Work in Progress Seminars provide an opportunity for staff and students to share their research with the wider Department.
March 9, 2026 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - BRB-302A
- Title TBD
Lishomwa Ndhlovu, M.D., Ph.D.Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Neuroscience,Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine
February 9, 2026 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - WGC-C
- Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Lung Fibrosis
Marie Dominique Kioon, Ph.D., Instructor
Lab: Franck Barrat, Ph.D. - Translational Regulation of var2csa, a Gene Implicated in Pregnancy Associated Malaria
Evi Hadjimichael, WCGS Ph.D. Candidate
Lab: Kirk Deitsch, Ph.D.
January 12, 2026 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - BRB-302B
- Unexpected noncanonical role for human cascade-5 in tissue homeostasis
Yuhua Shi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine
Lab: Julie Margarin Blander, Ph.D.
December 8, 2025 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - BRB-302B
- UBR5 Restrains the p53-p21 Checkpoint to Sustain Intratumoral Treg Stability and Immune Suppression
Aizhang Xu, Ph.D. Research Associate
Lab: Xiaojing Ma, Ph.D. Advancements and applications of genomics technologies at Weill Cornell Medicine
Jenny Xiang, M.D., Director of the Genomic Core, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
November 10, 2025 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - BRB-302A
- Too much of a good thing can be bad – Inositol Pyrophosphate Toxicosis in Fission Yeast
Beate Schwer, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology - Genes Important for Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival during early infection and transmission
Prabhat Ranjan Singh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate
Lab: Carl Nathan, M.D.
October 13, 2025 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm - BRB-302B
- A Neural Network-Enabled, Enzymatic cfDNA Methylation Assay for Colorectal Cancer Early Detection
Manny Bacolod, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Lab: Francis Barany, Ph.D. - Sensory Neuronal Regulation of Inflammation, Immunity and Tissue Protection
Wen Zhang, Ph.D., Instructor of Immunology in Medicine
Lab: David Artis, Ph.D.