The Host-Response to Severe Infection: Acute Disease and Long-Term Sequelae
NEIDL
Nahid Badelia and John Connor
FALL 2018 MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date Location
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Sept 26 NEIDL
Douglas Brackney, Ph.D. Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station
Navigating Anatomical Barriers to Transmission: An Arboviruses Tale
NEIDL
Tonya Colpitts
Oct 3 NEIDL
C A N C E L L E D Slava Epstein, Ph.D. Northeastern University
NEIDL
Igor Kramnik
Oct 10 L311
Andrew Emili, Ph.D. Boston University
Mind the Gap: Mapping the Interaction Interface Between the Proteome and Metabolome
Microbiology
Ron Corley
Oct 17 L311
Hisashi Akiyama, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
HIV Infection and Innate Immune Responses in Myeloid Cells
Immunology
Tom Kepler
Oct 24 NEIDL
William Bishai, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
M. tuberculosis host Subversion: Dampening a DAMP
NEIDL
Igor Kramnik
Oct 31 L311
Lei Jin, Ph.D., M.Sc. University of Florida
STING in Lung Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Immunology
Jay Mizgerd
Nov 7 NEIDL
Peter Daszak, Ph.D. EcoHealth Alliance
Forecasting Pandemics and the Global Virome Project
NEIDL
Jerry Keusch
Nov 14 L311
Irene Salinas, Ph.D. Center for Evolutionary & Theoretical Immunology
Olfactory Sensory Neurons Trigger Ultra-Fast Antiviral Immune Responses in Bony Fish
Immunology
Tom Kepler
Friday, Nov 16 NEIDL
Wataru Kamitani, D.V.M., Ph.D. Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka Univeristy
Viral RNA Recognition by Coronavirus nsp1
NEIDL
Rob Davey and Jerry Keusch
Nov 21
No Seminar
Nov 28 NEIDL
Samuel Behar, M.D., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School
Tuberculosis: Recognizing the Problem
NEIDL
Igor Kramnik
Dec 5 NEIDL
Mark Denison, M.D. Vanderbilt
Inducing Infidelity as an Antiviral Strategy for MERS and Emerging Coronaviruses
NEIDL
Rachel Fearns
SPRING 2018 MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Jan 17
Mary (Peggy) Crow, M.D. Weil Cornell Medical College
Triggers of Systemic Autoimmune Disease: Do Virus-Like Elements Play a Role?
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Jan 24
No Seminar
Thursday, Feb 1 @ 11:00 AM
STUDENT INVITED Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute
Antibodies Against Ebola and Lassa It took a Village
Microbiology
Tessa Cressey
Feb 7
Joseph Craft, M.D. Yale School of Medicine
T-Cell Dependent Humoral Immunity
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Feb 14
Alan Rothman, Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Protective and Pathological Immune Mechanisms in Dengue
NEIDL
Tonya Colpitts
Feb 21
No Seminar
Feb 28
C A N C E L L E D Pardis Sabeti, M.D., D. Phil. Broad Institute
Mar 7 Location: NEIDL
Roberto Cattaneo, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic
The Secret Life of Measles Virus: Cytoplasm Transfer and RNA Recombination
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Mar 14
RESCHEDULED TO MAY 2 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Mar 21
RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 13, 2018 Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Ph.D. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Mar 28
Owen Pornillos, Ph.D. University of Virginia School of Medicine
Structural Biology of Retroviral Capsid Recognition and Restriction
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Apr 4
Paul Spearman, M.D. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Trafficking and Particle Assembly
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Apr 11
No Seminar
Apr 18
No Seminar
Apr 25
Daniel Cifuentes, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
miR-144/451 Cluster: The Trojan Horse of Hematopoietic microRNAs
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
May 2
Catharine Bosio, Ph.D. NIAID, NIH
Manipulation of Host Cell Metabolism as a Mechanism of Virulence forFrancisella tularensis
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
May 9
Balaji Manicassamy, Ph.D. University of Chicago
Viral and Host Determinants of Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Pathogenesis
NEIDL
Ron Corley
May 16
Robert Stahelin, Ph.D. Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Lipid-Dependent Assembly and Budding of Filoviruses
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
May 23
C A N C E L L E D Carl Ware, Ph.D. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Immunology
Jeff Browning
May 30
Florian Douam, Ph.D. Princeton University
Elucidating Immunological Mechanisms Regulating Flavivirus Infectionin vivo
NEIDL
Ron Corley
June 13
Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Ph.D. Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Glycoprotein Team Burglary: Entry and Egress of the Deadly Zoonotic Henipaviruses
Microbiology
John Connor
FALL 2017 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date Location
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Sept 27 L504
Gregory Melikian, Ph.D. Emory University
Mechanistic Studies of Virus Entry and Restriction by Host Membrane Proteins
Microbiology
Andy Henderson
Friday, Sept 29 NEIDL
Mark Harris, Ph.D. University of Leeds
The Hepatitis C Virus Protein: Function and Regulation
NEIDL
Paul Duprex
Oct 4 NEIDL
Jason Rock, PhD. Boston University
Stem Cells and Lung Repair/ Regeneration
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Oct 11
Oct 18 NEIDL
Scott Weaver, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch
Vaccines for Emerging Urban Arboviruses: Chikungunya and Zika
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Oct 25 L504
Joseph Craft, M.D. Yale University School of Medicine
T-Cell Dependent Humoral Immunity
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Nov 1 NEIDL
James Whitney, Ph.D. Ragon Institute
Therapeutic Development for Zika Virus Infection
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Nov 8
Nov 15 L504
Zandrea Ambrose, PhD. University of Pittsburgh
Nevertheless it Persisted: HIV Drug Resistance Impacts on PrEP and Antiretroviral Therapy
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Nov 22
No Seminar
Nov 29 L504
Michael Niederweis, Ph.D. The University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Necrosis-Inducing Toxin ofMycobacterium tuberculosis
Microbiology
Igor Kramnik
Dec 6
Mohsan Saeed, Ph.D. The Rockefeller Univeristy
Creating a Suitable Host Environment for Virus Replication
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Dec 13 NEIDL
Jason Botten, Ph.D. University of Vermont
Virus Particles: Host Machinery Critical for their Formation and Infectivity
NEIDL
John Connor
SPRING 2017 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Jan 11
Juan Fuxman Bass, Ph.D. Boston University
Protein-DNA Interaction Networks to Study Function and Disease
Microbiology
Ron Corley
Jan 18
No Seminar
NEIDL
Jan 25
Galit Alter, Ph.D. Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Defining Novel Correlates of Humoral Immunity to TB
Immunology
Thomas Kepler
Feb 1
Christine Cheng, Ph.D. Boston University
Epigenetic Variability from Individuals to Single Cells
Immunology
Ron Corley
Feb 8
Mark Shlomchik, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
T, B and DC: Keys to SLE
Microbiology
Jeff Browning
Feb 15 Location: NEIDL
Robert Davey, Ph.D. Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Ebola Virus Teaches Autophagy New Tricks
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
Feb 22
Jennifer Gommerman, Ph.D. University of Toronto
B Cells in MS Friend or Foe?
