Arthritis & Clinical Immunology Program Research Conference Speakers – 2023-2024
ACI Seminars will be held on Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in Conference Center A, unless otherwise noted.
September 4 | NO SEMINAR – LABOR DAY |
September 11 | Umesh Deshmukh, PhD – Wileman Learning Center Know your Alphabets: The ABC of Salivary Gland Inflammaging |
September 18 | Manish Singh, PhD (Nath Lab) KLF2 enhancer variant increases lupus risk by modulating inflammasome machinery and cellular homeostasis |
September 25 | R. Hal Scofield, MD A New (and Radical) Idea about PTSD |
October 2 | Bujana Allushi (Axtell Lab) Interferon-β treatment reverses the detrimental effect of B cell depletion therapy on respiratory virus infection |
October 9 | José “Pepe” Alberola-Ila, MD, PhD A new role for an old friend: c-Myb is critical for ILC development |
October 16 | John Ice, MD (Scofield Lab) Beyond the usual suspects: lesser-known players in the pathogenesis of Sjögren’s disease |
October 23 | Mandi Roe, PhD (Kovats Lab) Age-dependent differences in myeloid cell response to RSV challenge in a 3D human lung model |
October 30 | Talayeh Razzaghi, PhD, University of Oklahoma Early Detection of Preeclampsia Using a Deep Neural Network Algorithm |
November 6 | Amanda “Mandi” Stock, PhD (Gorman Lab) The Promotion of Diabetes Pathogenesis through a Viral Sensor |
November 13 | NO SEMINAR – ACR CONVERGENCE 2023, San Diego, CA |
November 20 | Aleksandra Bylinska (Guthridge Lab) Single-cell multiomic evaluation of differences in regulatory pathways across immune cells in progression towards SL |
November 27 | Carol F. Webb, PhD, OUHSC ARID3a in CLL and Innate Immune Responses |
December 4 | Ananth “Adi” Jupudi (Farris Lab) Characterizing Sjögren’s Disease-Associated T Cell repertoire through TCR Deep Sequencing |
December 11 | Melissa Munroe, MD, PhD (James Lab) – Wileman Learning Center Harnessing Immune Dysregulation to Assess Risk in SLE |
December 18 | Sophia Sok, PhD (Zhao Lab) Gpx4 regulates iNKT cell homeostasis and function by preventing ferroptosis and lipid peroxidation |
Dec. 25 – Jan. 1 | NO SEMINAR – BREAK |
January 8 | Narcis Popescu, PhD (Thompson Lab) Complement receptors mediate peptidoglycan recognition and uptake by human mononuclear cells |
January 15 | NO SEMINAR – MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY |
January 22 | CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER |
January 29 | Aneta Pankow (Sun Lab) Characterization of thymus-dependent group 2 innate lymphoid cells by using fate mapping |
February 5 | Ken Smith, PhD (James Lab) Vaccination in the Context of Immunosuppression |
February 12 | CANCELLED (Axtell Lab) |
February 19 | 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 |
February 26 | Harikrishna Reddy Rallabandi (Nath Lab) Defining how 2p22.3 locus Mechanistically Regulates RasGrp3 Expression in Contributing SLE Susceptibility |
March 4 | Justyna Luczak (Alberola-Ila Lab) The Role of Invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) Cells in Early Responses to Influenza A Virus (IAV) |
March 11 | Matlock Jeffries, MD Intraarticular microbial DNA as a potential pathogenic factor in osteoarthritis |
March 18 | Rufei Lu, MD, PhD (ACI Faculty Candidate) Autoimmunity and Neurodegeneration: Insights from Frontotemporal Dementia – Wileman Learning Center |
March 25 | CANCELLED (Zhao Lab) |
April 1 | Luciana Previato de Almeida, PhD (Gorman Lab) The role of IFIH1-A946T in systemic lupus erythematosus |
April 8 | Joel Guthridge, PhD |
April 15 | A. Darise Farris, PhD |
April 22 | Magdalena Makuch (Deshmukh Lab) |
April 29 | Martha Tsaliki (Scofield Lab) |
May 6 | NO SEMINAR – AAI ANNUAL MEETING, Chicago, IL |
May 13 | Sandra Bajana, PhD (Sun Lab) |
May 20 | Aleksander Szymczak, PhD (Jeffries Lab) |
May 27 | 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.