February: Title TBD - Dusan Bogunovic, Ph.D.
February 24, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 302C/D
Dr. Dusan Bogunovic is a Professor of Pediatric Immunology at Columbia University. He is also the Vice Chair for Basic Research in Pediatrics, and the Director of the Center for Genetic Errors of Immunity.
Upcoming Lectures
| March 24, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | Margaret Phillips, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Sam G. Winstead and D. Andrew Bell Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry. |
| April 21, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | TBD |
| May 19, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | Beatrice Hahn, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Hematology-Oncology), University of Pennsylvania. |
| June 16, 2026 - 10:00am - 11:00am | Sarah Fortune, Ph.D., John LaPorte Given Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard University. |
We are grateful to the following donors for their support.
The Carl Nathan, M.D. Lectureship would not be possible without the support of our donors. If you would like to make a contribution to the Lectureship, please follow this link. Thank you!
Past Lectures
January: New strategies to fight antibiotic resistance - Evgeny Nudler, Ph.D.
January 27, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 302A/B
Dr. Evgeny Nudler is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is also a Julie Wilson Anderson Professor within the Department of Bioschemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
November: Targeting mycobacterial oxidative phosphorylation to treat TB - John Rubinstein, Ph.D.
November 25, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 302A/B
Dr. John Rubinstein is a Senior Scientist within the Molecular Medicine Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rubinstein is also a Professor of Medical Biophysics and Professor of Biochemistry at The University of Toronto.
October: Understanding the complicated sex lives of parasitic schistosomes - James J. Collins, Ph.D.
October 28, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 204A/B/C
Dr. Collins is a Professor at Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investisgator. Dr. Collins also holds the endowed titles of Jan and Bob Bullock Distinguished Chair for Science Education; Jane and Bud Smith Distinguished Chair in Medicine, and; Rita C. and William P. Clements, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research.
September: Host Cell Defense: New Nanomachines in Immunity to Infection - John MacMicking, Ph.D.
September 22, 2025
10:00am - 11:00am
Belfer Research Building,
Rooms 302A/B
Dr. MacMicking is a Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and of Immunology at Yale University's School of Medicine. Dr. MacMicking is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.