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Mar 1
Nancy MacIver, M.D., Ph.D. Duke University Hospital
Nutrition and Leptin in T Cell Metabolism
Inflammation
Barb Nikolajczyk
Mar 8 Location: NEIDL
Tony Wang, Ph.D. SRI International
Coming from the Blood: Unraveling the Mystery of Zika Virus Dissemination
NEIDL
Ron Corley and John Porco
Monday, Mar 13 Location: NEIDL
Julian Hiscox, Ph.D. University of Liverpools
Delineating the Role of the Host and Co-infections in Ebola Virus Disease and its Outcome
NEIDL
John Connor
Mar 15
No Seminar
Immunology
Mar 22
Paul Bieniasz, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University
Host Defenses Against Ancient and Modern Retroviruses
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Mar 29
No Seminar
Inflammation
Tuesday, Apr 4 Location: NEIDL
Tonya Colpitts, Ph.D. University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Discovery of Arbovirus Transmission Factors & Vector-Virus Host Interactions
NEIDL
John Connor and Elke Mühlberger
Apr 5
Francois Villinger, D.V.M, Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Dynamics of Virus and Host Cells: Use of Novel Tools to Follow Host/Viral Interactionsin vivo
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Apr 12 Location: NEIDL
Kartik Chandran, Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Unraveling and Inhibiting the Cell Invasion Mechanism of Ebola Virus
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
Apr 19
No Seminar
Immunology
Apr 26
CarlosOrihuela, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham
Necroptosis in the Lungs and Heart during Bacterial Pneumonia
Microbiology
Jay Mizgerd
Monday, May 1
Renee WY Chan, Ph.D. The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rhinovirus Infection and Their Receptors in the Human Respiratory Airways
Microbiology
Jay Mizgerd
May 3
STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph.D. University of California San Francisco
Immunobiology of Tregs in Autoimmunity and Cancer
Microbiology
Michelle Fleury
May 10
Carla Greenbaum, M.D. Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
Disease Modifying Therapy in T1D What do we Know Now and What do we Need to Know
Immunology
Barb Nikolajczyk
May 17 Location: NEIDL
Brett Lindenbach, Ph.D. Yale School of Medicine
The Machinery of Flaviviridae Replication, Assembly, and Pathogenesis
NEIDL
John Connor and Elke Mühlberger
May 24 Location: NEIDL
Gerald T Keusch, M.D. Boston University
National Academy of Medicine Report on Therapeutic and Vaccine Clinical Research during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak: What went wrong and What went right
NEIDL
Ron Corley
May 31
David Lamb, Ph.D. Swansea University Medical School
Cytochrome P450 Genes in Viruses
ITP
David Sherr
June 14 Location: NEIDL
Vincent Munster, Ph.D. NIH, NIAID
The Ecology of Emerging Viruses: From Host Reservoir to Disease
NEIDL
Paul Duprex
Thursday, June 29 Location: NEIDL
Michael Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Office of Biodefense, Research Resources, and Translational Research DMID, NIAID, NIH DHHS
Infectious Disease Outbreak Response: Reactive, Proactive, Hyperactive, and Mostly Unattractive
NEIDL
Ron Corley
FALL 2016 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Wednesday, Aug 31 Location: NEIDL
Joseph B. Prescott, Ph.D. Rocky Mountain Laboratories NIAID, NIH
Comparative Immunology of High-Consequence Zoonotic Viruses: Reservoirs vs. Disease Models
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Tuesday, Sept 6 Location: NEIDL
Michael Holbrook, Ph.D. Integrated Research Facility NIAID, NIH
Evaluation of Aerosol Models of Nipah Virus Infection
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Thursday, Sept. 8 Location: NEIDL
David Safronetz, Ph.D. University of Manitoba
Field and Laboratory Investigations on Lassa Virus
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Sept 28
Xueling Wu, Ph.D. Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Sequential Development of Neutralizing Antibodies and their Associated Envelope Antigens in SHIVSF162P3N-Infected Rhesus Macaques
Microbiology
Manish Sagar
Oct 5 Location: NEIDL
Jeremy Luban, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School
Molecular Characterization of Clade-Defining Mutations from the 2013-2016 Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Oct 12
Timothy Schacker, M.D. University of Minnesota
Lymph Node Fibrosis and HIV: Implications for the Cure and Beyond
Immunology
Rahm Gummuluru
Oct 19
Sanjay Ram, M.D. University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Can we Trap the Clap by Sugar-Coating it?
