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CANCELLED Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Paige Lawrence, PhD - Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine

 Mar 31, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology
"Modulating Innate Immune Responses to Modify Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in Preclinical Models"

M. Kerry O'Banion, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Neuroscience

 Mar 24, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

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Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: “What memories are made of: Tissue-resident memory T cells”

Dave Topham, PhD - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology

 Mar 17, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

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Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series - Obesity/Cancer Risk: Evidence, Mechanisms and Our Solutions

Bing Li, PhD - Endowed Professor for Cancer Immunology, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

 Mar 13, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | WCI Formicola CR – 2-0727

Host: Minsoo Kim, PhD and Laura Calvi, MD

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology
RSV vaccine development; the Long and winding Road

Ann Falsey, MD - Professor, Department of Medicine - Infectious Diseases

 Mar 10, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Bacterial cell wall architecture and dynamics: A matter of life and death

Simon Foster, PhD - West Riding Professor of Microbiology, The Florey Institute, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield

 Feb 27, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

ZOOM ONLY

Host: Edward Schwarz, PhD

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology:
“Building a Better Transwell: The µSiM Tissue Chip Platform for Modeling Barrier Function in Physiology and Disease”

Jim McGrath, PhD - Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 Feb 24, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating CD8 T cell integrin functionality after influenza infection

Taylor Jones - Graduate Student, Advisor: David Topham, PhD

 Feb 23, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: “Host responses during infant RSV infections”

Tom Mariani, PhD - Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology

 Feb 17, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Dietary modulation of infection severity in Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in an obese/Type-2 Diabetic model

Emily Britt - Graduate Student, Advisor: Steven Gill, PhD

 Feb 16, 2023 @ 12:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the impact of platelet-monocyte complexes on cardiovascular disease in persons living with HIV

Zachary Boodoo - Graduate Student, Advisor: Meera Singh, PhD

 Feb 16, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (306408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: “Ki67: A novel regulator of innate immunity disguising as a proliferation marker”

Mike O’Reilly, PhD - Professor, Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology

 Feb 10, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom

MBI Student Seminar: Longevity and viral innate immunity mediation within the mTOR pathways

Ian Stone - Graduate Student, Advisor: Andrew Samuelson, PhD

 Feb 09, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Micro-and Nanofluidics for Biosensing, Mechanobiology, and Dentine Hypersensitivity

Ke Du PhD - Assistant Professor of Chemical/Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside (Formerly RIT)

 Feb 08, 2023 @ 3:30 p.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

Please Note: Dr. Du’s seminar will be via Zoom in 3.9624 KMRB

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Host Adaptative Mutations in the pH1N1 PA CTD Affect Genome Replication

Jordana Schmierer - Graduate Student, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, DVM, PhD

 Feb 02, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology - “Xenopus: a human health relevant model for mycobacteria immunity & immunotoxicology”

Jacques Robert, PhD - Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

 Jan 27, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Characterizing Innate-like CD8+ T Cells in Early Life: an Unconventional Defense Against Infection?

Adam Geber - Graduate Student, Advisor: David Topham, PhD

 Jan 26, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology - Gut microbiota regulation of host immunity determines osteomyelitis severity in obesity-related type 2 diabetes

Steve Gill, PhD - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology

 Jan 20, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI 501 Student Seminar: The molecular mechanism of PMN-MDSC differentiation in the TME of Pancreatic Cancer Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

Ankit Dahal - Graduate Student, Advisor: Minsoo Kim, PhD

 Jan 19, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology
"In vivo CRISPR screen reveals how to drive therapeutic T cell function to target tumor sites"

Minsoo Kim, PhD - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology

 Jan 13, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Cohesin-Mediated Silencing of HIV-1 Gene Expression

Andy Phan - Graduate Student, Advisor: Yiping Zhu, PhD

 Jan 12, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Mechanisms of Host Adaptation of Influenza A Virus through Polymerase PA Mutations - PhD Defense

Michael M. Lutz - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, DVM,PhD

 Jan 11, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.

Hybrid Event

MBI 501 Student Seminar: SARS-CoV-2 remodels endosomal membranes to generate replication organelles in an autophagy-independent manner

Yuexuan Chen - Graduate Student, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD

 Jan 05, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)