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Benaroya Research Institute’s second annual Immunology Symposium: New Horizons in Immunity and Disease will be taking place on Monday, April 28, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 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.
2024 was the inaugural year of the event and was a resounding success with a full house, exciting presentations, and impactful conversations. Mark your calendars and reserve the date, more information, including additional speakers and program overview, will be coming soon.
2025 BRI Immunology Symposium Speakers
The speakers at the 2025 event include our keynote speaker, Marc Jenkins, PhD of the University of Minnesota. In addition, we are joined by additional speakers, Marion Pepper, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept of Immunology, University of Washington, Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD, Frank & Julie Jungers Dean, College of Engineering, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington, and Lawrence Fong, MD, Bezos Distinguished Scholar, Director, Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center, Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
More speakers will be added as soon as possible. Please contact communications@benaroyaresearch.org if you have any questions.

Nancy Allbritton, MD, PhD
College of Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
University of Washington

Matthew Altman, MD, MPhil
Center for Systems Immunology
Benaroya Research Institute
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Washington

Daniel Campbell, PhD
Center for Fundamental Immunology
Benaroya Research Institute

Lawrence Fong, MD
Director, Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center
Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Marc Jenkins, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Minnesota Medical School

Adam Lacy-Hulbert, PhD
Center for Systems Immunology
Benaroya Research Institute

Alice Long, PhD
Center for Translational Immunology
Benaroya Research Institute

Marion Pepper, PhD
Department of Immunology
University of Washington
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