Inflammation
Lee Wetzler
Oct 26
Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D. Columbia University
Retroviral Silencing: Transcriptional and Non-Transcriptional Regulation
Microbiology
Andy Henderson
Nov 2 Location: NEIDL
Anthony Griffiths, Ph.D. Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Advanced Development of Filovirus Countermeasures Yields Insights into Viral Pathogenesis
NEIDL
Paul Duprex / Ron Corley
Nov 9
Michael Starnbach, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Manipulating the Immune Response to Chlamydia trachomatis
Immunology
Lee Wetzler
Nov 16
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Thoughts into the Origin of Microbial Virulence
NEIDL
Igor Kramnik
Friday, Nov 18 Location: NEIDL
Estefania Rodriguez Burgos, Ph.D. Heinrich Pette Institute
Humanized Mice to Study Viral Persistence and Pathogenesis
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Nov 23
No Seminar
Nov 30
Michael Gilmore, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Multidrug Resistant Enterococci: From Paleozoic Origin to Leading Hospital Pathogen
Microbiology
Andrew Taylor
Dec 7 Location; NEIDL
Charles Shoemaker, Ph.D. Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Camelid VHH-Based Neutralizing Agents (VNAs) as Unconventional and Versatile Disease Therapeutics
NEIDL
John Samuelson
Dec 14
Egil Lien, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Lessons from Highly Virulent Bacteria: Evasion and Activation of Innate Immunity by Plague
Immunology
Lee Wetzler
SPRING 2016 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Jan 13 Location: NEIDL
Richard Webby, Ph.D. St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
Transmission of Influenza Viruses at the Human-Animal Interface
NEIDL
Paul Duprex
Jan 20
Ulrich von Andrian, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Vaccination to Prevent Mucosal Infections
Immunology
Munir Mosaheb
Jan 27
STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER Gabriel Victora Ph.D. Whitehead Institute
Clonal and Cellular Dynamics in Germinal Centers
Microbiology
Kaitlin Sawatzki
Feb 3
Sean Whelan, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Structure, Function and Inhibition of Large Proteins of Negativesense RNA Viruses Single Polypeptide Chains that Catalyze Every Step of mRNA Transcription
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Feb 10
No Seminar
Feb 17
No Seminar
Monday, Feb. 22 Location: NEIDL
Michael Katze, Ph.D. University of Washington
Computational Biology, Genomics, (Epi)Genetics, and Systems Approaches: Unlocking the Mysteries of Deadly Virus Diseases in the 21st Century
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Feb 24
No Seminar
Friday, Feb 26
Julie Overbaugh, Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
HIV Prevention: A Basic Science Perspective
Microbiology
Greg Viglianti
Mar 2
No Seminar
Mar 9
Xu Yu, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Immune Recognition of HIV-1 in Dendritic Cells form Elite Controllers
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Mar 16
No Seminar
Mar 23
Raul Andino, Ph.D. University of California San Francisco
Virus Evolution during Acute Infection: Population Dynamics and Pathogenesis
Microbiology
Rachel Fearns
Mar 30
Douglas Green, Ph.D. St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
LC3-associated Phagocytosis: Noncanonical Autophagy at the Interface of Innate Immunity, Inflammation, and Aging
Immunology
Hans Dooms
Apr 6
Arlene Sharp, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Control of Antibody Responses by T Follicular Regulatory Cells
Inflammation
Hans Dooms
Apr 13
Michael Emerman, Ph.D. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Evolution and Function of HIV Restriction Factors
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Apr 20
Pamela Schwartzburgh, M.D., Ph.D. National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Tuning T cell Responses
Immunology
Andy Henderson
Apr 27
Trevor Siggers, Ph.D. Boston University
Examining the Specificity of Immune Regulators using Protein-binding Microarrays
Inflammation
Barb Nikolajczyk
May 4
Matthias Schnell, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University
Rabies Virus-based Vaccine Platform Against Emerging Infectious Diseases
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
May 11
Ronald Germain, M.D., Ph.D. NIAID, NIH
Imaging Immunity: Developing a Spatiotemporal Understanding of Host Defense
Immunology
Thomas Kepler
May 18
Anita McElroy, M.D., Ph.D. Emory University School of Medicine
Immune Responses to Highly Pathogenic VirusesDo They Help or Harm the Host?
