The 12th Yale Immunobiology Student Symposium

Apr 202516All Day

Shane Crotty - Leonard Dragone - Ruth Franklin - Karen Hastings - Andrea Schietinger - Itai Yanai

Speakers & Agenda

Speaker	Time
Light breakfast (TAC Lobby)	8:30 am - 9:20 am
Andrea Schietinger (TAC N107)	9:30 am - 10:30 am
Ruth Franklin (TAC N107)	10:30 am - 11:30 pm
Lunch (TAC Lobby)	11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Itai Yanai (TAC N107)	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Leonard Dragone (TAC N107)	1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Coffee and tea break (TAC Lobby)	2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Karen Hastings (TAC N107)	3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Shane Crotty (TAC N107)	4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Evening reception (TAC Lobby)	5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

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 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