Benaroya Research Institute’s first annual Immunology Symposium: New Horizons in Immunity and Disease will be taking place on Wednesday, May 22, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Town Hall Seattle, followed by a reception at BRI. We’re excited to bring together leading voices from the local and national immunology research community for a day of collaboration, learning, discussion and networking.
BRI Immunology Symposium Speakers
Speakers at the event will include BRI's own Jane Buckner, MD and Jessica Hamerman, PhD as well as invited speakers Neil King, PhD, of the University of Washington; Judith James, MD, PhD, of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; Aaron Ring, MD, PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; and Shaun Jackson, MD, PhD, of Seattle Children’s Research Institute. We will continue to update our list of speakers. Please contact communications@benaroyaresearch.org if you have any questions.
![3PerRow Bio Jane Buckner](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Jane%20Buckner.jpg?itok=94BzCrB3)
Jane Buckner, MD
Benaroya Research Institute
![3PerRow Bio Jessica Hamerman](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Jessica%20Hamerman.jpg?itok=fd1wbUB4)
Jessica Hamerman, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
![Oliver Harrison, DPhil headshot in white lab coat.](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-05/Harrison_Web_Symposium.jpg?itok=pz9QRo2f)
Oliver Harrison, DPhil
Benaroya Research Instittue
![3PerRow Bio Shaun Jackson](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Bio%20Shaun%20Jackson.jpg?itok=yrBMpUIf)
Shaun Jackson, MD, PhD
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
![3PerRow Bio Judith James](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Bio%20Judith%20James.jpg?itok=CxCDbbW0)
Judith James, MD, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
![BRI bioinformatician Naresh Jayavelu image.](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-05/Doni-Jayavelu-Naresh-790x470.png?itok=wSFWlGE5)
Naresh Doni Jayavelu, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
![3PerRow Bio Neil King](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Bio%20Neil%20King.jpg?itok=IACbtEZS)
Neil King, PhD
University of Washington Institute for Protein Design
![John Ray, PhD BRI investigator headshot.](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-05/Ray_Web_Symposium.jpg?itok=OoRowhMD)
John Ray, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
![3PerRow Bio Aaron Ring](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-02/3PerRow%20Bio%20Aaron%20Ring.jpg?itok=n48E4Kqa)
Aaron Ring, MD, PhD
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
![Megan Smithmyer](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2023-03/bio-megan-smithmyer.jpg?itok=fN43K5Ud)
Megan Smithmyer, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
![Headshot of Caroline Stefani, PhD.](/sites/default/files/styles/vertical_principal_science_1x/public/2024-05/res-proj-prev-bio-caroline-stefani.jpg?itok=2r5zo00U)
Caroline Stefani, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
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