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The Bay Area TB Science (BATS) Symposium was held in-person on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 9am-4:30pm, on the UCSF Mission Bay campus, focusing on local researchers sharing their work and allow for networking opportunities along with talks, posters, catered lunch, and a panel discussion. You can see additional photos at this link.
Dr. Mark Davis, Keynote Speaker
We were honored to have Dr. Mark Davis serve as this year’s Keynote Speaker. Dr. Davis is the Director of the Stanford Center for Human Systems Immunology, and a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Davis is renowned for identifying T-cell receptor genes that enable immune recognition. His lab has pioneered studies of T-cell biology and developed transformative tools for human immunology, including peptide-MHC tetramers, spheromers, GLIPH analysis, and human immune organoids.
BATS Rising Star Awardees
This award acknowledges a postdoctoral fellow or assistant professor who has distinguished themselves in TB research. This year's recipient is Dr. Andrew Kerkhoff from UCSF.
BATS Poster winners
Left-right: Shrivaas Vijayan (UC Davis), Max Yang (Stanford), Esther Jung (Stanford), Amir Balakhmet (UC Berkeley), Philip Hopewell (UCSF).
Payam Nahid
Mark Davis
Rada Savić
Joel Ernst
Grant Theron
Zaynab Mousavian
Alex Zilinskas
Andrew Kerkhoff
Lelia Chaisson
Jeff Cox
Panel discussion (from left to right: Sarah Stanley, Gustavo Velásquez, Adithya Cattamanchi).
Sophie Huddart & Babak Javid
Thank you to all who joined us, and we look forward to another exciting program in 2026!
Photos courtesy of Elsa Yeh.
