Spring 2015 Seminars
MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Emily Mercadante, Lorenz Lab: SHP-1 regulates the interaction between regulatory T cells and conventional T cells
Philippe Gonzalez, Zong Lab: p53 and NF1’s distinct modes of tumor suppression during gliomagenesis
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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1/21/2015 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Emily Mercadante, Lorenz Lab
SHP-1 regulates the interaction between regulatory T cells and conventional T cells
Philippe Gonzalez, Zong Lab
p53 and NF1’s distinct modes of tumor suppression during gliomagenesis
Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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Student Seminar: Immunoregulatory Roles of HCV-induced MDSCs
Celeste Goh, Hahn Lab
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan 1-17
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2/4/2015 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Celeste Goh, Hahn Lab
Immunoregulatory Roles of HCV-induced MDSCs
Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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MIC Seminar: Structural insights for the role of BRCA1 in transcription
Deborah Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech Carillion Research Institute
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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2/18/2015 – MIC Seminar: Structural insights for the role of BRCA1 in transcription
Deborah Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech Carillion Research Institute
Structural insights for the role of BRCA1 in transcription
Host: Amy Bouton, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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2/25/2015 – MIC Seminar: Unraveling the cell invasion mechanisms of emerging RNA viruses
Kartik Chandran, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Harold and Muriel Block Faculty Scholar in Virology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University
Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall, 1-17
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Student Seminar: Allison Batties and Jonathan Handing
Allison Batties (Bouton Lab): BCAR3 in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer
Jonathan Handing (Criss Lab): The lipooligosaccharide-modifying enzyme LptA enhances gonococcal defense against human neutrophils
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall 1-17
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3/4/2015 MIC Student Seminar
MIC Student Seminar
Allison Batties (Bouton Lab)
BCAR3 in Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer
Jonathan Handing (Criss Lab)
The lipooligosaccharide-modifying enzyme LptA enhances gonococcal defense against human neutrophils
Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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3/11/2015 – MIC Seminar: Hijack of an Actin Assembly Pathway by Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Leads to Lethal Disease
John Leong, MD, PhD
Professor & Chair
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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3/18/2015 – MIC Seminar: Virulence and transmission efficiency of HIV
Eric Arts, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Western Ontario
Hosts: Lou Hammaskjold, MD, PhD and David Rekosh, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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Metabolic Regulation of Innate Immunity by the Cholesterol Biosynthesis (Mevalonate) Pathway
Donghai Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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3/31/2015 Metabolic Regulation of Innate Immunity by the Cholesterol Biosynthesis (Mevalonate) Pathway
Donghai Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolMetabolic Regulation of Innate Immunity by the Cholesterol Biosynthesis (Mevalonate) Pathway
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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2015 Robert R. Wagner Prize for Outstanding Research in Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Laura Gonyar, PhD
“Ethanolamine-regulated fimbriae in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coliO157:H7 pathogenesis”
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1014
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4/1/2015 – 2015 Robert R. Wagner Prize for Outstanding Research in Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
2015 Robert R. Wagner Prize for Outstanding Research
in Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Laura Gonyar, PhD
Ethanolamine-regulated fimbriae in enterohemorrhagicEscherichia coli O157:H7 pathogenesis
Host: Melisssa Kendall, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-14
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Regulation of cell plasticity by the androgen receptor: novel and targetable mechanisms of resistance to Enzalutamide in prostate cancer
Jennifer Bishop, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vancouver Prostate Centre
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall 1-17
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4/2/2015 Regulation of cell plasticity by the androgen receptor: novel and targetable mechanisms of resistance to Enzalutamide in prostate cancer
Jennifer Bishop, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vancouver Prostate Centre
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Victor Engelhard, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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Illuminating the microenvironments that shape the immune response
Michael Gerner, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-14
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4/7/2015 Illuminating the microenvironments that shape the immune response
Michael Gerner, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Illuminating the microenvironments that shape the immune response
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-14
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4/8/2015 – MIC Seminar: Harnessing Genomics for Malaria Elimination and Eradication
Dyann Wirth, PhD
Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases Chair
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health
Hosts: MIC Student Seminar Committee
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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Hypoxia-inducible Factors Augment CD8+ T cell Responses to Cancer and Persistent Viral Infection
Andrew Doedens, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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4/9/2015 – Hypoxia-inducible Factors Augment CD8+ T cell Responses to Cancer and Persistent Viral Infection
