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2025 Retreat Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

2025 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat at The Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Group

Group Photo of Retreat Attendees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.

Dr. Anthony Vella, Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Dr. Beiyan Zhou<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.

Dr. Anthony Vella Welcome Address<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2025

2025 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Attendees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2025

2025 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Attendees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2025

2025 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Attendees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2025

Dr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, Dr. Beiyan Zhou, Dr. Joel Pachter, Dr. Jianbin Ruan<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2025

2025 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Attendees<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2025 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

AAI-2025 in Honolulu, HI<\/h3>\n

2025 Early Career Faculty Travel Grant Recipient
\n<\/strong>Dr. Zhichao Fan<\/p>\n

2025 Trainee Abstract Recipient:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Cahoon<\/p>\n

Aadrita Hazra<\/p>\n

Eileen Theune<\/p>\n

William \u00a0Theune<\/p>\n

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Below are some highlights from the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists.<\/p>\n

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2024 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

AAI-2024 in Chicago, IL<\/h3>\n

2024 AAI Laboratory Travel Grant Recipient:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Penghua Wang<\/p>\n

2024 Early Career Faculty Travel Grant Recipient
\n<\/strong>Dr. Zhichao Fan<\/p>\n

2024 Trainee Abstract Recipient:
\n<\/strong>Arshmeet K. Chawla<\/p>\n

Stabonia Maji<\/p>\n

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Below are some highlights from the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Penghua Wang and Jason Cahoon attend AAI<\/p>\n

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AAI program and award:\u00a0 https:\/\/aai.secure-platform.com\/site\/solicitations\/102001\/sessiongallery<\/a><\/p>\n

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2023 Retreat Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

2023 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat at The Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Graduate

Graduate Students attending the 2023 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Postdoctoral

Postdoctoral Fellows attending the 2023 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Group

Group Photo from the 2023 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2023 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

AAI-2023 in Washington, DC<\/h3>\n

2023 AAI-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrew Harrison<\/p>\n

2023 AAI Trainee Abstract Winner:
\n<\/strong>Dr. Yuanyuan Wu<\/p>\n

2023 AAI Trainee Poster Winner:
\n<\/strong>Saki Mihori<\/p>\n

2023 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grantee:
\n<\/strong>Dr. Zhichao Fan<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Yuanyuan Wu presents at AAI 2023<\/p>\n

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Graduate student Andrew Harrison is one of 6 AAI 2023-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award Recipients<\/p>\n

Pictured from left to right:\u00a0 AAI President Dr. Mark Davis, Dr. Loretta L. Doan, Chin Yee Tan, Dr. Sonya J. Wolf-Fortune, Dr. Insha Zahoor, Andrew Harrison and Chris Langsdorf of Thermo Fisher Scientific. (Not pictured: Dr. Tanushree Dangi and Fiona A. Raso)<\/p>\n

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2022 Retreat Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

2022 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat at The North House in Avon, CT<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Graduate

Graduate Students attending the 2022 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Postdoctoral

Postdoctoral Fellows attending the 2022 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Group

Group Photo from the 2022 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2022 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

AAI-2022 in Portland, OR<\/h3>\n

2022 AAI Trainee Abstract Winners:
\n<\/strong>Blake Torrance
\nArshmeet K. Chawla
\nTimofey Karginov
\nSwathy Ollikara Vasudevan<\/p>\n

2022 AAI Trainee Poster Winner:
\n<\/strong>Summit Singhaviranon<\/p>\n

2022 AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grantee:
\n<\/strong>Dr. Zhichao Fan<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Timofey<\/div><\/div>
\"Immunology<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Arshmeet<\/div><\/div>
\"Swathy<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2019 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

NEIC-2019 in Woods Hole, MA<\/h3>\n

Award Recipients:
\n<\/strong>Travel Award \u2013 Andrew Harrison
\nYoung Investigator Award \u2013 Ashley Russo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"NEIC

From Left to Right: Dr. Tao Lin, Dr. Duomeng Yang, Dr. Tinging Geng, Andrew Harrison, Dr. Penghua Wang<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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AAI-2019 in San Diego, CA<\/h3>\n

