Immunology Graduate Program / MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School

UPDATE: Immunology program events with anticipated participation of 15 people or more are canceled in accordance with the new institutional policies for coronavirus infectious disease control. This includes:

Immunology club meetings
QS/Immunology mixer
Immunology program retreat

Thanks for your understanding

The next Immunology Club meeting will be a chalk talk workshop held on Wednesday, March 11th from 12-1pm in 1SCR1.1025. We look forward to seeing you all there!

The immunology and quantitative sciences programs will be hosting a collaboration mixer on March 13th 5-6pm (2SCRB1 RM. 1) in hopes of students meeting partners in science. Registration for the event closed March 2nd. This will be an exciting opportunity to gain insights into new fields for students in both programs!

Don't forget:
The Immunology Club will be hosting a CyTOF Workshop tomorrow, November 13th, from 12-1pm in 3SRC4.3202ab. Lunch will be provided, and we hope to see you there!

Last week, Wednesday October 16th, the Immunology Program had our monthly Immunology club meeting. Drs. Fueyo, Lizee, and Gubin gave 15 minute chalk talks on the work taking place in their labs. Visit the MD Anderson and GSBS websites for more information on their labs! The next meeting will be a CyTOF workshop on November 13th from 12-1 in SCR1.1025a. Hope to see you there!

Dr. John J. Kopchick Research Symposium The inaugural Dr. John J. Kopchick Research Symposium, funded through a generous endowment established by GSBS alumnus John J. Kopchick, PhD, and his wife, Charlene, will be focused on helping students, young faculty, and other trainees navigate the early stages of their careers. The all-day events....

On Wednesday, Graduate School alumna Nilsa Rivera-Del Valle, PhD, right, a toxicologist with Procter & Gamble, met with GSBS student Sherille Bradley, who was recently selected to attend the P&G’s Focusing on Industrial Recruitment of Scientific Talent (FIRST) Conference in Cincinnati. At the conference, Bradley will get the opportunity to network with a group of successful scientists and other professionals, and gain a deeper understanding of the realities of cultural and workforce diversities. Rivera-Del Valle participated in this conference when she was a graduate student and the experience really helped her career path.

This passed Saturday, August 3rd, Immunology program faculty and students got together to volunteer at the Houston Food Bank. Everyone had a great time networking and serving the community!

Join the graduate school as they host a seminar on international opportunities on July 10th in the GSBS large classroom.

International opportunities for career development and collaboration Featured speaker: John Ladbury, PhD Executive Dean/ Professor of Mechanistic Biology, University of Leeds

Congratulations to Alex Cogdill on a job well done!

PhD student Cogdill receives Fulbright Scholarship - News - MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Alexandria Cogdill was recently named a recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Award. With this award, she will continue her dissertation work, ...

The IMM Program congratulates student Rosa Santana-Carrero (PI: Kim Schluns) on her first author publication in PNAS, titled "IL-15 is a component of the inflammatory milieu in the tumor microenvironment promoting antitumor responses."

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/12/21/1814642116.short?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pnas-RssFeedOfEarlyEditionArticles+%28Early+Edition%29