Spring 2014 Seminars
MIC Seminars – Spring Semester 2014
| January 6
JH 1-17 10AM |
Gretchen Diehl, PhD – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Post-Doc NYU School of Medicine Immunology Faculty Candidate Seminar Integration of microbiota-derived signals to regulate intestinal immunity and homeostasis |
Timothy P. Bender, PhD |
| January 8
JH 1-14 10AM |
Carla Rothlin, PhD Assistant Professor Yale School of Medicine Immunology Faculty Candidate Seminar Immunobiology of TAM Signaling |
Timothy P. Bender, PhD |
| January 27
JH 1-17 10AM |
Joshua Obar, PhD Assistant Professor Montana State University Immunology Faculty Candidate Seminar Pulmonary Immunity & Immunopathology during Influenza Virus Infection |
Timothy P. Bender, PhD |
| January 29 | Monthly Graduate Student Seminar
Chringma Sherpa (Rekosh/Hammarskjold Lab) “Relation between the secondary structures and function of HIV-1 Rev Response Element”Jungeun Kim (Abounader Lab) “microRNA-148a is a prognostic oncomiR that targets MIG6 and BIM to regulate EGFR and apoptosis in glioblastoma” |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| February 10 | Dr. Gretchen Diehl Post-Doc NYU School of Medicine Integration of microbiota-derived signals to regulate intestinal immunity and homeostasis |
Timothy P. Bender, PhD |
| February 12 | Monthly Graduate Student Seminar
Laura Gonyar (Kendall Lab) Should I stay or should I go: host-derived molecules as signals for adhesion in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7Melissa Anderson (Kedes Lab) Maturation of a gammaherpesvirus: How a 15 kDa tegument protein makes all the difference |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| February 19 | Dr. Yuan Zhu Washington Children’s National Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Cell-of-origin and Clonal Evolution in a Mouse Model of Primary Glioblastoma |
Hui Zong, PhD |
| February 26 | Yisong Wan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Microbiology and Immunology School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Sensing and Sensibility” – The regulation and function of T cells |
Young Hahn, PhD |
| March 5 | Zegbeh Kpadeh (Hoffman Lab)
“Oxidoreductase DsbA2 in Legionella pneumophila is a Bifunctional Enzyme”Ali Radjavi (Kipnis Lab) “An immunoprotective function of itch sensation” |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| March 12 | Spring Break for Students | |
| March 19 JH 1-14 |
Wagner Prize 2014 Award Seminar
Brittany Johnson “Neisseria gonorrhoeae phagosome maturation and survival inside primary human neutrophils”Reception after the seminar |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| March 26 | Louis M. Weiner, MD Assoc. VP at Georgetown Univ Medical Center and Clinical Director of Cancer Services at Georgetown Univ Hospital Antibody-targeted Cancer Immunotherapy |
Jay Fox, PhD |
| April 2 | hold – GBS symposium 4/3 | Criss/Engel |
| April 9 | Monthly Graduate Student Seminar
Emily Billings Reacting to bacteria—BAI1 drives cellular immune responses and microbicidal activity in response to Gram-negative bacteria.Aaron Fond |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| April 11 8:30AM – 5:30PM |
MIC Departmental Retreat will be held on Friday, April 11, 2014 – All day event any questions or specific comments, please contact Dave Kashatus |
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD |
| April 16 | David Russell, PhD William Kaplan Professor of Infection Biology Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine The host/pathogen interplay in tuberculosis and HIV/TB co-infection |
Alison Criss, PhD |
| April 23 | Andreas J. Bäumler, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research University of California, Davis How the host response feeds Salmonella |
Melissa Kendall, PhD |
| April 30 | open | |
| Please note: May 5-6 |
“Non-coding RNAs, Genome Function, and Human Disease” Annual Spring Symposium hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
BMG Symposium |
| May 7 | Craig J. Thomas, Ph.D. Chemical Biology Laboratory Adjunct Investigator Center for Cancer Research National Cancer Institute Utilizing Data Association Profiles to Drive Translational Discoveries |
Hui Zong, PhD |
| May 14 | Daniel R. Perez, BSc, PhD Professor University of Maryland Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Malleable Influenza Viruses |
Peter Kasson, MD, PhD
Judith White, PhD |
| May 21 | Paul Kubes, PhD Professor, Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology, Medicine and Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases Director, Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Immunology and Gastrointestinal Research Groups AHFMR Scientist and CRC Chair University of Calgary Imaging Immunity in Infectious and Sterile Inflammation |
MIC Students Seminar Committee |
| May 28 | Dianne Cox, PhD Professor Dept. of Anatomy and Structural Biology Dept. of Developmental and Molecular Biology Co-Director of the BETTR program Albert Einstein College of Medicine Understanding Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein – or how can one protein be involved in so many functions |
Amy H. Bouton, PhD |