Seminars
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: TBD
Terry Wright - Pediatrics
Dec 20, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: TBD
Deb Fowell - Microbiology & Immunology/CVBI
Dec 13, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: TBD
Juilee Thakar - Microbiology & Immunology, Biostatistics
Dec 11, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Metabolic control of intestinal inflammation
Felix Yarovinsky - Microbiology & Immunology/CVBI
Dec 06, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Center Research Meeting
Adil Khan
Dec 05, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: TBD
Shawn Murphy - Microbiology & Immunology, OBGyn
Dec 04, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Microbiome and Cancer
Amiran Dzutsev, Ph.D. - Cancer and Inflammation Program NCI, NIH
Nov 25, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Felix Yarovinsky
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Evaluation of CD4 T cell Mediated Immunity Following Early Childhood Influenza Infection or Vaccination
Jennifer Nayak, M.D. - Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Nov 22, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Center Research Meeting
Janelle Veazey
Nov 21, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): IFN-γ-dependent loss of resident macrophages during Toxoplasma gondii infection
Andrew Martin
Nov 21, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Felix Yarovinsky, PhD
Science Career Seminar: Guest speakers in various scientific careers will speak on their experiences and provide advice for current students
Waaqo Daddacha, PhD: Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Augusta University
Danielle Alcena, PhD: Staff Scientist in Life Sciences Learning
Center at URMC
Robert Lopez-Astacio: Immunology Graduate Student at
Cornell University
Nov 08, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Targeted Immune Therapy for B cell malignancy
Clive Zent, M.D. - Professor of Medicine; Hematology and Oncology, URMC
Nov 08, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: An Insight Into Human Cytomegalovirus Mediated Metabolics Reprogramming
Irene Rodríguez Sánchez - IMV PhD Candidate
Nov 07, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room 1-9576
Host: Advisor: Joshua Munger, Ph.D.)
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Quiescence and Reactivation of Frog Virus 3 in Xenopus laevis
Phoebe Lee Henry - IMV PhD Candidate
Nov 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
MBI 588 Virology Seminar: Contributions of the UL30 Associated Open Reading Frames to HCMV Infection
Morgan Monaghan, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Associate
Nov 06, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Medical Center | 3-9624
The function and generation of RSV defective viral genomes
Yan Sun, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
Nov 04, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Co-Sponsored by: Immunology Training Grant NIH/NIAID T32 AI007285: Tuning T cell responses
Avery August, Ph.D. - Cornell University
Nov 01, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
Host: Zanah Francis
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Platelets; A New Street Address for HIV
Sydney Simpson - IMV PhD Candidate
Oct 31, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Stephen Dewhurst, PhD
Understanding the structural changes in HIV-1 trimer and their effects on tropism and vaccine development
Maria J. Duenas Decamp, Ph.D. - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Oct 28, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Distinct mechanisms of FcγR- and complement-mediated hypophagia
Johnathan Pinney - IMV PhD Candidate
Oct 24, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Michael Elliott, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Changing the biology of tumors using cytokines
Karli Norville - IMV PhD Candidate
Oct 17, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: John Frelinger, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Potentiating broadly protective local immunity to influenza virus through a novel vaccine platform
Sean Nelson - IMV PhD Candidate
Oct 10, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Andrea Sant, PhD
Role of macrophages in persistence, quiescence and reactivation of ranavirus infection
Jacques Robert, PhD & Mrinal Samanta, PhD,DMV
Oct 09, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
The Henipavirus Cell Entry Machinery: from Structure to Function
Joyce Jia Wen Wong, Ph.D. - Stanford University
Oct 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Impact of Radiation on Synaptic Integrity and Blood Brain Barrier Function
Kerry O’Banion, MD, PhD - Department of Neuroscience
Oct 04, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Characterization of Poxvirus EV-Specific Glycoprotein Interactions and Their Role During Infection
Stephanie Monticelli - IMV PhD Candidate
Oct 03, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Andrea Sant, PhD
Not so Heartless: Functional Integration of the Immune and Circulatory System of Mosquitoes
Julián Hillyer, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Sep 30, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Jacques Robert
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Non-canonical regulation of the stress tolerance cascade in Streptococcus mutans by the regulator TreR
Elizabeth L. Lindsay - IMV PhD Candidate
Sep 26, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center |
Host: Advisor: Robert G. Quivey Jr.
