided.

Physicians may claim Category 2 CME for attending this event.

Seminar Schedule

February 28, 2020

Heterogeneity in CD4 Islet Reactive T Cells Revealed by Single Cell RNA-Sequencing

Karen Cerosaletti, PhD
Research Associate Member, Genotyping Core Manager, Translational Research Program
Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle

March 20, 2020 – Cancelled

Glycomics Tools to Analyze Carbohydrates and Their Roles In Biological Systems

Lei Li, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University, Atlanta

March 27, 2020 – Cancelled

The Role of Lupus Genetic Risk Variants in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Betty Pei-tie Tsao, PhD
Richard M. Silver Endowed Chair for Inflammation Research 
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

April 24, 2020 – Cancelled

Functional regulation of mast cell development in human type 2 immunity

Joshua Boyce, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Albert L. Sheffer Professor of Medicine in the Field of Allergic Disease, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Director, Jeff and Penny Vinik Center for Allergic Disease Research, Inflammation and Allergic Disease Research Section 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

May 29, 2020 – Cancelled

RAG Deficiency: New Insights Into Phenotypic Heterogeneity, Immune Dysregulation and Thymic Defects

Luigi D. Notarangelo, MD
Immune Deficiency Genetics Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology,  
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland

June 26, 2020

Mapping Viral Mutations That Escape Human Immunity to Influenza (tentative)

Jesse Bloom, PhD
Associate Member, Basic Sciences Division 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle