The Carter Immunology Center sponsors a variety of educational activities that benefit graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty alike. These events provide a rich, intellectual environment for broadening exposure to scientific discoveries, innovations, and contemporary issues within the field of immunology.
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Carter Symposium
April 6 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
We are excited to announce the upcoming 2026 Carter Immunology Center Symposium: Microbiome in Health and Disease. The human microbiome plays a central role in immune development, tissue homeostasis, and disease pathogenesis, influencing conditions that range from inflammatory and autoimmune disorders to cancer. Rapid advances over the past decade have revealed that microbes—including bacteria, fungi, and viruses—actively shape immune responses at barrier sites and systemically, yet the mechanisms governing these host–microbe interactions remain incompletely understood.
Date and time: 1-5 PM, April 6, 2026
Location: Medical Education Building (MEB), room 3110
Reception: 5-6 PM, MR5 2005
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Daniel Mucida, PhD: Rockefeller University & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Title: “Neuro-immune-epithelial interactions in type-2 immunity”
Dr. Iliyan Iliev, PhD: Weill Cornell Medicine
Title: “Immunity and inflammation through the lens of the gut mycobiota”
Dr. Lora Hooper, PhD: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Title: “How the microbiome harnesses vitamin A to shape gut immunity”
Dr. Dan Littman, MD, PhD: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Title: “Regulation of intestinal T cell homeostasis by antigen presenting cells”
The Carter Immunology Center Symposium speakers are leaders in immunology and microbiome research who will highlight recent discoveries defining how microbial communities regulate immune function with a focus on microbial control of immune development, regulation of intestinal and systemic inflammation, host adaptation to commensal organisms, and emerging therapeutic opportunities targeting host–microbiome interactions. Join us for an opportunity to learn from these distinguished researchers and engage in insightful discussions.
This symposium is sponsored by the John F. Anderson Fund and the Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research.
Host: Daniel Zegarra-Ruiz
Host: Carrie Cowardin