Seminars
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "The Impact of oligofructose on immunity and Staphylococcus aureus adaptive virulence in obesity and type 2 diabetes-related osteomyelitis infections"
Emily Britt - Graduate Student
Apr 09, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Steve Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Reversing age-related dendritic fields and behavioral decline by targeting the menorin pathway"
Ian Stone - Graduate Student
Mar 26, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | M307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Carlos Díaz-Balzac, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Understanding the Tissue Culture Replication Barrier of Molluscum Contagiosum Poxvirus"
Ashay Narayana - Graduate Student
Mar 12, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Prenatal Effects on Regulatory T cell Development and Function in Allergic and Non-Allergic Pediatric Subjects"
Emma Tonetti - Graduate Student
Mar 05, 2026 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Investigating Molecular Determinants that Regulate the MV-EV Transition During Orthopoxvirus Infection"
Riley Steel - Graduate Student
Mar 05, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Chronic infection drives long-term transcriptional remodeling of the small intestine"
Tyler Smith - Graduate Student
Feb 26, 2026 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Investigating the role of a putative secondary metabolite pathway in Mycobacterium abscessus virulence using a Xenopus laevis tadpole model"
Shelby Peres - Graduate Student
Feb 26, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Elucidating the mechanistic origins of Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) in CAR-T cell therapy"
Maria Ossa - Graduate Student
Feb 19, 2026 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Understanding the BST2/SARS-CoV-2 Spike Interface: Implications for NF-κB Signaling"
Jesse Jenkins - Graduate Student
Feb 19, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "BST2 — A possible cross-species barrier for bat coronaviruses"
Kei Brown - Graduate Student
Feb 12, 2026 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Macrophage-Specific Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Defective Viral Genomes"
Leah Bernstein - Graduate Student
Feb 12, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Yan Sun, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Identification of proteins that interact with vaccinia virus envelope protein F13"
Zhinian Zhou - Graduate Student
Feb 05, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Defining CD8 T Cell Dysfunction in Acute Myeloid Leukemia to Identify Immunotherapeutic Targets"
Zhewen (Kevin) Li - Graduate Student
Jan 29, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisors: Benjamin J. Frisch, Ph.D. and Scott Gerber, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Role of innate immunity in farming lifestyle protection against allergic disease"
Sophie Troyer - Graduate Student
Jan 22, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D - Advisor
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Identifying conserved changes withing the MDS associated Bone Marrow Microenvironment"
Adam Tyrlik - Graduate Stident
Jan 15, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Laura M. Calvi, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Determining the role of metabolism in antimicrobial resistance"
Zirui Zhao - Graduate Student
Jan 08, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Allison Lopatkin, Ph.D.