NEIDL
Ron Corley
May 25
Microbiology
Friday, June 3 Location: NEIDL
Marshall Bloom, M.D. NIAID, NIH
The Enigmatic Biology of Vector-borne Flaviviruses
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
June 8 Location: NEIDL
Darryl Falzarano, Ph.D. International Vaccine Centre University of Saskatchewan
Development of Animal Models and Countermeasures for Emerging Viruses
NEIDL
Ron Corley
June 15 Location: NEIDL
Pedro F C Vasconcelos, Ph.D. Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Technologia para Hemorrhagicas Virais Belém-Pará, Brasil
Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil: Present Situation and Perspectives
NEIDL
Horacio Frydman
June 22 Location: NEIDL
Cesar Munoz-Fontela, Ph.D. Heinrich Pette Institute
Correlates of Immunity to Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses in Humans and Animal Models
NEIDL
Ron Corley
June 29 Location: NEIDL
Alyson A. Kelvin, Ph.D. Immune Diagnostics and Research
Viral Pathogenesis and Transmission in the Mother-Infant Dyad: From Influenza to Zika
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Aug 31 Location: NEIDL
Joseph B. Prescott, Ph.D. NIAID/NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Comparative Immunology of High-Consequence Zoonotic Viruses: Natural Reservoirs vs. Disease Models
NEIDL
Ron Corley
FALL 2015 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Sept 16 Location: NEIDL
Cesar Munoz-Fontela, Ph.D. Heinrich Pette Institute
Ebola Virus Immunology: A Tale of Mice and Humans
NEIDL
Elke Mühlberger
Sept 23
No Seminar
Sept 30
Emily Nelson and Judy Yen Boston University School of Medicine
Ebola Virus Diagnostics in Sierra Leone
Microbiology
Oct 7 Location: NEIDL
Kathleen A. McDonough, Ph.D. New York Department of Health
Keeping up with the Neighborhood: Environmental Gene Regulation in M. tuberculosis
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Oct 14
No Seminar
Oct 21
No Seminar
Oct 28
Gregory Viglianti, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
Biosafety Its Everybodys Business
Microbiology
Nov 4 Location: NEIDL
Benhur Lee, M.D. Mt. Sinai
Henipaviruses: Not that Rare, Much more Diverse, Still too Dangerous?
NEIDL
Paul Duprex
Nov 11
No Seminar
Nov 18
Lydia Lynch, Ph.D. Brigham and Womens Hospital
Obese NK Cells Lack Energy to Kill
Inflammation
Barb Nikolajczyk
Thursday, Nov 19 Location: NEIDL
Gary Kobinger, Ph.D. Public Health Agency of Canada
A Decade of Ebola Work in the Field and on Vaccine and Therapeutics Culminating with the Biggest Outbreak and Real Solutions
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Nov 25
No Seminar
Dec 2
Ronald Swanstrom, Ph.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine
The Evolution of Macrophage-Tropic HIV-1 and its Role in Virus-Host Interactions
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Thursday, Dec 3 Location: NEIDL
Heinz Feldmann, M.D., Ph.D. NIH/NIAID
Vaccines for Highly Pathogenic Viruses
NEIDL
Ron Corley
Dec 9
Theresa T. Lu, M.D., Ph.D. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Regulating the Lymph Node Vascular-Stromal Compartment to Modulate Immunity
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Dec 16
Ranjan Sen, Ph.D. Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIH
Coordinating Genetics and Epigenetics to Assemble Antigen Receptor Genes
Inflammation
Barb Nikolajczyk
SPRING 2015 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Jan 7
Vijay Kuchroo, D.V.M., Ph.D. Brigham and Womens Hospital Harvard Medical School
Unexpected Targets and Triggers of Autoimmunity
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Jan 14 Location: NEIDL
Amanda Jamieson, Ph.D. Brown University
Tolerance of Polymicrobial Infections of the Lung: Innate Immune Response and the Microbiome
NEIDL
Jerry Keusch
Jan 21
Carl Novina, M.D., Ph.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School
Enhanced microRNA Activity is a Novel Oncogenic Function of eIF4F
Microbiology
Rachel Fearns
Thursday, Jan 22
Immunology Faculty Candidate William Kaiser, Ph.D. Emory University School of Medicine
Cell Death Pathways in Host Defense (The Good), Inflammation (The Bad), and the Developmental Failure (The Ugly)
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Monday, Jan. 26
SEMINAR CANCELLED
Jan 28
SEMINAR CANCELLED
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Tuesday, Feb 3 Location: NEIDL
Pathology/NEIDL FacultyCandidate James Brien, Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine
Immune Recognition and restriction of Re-emerging Flaviviruses
NEIDL
Ronald Corley
Feb 4
Ramnik Xavier, M.D., Ph.D. Massachusetts General Hospital
Autophagy and Check Points in Mucosal Immunity
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Feb 11
SEMINAR CANCELLED
Feb 18
Andrew Luster, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Imaging Chemokine Function in Disease
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Feb 25
Immunology Faculty Candidate Anthony Rongvaux, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine
Studying Innate Immunity using Mouse and Humanized Mouse Models
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Mar 4
Rebecca Dutch, Ph.D. Univeristy of Kentucky
Human Metapneumovirus Entry, Assembly, and Spread
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Thursday, Mar 5
Immunology Faculty Candidate Amelia Pinto, Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine
The Impact of Type I Interferon on Flavivirus Disease
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Mar 11
Student Invited Speaker Michael Katze, Ph.D. University of Washington
Systems Virology: Can we help stop the Influenza, AIDS, and Ebola Epidemics
Microbiology
Kate Sawatzki
Monday, Mar 16 @ 11:00 AM
Immunology Faculty Candidate Byron Au-Yeung, Ph.D. University of California San Francisco
A Chemical-Genetic Approach to Control Zap 70 Activity Enables Quantitative and Temporal Control of T Cell Receptor Signaling
