19th Annual

Immunology Symposium

Join Us for the Upcoming Symposium

Tissue-Resident Leukocytes: There’s No Place Like Home

Registration is free

Check-in/Registration begins at 8:00am
Opening remarks begin at 8:45am
Lectures 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Reception to follow 

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Event Details

Date: October 29, 2026
8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location
Versiti Blood Research Institute
8733 W. Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Speakers

Donna Farber, PhD

Keynote Speaker

Donna Farber, PhD

Tissue reservoirs for immune memory in humans

Columbia University

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Nicholas Jarjour, PhD

Running in place: maintenance and renewal of tissue-resident immunity.

Versiti Blood Research Institute

 

Brian Laidlaw, PhD

Establishment of lung tissue-resident memory B cells.

Washington University in St. Louis

 

Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD

Neuroimmune Circuits in Allergic Immunity

Ragon Institute. Harvard Medical School.

 

Daniel Kaplan, MD, PhD

Neuronal Control of Cutaneous Immunity

University of Pittsburgh

 

Yajing Gao, PhD

How immune cells handle their lipids: cholesterol trafficking in immunity, inflammation, and metabolism.

UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

Symposium Chairs

Bonnie Dittel, PhD
Senior Investigator
Nicholas Jarjour, PhD
Associate Investigator