Education / Immunology Training Grant / Seminars Seminars Upcoming20232022202120202019CANCELLED Research in Progress Seminars in ImmunologyPaige 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 | 3-9624Zoom LinkResearch 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 | 3-9624Zoom LinkMicrobiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series - Obesity/Cancer Risk: Evidence, Mechanisms and Our SolutionsBing Li, PhD - Endowed Professor for Cancer Immunology, Professor of Pathology, Department of PathologyUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Mar 13, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | WCI Formicola CR – 2-0727Host: Minsoo Kim, PhD and Laura Calvi, MDResearch in Progress Seminars in ImmunologyRSV vaccine development; the Long and winding RoadAnn Falsey, MD - Professor, Department of Medicine - Infectious Diseases Mar 10, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Bacterial cell wall architecture and dynamics: A matter of life and deathSimon Foster, PhD - West Riding Professor of Microbiology, The Florey Institute, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield Feb 27, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.ZOOM ONLYHost: Edward Schwarz, PhDResearch 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 | 3-9624ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating CD8 T cell integrin functionality after influenza infectionTaylor 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 | 3-9624ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Dietary modulation of infection severity in Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in an obese/Type-2 Diabetic modelEmily 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 HIVZachary 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 | 3-9624ZoomMBI Student Seminar: Longevity and viral innate immunity mediation within the mTOR pathwaysIan 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 HypersensitivityKe Du PhD - Assistant Professor of Chemical/Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside (Formerly RIT) Feb 08, 2023 @ 3:30 p.m. Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624Please 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 ReplicationJordana 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 diabetesSteve 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 | 3-9624MBI 501 Student Seminar: Cohesin-Mediated Silencing of HIV-1 Gene ExpressionAndy 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 DefenseMichael M. Lutz - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, DVM,PhD Jan 11, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.Hybrid EventMBI 501 Student Seminar: SARS-CoV-2 remodels endosomal membranes to generate replication organelles in an autophagy-independent mannerYuexuan Chen - Graduate Student, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD Jan 05, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)