2026 Microbiology and Immunology Postdoc Symposium
Call for Abstracts
The Postdoc Symposium will be held on October 9, 2026, from 1:30–4:30 PM at Whitehead Auditorium, followed by a light reception from 4:30–5:30 PM in the 3rd floor lobby.
Keynote Speaker: Kizzmekia S. Corbett Helaire, PhD
Melvin J. & Geraldine L. Glimcher Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology And Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Freeman Hrabowski Scholar
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Talk Title, "FROM VIRAL ENTRY TO IMMUNE TARGETING: REDEFINING VACCINE DESIGN FOR EMERGING VIRUSES."
Previous Postdoc Symposia
2023: Microbiology and Immunology held its first annual "Postdoc Symposium", October, 2023. The symposium featured talks by postdoctoral fellows and keynote speaker, Julie Pfeiffer, PhD, who gave a talk on, “How bacteria and circadian rhythms influence enteric virus infecKon”.
2025: October 24, 2025; Dr. Ralph Isberg, Professor Molecular Biology and Microbiology, will be our keynote speaker