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 – Wileman Learning Center Exploring the Molecular and Cellular Landscape Reveals Clinical Diversity in MS Patients |
December 9 | Jocelyn Labombarde (Kovats Lab) The Role of Lymphatic Endothelial Cell-Expressed Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 1 on Immune Cell Trafficking and Response to Influenza Virus |
December 16 | Ken Smith, PhD (James Lab) How Do Vaccination and Infection Change the Autoantibody Landscape? |
Dec. 23 – Dec. 30 | NO SEMINAR – BREAK |
January 6 | Matlock Jeffries, MD, PhD |
January 13 | Emma Newton (Axtell Lab) |
January 20 | NO SEMINAR – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY |
January 27 | Sophia Sok, PhD (Zhao Lab) |
February 3 | Justyna Luczak (Alberola-Ila Lab) |
February 10 | John Ice, PhD (Scofield Lab) |
February 17 | Mandi Roe, PhD (Kovats Lab) |
February 24 | Caleb Marlin, PhD (Guthridge Lab/James Lab) |
March 3 | Darise Farris, PhD |
March 10 | Jacquelyn Gorman, PhD – Wileman Learning Center |
March 17 | Sandra Bajana, PhD (Sun Lab) |
March 24 | Jeffries Lab |
March 31 | Yang Mao-Draayer, MD, PhD |
April 7 | Rufei Lu, MD, PhD |
April 14 | Christian Wright (Guthridge Lab) |
April 21 | Deshmukh Lab |
April 28 | Pepe Alberola-Ila, MD, PhD |
May 5 | NO SEMINAR – AAI ANNUAL MEETING 2025, Honolulu, HI |
May 12 | |
May 19 | Nath Lab |
May 26 | NO SEMINAR – MEMORIAL DAY |
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.