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September Events

  • September 2018

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Jon Houtman

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

"Effects of Glycerol Monolaurate on Human T Cell Activation: Presented by Jon Houtman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology The University of Iowa Hosted by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Yi Zhang

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

"EZH2 maintenance of Memory T Cell Precursors: Toward Clinical Translation" Presented by Yi Zhang, MD, Ph.D. Professor, Fels Institute for Cancer Research & Molecular Biology Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Hosted by Hai-Hui Xue, MD, Ph.D.

Center for Immunology & Immune-Based Diseases Seminar - Dr. Tania Watts

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"4-1BB and GITR in Chronic Infection: Implications for Therapy" Tania Watts, PhD Sanofi Pasteur Chair in Human Immunology Department of Immunology University of Toronto

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Sonja Best

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Beyond retroviruses: Restriction of flavivirus replication by primate TRIM5alpha Presented by Sonja Best, Ph.D. Chief, Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit Rocky Mountain Laboratories (NIH/NIAID) Hosted by Stanley Perlman, MD, Ph.D.

Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture - Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD

Thursday, September 20, 2018, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Dr. Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD, will visit campus on September 20, 2018 to present a lecture on "The Ups and Downs of Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolism" at 4:00pm in the Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110A MERF). Dr. Lazar is the Willard and Rhonda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. ...

Department of Microbiology and Immunology: 2018 Michael A. Apicella Endowed Lecture

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology  2018 Michael A. Apicella Endowed Lecture Origins and contributions of endogenous protozoal viruses to parasite virulence Presented by Stephen Beverley, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology Washington University in St. Louis Hosted by Mary Wilson, MD

Immunology Seminar - Alessandro Sette, PhD

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Immunoprofiling Human T cell Responses”     Alessandro Sette, Ph.D. Professor Center for Infectious Disease La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

MICROBIOLOGY Ph.D. THESIS SEMINAR

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

  We invite you to join us for the following Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Ph.D. Candidate Amber Vu Mechanisms of nuclear lamina disruption and regulation of nuclear budding of HSV-1 Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 1pm- 2pm Spivey Auditorium 2, BSB

Immunology Seminar - Cintia de Paiva, MD, PhD

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 11:00am to 12:00pm

"Understanding the symbiotic relationships of microbes and Sjögren Syndrome" Cintia de Pavia, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX​​​