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2025 Allen Institute for Immunology Seminar: Dr. Ido Amit
February 20 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free
The Allen Institute for Immunology will be hosting Dr. Ido Amit as part of our Monthly Invited Speaker series. This seminar will take place on Thursday, February 20th, 2025 from 12pm -1pm, in the Allen Institute Auditorium. Everyone is welcome! Please register through the website.
Born in Kibbutz Hazor, Prof. Ido Amit earned his PhD in biological regulation at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2007. He conducted a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Broad Institute of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before joining the Weizmann Institute in 2011. He is the incumbent of the Eden and Steven Romick Professorial Chair.
Prof. Amit is a world leader and pioneer in the fields of single-cell genomics and clinical big-data analytics. He has spearheaded the application of these technologies to generate a comprehensive “google map” of the entire immune system and how it is perturbed in disease. Prof. Amit’s research addresses some of the most fundamental questions in immunology. His discoveries are enabling the development of new immunotherapy strategies,—working with the leading biopharma his discoveries are driving immense innovation in targeted immunotherapy for autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer – which will lead to the next generation of immunotherapy treatments
