{"id":2347,"date":"2017-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:11:41","slug":"lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Children’s Research Institute Lecture Series encourages interaction between researchers investigating childhood diseases, and stimulates new research through exposure to cutting-edge, ongoing work.<\/p>\n

\n
\nYazan Alwarawrah, PhD<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n

“Interleukin 6 regulation of T cell metabolism and function”<\/h4>\n

June 10, 2025
\n12:00-1:00pm
\n3116 Mary Ellen Jones or Zoom<\/p>\n

Dr. Yazan Alwarawrah is a Research Assistant Professor who is interested in targeting metabolism for the treatment of disease. Currently, he is studying T cell metabolism in the context of obesity-associated protective immunity dysfunction where he uses the diet induced obesity mouse model to study the effect of obesity on T cell metabolism and function in different tissues using metabolic and flow cytometric approaches. He is specifically interested in the role of T cell metabolic dysfunction in the impairment of protective immunity against influenza. He also works on studying Immunity Related GTPase I (Irgm1) regulation of T cell metabolism and function and its role in protective immunity and autoimmunity, and he works on the metabolic engineering of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to enhance their persistence in the tumor microenvironment. He has a diverse scientific background ranging from molecular biology and bioinformatics to pharmacology and immunology. He seeks challenging questions in cellular metabolism and immunology that can lead to finding treatments for obesity associated pathologies, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.<\/p>\n

Please contact childrensresearch@med.unc.edu<\/a> for Zoom details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPast Lectures<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Children’s Research Institute Lecture Series encourages interaction between researchers investigating childhood diseases, and stimulates new research through exposure to cutting-edge, ongoing work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11932,"featured_media":0,"parent":2338,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2347","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Children’s Research Institute Lecture Series encourages interaction between researchers investigating childhood diseases, and stimulates new research through exposure to cutting-edge, ongoing work.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"黑料网 Children's Research Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncchildrensresearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-15T18:11:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1102\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"652\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/\",\"name\":\"Lecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650-1024x606.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-15T18:11:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg\",\"width\":1102,\"height\":652},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About the Children\u2019s Research Institute\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lecture Series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/\",\"name\":\"黑料网 Children's Research Institute\",\"description\":\"\u201cTransforming Care and Inspiring Hope for all children\u2026\u201d\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#organization\",\"name\":\"黑料网 Children's Research Institute\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/04\/ChildrensLogo300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/04\/ChildrensLogo300.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":120,\"caption\":\"黑料网 Children's Research Institute\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncchildrensresearch\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute","og_description":"The Children’s Research Institute Lecture Series encourages interaction between researchers investigating childhood diseases, and stimulates new research through exposure to cutting-edge, ongoing work.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/","og_site_name":"黑料网 Children's Research Institute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncchildrensresearch","article_modified_time":"2025-05-15T18:11:41+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1102,"height":652,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/","name":"Lecture Series - 黑料网 Children's Research Institute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650-1024x606.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-25T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-15T18:11:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/06\/Burks2CRI1100x650.jpg","width":1102,"height":652},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/lecture-series\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About the Children\u2019s Research Institute","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/whatiscri\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lecture Series"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/","name":"黑料网 Children's Research Institute","description":"\u201cTransforming Care and Inspiring Hope for all children\u2026\u201d","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#organization","name":"黑料网 Children's Research Institute","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/04\/ChildrensLogo300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/967\/2019\/04\/ChildrensLogo300.png","width":300,"height":120,"caption":"黑料网 Children's Research Institute"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncchildrensresearch"]}]}},"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6328,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2347\/revisions\/6328"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/childrensresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}