Spring 2016 Seminars

John Karijolich, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Jennifer L. Hyde, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Infectious Diseases

Co-sponsored Seminar:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology and Department of Ophthalmology

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Seminar: 11:15 AM

Jayakrishna Ambati, MD
Professor & Vice Chair, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Professor of Physiology
Dr. E. Vernon Smith & Eloise Smith Endowed Chair
University of Kentucky

“Canning the Blinding Inflammasome: Macular Degeneration & Beyond”

Room 1-17, Pinn Hall

Host: Kodi Ravichandran, PhD

Kenneth Stapleford, PhD
Unité de Populations Virales et Pathogenèse / Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Unit
Institut Pasteur
France

Anna Cliffe, PhD
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Neuroscience Center, UNC Chapel Hill

Vineet D. Menachery, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Arnaud Chastanet, PhD
Research Scientist
Cytoskeleton and Bacterial Cell Wall Biogenesis Group
Micalis Institute, France

Host: Isabelle Derre, PhD

Dustin C. Hancks, Ph.D
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Utah, School of Medicine, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics

Host:  Daniel A. Engel, PhD

Emil Lou, MD, PhD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Lou Lab online
Hosts: MIC Student Seminar Committee

Ming Li, PhD
Associate Member, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell
Host:  Hui Zong, PhD

Sarah McDonald, PhD
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Disease), Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Host:  Jay Brown, PhD

Victor DiRita, PhD
Rudolph Hugh Professor & Chair
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD

Norma Andrews, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park

Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD

Xavier Nassif, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
University Paris Descartes
School of Medicine – Necker campus

Hosts:  Edward H. Egelman, Ph.D. and Alison Criss, Ph.D.

Norman E. Sharpless, M.D
Director, Professor of Medicine & Genetics
The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC Chapel Hill
Host: David Kashatus, PhD

Andrew C. Dudley, PhD
Assistant Professor
UNC Chapel Hill
Dept. of Cell Biology & Physiology
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Host:  Kodi Ravichandran, PhD

Coffee: 9:45 AM, Seminar: 10:00 AM

Joshua L. Andersen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Brigham Young University
Host: David Kashatus, PhD

Dr. Kristin Hogquist

2016 Carter Lecture

Wonder Puryear Drake, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Immunology and Microbial Science
Scripps Research Institute California Campus
Joint MIC and CMB speaker

2016 MIC Retreat Program       2016 Retreat Abstract Book

Schedule of Events

8:00    Continental Breakfast – Servery
8:45    Welcome – Auditorium
8:50    State of the MIC – Auditorium
9:10    Research Talks – Auditorium
10:30  Coffee Break – Lobby
10:50  Research Talks – Auditorium
12:00  Lunch – Auditorium
1:00    Research Talks – Auditorium
2:10    Coffee Break – Lobby
2:30   Poster Session 1 (Odd) – Auditorium
3:15   Poster Session 2 (Even) – Auditorium
4:00  MIC Pub Trivia – Auditorium
5:00  Closing & Awards – Auditorium