Education / Immunology Training Grant / Seminars Seminars Upcoming20242023202220212020TBDDeborah Fowell - University of Rochester Dec 14, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDBooyeon Han Dec 13, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Impact of tumor hypoxia on immune response: implication for radiotherapy and anti-tumor immunityAditi Murthy - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate Dec 12, 2018 @ 9:30 a.m. Medical Center | Auditorium K-307 (3-6408, URMC)Host: Dr. Edith Lord Defining Functional Roles for the Rhamnose-glucose Polysaccharides of Streptococcus mutansChristopher Kovacs - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate Dec 07, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Adolph Auditorium (3-7619, URMC)Host: Dr. Robert Quivey TBDAndrea Sant - University of Rochester Dec 07, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDZanah Francis Dec 06, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDMinsoo Kim - University of Rochester Nov 30, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDHannah Bell Nov 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDPriyanka Saminathan Nov 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Once upon a “toad” in immunology (An exploration of evolutionary immunology)Jacques Robert Nov 09, 2018 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)TBDFelix Yarovinsky - University of Rochester Nov 09, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDAlissa Trzeciak Nov 08, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated is required for proper epithelial repair and immune regulation following influenza A virus infectionsRachel Warren Nov 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Leaderless Genes and Small Proteins: Big Surprises in Mycobacterial GenomesKeith Derbyshire, Ph.D. - NYS Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Oct 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium, 2-6424Host: Martin Pavelka TBDAlessandra Araujo Oct 25, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Microbes and Cytokines Regulating Tumor Elicited InflammationSergei Grivennikov, Ph.D - Fox Chase Cancer Center Oct 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Felix Yarovinsky Updating the Master Donor Virus of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine to Reflect Currently Circulating H1N1 Subtype VirusesAndrew Smith Oct 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Molecular Correlates of Infant Respiratory Virus Dieease SeverityThomas J. Mariani, PhD Oct 17, 2018 @ 3:30 p.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Intestinal Antiviral Responses to Rotavirus ReplicationSiyuan Ding, PhD - Stanford University Oct 16, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)Towards Eradicating Human Toxoplasma gondii Infections and ToxoplasmosisRima McLeod, MD - University of Chicago School of Medicine Oct 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Felix Yarovinsky Neonatal microbiota: nutrition and development through time and spaceSteve Gill - University of Rochester Oct 12, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624A novel fluorescent and bioluminescent Bi-Reporter influenza A virus (BIRFLU) to track viral infections in vitro and in vivoAitor Nogales - University of Rochester Oct 10, 2018 @ 3:30 p.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Lung Megakaryocytes are Professional Antigen Presenting CellsDaphne Pariser Oct 04, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Secretory IgA and Intestinal Immunity to Vibrio choleraeNicholas Mantis, Ph.D. - Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Oct 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Michelle Dziejman Elucidating the Role of TNF-alpha in the Genesis of Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid ArthritisEmily Wu Sep 27, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Comprehensive Network Analysis Reveals Host Cell Targets That Control Latent HIV-1 InfectionOlaf Kutsch, Ph.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham Sep 24, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Virology Faculty Search Committee New studies with Mycobacterium abscessus, a novel non-tubercular mycobacterial speciesMarty Pavelka - University of Rochester Sep 21, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Staphylococcus aureus Superantigens Kill. So…What Can We Do About It?Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D. - University of Iowa Sep 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Steve Gill The role of cell death and metabolism in fractionated and ablative radiotherapyNicholas Battaglia Sep 13, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Exploring the evolutionary relevance of MHC class 1-like molecules and innate-like Tcells in Xenopus tumor immunityMaureen Ludmila Banach - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Jacques Robert Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Effects of P2Y2 Signaling on Regulation of Efferocytosis and CXCR4 InternalizationTaylor J. Moon - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Michael R. Elliott Aug 15, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Auditorium 1-7619Chemokine Independent CD8+ T cell MigrationBrandon L. Walling - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Minsoo Kim Aug 14, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)A comparative approach to T cell presence in lactationBethaney Fehrenkamp - University of New Mexico Jul 16, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 2-11211Host: Jacques Robert The Dichotomy of Curaxin Compounds in HIV-1 LatencyMaxime Junior Jean - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Jian Zhu Jun 20, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 2-6408Specificity determinants of homologous VapBC toxin-antitoxin systemsLauren Rice Walling - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Scott Butler Jun 12, 2018 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium, 2-6424Investigating How Platelets Interact with HIV-1 and Promote Viral SpreadSydney Simpson May 31, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDAlesa Philbrick May 31, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Updating the Master Donor Virus of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine to Reflect Currently Circulating H1N1 Subtype VirusesAndrew Smith May 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDBrandon Walling May 10, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDPaige Lawrence - Environmental Medicine May 04, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDLacey Favazzo May 03, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)GPCR requirements for Th2 cell migration in allergic inflammationDeb Fowell, PhD - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology May 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Host: Michael O'Reilly Control of herpesvirus lifestyle decisions by ribosome biogenesis and DNA damage responsesIan Mohr, Ph.D. - New York University Apr 30, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Brian Ward TBDJessica Shand - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology Apr 27, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Staphylococcus aureus RnpA: Investigation of essential function and identification of novel inhibitorsJennifer Colquhoun Apr 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDDr. Randolph - Wash University of St. Louis Apr 23, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Imm. SSS TBDJennifer Nayak - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology Apr 20, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDAditi Murthy Apr 19, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Lung Biology Pilot Project AwardeesJacob Finkelstein, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Steven Gill, & Sally Quataert Apr 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Host: Michael O'Reilly Host-microbial interactions in the vertebrate olfactory system: unknown players in fish and mammalsIrene Salinas, Ph.D. - University of New Mexico Apr 16, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Jaques Robert TBDTerry Wright - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology Apr 13, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624A Role for P2Y2-Integrin ?1 Interaction in Coordinating Find-me and Eat-me Signaling in Phagocytes During Apoptotic Cell ClearanceTaylor Moon Apr 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)The Shock and Kill Approach to HIV EradicationJonathan Karn, Ph.D. - Case Western University Apr 09, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Steve Dewhurst Mechanistic Analysis of Influenza A Virus Assembly and Host Gene RegulationChutikarn Chaimayo - PhD candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Toru Takimoto Apr 06, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Exploring the evolutionary relevance of a MHC class I-like/innate-like T cell system in Xenopus tumor immunityMaureen Banach Apr 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDKenneth Sims Mar 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Regulation of CNS inflammation by AHRFrancisco Quintana, Ph.D. Mar 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Paige Lawrence Control of Paneth Cell Fate and Intestinal Inflammation by IFN-gammaFelix Yarovinsky - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology Mar 23, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Determinants of Colonization in Non-O1/O139 Vibrio choleraeHannah Bell Mar 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Development of computational algorithms for curation, inference, and analysis of viral responsive gene-setsLauren Benoodt Mar 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Glycoprotein Team Burglary: Entry and Egress of Deadly Zoonotic HenipavirusesHector Aguilar-Carreno, PhD - Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University Mar 19, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619Host: Brian Ward TBDJames Kobie - Medicine M&D-Infect Disease Unit Mar 16, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Investigation into the Function of Orthopoxvirus p28Justin Brennan Mar 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Type 2 mechanisms in allergic lungAnne Sperling, Ph.D. - University of Chicago Mar 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium, Room G-9425Host: Steve Georas "The effect of vaccine protein composition on the immune response of B cells" and "A previously unappreciated polymorphism in I-As MHC II"Marina Koroleva & Courtney Lavery Mar 08, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)TBDNeal Hammer, Ph.D. - Michigan State Mar 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)Host: Micro SSS TBDSteve Gill - Microbiology & Immunology Mar 02, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Regulation of macrophage phagocytic capacity in mAb-mediated host cell clearanceJonathan Pinney Mar 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Cytokines, synergy, and the potential for tumor immunotherapyKarli Norville Feb 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Understanding the Role of CD4 T cells in Immune Responses to Influenza VirusSean Nelson Feb 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)How MHC-like restricted innate-T cells fit in with the immune surveillance paradigm?Jacques Robert - Microbiology & Immunology Feb 16, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624TBDElizabeth Lindsay & Stephanie Monticelli Feb 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Changes in Immune Phenotype and Function in Human CancerKerry Campbell, Ph.D. - Temple Health Feb 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium, Room G-9425Host: Rusty Elliott Assessing Impact of Vaccine Regimen on Vaccine Induced Antibody DurabilityRohith Palli Feb 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619TBDMichael "Rusty" Elliott - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology Feb 02, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Characterization of Mycobacterial L,D-TranspeptidasesZanah Francis Feb 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Investigation into the roles of vaccinia virus protein F13 and its molluscum contagiosum virus homolog MC021Peter Bryk Jan 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619“Screening of an FDA-approved compound library identifies levosimendan as a novel anti-HIV-1 agent that inhibits viral transcription”Yoshi Hayashi - Microbiology & Immunology Jan 26, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Sexual Dimorphism in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Model of Rheumatoid ArthritisEmily Wu Jan 25, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Monocyte-derived Microparticle Regulation by Tetherin and Characterization in HIV InfectionEmily Weber - MBI 501 Jan 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Monocyte-derived Microparticle Regulation by Tetherin and Characterization in HIV InfectionEmily Weber - MBI 501 Jan 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)Molecular analysis of adaptive immune responses to pathogens and vaccinesSpyros Kalams, MD - Vanderbilt University Jan 18, 2018 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)TBDJohn Frelinger - Microbiology & Immunology Jan 12, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated is required for proper epithelial repair and immune regulation following influenza A virus infectionsRachel Warren Jan 11, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)