Seminars
SAVE THE DATE: Summer Kick Off Picnic
Jun 27, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
MBI Seminar Series - Faculty Recruit: "Control of Peripheral Immunity by Nociceptors"
Pavel Hanč, Ph.D. - Instructor in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Immunology
May 22, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Host: Translational Immunology
MBI Seminar Series: "When good bugs go wild: The role of oral commensals in the development and treatment of chronic airway disease"
Ryan Hunter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
May 19, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Host: Steven Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Functional Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Defective Viral Genomes"
Justin Brennan - Graduate Student
May 08, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 967 6343 2320 : 145220 - passwordHost: Advisor: Yan Sun, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Investigating glial contributions to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs) through human microglial and astroglial models"
Sebastian Bosch - Graduate Student
May 01, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.
Investigating the Contributions of Infection and Vaccination-Induced CD4 T cells to the Establishment of Protective Immunity Against Respiratory Pathogens
Chantelle Lehone White - Graduate Student
Apr 28, 2025 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method (1-9576)
Zoom LinkHost: Advisor: Andrea Sant, PhD
MBI Seminar: "The role of specialized microtubule regulators during HIV infection"
Mojgan Naghavi, PhD - Professor, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Apr 28, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Aud. (3-7619)
Host: Yiping Zhu, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "LECT-2/LECT2 and the menorin complex: Neuronal development vs maintenance"
Ian Stone - Graduate Student
Apr 24, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Carlos Diaz-Balzac, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - "DNA barcoded libraries to determine how abundant gut anaerobes tolerate stress"
Yolanda Huang, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo
Apr 14, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Steven Gill, Ph.D.
MBI Seminar Series: "Bio-inspired catalysis for circularizing the polymer economy"
Gang Fan, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester
Mar 31, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Determining Phage Specificity in S. aureus"
Kenny Jacoby - Graduate Student
Mar 27, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Andrew Varble, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Developmental Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Alters the House Dust Mite Induced Allergic Response in Mice"
Hannah Teets - Graduate Student
Mar 27, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Paige Lawrence, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Determining the Mutation Rate of Vaccinia Virus Using a Fluorescence-Based Fluctuation Assay"
Julie Tobin - Graduate Student
Mar 20, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Role of antiviral pattern recognition receptor RIG-I in poxvirus infection"
Christine Li - Graduate Student
Mar 20, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, M.D.
MBI Seminar Series: "Characterizing the pathogenic determinants of an emerging cold-blooded killer: from pond to bedside?"
James Jancovich, Ph.D. - Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University San Marcos
Mar 17, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Brian Ward, Ph.D., Co-Sponsored by the Pathogenesis Training Grant
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Studying the association between a putative secondary metabolite pathway and the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium abscessus in Xenopus laevis"
Nicholas Miller - Graduate Student
Mar 06, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Identification of proteins that interact with vaccinia virus envelope protein F13"
Zhinian Zhou - Graduate Student
Mar 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Identification of proteins that interact with vaccinia virus envelope protein F13"
Zhinian Zhou - Graduate Student
Mar 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Determining the role of metabolism in antimicrobial resistance"
Zirui Zhao - Graduate Student
Feb 27, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Allison Lopatkin, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Myelodysplastic Syndrome leads to loss of diversity and immunomodulatory capacity in human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells"
Adam Tyrlik - Graduate Student
Feb 27, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Laura Calvi, M.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Exploring the role of glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein B (GPNMB) in a Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) model"
Raegan Myers - Graduate Student
Feb 20, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Stephen R. Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI Student Seminar: "Investigating the role of lung resident macrophages during influenza infection"
Zoe Matacchiera - Graduate Student
Feb 20, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.
POSTPONED When good bugs go wild: The role of oral commensals in the development and treatment of chronic airway disease
Ryan Hunter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Feb 17, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Steven Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Role of innate immunity in farming lifestyle protection against food allergy"
Sophie Troyer - PhD Candidate
Feb 13, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Nearest Neighbor Parameters for RNA Sequences Including Pseudouridine and N1-Methyl-Pseudouridne"
Thandolwethu Shabangu - PhD Candidate
Feb 13, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: David Mathews, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501Student Seminar: "The effect of CCL3 on T cell populations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) bone marrow microenvironment (BMME)"
Kevin Li - PhD Candidate
Feb 06, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Benjamin Frisch, Ph.D. & Scott Gerber, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Investigating pathogenic CD4+ T cell subpopulations to prevent the progression of the atopic march"
Abby He - PhD Candidate
Feb 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI Faculty Candidate: "Decoding the Interactions Between Ultrasmall Epibiotic Bacteria and Their Hosts"
Yaxi Wang, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Scholar and Acting Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Feb 03, 2025 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Steve Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Replication of RNA-like plasmids in bacteria"
Maedeh Aghahosseini; Sarah Eckl - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jan 30, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Andrew Varble, PhD and Advisor: Scott Gerber, PhD
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "T cell dysfunction during implant-associated S. aureus osteomyelitis"
Katya McDonald - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program
Jan 23, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Elucidating host factors responsible for the silencing of HIV-1 DNA in the centromere"
Stephanie Renner - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jan 16, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Yiping Zhu, Ph.D.
MBI Student Seminar: "Characterizing Immune Cell Heterogeneity and CD4+ T Cell Dynamics in Pediatric Allergy"
Natalie Vance - PhD Candidate
Jan 09, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Juilee Thakar, Ph.D
IL-9 in the Allergic Lung
Mark H. Kaplan, Ph.D. - Chair, Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Jan 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)