Fall 2022 Seminars
9/14/2022 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Holly Torsilieri (Casanova Laboratory) “Salmonella-Induced Cholesterol Accumulation Promotes Activation of mTORC1 within Infected Cells”
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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9/21/2022 – MIC Seminar: Roland Friedel, PhD “Plexins are regulators of membrane dynamics that drive invasion of brain tumors”
Roland Friedel, PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Icahn School of Medicine Mt. Sinai
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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9/28/2022 – MIC Seminar: Justin Drake, PhD “Proteomic Approaches to Identify Targets and Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer”
Justin Drake, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Urology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014
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10/5/2022 – MIC Seminar – Jeifu Li, PhD “In Situ Cell-Surface Proteomics: Method Development and Applications in Neurobiology”
Jeifu Li, PhD
Group Leader, 4D Cellular Physiology
Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014
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10/12/2022 – MIC Seminar: Ahmad Jomaa, PhD “Cargo, Ships, and Harbors: Insights into Membrane Proteins Sorting and Translocation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum”
Ahmad Jomaa, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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10/19/2022 – MIC Seminar: Anita Hjelmeland, PhD “Alpha 2,6 Sialylation and ST6Gal1 in Brain Tumor Initiating Cell Maintenance.”
Anita Hjelmeland, PhD
Basic Science Co-Leader, Neuro-oncology Program, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, Glial Biology Pillar, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Associate Professor
Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology (CDIB)
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
This seminar will be a ZOOM seminar.
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: ZOOM meeting space
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10/26/2022 – MIC Seminar – Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD “Targeting transposable elements to reverse immune evasion in cancer”
Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
George Washington University
Host: Drew Dudley, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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11/4/2022 – MIC Robert J. Kadner Lecture: “Legionella, RNA and host cell metabolism”
“Legionella, RNA and host cell metabolism”
Professor Elizabeth Hartland, PhD
Director and CEO, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Head, Department of Molecular and Translational Science,
Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Hosts: Melissa Kendall, PhD, Isabelle Derre, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center
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11/9/2022 – MIC Seminar: Ben Gewurz, MD, PhD “A Master of Disguise: Proteomic Analysis Reveals Epstein-Barr Virus Evasion of Multiple B Cell Viral Restriction Pathways”
Ben Gewurz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Medicine/Infectious Disease, Brigham And Women’s Hospital
Associate Chair, Virology Program, Harvard Medical School
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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11/16/2022 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Jessica Annis (Brown Lab) and Mitch McGinty (Rutkowski Lab)
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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11/30/2022 – MIC Seminar: Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD “The Ins and Outs of Virus-Host Interaction: Studies of HIV, EBOV and SARS-CoV-2”
Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD
Professor, Director – Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Program, Infectious Disease Institute
Ohio State University
Host: Jie Sun, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: TBD
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12/7/2022 – MIC Seminar: Víctor Torres, PhD “Dissecting the tug of war between Staphylococcus aureus and the host”
Víctor Torres, PhD
C.V. Starr Professor of Microbiology
Director, Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Pathogens Program
Department of Microbiology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
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