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Mar 18 Location: NEIDL
Matthew Frieman, Ph.D. University of Maryland
SARS and MERS Coronavirus: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
NEIDL
Paul Duprex
Mar 25
Dario Vignali, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Targeting Tregs in Tumors
Immunology
Hans Dooms
Apr 1
No Seminar
Apr 8
Zandrea Ambrose, PhD. University of Pittsburgh
Live-Cell and Super Resolution Imaging of Post-Entry Steps of HIV-1 Infection
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Thursday, Apr 9
Immunology Faculty Candidate Pablo Penaloza, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
The Roles of CD4 T Cells during Chronic Viral Infection
Microbiology
Thomas Kepler
Apr 15 Location: NEIDL
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, M.D., Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch
Flaviviral Host Factors: A Love-Hate Relationship
NEIDL
John Connor
Apr 22
June Round, Ph.D. University of Utah
Redefining Self: How Commensal Microbes Influence Immunity and Health
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Apr 29
Douglas Lauffenburger, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Getting More from your Mice: Systems Analysis of in vivo Inflammatory Pathophysiology
Microbiology
Barb Nikolajczyk
FALL 2014 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Monday, Sept 8 Location: NEIDL
Thomas Hoenen, Ph.D. Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Reverse Genetics as a Tool For Studying the Biology of Ebolaviruses
Microbiology
John Connor
Sept 24
Igor Kramnik, M.D., Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
The Process of Dying: Thanatogenesis in Inflammatory Lesions A Common Pathway and a Therapeutic Target
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Monday, Sept 29
Avery August, Ph.D. Cornell University
Tuning T Cell Behavior
Microbiology
Andy Henderson
Oct 1
Marc Jenkins, Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Tracking the Activation of CD4+ T Cells During Infection
Immunology
Andy Henderson
Oct 8
Joyce Wong, Ph.D. Boston University
Biomaterial Strategies to Detect and Treat Cardiovascular Disease
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Oct 15
Ellen Rothenberg, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in Early T-cell Lineage Commitment
Immunology
Andy Henderson
Oct 22
Theodora Hatziioannou, Ph.D. The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
Breaking Barriers: HIV-1 Induced AIDS in Monkeys
Microbiology
Rahm Gummuluru
Oct 29
Thomas Kepler, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
Human B Cell Lineage Dynamics in Chronic Infection and Repeated Immunization
Immunology
David Sherr
Nov 5 Location: NEIDL
Ekaterina Heldwein, Ph.D. Tufts University School of Medicine
Mechanisms of Host Manipulation by Herpesviruses
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Nov 12
Senad Divanovic, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Immunopathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Immunology
Barb Nikolajczyk
Nov 19
Ramon Bonegio, M.D. Boston University School of Medicine
The Role of Endogenous TLR Signaling in Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis
Immunology
David Sherr
Nov 26
NO SEMINAR
Dec 3
Jonathan Karn, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Latency and the Search for a Cure
Microbiology
Andy Henderson
Dec 10
Kevin Francis, Ph.D. Perkin Elmer FellowElena Dubikovskaya, Ph.D. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Recent Advances in Preclinical Imaging of Infectious Diseases and Inflammation
Inflammation
Caroline Genco
Dec 17 Location: NEIDL
Hideki Ebihara, Ph.D. NIAID, NIH
In vitro and in vivo Approaches to Unraveling the Mechanisms for Replication and the Pathogenesis of Ebola and Marburg Viruses
Microbiology
Elke Mühlberger
SPRING 2014 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Date
Speaker
Title
Program
Host
Jan 15
Shannon Turley, Ph.D. Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard
Regulation of Leukocyte Function and Territoriality by Lymphoid Stroma
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Jan 22
No Seminar
Microbiology
Jan 29
Margaret Lowe University of California San Francisco
When Worlds Collide: Identification of a Novel Endogenous Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Ligand, Cinnabarinic Acid, that Drives Th22 Differentiation
Immunology
Dave Sherr
Feb 5
*C A N C E L E D*
Microbiology
Feb 12
Jeffrey Browning, Ph.D. Boston University Medical School
Lymphotoxin-LIGHT Pathway Regulates the Interferon Signature in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Immunology
Feb 19 Location: NEIDL
David Wentworth, Ph.D. J. Craig Venter Institute
Genomics and Pathogenesis of Emerging/Zoonotic Viruses
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Feb 26
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Chadene Tremaglio
Investigating Respiratory Syncytial Virus Transcription: Evidence for Alternative Initiation Events and Small RNA Synthesis
Microbiology
Mar 5
Andrew Camilli, Ph.D. Tufts University
A Vibrio cholerae/Phage Arms Race in the Context of Human Infection
Microbiology
Jay Mizgerd
Mar 12
No Seminar
Immunology
Mar 19 Location: NEIDL
Christina Spiropoulou, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control
Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis
Microbiology
Paul Duprex
Mar 26
Michael Carroll, Ph.D. Boston Childrens Hospital/Harvard
Regulation of Lupus-antigen Specific B Cells by Follicular Dendritic Cells
Immunology
Jeff Browning
Apr 2
Liisa K. Selin, M.D., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Heterologous Immunity and T Cell Crossreactivity During Viral Infections
Immunology
Dave Sherr
Apr 9 Location: NEIDL
Michael Holbrook, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health
Immunological Mechanisms of Yellow Fever Virus Pathogenicity