Andrew Doedens, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Victor Engelhard, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/14/2015 – MIC Seminar: Transcriptional regulation of antiviral NK cell immunity
Aimee Beaulieu, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Immunology Program
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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4/14/2015 Transcriptional regulation of antiviral NK cell immunity
Aimee Beaulieu, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Immunology Program
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/15/2015 – MIC Seminar: Genome-wide identification of RNA binding protein targets by PAR-CLIP
Markus Hafner, PhD
RNA Molecular Biology Group
Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of T cell anti-tumor Immunity
Tom-Li Stephen, PhD
Associate Staff Scientist, Wistar Institute
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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Graduate Biosciences Society Student Symposium
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Varies
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4/16/2015 Transcriptional and Epigenetic Regulation of T cell anti-tumor Immunity
Tom-Li Stephen, PhD
Associate Staff Scientist – Wistar Institute
Host: Victor Engelhard, PhD
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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Innate Immune Defense of the Intestinal Epithelial Surface
Sohini Mukherjee, PhD
Instructor
Department of Immunology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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4/20/2015 Innate Immune Defense of the Intestinal Epithelial Surface
Sohini Mukherjee, PhD
Instructor
Department of Immunology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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The Three Fates of Malignant Progression: TLR5 Signaling, Commensal Microbiota and Systemic Tumor Promoting Inflammation
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
Associate Staff Scientisr, Wistar Institute
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-14
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4/22/2015 – The Three Fates of Malignant Progression: TLR5 Signaling, Commensal Microbiota and Systemic Tumor Promoting Inflammation
Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
Associate Staff Scientist Wistar Institute
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Victor Engelhard, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-14
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Pro-inflammatory cytokines as critical regulators of hematopoietic stem cell fate and function
Eric Pietras, PhD
Associate Specialist
UCSF School of Medicine – Regeneration Medicine
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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4/28/2015 Pro-inflammatory cytokines as critical regulators of hematopoietic stem cell fate and function
Eric Pietras,PhD
Associate Specialist
UCSF School of Medicine – Regeneration Medicine
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host:Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/29/2015 MIC Seminar: Engineering approaches to study tumor microenvironment interactions
Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cornell University
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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Innate immune sensing of tumors via host STING pathway
Seng-Ryong Woo
Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago
Department of Pathology
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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4/30/2015 Innate immune sensing of tumors via host STING pathway
Seng-Ryong Woo
Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago · Department of Pathology
Cancer Immunology Faculty Candidate
Host: Victor Engelhard, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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Anderson Symposium – “Immunometabolism”
Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
“Innate Mechanisms of Metabolic Homeostatis”
Anthony Ferrante, MD, PhD
Columbia University
“Immune regulation of adipose tissue”
Russell G. Jones, PhD
McGill University
“Metabolic plasticity in T cell responses”
Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD
Duke University
“Nutrient uptake and fueling T cell immunity”
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall Conference Center
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5/4/2015 Anderson Symposium – “Immunometabolism”
Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
“Innate Mechanisms of Metabolic Homeostatis”
Anthony Ferrante, MD, PhD
Columbia University
“Immune regulation of adipose tissue”
Russell G. Jones, PhD
McGill University
“Metabolic plasticity in T cell responses”
Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD
Duke University
“Nutrient uptake and fueling T cell immunity”
Jordan Hall Conference Center 1:00PM-5:00PM
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JHCC
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Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate (Topic TBD)
Sarah Ewald, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University Medical Center
Carter Center Immunology Faculty Candidate
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-15
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5/5/2015 Sarah Ewald, PhD
Sarah Ewald, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University Medical Center
Timothy Bender, PhD
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-5
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5/6/2015 – MIC Seminar: Diversification in the face of function – Lessons from the mechanisms and results of pilus antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
H. (Hank) Steven Seifert
John E. Porter Professor of Biomedical Science and Associate Chair
Department of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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5/13/2015 – MIC Seminar: Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Immune Evasion
Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Hosts: Lou Hammarskjold, MD, PhD David Rekosh, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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5/15/2015 – MIC Retreat 2015
Goal: To highlight and celebrate the breadth and depth of research within MIC and to foster interactions and collaborations between the diverse laboratories in our department.
Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Zehmer Hall Conference Center, 104 Midmont Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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