In search of good memory: from germinal centers to CNS circuits

Host

Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, PhD, Immunophysiology Lab

Venue

Seminar Room

Abstract

TBD

Bio

Professor Qi, an HHMI International Research Scholar and a New Cornerstone Investigator from Tsinghua University, received his Bachelor of Medicine degree from the Beijing Medical University and Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. His group tries to understand how durable humoral immune memory develops and functions, how brain senses and regulates immune activities, and common mechanisms of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Professor Qi has received numerous awards including a Tan Jiazhen Life Science Innovation Award, a Shulan Medicine Young Scholar Award, an Outstanding Achievement Award for Higher Education Scientific Research by the Ministry of Education, and an AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award by American Association of Immunologists.

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