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Seminar Series

Each semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Seminars are at 3 p.m. unless otherwise specified. *Jan. 17th begins at 1 p.m.

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Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule
Date Speaker Host Seminar    Title Location   
Wed., Jan. 17

Michael Gale Jr., PhD
University of Washington

Jessica Tucker, PhD

Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases

Innate immunity in RNA virus infection 283 EMRB - Seebohm
Tues., Jan. 23

Alice Telesnitsky, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School

Li Wu, PhD

How HIV-1 selects its genome: a tail of two nucleotides Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Jan. 30

Andrea Marzi, PhD
NIH

Wendy Maury, PhD

Pathogenesis of filoviruses  Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Feb. 6

Zongdi Feng, PhD
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Wendy Maury, PhD

Quasienveloped viruses: the what, the how, and the why

Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Feb. 20

Vera Tarakanova, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Ryan Zander, PhD

Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases

The gammaherpesvirus-host love/hate relationship 283 EMRB - Seebohm
Tues., Feb 27

Denise Monack, PhD
Stanford University, Stanford School of Medicine

Michael Apicella Endowed Lecture

Wendy Maury, PhD

Battles for gut resources and niches: How Salmonella induces superspreader hosts

Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Mar. 5

Jennifer Walker, PhD                                      
University of Texas-Houston
McGovern Medical School

Pulvermacher Seminar

Graduate Students

Elucidating Host-Pathogen Interactions that Dictate Recalcitrance in Medical 

Device-associated Infections

Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Mar. 12

Spring Break

 

   
Thurs., Mar. 14 James Earnest, PhD
Emory University
Wendy Maury, PhD The diversity of antibody responses to arbovirus infection at the individual and population levels Spivey Aud. II, BSB
Tues., Mar. 19

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Kevin Legge, PhD

Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases

Role of ORF6 of SARS-CoV-2 as an interferon antagonist  2117 MERF, Urmila Sahai
Thurs., Mar. 21

Aimee Potter, PhD
University of Virginia (UVA)

Craig Ellermeier, PhD Integrating systems biology approaches to dissect Neisseria gonorrhoeae metabolism, pathogenesis, and antimicrobial resistance at the host-pathogen interface 2117 MERF, Urmila Sahai
Thurs., Mar. 28 Sarah Dremel, PhD
NCI
Wendy Maury, PhD CircRNA biogenesis and function during herpesvirus infection 2117 MERF, Urmila Sahai
Tues., Apr. 2

Sebla Kutluay, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine

Li Wu, PhD Rules that govern packaging and repackaging of the HIV-1 genome Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Thurs., Apr. 4 Aravinth Jayabalan, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Wendy Maury, PhD "Virus-Host Battle at Stress Granules: Insights from Alphavirus Macrodomain" 2117 MERF, Urmila Sahai
Tues., April 9

Sizun Jiang, PhD
Center for Virology and Vaccine Research

Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD

Spatial-omics To Interrogate Host-Disease Interactions

Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Apr. 16

Hwan Kim, PhD
Stony Brook University

Mary Weber, PhD

TBA Spivey Aud. II,  BSB
Tues., Apr. 23

Christine Suetterlin, PhD
University of California-Irvine

Mary Weber, PhD TBA Spivey Aud. II,  BSB