Join the Duke Transplant Center for the 2025 Research Symposium, which will be centered on Xenotransplantation and New Approach Methodologies (NAMs).
Thursday, October 16, 2025
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Trent Semans Center for Health Education, Great Hall
Program Agenda
| 8:30-8:35 | Introduction Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD Boyce Haller Distinguished Professor in Nephrology Director of Translational Research, Duke Transplant Center |
| 8:35-9:15 | Topic: Considerations for B cell Immunology) Stuart Knechtle, MD William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Surgery Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center |
| 9:15-9:55 | Topic: Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Speaker: TBA |
| 9:55-10:35 | Topic: Challenges in Renal Physiology Elinor Mannon, MD General Surgery Resident Transplant Rejection Immunology Lab (Dr. Xunrong Luo) |
| 10:35-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:25 | Topic: NAMs and Lung Organoids Jamie Todd, MD Associate Professor of Medicine |
| 11:25-12:00pm | Topic: Organs-on-Chips and Kidney Models Speaker: TBA |
| Closing Scott Palmer, MD, MHS Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Research, Duke Transplant Center |
Registration
Registration is not required, but is strongly encouraged.