HDDC Seminars 2025-2026

DateSpeaker
Monday, September 8, 2025No Seminar
Monday, October 6, 2025No Seminar 
Monday, November 3, 2025No Seminar because of Fall Symposium November 10
Monday, December 1, 2025 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CLS 12 Conference Room
Tom Rapoport, PhD – HMS
Host: Wayne Lencer, MD
Monday, January 5, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
CLS 12 Conference Room
Johannes Walter, PhD – HMS
Host: Jon Kagan, PhD
Monday, February 2, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM 
CLS 12 Conference Room                    
Saurabh Mehandru, MD – Mt. Sinai, NY
Host: Scott Snapper, MD, PhD
Monday, March 2, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM 
CLS 12 Conference Room  
Michael Verzi, PhD – Rutgers, NJ
Host: Wayne Lencer, MD
Monday, April 13, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM 
CLS 12 Conference Room  
Cigall Kadoch, PhD – DFCI/HMS (to be confirmed)
Host: Xu Zhou, PhD
Extra: Thursday, May 7, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM 
CLS 12 Conference Room  
Vassilis Pachnis, MD, PhD – Francis Crick, UK
Host: Meena Rao, MD, PhD
Monday, May 11, 2026No Seminar because of Spring Symposium May 19
Monday, June 1, 2026 l 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM 
CLS 12 Conference Room  
Manuela Raffatellu, PhD – UC San Diego, CA
Host: Ivan Zanoni, PhD

HDDC Symposia 2025-2026

DateTitle
Monday, November 10, 2025 l 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
CLS 12 Conference Room
Fall Symposium: Digestive Disease Research on Campus
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Friday, January 16, 2026 l Full Day
BCH Enders Folkman Auditorium
Frontiers in Mucosal Immunology (FIMI) Symposium: Microbiota Metabolic Contributions to Host Physiology
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 l Full Day
BCH Enders Folkman Auditorium
Spring Symposium: Immune Basis of Disease