Tetherin and Microparticles: Better Together
Emily Weber
Sep 25, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Governing Differentiation, Maintenance, and Physiological Functions of Macrophages and Monocytes
Frederic Geissman, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sep 23, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Immunology Student Hosted Seminar
Discovery and significance of macrophage hypophagia
Rusty Elliott, PhD
Sep 20, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): Targeting the Tumor-Draining Lymph Node to Enhance Anti-Tumor Responses in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Booyeon Han - IMV PhD Candidate
Sep 19, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Scott Gerber
Role of BCA2 in HIV Biology: From Preventing Virus Assembly to Enforcing Proviral Latency
Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD - Texas Tech University
Sep 16, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Auditorium 1-7619
Neuroimmune remodeling of neural networks
Ania Majewska
Sep 13, 2019 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
LdtC is a key enzyme for Mycobacterium smegmatis peptidoglycan biosynthesis
Zanah Francis
Sep 12, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)
Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar (MB 501): The Molecular Function of Type Three Secretion System Protein VopZZ in V. cholerae Infection
Hannah Bell - IMV PhD Candidate
Sep 05, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Michelle Dziejman
Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: The roles of Innate-like T cells and macrophages during Mycobacterium marinum infection in Xenopus laevis
Kun Hyoe (Jules) Rhoo - IMV PhD Candidate
Aug 29, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)
Host: Advisor: Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Early Detection and Chronic Management of Sepsis
Alissa Jane Trzeciak - IMV PhD Candidate
Jul 11, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Adolph (Lower Auditorium 1-7619)
Host: Advisor: Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
Jupyter and Galaxy: Easing entry barriers into complex data analyses for biomendical researchers
Anton Nekrutenko - Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State
Jun 14, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Metod Room 1-9576
Host: Dr. Juilee Thakar
Jupyter and Galaxy: Easing entry barriers into complex data analyses for biomendical researchers
Anton Nekrutenko - Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State
Jun 14, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Metod Room 1-9576
Host: Dr. Juilee Thakar
“Adapting Yeast Display to Identify Poxvirus Cellular Receptor(s)”
James McGuinness
May 16, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Shannon Loelius
May 09, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Functions of host shut-off proteins of influenza A virus
Megan Dunagan
May 02, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“The Regulation of NOD Signaling”
Dana Philpott, PhD - University of Toronto
Apr 29, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Felix Yarovinsky
Flu 1 Humanity 0
Jonathan Yewdell, MD, PhD - Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID NIH
Apr 25, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Host: Andrea Sant
The Human Cytomegalovirus UL38 protein reprograms multiple aspects of the cellular metabolic network
Irene Rodriguez Sanchez
Apr 25, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“Research and Response- Public Health Stories”
Inger Damon, MD, PhD - CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP)
Apr 22, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Virology Student Sponsored Seminar (Megan Dunagan)
Evaluation of URMC-099 as a neuroprotectant during HIV infection and latency reversal
Priyanka Saminathan
Apr 18, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“Strategies of host adaptation of influenza A viruses”.
Toru Takimoto, D.V.M, Ph.D. - University of Rochester Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 17, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
“Not so Heartless: Functional Integration of the Immune and Circulatory System of Mosquitoes”
Julián Hillyer, Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
Apr 15, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Jacques Robert
Multifaceted Coordination of Airway Epithelial Barrier Integrity and Inflammation by Protein Kinase D
Janelle Veazey
Apr 11, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
The Human Postmortem Microbiome: Forensic Applications and Beyond
Jennifer Pechal, PhD - Michigan State University
Apr 08, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Micro SSS
Airway epithelial barrier dysfunction in asthma: are respiratory viruses the culprit?
Steve Georas, MD - University of Rochester, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 03, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Serum-induced antibiotic tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Michaelle Chojnacki, Ph.D. - Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 03, 2019 @ 12:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | G-9654
An Investigation into the Function of Vaccinia Virus Protein F15
Emily Ivey
Mar 28, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
The Ability of Standard of Care Antibiotic Therapies to Eradicate Staphylococcus aureus Occupying the Osteocytic-Canalicular Network of Cortical Bone
Mark Niomiya
Mar 28, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Partick Oakes - Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Biology
Mar 27, 2019 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
“Toxoplasma on My Mind (and in my brain): Tales of Life Cycles and Cell Cycles”
Anthony Sinai, PhD - University of Kentucky
Mar 25, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Marty Pavelka
TBD
Tyler Scherzi
Mar 21, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Alesa Philbrick
Mar 21, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
“Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Governing Differentiation, Maintenance, and Physiological Functions of Macrophages and Monocytes”
Frederic Geissman, MD, Ph.D. - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mar 18, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Immunology SSS (Nicholas Battaglia)
TBD
Taylor Uccello
Mar 14, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Katherine Tomberlin
Mar 14, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Mary Moran
Mar 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Andrew Martin
Mar 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Michael Lutz
Feb 28, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Cassandra Houser
Feb 28, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Andrew Bischer
Feb 21, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Jenna Hindsley
Feb 21, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Kevin Chiem
Feb 14, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Karim (Abdul) Embong
Feb 14, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Sydney Simpson
Feb 07, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Jonathan Pinney
Jan 31, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Karli Norville
Jan 24, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Characterization of Staphylococccus aureus RnpA and approaches for antibacterial discovery
Jennifer Colquhoun - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate
Jan 22, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | 3-6408
Host: Dr. Paul Dunman
TBD
Sean Nelson
Jan 17, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Stephanie Monticelli
Jan 10, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Elizabeth Lindsay
Jan 03, 2019 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)