MIMG Department -- Immuno Forum

Date	Speaker	Title
02/13/2008	Dr. Olivera Finn, Ph.D Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine President, American Association of Immunologists (AAI)	“Human Tumor Antigens and Cancer Immunosurveillance: A Minority Opinion”
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Date	Speaker	Title
01/14/2008	Vijay Kuchroo, Ph.D. Professor of Neurology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts	“Here, There and Everywhere: T-regs and Th17 Cells”
Host: Dr. Ram Raj Singh
02/11/2008	Hyam Levitsky, M.D. Professor of Oncology, Medicine and Urology Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	“Manipulating Host Anti–Tumor Immunity”
Host: Dr. Antoni Ribas
02/25/2008	Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Dermatology, Oncology and Immunology Director of Dermatology Research Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	“Dissecting New Co-Stimulatory pathways for Controlling Immune Responses”
Host: Dr. Genhong Cheng
03/24/2008	Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. Ephraim P. Engleman Distinguished Professor HHMI/ University of California, San Francisco	“Regulating the Initiation of Antigen Receptor Induced Tyrosine Phosphorylation”
Host: Dr. Ram Raj Singh
Date	Speaker	Title
04/28/2008	Stephen Nutt, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow The Walter And Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Melbourne, Australia	“Genetic Networks Controlling Lymphopoiesis and Leukemia”
Host: Dr. Ken Dorshkind

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