Spring 2016 Seminars
1/11/2016 – MIC Seminar: “Viral Induction and Co-option of Retrotransposon-Derived Noncoding RNAs”
John Karijolich, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pinn Hall, 1-14
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1/13/2016 – MIC Seminar: “The role of RNA structure in viral pathogenesis”
Jennifer L. Hyde, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Infectious Diseases
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-5
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1/19/2016 “Canning the Blinding Inflammasome: Macular Degeneration & Beyond”
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
Time: 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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1/19/2016 – “Arbovirus Evolution in vivo: Adaptation, Transmission, and Pathogenesis”
Kenneth Stapleford, PhD
Unité de Populations Virales et Pathogenèse / Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Unit
Institut Pasteur
France
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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1/28/2016 – MIC Seminar: “Chromatin Control of Herpes Simplex Virus Latency and Reactivation”
Anna Cliffe, PhD
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Neuroscience Center, UNC Chapel Hill
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-5
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2/1/2016 – MIC Seminar: “Bugs in the System: Platforms to study emergence and immunity to coronavirus infection”
Vineet D. Menachery, PhD
Department of Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-17
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2/3/2016 – MIC Seminar: “From Epifluorescence to Super-Resolution microscopy: a controversial view of the bacterial cytoskeletal protein MreB dynamics.”
Arnaud Chastanet, PhD
Research Scientist
Cytoskeleton and Bacterial Cell Wall Biogenesis Group
Micalis Institute, France
Host: Isabelle Derre, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall, 1-17
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2/4/2016 – MIC Seminar: “New battlefronts in immunity: Evolution-guided studies of host-virus interfaces”
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
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: JH 1-5
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2/24/2016 – MIC Seminar: Intercellular Communication in Cancer via Tunneling Nanotubes: The New Social Network
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
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Biomedical Education Center, McKim #1023
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3/2/2016 – MIC Seminar: Immunity and Tolerance in Cancer
Ming Li, PhD
Associate Member, Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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3/9/2016 – MIC Seminar: Rotavirus Genome Replication: Some Assembly Required
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
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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3/23/2016 – MIC Seminar: Campylobacter biology and colonization in a natural host model
Victor DiRita, PhD
Rudolph Hugh Professor & Chair
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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3/30/2016 – MIC Seminar: Novel roles of lysosomes in host-pathogen interactions and plasma membrane repair
Norma Andrews, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park
Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/12/2016 – MIC – Biochemistry co-sponsored Seminar: Meningococcemia: a disease of endothelial cells
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.
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Jordan Hall 1-17
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4/13/2016 – MIC Seminar: Measuring Aging in People
Norman E. Sharpless, M.D
Director, Professor of Medicine & Genetics
The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC Chapel Hill
Host: David Kashatus, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/18/2016 MIC Seminar: “Specialization of tumor endothelium: from vascular dysfunction to drug resistance”
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
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Biomedical Education Center, McKim #1023
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4/20/2016 – MIC Seminar: 14-3-3z and autophagy: Cellular life-death decision making during an energy crisis
Joshua L. Andersen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Brigham Young University
Host: David Kashatus, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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4/27/2016 – 2016 Carter Lecture – Dr. Kristin Hogquist
Dr. Kristin Hogquist
2016 Carter Lecture
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH Conference Center
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5/4/2016 Dept. of Medicine/MIC co-sponsored seminar “Investigation of microbial induction of CD4+ T cell dysfunction in Sarcoidosis Pathogenesis”
Wonder Puryear Drake, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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5/11/2016 – MIC Seminar: “Antibodies against Ebola virus: A global collaboration
Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Immunology and Microbial Science
Scripps Research Institute California Campus
Joint MIC and CMB speaker
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: JH 1-17
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5/20/2016 – MIC Retreat – Zehmer Hall
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
Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Zehmer Hall
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