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MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“IgE-driven regulation of monocyte antiviral responses”

Regina Rowe, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases

 Dec 08, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
The Intersection Between Steroids, Innate Immunity, and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

Stephen Hammes, MD, PhD - Professor, Medicine/Endocrine/Metabolism

 Nov 17, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

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MBI 501 Student Seminar: Role of mTOR signaling in protection from viral infection

Ian Stone - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program

 Nov 16, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Andrew Samuelson, Ph.D. and Brian Ward, Ph.D. - Advisors

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
"Immunobiology of Bone Infections"

Gowri Muthukrishnan, PhD - Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics/CMSR

 Nov 10, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

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MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“A bone chewing role for B cells in rheumatoid arthritis”

Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD - Professor, Medicine/Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology

 Nov 03, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom

The truth about self-harm: Campylobacter jejuni uses a novel mechanism to induce neutrophil extracellular traps, which it then degrades to promote further inflammation

Jeremiah Johnson, PhD - Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Tennessee

 Nov 02, 2023 @ 2:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | Lower Adolph (1-7619)

Zoom - Passcode: 268575

Host: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

MBI 501 Student Seminar Series: Cohesin Complex Mediates Silencing of HIV-1 DNA

Andy Phan - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology PhD Program

 Nov 02, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Yiping Zhu, PhD - Advisor

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
The dysfunctional microenvironment in the leukemic bone marrow

Ben Frisch, PhD - Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

 Oct 27, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link: passcode 888426

MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Characterizing the innate-adaptive balance in early life CD8+ T cells"

Adam Geber - PhD Candidate, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program

 Oct 26, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: David Topham, PhD - Advisor

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series:
"Probing Viral RNA-induced Inflammatory Mechanisms in HIV-1 Infection"

Suryaram (Rham) Gummuluru, PhD - Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, Director, Graduate Medical Sciences Immunology Training Program (ITP) Investigator, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) Co-Director, Developmental Core, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (Prov/Bos CFAR) Boston University

 Oct 23, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Flyer

Host: Steve Dewhurst, PhD

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Leveraging knowledge in data analysis: review, caveats and current status”

Juilee Thakar, PhD - Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Oct 20, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom passcode: 888426

MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Cancer secreted lipids promote MDSC differentiation in Pancreatic Cancer"

Ankit Dahal - Graduate Student, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program

 Oct 19, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Minsoo Kim, PhD - Advisor

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: "Targeted transposition with diverse Tn7 elements allowing pathogen evolution and CRISPR-Cas programmable tools"

Joseph E. Peters, PhD - Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Cornell University

 Oct 16, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: Andrew Varble, PhD

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): "Regulation of fibroproliferative responses in ARDS and other inflammatory conditions"

Tim Flerlage, MD - Assistant Professor, Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases

 Oct 13, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link: passcode 888426

Special Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Metabolic shifts of Streptococcus pneumoniae during infection alter disease and can serve as targets for therapeutic intervention"

Hansol Im, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Carlos J. Orihuela
University of Alabama at Birmingham

 Oct 12, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

Zoom Link passcode 532816

MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Mechanistic Characterization of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Copy-Back Defective Viral Genome Generation and Function"

Justin Brennan - Graduate Student, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program

 Oct 12, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Host: Yan Sun, PhD - Advisor

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series:
Uncovering the structure of phage-bacteria interactions, from the ocean to the oral microbiome

Kathryn M. Kauffman, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biology School of Dental Medicine University at Buffalo

 Oct 09, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: Andrew Varble, PhD

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Autoimmunity against Sez6L2 causes cerebellar ataxia in humans and mice

Jennetta Hammond, PhD - Assistant Professor, Neurology/Neuroimmunology

 Oct 06, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

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MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

Shannon Hilchey, PhD - Research Assistant Professor, Medicine/Nephrology

 Sep 29, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624 East

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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

Zoom Link

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)