Graduate School of Medical Sciences
A partnership with the Sloan Kettering Institute
Investigating the Effect of Interferon-Alpha on Hematopoiesis in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
Date: Friday, November 14, 2025 - 3:00pm
Danielle R. Isakov, M.D.-Ph.D. Student
Cell and Developmental Biology
Chairperson: Dr. Ross Levine
Major Sponsor: Dr. Anna Nam
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Chrysothemis Brown and Dr. Junyue Cao
Improving the TCR Without Changing the TCR
Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 - 2:00pm
Zita Aretz
Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology
Chairperson: Dr. Xinbo Yang
Major Sponsor: Dr. David Scheinberg
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Morgan Huse and Dr. Alex Kentsis
Additional Member: Dr. Christopher Klebanoff (Weill Cornell Medicine)
Understanding the Brain Mechanisms of Cocaine Use Disorder Using Functional MRI and Network Control Theory
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 11:00am
Syed Hussain UI Fareed Bukhari
Neuroscience
Chairperson: Dr. Logan Grosenick
Major Sponsor: Dr. Conor Liston
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Amy Kuceyeski and Dr. Qingyu Zhao
Additional Member: Dr. Teresa Milner (Weill Cornell Medicine)
Cell-Intrinsic Mechanisms of CTL Resistance in HIV-Infected CD4+ T cells
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025 - 3:00pm
Louise Leyre
Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Chairperson: Dr. Joseph Sun
Major Sponsor: Dr. R. Brad Jones
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Morgan Huse and Dr. Virginia Pascual
Additional Member: Dr. Kiera L. Clayton (UMASS Chan Medical School)