Microbiology
Ron Corley
Apr 16
No Seminar
Microbiology
Apr 23
Thomas Braciale, MD, Ph.D. University of Virginia Medical School
Respiratory Dendritic Cells and the Control of Anti-viral Effector and Memory T Cell Responses
Immunology
Lee Quinton
Apr 30 Location: NEIDL
Ralph Isberg, Ph.D. Tufts University
Aggravation and Madness: Understanding Intracellular Growth by a Robust Bacterial Pathogen
Microbiology
Igor Kramnik
Thursday, May 1 @ 11:00 am
Colleen Jonsson, Ph.D. University of Louisville
Evolutionary Mechanisms of RNA Virus Host Switching
Microbiology
Ron Corley
May 7 Location: NEIDL
Anita Goel, M.D., Ph.D. Nanobiosym
Harnessing Nanobiophysics for Next Generation Pathogen Detection
Microbiology
Gerald Keusch
May 14
Donna Farber, Ph.D. Columbia University
Tissue Compartmentalization of T Cell Responses: From Mouse Models to Humans
Microbiology
Jay Mizgerd
May 21
No Seminar Dr. Jenkins rescheduled to October 1, 2014
May 28 @ 12:00 noon
STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER Katherine Fitzgerald, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Med Ctr
Long Non-Coding RNA and Regulation of Inflammatory Gene Expression
Microbiology
Munir Mosaheb
June 11 @ 12:00 noon
John Misasi, M.D. Childrens Hospital Boston
Host Factors for Filovirus Entry
Microbiology
Elke Mühlberger
FALL 2013 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS & HOST DEFENSE SEMINAR SERIES
Sept 23
*POSTDOC INVITED SPEAKER* John Schoggins, Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical School
Unraveling the Complexity of the Interferon Antiviral Response
Robust NF-kB Responses by Alveolar Macrophages Potentiate Anti-pneumococcal Defense During Pneumonia and The Liver Response to Pneumonia: More than Just a Biomarker
Oct 7
Wilson Wong, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Boston University
Engineering T Cells for Cancer Therapy
Ron Corley
Oct 14
No Seminar
Oct 21 Location: NEIDL
W. Evan Johnson, Ph.D. Computational Biomedicine BU School of Medicine
Pathoscope: Species Identification and Strain Attribution with Unassembled Sequencing Data
Rahm Gummuluru
Wednesday, Oct 23 @ 1:00 PM
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Daniele Cary
RON Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, a Negative Regulator of Inflammation, is Decreased during Simian Immunodificiency Virus Associated Central Nervous System Disease
Oct 28
No Seminar
Nov 4
Karin Strijbis, Ph.D. Ploegh Lab Whitehead Institute, MIT
Commensal or Pathogen? Immune Responses to the Yeast Candida albicans
Greg Viglianti
Nov 11
No Seminar
Nov 18
Student Seminars Krishna Moody (Marshak-Rothstein Lab) and Emily Nelson (Mühlberger Lab)
FcgRIIB Attenuates Nucleic Acid Immune Complex Responses by Modulating Trafficking and Post-Transcriptional Regulation of RNA During Ebola Virus Infection
Nov 25 Location: NEIDL
Megan L. Shaw, Ph.D. Microbiology Mt. Sinai Hospital
Exploring Novel Targets for Influenza Antivirals
John Connor
Dec 2
Walther Mothes, Ph.D. Microbial Pathogenesis Yale University
Seeing is Believing Visualizing Individual Steps of the Retroviral Life Cycle
Rahm Gummuluru
Dec 9 Location: NEIDL
Christopher Sassetti, Ph.D. Microbiology & Physiological Systems UMASS Medical School
Bacterial and Host Determinants of Tuberculosis Disease
Igor Kramnik
SPRING 2013 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS & HOST DEFENSE SEMINAR SERIES
Jan 14
Pinghua Liu, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, BU
Conditional Knockout by Chemically Controlled Selective Degradation of mRNA and Protein
Ron Corley
Jan 21
No Seminar
Jan 28
C A N C E L L E D Martin Meier-Schellersheim, Ph.D. NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Mechanistic Spatially Resolved Modeling of Cellular Signaling Pathways
Evaluating the Role of T Cells in Nipah Virus Pathogenesis and Alternative microRNA Utilization Regulates Cytokine Expression During Acute Bacterial Infection
Greg Viglianti
Feb 11
No Seminar Graduate Student Recruitment Day
Feb 18
No Seminar
Tuesday Feb 19
Brian Bird, D.V.M., M.S.P.H., Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rift Valley Fever Virus: A Killer on the Move and New Ways to Stop it
Ron Corley and Jack Murphy
Feb 25
Student Seminar Suzanne Geer (Gummuluru Lab) and Emily Nelson (Muhlberger Lab)
Differences in HIV-1 and HIV-2 Interactions with Dendritic Cells and Post-transcriptional Regulation of mRNA by Ebola Virus VP30
Greg Viglianti
Mar 4
Jeroen Saeij, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susceptibility to Infection: A Complex Interplay Between Host and Parasite Genotypes
Igor Kramnik
Mar 11
Ulla Hansen, Ph.D. Department of Biology, BU
Transcription Factor LSF: Achilles Heel for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
Greg Viglianti
Mar 18
Hinh Ly, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Host-Pathogen Interaction in Lassa Fever Virus Infection
Ron Corley and Jack Murphy
Tuesday, Mar 19 @2:00 pm
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Laura Dickey
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Interactions with Host Cell RNA-Processing Structures and Proteins
FcgRIIB Attenuates Nucleic Acid Immune Complex Responses by Modulating Trafficking
Greg Viglianti
Apr 1
Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine
New Insight into Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Alphavirus Infection
Elke Mühlberger
Apr 8
J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Humanized Mice Models of Viral Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention
Andy Henderson
Apr 15
No Seminar
Apr 22
Colleen Jonsson, Ph.D. University of Louisville
Strategies and Discoveries in Small Molecules: From Hits to Leads for Treatment of RNA Virus Infections
John Connor
Apr 29
Student Debate Michelle Fleury & Ludy Registre (Facilitator: John Connor)
Tregs in HIV Infection: Friend or Foe?
