Immunology Seminar Series

Our invited seminar program brings speakers from laboratories around the world to interact with the students and other members of the Program. The seminars integrated with two other graduate programs, Genetics and Molecular Microbiology and the Geographic Medicine group. The Seminar Speaker Schedule for 2005-2006 can be viewed on the Seminar Schedule page; seminars are usually presented at noon on Thursday. Each speaker has an informal lunch with interested students (and no faculty). Frequently, students hold a journal club to discuss the recent work of the speaker. Each year students invite and host several guest speakers.

Of particular interest is the annual Sidney Leskowtiz Memorial Lecture. Given each spring, this Lecture honors the memory of Dr. Sidney Leskowitz, the founder of the Immunology Graduate Program and a consummate teacher. In addition to the featured lecture, the honoree moderates a minisymposium in which selected students and fellows present their current work. Past speakers include Emil Unanue, Susumu Tonegawa, Pippa Marrack, Charlie Janeway, Craig Thompson, Max Cooper, Paul Allen, Art Weiss, Richard Locksley, Michael Neuberger and Harald von Boehmer. Bruce Beutler was the 2005 speaker; the speaker for 2007-2008 will be announced later in the coming academic year.

There are many other seminars regularly held at Tufts, New England Medical Center, and at other sites in the Boston Area. For a listing of current seminars in the Boston Area consult Biology Week , a site that lists seminars in the greater Boston area.