PROGRAM IN

Cellular & Molecular Medicine

2026-27 PCMM Seminar Series

Seminars start at 4:00 pm in the Fred S. Rosen Lecture Hall in the Jeffrey Modell Immunology Center or the Armenise Amphitheater and are followed by a reception in the Modell Center Atrium. For more information, contact James Falvo.

Next Upcoming Seminar
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October 22, 2026
Michael Lenardo, MD

Chief Scientific Officer
Calico Labs

October Seminar

Michael J. Lenardo is a molecular immunologist and geneticist recognized for his work on fundamental immunological mechanisms. He is particularly known for discovering the genetic basis, pathogenesis, and treatment of several congenital disorders of the immune system.
Upcoming Seminars
2026–2027 Academic Year
November 19, 2026
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Elizabeth Villa, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology,
HHMI Investigator
University of California at San Diego

November Seminar

December 17, 2026

December Seminar – Coming Soon, Date to be Confirmed

January 28, 2027
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Kenneth Zaret, PhD

Joseph Leidy Professor
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

January Seminar

February 18, 2027
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Andrew Seung-Hyun Koh, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Chicago

February Seminar

March 18, 2027
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Scott Blanchard, PhD

Member & Endowed Chair in Molecular Imaging
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

March Seminar

April 22, 2027
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Khalid Salaita, PhD

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry
Emory University

April Seminar

May 20, 2027
John MacMicking, PhD

HHMI Investigator,
Professor, Yale University School of Medicine

May Seminar

Past Seminars
October 16, 2025
Armenise Amphitheater
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Bianxiao Cui, PhD

Stanford University

Curvature-induced integrin adhesion and drug development

November 20, 2025
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Feng Zhang, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Exploration of biological diversity

December 18, 2025
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Dan Littman portrait
Dan Littman, MD, PhD

New York University School of Medicine

T cell homeostasis in response to food and intestinal microbiota

January 15, 2026
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Shelley Berger portrait
Shelley L. Berger, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Epigenetic pathways as targets in human disease

February 19, 2026
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Wei Yang, PhD

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

From RAG to NHEJ: Splicing Together Our Adaptive Immune System

April 16, 2026
Modell Center
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Ruaidhrí Jackson, PhD

Harvard Medical School

The discovery of protein-coding chimeric mRNA in mammalian immunity

May 21, 2026
Armenise Amphitheater
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Steven Banik, PhD

Stanford University

Detecting and rewiring cellular interactomes