Greg Viglianti
Wednesday, May 1 @ 1:00 pm
Volker Thiel, Ph.D. St Gallen, Switzerland
Coronaviruses: Large RNA Viruses with Growing Impact
Paul Duprex
May 6
Philip J. Santangelo, Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Interrogating RSV Infections with Single Molecule Sensitive Probes
Rachel Fearns
May 13
*STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER* James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D. University of California, Davis
Role of Cholesterol in HIV Infection and Pathogenesis
Fadie Coleman
Wednesday, May 22 @ 12:00 noon
Professor Theo Geijtenbeek University of Amsterdam
C-Type Lectin Receptors in Infection and Immunity
Paul Duprex
Tuesday, May 28 @ 12:00 noon
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Andrew Platt
Characterization of Responses Induced by N. meningitidis PorB and its use as a Vaccine Adjuvant
June 3
Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D. Boston University Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Mitochondrial Cryptogene Expression and RNA Editing Machines of Trypanosomes
Ron Corley
Thursday, June 6 @ 12:00 noon
QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR Munir Mosaheb
Examining the Role of Varying Antigen Presenting Cell Types in PorB Adjuvant Activity
Greg Viglianti
Thursday, June 27 @ 2:00 pm
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Ryan McClure
Host and Pathogen Response to Gonococcal Infection: A Global Analysis
FALL 2012 SEMINAR SERIES
Sept. 17
Richard C. Condit, Ph.D. University of Florida
Structure and Assembly of the Poxvirus Virion
Paul Duprex / John Connor
Sept 24
No Seminar
Oct 1
Student Seminar Chadene Tremaglio (Fearns Lab)
Investigating RSV Transcription: Evidence for an Alternative Initiation Event at the Viral Promoter that Generates small RNAs
Greg Viglianti
Oct 8
No Seminar Holiday
Tuesday, Oct 9 @ 1:00 PM
***Dissertation Defense*** Erin Hodges Characterization of the S2 Isolate of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
Oct 15
Bjoern Reinhard, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry Boston University
Rationally Designed Nanoparticles as Tools in Biomedical Research and Imaging
Rahm Gummuluru
Oct 22
No Seminar
Oct 29
Postdoctoral Fellow Seminars CANCELLED due to Hurricaine
Nov 5
Taekjip Ha, Ph.D. Professor of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Single Molecule Views of Antiviral Signaling
Elke Mühlberger
Nov 12
No Seminar
Nov 19
Student Seminars Ryan McClure (Genco Lab) and Andrew Platt (Wetzler Lab)
Analysis and Characterization of the Global Gonococcal Transcriptome and Transcriptome Analysis of a Multi-Injection Vaccine Schedule Reveals a Non-Linear Response to the Adjuvant PorB
Greg Viglianti
Nov 26
Manish Sagar, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases Boston University School of Medicine
Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics of HIV-1 Present Early After Transmission
Rahm Gummuluru
Dec 3
Gerald Pier, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Channing Laboratory
A Microbial Achilles Heel: Poly-N-acetyl Glucosamine is a Ubiquitously Expressed Vaccine Target on Bcaterial, Fungal and Protozoan Pathogens
Meaningful Variation in the Activation of Macrophage NF-κB Responses by Pneumococcus and Liver-Derived Proteins Facilitate Pulmonary Inflammatory Injury during the Acute Phase of Pneumonia
Greg Viglianti
Dec 17
Hans Dooms, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Arthritis Center/Rheumatology Section Boston University School of Medicine
How to Forget bad T cell Memories while Keeping the Good Ones
Ron Corley
SPRING 2012 SEMINAR SERIES
Thursday Jan. 6
Mehul S. Suthar, Ph.D. University of Washington
RIG-I Like Receptor Regulation of Viral Infection and Immunity
Ronald Corley
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Hideki Ebihara, Ph.D. NIAID, NIH
Molecular Determinants of Filovirus Virulence in Small Animal Models
Elke Mühlberger
Jan. 23
No Seminar
Jan. 30
Student Qualifying Exam Seminars Kristie Hilliard and Emily Nelson
The Hepatic Acute Phase Response Regulates Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury During Pneumonia and Regulation of mRNA Stability by Ebola Virus VP30
Gregory Viglianti
Thursday Feb. 2
Hai-Hui (Howard) Xue, M.D., Ph.D. University of Iowa
Back with the Wnts: Their Novel Roles in T Cell Biology
Ronald Corley
Feb. 6
Student Qualifying Exam Seminars Fadie Coleman and Suzanne Geer
Influence of Macrophage NF-kB Activation on the Outcome of Pneumococcal Pneumonia and HIV Appropriates Host Lectins to Facilitate Capture and Dissemination by DCs
Gregory Viglianti
Feb. 13
No Seminar
Wed., Feb. 15, in L201/203
Louise DCruz, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
Transcriptional Regulation of Natural Killer T Cell Development and Homeostasis
Ronald Corley
Feb. 20
No Seminar
Feb. 27
No Seminar
Mar. 5
Dorian McGavern. Ph.D. NINDS, NIHI
Dynamics of Immunity to Acute and Persistent Viral Infection
Paul Duprex
Mar. 12
Matthew Jones, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine
Widespread Uridylation of microRNA is Governed by Zcchc11 in vivo
Elke Mühlberger
Wednesday, Mar. 14, in L201/203
Janelle Ayres, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Friend or Foe? Host Tolerance of Pathobionts in Health and Disease
Ronald Corley
Mar. 19
Student Seminar Ryan McClure Genco Lab and Andrew Platt Wetzler Lab
An In Depth Conversation Between the Human Pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the Host as Revealed by Global Transcriptome Analysis and Antigen Uptake and Migration by APCs is Enhanced by PorB
