21st Annual Dept. of Immunology Scientific Retreat

October 5-6, 2023

 

RETREAT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -
 
Hossam Abdelsamed, PhD
Roberta Erickson
Alok Joglekar, PhD
Marlies Meisel, PhD
Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD
Anthony St. Leger, PhD
 
Emmanuel Leon Colon - PMI Graduate Student, Hand Lab
Venkata Krishna Kanth Makani, PhD - Postdoctoral Scholar, Joglekar Lab
 
 

SPONSORS -

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kate Fitzgerald, PhD

Professor and Vice Chair, Dept. of Medicine, UMass Medical School; Director, Program in Innate Immunity; Worcester Chair in Biomedical Sciences                                

Title TBD

INTERNAL SPEAKERS

  • Daniel Kaplan, MD, PhD - Professor, Dept. of Dermatology 
  • Jason Lohmueller, PhD - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Surgery
  • Alex McPherson - Grad Student (4+) 2022 Poster Winner, Dept. of Immunology, Meisel Lab 
  • Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Immunology
  • Kevin Quann, PhD - Postdoc 2022 Poster Winner, Dept. of Medicine, W. Shlomchik Lab
  • Sean Roberts - Grad Student (4+) 2022 Poster Winner, Dept. of Immunology, M. Shlomchik Lab
  • Daniella Schwartz, MD - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Rheumatology
  • Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD - UPMC Endowed and Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Immunology

ORAL PRESENTATIONS FROM SELECTED ABSTRACTS

Two abstracts will be selected for oral presentations. Selections will be made from the Graduate Student (4+), Postdoc/Research Associate, and Lab Staff submissions.

Abstract Submission and Poster Sessions -

ABSTRACT GUIDELINES:

Timeline – Abstracts are due by Sept. 1, 2023. Abstracts should be emailed to Roberta Ericikson at ericksn@pitt.edu.

Eligibility – Graduate students, postdocs, clinical fellows (or equivalent), and technicians.

Scoring – The Retreat Organizing Committee will select two abstracts for oral presentation (15 minutes) at the 2022 Retreat. Selections will be made from the Graduate Student (YR4+), Postdoc/Research Associate and Lab Staff submissions who have indicated that they would like to be considered.

Format – Abstracts should not exceed 250 words in length. This does not include the title, authors or funding source (optional).  Abstract should be a one-page pdf document less than 4 MB in size. The following information must be included at the top of the document:

  • NAME OF PRESENTING AUTHOR
  • EMAIL
  • LAB AFFILIATION
  • CLASSIFICATION: Graduate Student (YR1-3), Graduate Student (YR4+), Postdoc/Research Associate, Faculty, Lab Staff, Other (please identify)
  • CONSIDER FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION: YES or NO

NOTE: ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR POSTER AWARDS.

 

POSTER GUIDELINES: 

Posters will be judged based on the quality of the Subject Matter, Presentation and Poster Display. First place posters in the Graduate Student (YR4+) and Postdoc/Research Associate categories will be invited to present at the 2024 Retreat.

Poster sessions will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings, October 5 and 6. Posters will be assigned numbers, with the odd numbers presenting on Thursday morning and the even numbers presenting in the Friday morning session. Presenters will be required to put their posters up the morning of their session and to remove their posters at the end of the day.

NOTE: THE POSTER BOARDS WILL BE SMALLER THIS YEAR, SO THE DIMENSIONS OF POSTERS CANNOT EXCEED 3’ x 3’. Pins and numbers will be provided.