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RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: The Autotaxin/LPA axis: new players in lung immune responses?

Steve Georas, M.D. - Professor, Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology

 Dec 16, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Triggering the aryl hydrocarbon receptor during development durably programs CD4+ T cell responses

Catherine Burke - Microbiology and Immunology Student

 Dec 15, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Specialized Pro-resolving Mediators (SPMs) as Potential Therapeutics for Asthma by Regulating Human B-cell Antibody Production

Nina Kim - Microbiology and Immunology Student

 Dec 14, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Richard Phipps

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Developing a model in Xenopus to investigate the roles of MHC-like-restricted innate T cells in macrophage-mediated anti-Mycobacterium marinum response

Jules Rhoo (Park) - Microbiology and Immunology Student

 Dec 08, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Jacques Robert

RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar : T cell dynamics at sites of inflammation

Deborah Fowell, PhD - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology

 Dec 02, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

CFAR World AIDS Day Scientific Symposium and Poster Session:

Guido Silvestri, MD, B. Matija Peterlin, MD, Paul A. Wender, PhD - Emory, UCSF, Stanford

 Dec 01, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Auditorium (Keynote Presentations) Flaum Atrium (Poster Session

TBD

Jun Wang, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University at Albany

 Nov 28, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Minsoo Kim

Targeting microbiome and vitamin D receptor in inflammation and infection

Jun Sun, PhD, AGAF - Associate Professor Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

 Nov 21, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Michelle Dziejman

RIPS/NYICE Seminar Series: Sex differences in influenza pathogenesis and vaccination

Dr. Sabra Klein - Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD

 Nov 18, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | Room 3.9624

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Effects of antiretroviral drugs and cigarette smoke on human platelet function

Shannon Loelius - Student, URMC

 Nov 17, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Richard Phipps

Endogenous antimicrobials in the female reproductive tract and their role in modulating HIV infection (Co-Sponsored by the Center for AIDS Research & HIV Training Grant)

Mimi Ghosh, Ph.D., M.S. - Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health and Health Services The George Washington University

 Nov 14, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: James Kobie

First Annual MBI Alumni Seminar: Adaptation of influenza virus polymerase to the divergent host protein ANP32A

Steven Baker, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison

 Nov 10, 2016 @ 2:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

TBD

James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D. - Ann Scott Carrell Professor, Pediatric Infectious Disease Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, Director, VANTAGE

 Nov 07, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Stephen Dewhurst

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: NO• Diggity: nor, a nitric oxide reductase, plays a role in mouse organ seeding and invasion

Lacey Favazzo - Microbiology and Immunology Student

 Nov 03, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Steven Gill

An evolving RNA war between a small RNA¬-based immune system and endogenous retroviruses during chicken domestication

Xin Li, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics University of Rochester

 Oct 31, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Jian Zhu

RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Deep analysis of T cell responses in pregnancy and atopic dermatitis

Tim Mosmann, Ph.D. - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology & Director, DHSCVBI

 Oct 28, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Using functional genomics to reveal new targets for antiviral therapeutics

Sara Cherry, PhD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

 Oct 24, 2016 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | CEL 2-7536

Heritable symbionts affect the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions

John Jaenike, Ph.D. - Professor of Biology University of Rochester

 Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Michelle Dziejman

RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: HMGB1 as a rational therapeutic target in MLL-rearranged acute leukemia

Jessica Shand, M.D., M.H.S. - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology

 Oct 21, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Role of Influenza PA-X and NS1 Proteins in Mediating Host Shutoff

Chutikarn Chaimayo - Student, URMC

 Oct 20, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Advisor: Toru Takimoto

CFAR World AIDS Day Scientific Symposium and Poster Session:

Guido Silvestri, MD, B. Matija Peterlin, MD, Paul A. Wender, PhD - Emory, UCSF, Stanford

 Oct 18, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Gloria Pryhuber

Lung Biology Research Seminar Series: Rare Diseases: Big Insights into Lung Development (CO-SPONSORED BY PEDS/PATHOLOGY)

Dr. Gail Deutsch - Associate Professor, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington

 Oct 18, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Gloria Pryhuber

Learning Immunology from Parasites

Alan Sher, Ph.D. - Chief, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, NIH

 Oct 17, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Tim Mosmann & Felix Yarovinsky

RIPS – MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar : Resolution of neutrophil response during infection

Minsoo Kim, Ph.D. - Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology

 Oct 14, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Coordinated Regulation of Virulence, Motility, Biofilm and Stress Response Phenotypes in Type Three Secretion System Positive Vibrio cholerae

Madeline Kelley Sofia - URMC

 Oct 13, 2016 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Dr. Michelle Dziejman

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Critical Role of Cellular Cholesterol in Respiratory Virus Production

Shringkhala Bajimaya - Student, URMC

 Oct 13, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Advisor: Toru Takimoto

Systems approaches highlight the many facets of interferons in infections and in vaccine mediated protection

Rafick Sékaly, Ph.D.

 Oct 10, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)

Host: Sanjay Maggirwar and Harris Gelbard

Host molecular and immunological drivers of disease severity

Juliet Morrison - Columbia University

 Oct 07, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Host: NYICE & RPRC

Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar: Chemokine Independent T cell Migration

Brandon Walling - URMC

 Oct 06, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Minsoo Kim

Targeting Moraxella catarrhalis for Prevention and Treatment of Otitis Media

Anthony A. Campagnari, Ph.D. - University at Buffalo

 Oct 03, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619

Host: Steve Gill, PhD

Vaccines for H3N2v

John Treanor, M.D. - Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases

 Sep 30, 2016 @ 8:30 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624 KMRB

Characterization of the VapBC toxin-antitoxin systems from NTHi

Lauren Rice - URMC

 Sep 29, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K 307 (3-6408)

Host: Advisor: Scott Butler

Reprogramming Technology to Build "The Team" for Cancer Immunotherapy

Fumito Ito, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Oncology Department of Surgical Oncology - Center for Immunotherapy Roswell Park Cancer Institute

 Sep 26, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | WHIPPLE Auditorium (Room 2-6424)

Host: Jacques Robert, PhD

Reversing HIV Latency: an Empirical Approach

Vicente Planelles, Ph.D. - Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine , Division of Microbiology and Immunology Department of Pathology

 Apr 11, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

The Influence of CD4 T Cell Specificity on Differentiation of the Repertoire and Shaping the Adaptive Immune Response to Influenza Infection

Zackery Abram George Knowlden

 Apr 07, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6425 (Whipple Auditorium)

Recent Advances in Ranaviral Phylodynamics

Thomas B. Waltzek, MS, DVM, PhD - Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases and Pathology University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine Co-Director, Aquatic Animal Health Program

 Apr 04, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S Wing Auditorium)

The Role of PlsX in Fatty Acid Synthesis and Acid Adaptation in Streptococcus mutans

Benjamin W. Cross

 Apr 04, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Transcriptional networks that regulate development of Tregs & Th17 cells

Vijay Kuchroo, Ph.D. - Samuel L. Wasserstrom Professor of Neurology

 Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

Immunometabolism and Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Anthony Richardson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

 Mar 14, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

Anti-viral protection by memory CD8 T-cells

Luis Sigal, D.V.M.,Ph.D. - Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Department of Microbiology and Immunology

 Mar 07, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

Increasing the safety of the Live Attenuated Influenza Virus Vaccine

Andrew Cox - PhD Candidate

 Mar 03, 2016 @ 3:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Antibiotic discovery with genome-scale models

Paul Jenson, Ph.D. - Research Assistant Professor University of Illinois

 Feb 29, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)