Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Immunology, Microbiology and Virology / Events Events Upcoming20242023202220212020Identifying Mammalian Adaptive Residues in the Polymerase of the G1 H9N2 Influenza A VirusAndrew Smith Dec 14, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Genome Evolution During Bacterial Persistence in the Human Airways in COPDTim Murphy, Ph.D. - University Of Buffalo Dec 04, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Steve Gill Ex Viro Immune Organoids to Model Immunity, Epigenetics, and MalignanciesAnkur Singh - Cornell Nov 27, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Jian Zhu "Mechanisms of Myeloid Cell Dysfunction in Neoplastic Disease"Dr. Scott Abrams - Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Nov 20, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Minsoo Kim TBDDave O'Connor, Ph.D. - Wisconsin Nov 13, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Sanjay Maggirwar Strategies for Cytosolic Surveillance of Bacterial PathogensRussell Vance, Ph.D. - UC Berekley Nov 06, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Michelle Dziejman Tracking Humans - Getting the Bang for the Buck from High Dimensional Immune MonitoringShai Shen-Orr, Ph.D. Oct 30, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Julie Thakar TBDJulie Dunning-Hotopp - University of Maryland Oct 16, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Scott Butler Novel Immune-based Strategies Targeting Viral Persistence in SIV-Infected Nonhuman PrimatesMirko Paiardini, Ph.D. - Emory University Oct 02, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Sanjay Maggirwar Nutritional Immunity Promotes Patoadaptation and Persistence of Haemophilus influenzaeKevin Mason, Ph.D. - Nationwide Children's Sep 25, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Scott Butler Microbiology and Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: The Role of Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus ErythematosusAnna K. Bird Jun 26, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Research Showcase: Training in HIV Replication & PathogenesisJohn McAnany, Patrick Miller-Rhodes, Emily Weber, Zachary Hilt - Microbiology and Immunology Jun 26, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | MBI Conference Room (MRBX 2-11211)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Impact of Hypoxia on IFNy gamma)-Dependent Responses: Implications for Radiotherapy and Anti-Tumor ImmunityAditi Murthy - Microbiology and Immunology May 04, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: To Build a BiofilmGeorge O'Toole, Ph.D. - Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College May 01, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m.Host: Scott Butler, PhD. Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Alternate Functions of P2Y2 on Myeloid CellsTaylor Moon - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 27, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Neural Control of Inflammation and Immunologic MemoryDavid Farrar, PhD. - Associate Professor, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center Apr 24, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Jim Miller, PhD. Microbiology and Immunology Student SeminarPeter Bryk - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 20, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Mechanisms of Virus-Induced Compartmentalization of the Host Translational MachineryJohn S. L. Parker, BVMS, Ph.D - Associate Professor, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Apr 17, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Brian Ward, Ph.D. RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) SeminarTerry Wright, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology Apr 14, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Spontaneous Immune Dysregulation in the Skin in the Absence of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ProteinKatherine Herman - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 12, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 207 (2-6408)Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: The Effect of Memory B cells on Influenza Vaccination, Immune Focusing, and Implications on Vaccine DesignChristopher S. Anderson - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 11, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Protein Density on Nanoparticles Modulates the Immune Response to Viral AntigensMatthew Brewer - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 10, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing in the Clinical Laboratory: Implementation and ApplicationsNicole Pecora, M.D., Ph.D - Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Apr 10, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Steve Gill, Ph.D Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Hypofractionated vs. hyperfractionated radiotherapy treatment’s effects on tumor growth and tumor infiltrating CD8+ T cellsMargaret Barlow - Microbiology and Immunology Apr 06, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Innate Lymphoid Cells in ImmunityMarco Colonna, M.D. - Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine Apr 03, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Steve Georas, M.D. Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Innate Lymphoid Cells in ImmunityMarco Colonna, M.D. - Professor of Pathology & Immunology and Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine Apr 03, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Steve Georas, M.D. Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Staphylococcus aureus RnpA: Investigation of essential function and identification of novel inhibitorsJennifer Colquhoun - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 30, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Modulating Innate Immunity in Alzheimer's DiseaseKerry O’Banion, M.D., Ph.D. - Department of Neuroscience Mar 24, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Exploring the roles of Xenopus MHC class I-like molecules and innate-like T cells in tumor immunityMaureen Banach - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 23, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) SeminarJames Kobie, Ph.D. - Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Mar 17, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Enhancing pH-Responsive Nanoparticle Drug Delivery via High Throughput Screening to Inhibit Gram Positive Bacterial Biofilm FormationKenneth Sims - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 16, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Examination of the Collagen IV Matrix in the Human Placenta Across GestationElizabeth Seltz - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 09, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Examination of the Collagen IV Matrix in the Human Placenta Across GestationElizabeth Seltz - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 09, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Climate, Oceans, Human Health, and CholeraRita Colwell, Ph.D - Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland Mar 06, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: The effect of vaccine protein composition on the immune response of B cellsMarina Koroleva - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 02, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Investigating PSGL-1 Dysregulation During HIV-1 InfectionRyan P. Connor - Microbiology and Immunology Mar 01, 2017 @ 9:30 a.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Microbiota, Immune Subversion, and Chronic InflammationCaroline Genco, Ph.D - Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology & Pathobiology, Tufts University Feb 27, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Marty Pavelka, Ph.D Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Seq, and Ye Shall Whine: Attempting genome assembly of the S. aureus strain, UAMS-1.James Miller - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 23, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Toxoplasma gondii and the Double-edged Sword of Human Monocyte EndocytosisAndrew Martin - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 23, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: A Liposomal Vaccine Adjuvant that binds to His-tagged AntigensJonathan Lovell, Ph.D - Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department at University of Buffalo Feb 20, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Auditorium (G-9425)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Sexual Dimorphism of Pulmonary Inflammatory Infiltrate in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Model of Rheumatoid ArthritisEmily Wu - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 16, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Understanding how Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) contributes to neuroinflammation in HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND)Priyanka Saminathan - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 16, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Relevance of innate T cells in antimicrobial immunityJacques ROBERT, Ph. D. - Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Feb 16, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series: Eradication without Reactivation, Silencing of the HIV Reservoir with a potent Tat InhibitorSusana Valente, Ph.D - Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Sciences (IMS), Scripps Florida Feb 13, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Auditorium (G-9425)Host: Jian Zhu, Ph.D RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: The role of CD4 T cell specificity in human influenza-specific responses to vaccination and infectionAndrea J. Sant Ph.D. - Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Feb 10, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Brain dysfunction driven by systemic inflammationMinsoo Kim - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 09, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Influenza A virus leads to the development of lung disease in a mouse model of Ataxia-telangiectasiaRachel Warren - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 09, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Viral and Host Determinants of Zika Virus PathogenesisHelen Lazear, Ph.D - Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Feb 06, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium 2-6424Host: Student Host: Shringkhala Bajimaya Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Identifying Mammalian Adaptive Residues in the Polymerase of the H9N2 Influenza A VirusAndrew Smith - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 02, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Monocyte-derived Microparticle Regulation by Tetherin and Characterization in HIV InfectionEmily Webe - Microbiology and Immunology Feb 02, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: A New Pharmacological Avenue towards the Functional Cure of HIV-1Maxime Jean - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 26, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: The Effect of PF4 on T cell DifferentiationDaphne Pariser - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 26, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Macrophages as effectors of immunotherapyRusty Elliott, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology Jan 20, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Measuring Memory to Bordetella pertussisMegan Dunagan - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 19, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) SeminarJohn Frelinger, Ph.D. - Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Jan 13, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Persistent Changes in the Small Intestine Microenvironment as a Result of Acute Gastrointestinal InfectionAlessandra Araujo - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 12, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: The Role of DacB1 in Mycobacterial Cell Wall AssemblyDavid Barnard - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 12, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Interplay of airway epithelial cytokine secretion and barrier integrity mediated in part via protein kinase D signaling pathwayJanelle Veazey, Tim Chapman, Tim Smyth, Sara Hillman, and Steve Georas, M.D. - Microbiology and Immunology Jan 05, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)