The 10th Annual Yale Immunobiology Student Symposium

Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/94493939098

Purpose:

• To provide a graduate student forum for the discussion of frontier research presented by a panel of leading scientists selected by our student body

Objectives:

• To have experts from immunology and related disciplines discuss recent scientific advances and present on the current state and future of their fields
• To have our student body select invited speakers based on their scientific, academic, and career interests
• To create an environment conducive to the generation of new ideas, particularly to the application of fundamental principles from other disciplines to our own individual areas of research
• To encourage and foster graduate student interaction with scientific leaders and experts in both professional and social settings
• To provide a platform for established scientists and professors to discuss their past, present and future impressions of the state of academic science, translational research, clinical medicine and industry
• To strengthen the immunology graduate student community in this country by providing a fun and creative atmosphere to network, establish connections and collaborations, and to share ideas at this formative stage of our careers
• To host Yale Immunobiology alumni who are now leaders in the field to discuss their scientific trajectories and accomplishments
• To promote Yale Immunobiology graduate student involvement with the greater scientific community
• To highlight our presence, ideas, and scientific/academic goals to the Yale campus and the greater scientific community
• To host a unique and fun scientific symposium and provide an enjoyable and memorable atmosphere for graduate students, faculty, and invited speakers