UCSF Academic Senate’s Sixty Seventh Annual
Faculty Research Lecture in Basic Science Awarded to Richard Locksley, MD
The Academic Senate is pleased to announce the selection of Richard Locksley, MD, as recipient of the Sixty Seventh Annual Faculty Research Lectureship in Basic Science for his leadership in the studies of the cellular constituents of the adaptive and innate immune system. The lecture, titled “The Conundrum of Innate Allergy: A Wormy Affair” will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in Health Sciences West room 300 (HSW-300) on Parnassus Campus, with a reception to follow. There will also be a Zoom broadcast.
Lecture Title: The Conundrum of Innate Allergy: A Wormy Affair
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Health Sciences West, Room 300 (HSW-300) on Parnassus Campus
Zoom: https://tiny.ucsf.edu/apr23frl
Passcode: 998598
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Dr. Locksley is an internationally recognized leader in studies of the cellular constituents of the adaptive and innate immune system. For almost 40 years, Dr. Locksley has led research defining the cellular and molecular components underlying type-2 immunity and illuminating how this type of immunity promotes tissue homeostasis, protects from infections, and drives allergic disease. His studies extended from genomic and epigenetic interrogation of the type 2 cytokine genes through creation of transgenic lines used throughout the world to elucidate new cells and cell circuits involved at the nexus of health and disease. His work has had a broad impact on how we understand and treat inflammatory diseases and was broadly influential across many disciplines of immunology.
Dr. Locksley was also a great inspiration to many of his colleagues who benefited from his mentorship and research supervision and went on to become leaders and innovators in academia and industry. His strong commitment to teaching at every level includes more that 30 years teaching advanced immunology and medical school courses. His creativity, deep thinking and enthusiasm for science translated to inspirational teaching that encouraged students to think beyond the textbook and challenged our assumptions about the immune system and our relationship with the microorganisms with which we all live.
Dr. Locksley is Sandler Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology. He is the Director of the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center (SABRE) and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Since 1957, this award has been bestowed on an individual member of the UCSF faculty who has made a distinguished record in basic science. Nominations are made by UCSF faculty, who consider scientific research contributions of their colleagues and submit nominations for this prestigious award to the Academic Senate Committee on Research. Each year, the Committee on Research selects the recipient of this award.