ICTI Research Seminar Series
The ICTI Program at NYU Langone Health hosts a webinar series, available both online and in-person, that features leading experts in ICT research in immune cells from around the globe. To register for webinars, either use the link associated with each seminar or request to be added to the webinar participant list under the Contact tab.
Upcoming
October 23, 2025
Special ICTI + ISS Seminar
"Metabolic and Neural Regulation of Immunity and Cancer"
Tak Mak, PhD
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
December 10, 2025
ICTI Seminar
"TBD"
Greg Delgoffe, PhD
Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, USA
December 10, 2025
ICTI Seminar
"The Ins and OUTs of GLUT3 in T cells"
Martin Vaeth, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems Immunology, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
May 13, 2026
ICTI Seminar
"TBD"
Marc Freichel, MD
Professor, Head Dept. General Pharmacology, Heidelberg University, Germany
May 13, 2026
ICTI Seminar
"TBD"
Antony Galione, FRS FMedSci
Statutory Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, UK
March 19, 2026
Special ICTI + ISS Seminar
"Potassium channels as therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases and neuroinflammation"
Heike Wulff, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, USA
Past Seminars
Min Peng, PhD
“Novel ER Calcium Channels in T Cell Biology and Beyond”
June 18, 2025
Nic Demaurex, PhD
“Regulation and function of store-operated and mechanosensitive Ca2+ channels in neutrophils”
May 15, 2025
Bimal Desai, PhD
“Channel TRPM7 in Endolysosomal Physiology of Macrophages”
April 3, 2025
Isaac Chiu, PhD
“Nociceptor neurons in host defense and barrier immunity”
February 27, 2025
Susanna Zierler, PhD
“The TRPM7 channel-kinase in immune cell function & inflammatory disease”
December 11, 2024
Zhaozhu Qiu, PhD
“From SWELL to PAC: Discovery of New Chloride Channels and Their Role in Immunity”
March 20, 2024
Anant Parekh, FRS FMedSci
“Mast Cells, Allergens, and Asthma”
January 17, 2024
Yubin Zhou, MD, PhD
“Remote Control of Immunotherapy through Optogenetic Engineering of CRAC, TCR, and STING”
September 27, 2023
Richard Lewis, PhD
“STIM1 and the Regulation of Calcium Signaling in the Immune System”
September 13, 2023
Jelena Bezbradica, PhD
“Decision-making in macrophages during inflammation”
June 21, 2023
Lingyin Li, PhD
“Extracellular cGAMP signaling in health and disease”
April 19, 2023
Thomas Jentsch, MD, PhD
“Acid-activated Cl– Channel ASOR/TMEM206: A Previously Enigmatic Channel with Roles in Endosomes”
February 15, 2023
Rosario (Sarino) Rizzutto, PhD
“MCU: Molecular Composition and Role in Inflammation”
December 14, 2022
Michael Cahalan, PhD
“Ion Channels and Calcium Signaling In T Lymphocytes”
October 19, 2022