Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program Research Conference Speakers – 2024-2025
ACI Seminars will be held on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in Conference Center A, unless otherwise noted.
| September 2 | NO SEMINAR – LABOR DAY |
| September 9 | Saghar Kaabinejadian, PhD, OU College of Medicine Unraveling the HLA-DR Immunopeptidome |
| September 16 | Jianan Cheng (Zhao Lab) The role of glycolysis in iNKT cell mediated antibody response |
| September 23 | Harini Bagavant, PhD (Deshmukh Lab) Immune Cells and Sex Differences in Aging Salivary Glands |
| September 30 | Stephanie Lawrence (Scofield Lab) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Autoimmunity: Connecting Mental and Physical Health |
| October 7 | Abigael Williams (Kovats Lab) Extrinsic and Intrinsic Effects Regulate Sex-dependent Phenotypes of Pulmonary ILC2s in Homeostasis and Inflammation |
| October 14 | Aleksandra “Ola” Bylinska (Guthridge Lab) Mechanisms of transitions in preclinical autoimmunity: Identifying predictive serum soluble mediators signatures specific to ANA+ individuals at risk of SLE with next generation proteomics |
| October 21 | Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD – University of Iowa Health Care The Gut Game: Diet, Microbiota, and Immune Dynamics in Multiple Sclerosis |
| October 28 | Martha Tsaliki (Scofield Lab) Pathogenic mediators of Sjögren’s Disease |
| November 4 | Carol Webb, PhD – OUHSC Immune Mechanisms and Arid3a |
| November 11 | R. Hal Scofield, MD PTSD associated diseases in the Million Veteran Program |
| November 18 | NO SEMINAR – ACR CONVERGENCE 2024, Washington, DC |
| November 25 | Aneta Pankow (Sun Lab) Fate mapping with Cd3giCre reveals a subset of ILC2s prevalent in pre- and neonatal stages |
| December 2 | Bob Axtell, PhD |
| December 9 | Jocelyn Labombarde (Kovats Lab) |
| December 16 | Ken Smith, PhD (James Lab) |
| Dec. 23 – Dec. 30 | NO SEMINAR – BREAK |
The Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program Research Conferences coincides with the academic year (September through May). Please contact Jacquelyn-Gorman@omrf.org for information on the seminar schedule.