AAI Award Recipient:<\/strong>
\nTrainee Poster Award \u2013 Karthik Chandiran<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the 2019 AAI.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Lynn<\/div><\/div>
\"Scott<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2019 Department of Immunology Retreat<\/h3>\n

North House, Avon, CT
\nApril, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Group<\/div><\/div>
\"Poster<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2018 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n

AAI-2018 in Austin, TX<\/h3>\n

AAI Award Recipient:<\/strong>
\nThird Year Member AAI Trainee Abstract Award \u2013 Ishita Banerjee<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the 2018 AAI.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Attendees<\/div><\/div>
\"Attendees<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Attendees<\/div><\/div>
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2017 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n

2017 Department of Immunology Retreat<\/h3>\n

North House, Avon, CT
October, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Retreat<\/div><\/div>
\"Retreat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Retreat<\/div><\/div>
\"Retreat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Retreat<\/div><\/div>
\"Retreat<\/div><\/div><\/div>

43rd Annual New England Immunology Conference<\/h3>\n

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
\nOctober, 2017<\/p>\n

Photos from the NEIC Conference:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"NEIC<\/div><\/div>
\"NEIC<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"NEIC<\/div><\/div>
\"NEIC<\/div><\/div><\/div>

AAI-2017 in\u00a0Washington, D.C.<\/h3>\n

AAI Award Recipients:
<\/strong>Second-Year Members AAI Trainee Abstract Award \u2013 Bharat Behl and Joseph Ryan
AAI Trainee Poster Award \u2013 Ishita Banerjee
AAI Early-Career Faculty Travel Award \u2013 Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, D.V.M, Ph.D. and Kepeng Wang, Ph.D.
Young Investigator Travel Award from AAI in the year 2017 \u2013 Dr. Kepeng Wang
Block Symposium \u201cMolecular Pathways in Autoimmunity\u201d Speaker - Andrei Medvedev, Ph.D.\u00a0 His talk was entitled, \u201cDeficiency in IRAK4 activity attenuates manifestations of murine lupus\u201d<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the 2017 AAI.<\/p>\n

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\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>

AAI Capitol Hill Day<\/h3>\n

May 16, 2017<\/p>\n

\"AAI
April Masters visited Capitol Hill to advocate for NIH funding of biomedical science research. She met with a number of Connecticut delegates including representatives from Senator Chris Murphy\u2019s office and other AAI members representing. (April is second from the right.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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2016 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n

AAI-2016 in\u00a0Seattle<\/h3>\n

AAI Award Recipients:<\/strong>
First-Year Members AAI Trainee Abstract Award -\u00a0Chaitali Basole
First-Year Members AAI Trainee Abstract Award -\u00a0Basak B. Cicek
AAI Early-Career Faculty Travel Award -\u00a0Vijay Rathinam, D.V.M., Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Below are some highlights from the 2016 AAI.<\/p>\n

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\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div>
\"AAI<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2015 Conference Highlights<\/h2>\n

AAI-2015 in New Orleans<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"2015

2015 AAI Trainee Poster Awardees from left to right: Nandini Acharya, Dr. Naomi Tsurutani and Mai Fujiwara<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2015

2015 AAI Trainee Abstract Awardees from left to right: Roslyn Taylor, Emily Anstadt, Dr. Crystal Morales, Paurvi Shinde, Dr. Payal Mittal, Cory Brennick, Dr. Alok das Mohapatra (Not featured: Dr. Sara Colpitts and Yinghong Hu)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"2015

The Department of Immunology was well represented at AAI-2015!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Drs.

Drs. Tsurutani and Mittal having a royally good time at AAI.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Other 2015 Conference Attendees<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Crystal

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Crystal Morales presented a poster at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories \u2013 Fundamental Immunology & Its Therapeutic Potential Conference. April, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2014 Retreat Highlights<\/h2>\n

Immunology Graduate Program Retreat<\/strong>
Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford, CT
October, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Director, Dr. Leonardo Aguila and Associate Director, Dr. Linda Cauley.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Immunology

Immunology Graduate Program Group Photo \u2013 October, 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Julia

Congratulations to Julia Svedova and Roslyn Taylor \u2013 Winners of the student abstract competition at the 2014 Immunology Graduate Program Retreat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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