Gregory Viglianti
Mar. 26
Jonathan Towner, Ph.D CDC
Ecology of Ebola and Marburg Viruses
Elke Mühlberger
Apr. 2
No Seminar
Apr. 9
Ronald Iorio, Ph.D. UMass Medical Center
Diversity of Paramyxovirus Fusion Triggering Mechanisms
S2 VSV Shows a Unique Transcriptional Phenotype that Leads to Viral Attenuation and Location and Relocation: Filovirus Nucleocapsids, Stress and Being Green
Oct. 3
ID Faculty Candidate Manish Sagar, MD Brigham & Womens Hospital/Harvard
Selection and Antibody Susceptibility During Heterosexual HIV-1 Transmission
Caroline Genco
Oct. 10
NO SEMINAR
Oct. 17
STUDENT SEMINAR Nathaniel Green Marshak-Rothstein Lab and Krishna Moody Marshak-Rothstein Lab
Its all About the -OH. The Difference Between RNA- and DNA-immune Complexes for Stimulating B Cells and FcγRIIB Engagement Modulates the Trafficking of Immune Complexes
Oct. 24
ID Faculty Candidate Christopher Woelk, PhD University of California San Diego
Machine Learning Approaches to Combat Infectious Diseases
Caroline Genco
Oct. 31
Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D. Tufts University
Genetic Studies of Innate Immunity in Wild Mice
Igor Kramnik
Nov. 7
ID Faculty Candidate John Love, MD, PhD Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center
The Human Cathelicidin LL-37 Induces Group A Streptococcus Resistance to Killing by Multiple Human Cell Types
Caroline Genco
Nov. 14
STUDENT SEMINAR Daniele Cary Henderson Lab and Laura Dickey Fearns Lab
Intrinsic Mechanisms that Limit HIV Expression in Macrophages and T Cells and RSVs Relationship with Cellular Decapping Protein 1
Nov. 21
STUDENT SEMINAR Guy Bushkin Samuelson Lab and Chadene Zack Fearns Lab
Characterization of Oocyst Wall Proteins of Toxoplasma and Eimeria and Evidence for an Alternate RNA Initiation Site Associated with Transcription at Nucleotide 3 of the RSV Leader Region in Wildtype Virus Infection
Nov. 28
Brandon Xia, Ph.D. Boston University
Three-Dimensional View of Protein NetworksWithin and Between Species
Rachel Fearns
Dec. 5
Pricilla Yang, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School
Chemical Approaches to theStudy of Viruses
John Connor
Tuesday, Dec. 20
Joeo H. Pedra, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
Pathogen Immune Evasion at the Vector-Host Interface
Ronald Corley
SPRING 2011 SEMINAR SERIES
Jan. 10
Kathleen McDonough, Ph.D. Wadsworth Center New York State Department of Public Health
From White Plague to Black Death: A Wide Spectrum of Gene Regulatory Mechanisms in M. tuberculosis and Y. pestis
Caroline Genco
Tuesday, Jan. 18
Immunology Faculty Candidate Lauren Zenewicz, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine
Gut Instincts: Interleukin-22 and Mucosal Immunity
Ronald Corley
Jan. 24
Thomas Kepler, Ph.D. Duke University School of Medicine
B Cells, Bats, and Barcodes: Next Gen Sequence Analysis for Immunology
Ronald Corley
Jan. 31
Immunology Faculty Candidate Jacob Kohlmeier, Ph.D. Trudeau Institute
Generation and Recall of T Cell Memory Following Respiratory Infection
Exploring the T Cell Epigenome: Poised Genes and T Cell Memory
Ronald Corley
Feb. 7
NO SEMINAR
Feb. 14
NO SEMINAR
Feb. 21
NO SEMINAR
Feb. 28
Surachi Supattapone. M.D., Ph.D., D. Phil. Dartmouth Medical School
Cofactors in Prion Propagation
Rachel Fearns
Mar. 7
STUDENT SEMINAR Gary Guy Bushkin (Samuelson Lab)andChadene Zack (Fearns Lab)
Identification of Beta-Glucan in the Oocyst Walls of Toxoplasma and EimeriaandInvestigating a New Model of Transcription Initiation in Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Dysregulation of Tissue Resident Macrophages During HIV InfectionandRSVs Relationship with Stress Granule and Processing Body Proteins
Mar. 21
Mark Heise, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Bugs in the System: Using Systems Genetics to Study Virus-Host Interactions
John Connor
Mar. 28
STUDENT DEBATE Kristie Hilliard vs. Emily Nelson (Facilitator: Barb Nikolajczyk)
Is Type 2 Diabetes a Mis-Classified Autoimmune Disease?
Apr. 4
STUDENT DEBATE Fadie Coleman vs. Suzanne Geer (Facilitator: Andy Henderson)
Will There Ever be an HIV Vaccine?
Apr. 11
Zahra Zakeri, Ph.D. City University of New York
Viral Manipulation of Cell Death Machinery
Elke Mühlbeger
Apr. 18
NO SEMINAR
Friday, Apr. 22
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Timothy Hanley Department of Microbiology The Effects of Nuclear Receptor and Toll-like Receptor Crosstalk on HIV-1 Replication in and Transmission by Macrophages and Dendritic Cells
Apr. 25
Qiang Zhou, Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
New Insights into the Control of HIV-1 Transcription: When Tat Meets the 7SK snRNP and Super Elongation Complex (SEC)
Andrew Henderson
May 2
STUDENT SEMINAR Ryan McClure (Genco Lab) and Andrew Platt (Wetzler Lab)
Examining sRNA Mediated Regulation in Neisseria and Lymphocyte Responses to Porin Adjuvanted Vaccines
May 9
NO SEMINAR
May 16
Nikos Vasilakis, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch
The Fever from the Forrest: Prospects for Continued Emergence of Sylvatic Dengue Virus and Impact on Public Health
Caroline Genco
Friday, June 10, 11:00 am
DISSERTATION DEFENSE SEMINAR Daniel Green Department of Microbiology CD4 Regulation of T Cell Migration
Wednesday, June 29, 3:00 pm
Debi P. Sarkar, Ph.D. University of Delhi
Cellular Signaling in Virus-Host Interactions: Regulation of Fusion Mediated Entry of Sendai Virus