Seminars
TBD
Deborah Fowell - University of Rochester
Dec 14, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Booyeon Han
Dec 13, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Impact of tumor hypoxia on immune response: implication for radiotherapy and anti-tumor immunity
Aditi Murthy - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate
Dec 12, 2018 @ 9:30 a.m.
Medical Center | Auditorium K-307 (3-6408, URMC)
Host: Dr. Edith Lord
Defining Functional Roles for the Rhamnose-glucose Polysaccharides of Streptococcus mutans
Christopher Kovacs - Microbiology & Immunology PhD Candidate
Dec 07, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Adolph Auditorium (3-7619, URMC)
Host: Dr. Robert Quivey
TBD
Andrea Sant - University of Rochester
Dec 07, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Zanah Francis
Dec 06, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Minsoo Kim - University of Rochester
Nov 30, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Hannah Bell
Nov 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Priyanka Saminathan
Nov 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Once upon a “toad” in immunology (An exploration of evolutionary immunology)
Jacques Robert
Nov 09, 2018 @ 4:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)
TBD
Felix Yarovinsky - University of Rochester
Nov 09, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Alissa Trzeciak
Nov 08, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated is required for proper epithelial repair and immune regulation following influenza A virus infections
Rachel Warren
Nov 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Leaderless Genes and Small Proteins: Big Surprises in Mycobacterial Genomes
Keith Derbyshire, Ph.D. - NYS Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
Oct 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium, 2-6424
Host: Martin Pavelka
TBD
Alessandra Araujo
Oct 25, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Microbes and Cytokines Regulating Tumor Elicited Inflammation
Sergei Grivennikov, Ph.D - Fox Chase Cancer Center
Oct 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Felix Yarovinsky
Updating the Master Donor Virus of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine to Reflect Currently Circulating H1N1 Subtype Viruses
Andrew Smith
Oct 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Molecular Correlates of Infant Respiratory Virus Dieease Severity
Thomas J. Mariani, PhD
Oct 17, 2018 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Intestinal Antiviral Responses to Rotavirus Replication
Siyuan Ding, PhD - Stanford University
Oct 16, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
Towards Eradicating Human Toxoplasma gondii Infections and Toxoplasmosis
Rima McLeod, MD - University of Chicago School of Medicine
Oct 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Felix Yarovinsky
Neonatal microbiota: nutrition and development through time and space
Steve Gill - University of Rochester
Oct 12, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
A novel fluorescent and bioluminescent Bi-Reporter influenza A virus (BIRFLU) to track viral infections in vitro and in vivo
Aitor Nogales - University of Rochester
Oct 10, 2018 @ 3:30 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Lung Megakaryocytes are Professional Antigen Presenting Cells
Daphne Pariser
Oct 04, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Secretory IgA and Intestinal Immunity to Vibrio cholerae
Nicholas Mantis, Ph.D. - Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
Oct 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Michelle Dziejman
Elucidating the Role of TNF-alpha in the Genesis of Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emily Wu
Sep 27, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Comprehensive Network Analysis Reveals Host Cell Targets That Control Latent HIV-1 Infection
Olaf Kutsch, Ph.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sep 24, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Virology Faculty Search Committee
New studies with Mycobacterium abscessus, a novel non-tubercular mycobacterial species
Marty Pavelka - University of Rochester
Sep 21, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Staphylococcus aureus Superantigens Kill. So…What Can We Do About It?
Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D. - University of Iowa
Sep 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619
Host: Steve Gill
The role of cell death and metabolism in fractionated and ablative radiotherapy
Nicholas Battaglia
Sep 13, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Exploring the evolutionary relevance of MHC class 1-like molecules and innate-like Tcells in Xenopus tumor immunity
Maureen Ludmila Banach - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Jacques Robert
Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Effects of P2Y2 Signaling on Regulation of Efferocytosis and CXCR4 Internalization
Taylor J. Moon - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Michael R. Elliott
Aug 15, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Auditorium 1-7619
Chemokine Independent CD8+ T cell Migration
Brandon L. Walling - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Minsoo Kim
Aug 14, 2018 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
A comparative approach to T cell presence in lactation
Bethaney Fehrenkamp - University of New Mexico
Jul 16, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 2-11211
Host: Jacques Robert
The Dichotomy of Curaxin Compounds in HIV-1 Latency
Maxime Junior Jean - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Jian Zhu
Jun 20, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 2-6408
Specificity determinants of homologous VapBC toxin-antitoxin systems
Lauren Rice Walling - PhD Candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Scott Butler
Jun 12, 2018 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | Whipple Auditorium, 2-6424
Investigating How Platelets Interact with HIV-1 and Promote Viral Spread
Sydney Simpson
May 31, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Alesa Philbrick
May 31, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Updating the Master Donor Virus of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine to Reflect Currently Circulating H1N1 Subtype Viruses
Andrew Smith
May 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Brandon Walling
May 10, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Paige Lawrence - Environmental Medicine
May 04, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Lacey Favazzo
May 03, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
GPCR requirements for Th2 cell migration in allergic inflammation
Deb Fowell, PhD - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
May 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Michael O'Reilly
Control of herpesvirus lifestyle decisions by ribosome biogenesis and DNA damage responses
Ian Mohr, Ph.D. - New York University
Apr 30, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Brian Ward
TBD
Jessica Shand - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 27, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Staphylococcus aureus RnpA: Investigation of essential function and identification of novel inhibitors
Jennifer Colquhoun
Apr 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Dr. Randolph - Wash University of St. Louis
Apr 23, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Imm. SSS
TBD
Jennifer Nayak - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 20, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Aditi Murthy
Apr 19, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Lung Biology Pilot Project Awardees
Jacob Finkelstein, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Steven Gill, & Sally Quataert
Apr 17, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Michael O'Reilly
Host-microbial interactions in the vertebrate olfactory system: unknown players in fish and mammals
Irene Salinas, Ph.D. - University of New Mexico
Apr 16, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Jaques Robert
TBD
Terry Wright - Pediatrics/Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 13, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
A Role for P2Y2-Integrin ?1 Interaction in Coordinating Find-me and Eat-me Signaling in Phagocytes During Apoptotic Cell Clearance
Taylor Moon
Apr 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
The Shock and Kill Approach to HIV Eradication
Jonathan Karn, Ph.D. - Case Western University
Apr 09, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Steve Dewhurst
Mechanistic Analysis of Influenza A Virus Assembly and Host Gene Regulation
Chutikarn Chaimayo - PhD candidate - Microbiology & Immunology, Advisor: Dr. Toru Takimoto
Apr 06, 2018 @ 1:30 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Exploring the evolutionary relevance of a MHC class I-like/innate-like T cell system in Xenopus tumor immunity
Maureen Banach
Apr 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Kenneth Sims
Mar 29, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Regulation of CNS inflammation by AHR
Francisco Quintana, Ph.D.
Mar 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Paige Lawrence
Control of Paneth Cell Fate and Intestinal Inflammation by IFN-gamma
Felix Yarovinsky - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
Mar 23, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Determinants of Colonization in Non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae
Hannah Bell
Mar 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Development of computational algorithms for curation, inference, and analysis of viral responsive gene-sets
Lauren Benoodt
Mar 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Glycoprotein Team Burglary: Entry and Egress of Deadly Zoonotic Henipaviruses
Hector Aguilar-Carreno, PhD - Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University
Mar 19, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619
Host: Brian Ward
TBD
James Kobie - Medicine M&D-Infect Disease Unit
Mar 16, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Investigation into the Function of Orthopoxvirus p28
Justin Brennan
Mar 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Type 2 mechanisms in allergic lung
Anne Sperling, Ph.D. - University of Chicago
Mar 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium, Room G-9425
Host: Steve Georas
"The effect of vaccine protein composition on the immune response of B cells" and "A previously unappreciated polymorphism in I-As MHC II"
Marina Koroleva & Courtney Lavery
Mar 08, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
TBD
Neal Hammer, Ph.D. - Michigan State
Mar 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (Room 3-7619)
Host: Micro SSS
TBD
Steve Gill - Microbiology & Immunology
Mar 02, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Regulation of macrophage phagocytic capacity in mAb-mediated host cell clearance
Jonathan Pinney
Mar 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Cytokines, synergy, and the potential for tumor immunotherapy
Karli Norville
Feb 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Understanding the Role of CD4 T cells in Immune Responses to Influenza Virus
Sean Nelson
Feb 22, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
How MHC-like restricted innate-T cells fit in with the immune surveillance paradigm?
Jacques Robert - Microbiology & Immunology
Feb 16, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
TBD
Elizabeth Lindsay & Stephanie Monticelli
Feb 15, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Changes in Immune Phenotype and Function in Human Cancer
Kerry Campbell, Ph.D. - Temple Health
Feb 12, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium, Room G-9425
Host: Rusty Elliott
Assessing Impact of Vaccine Regimen on Vaccine Induced Antibody Durability
Rohith Palli
Feb 05, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619
TBD
Michael "Rusty" Elliott - Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
Feb 02, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Characterization of Mycobacterial L,D-Transpeptidases
Zanah Francis
Feb 01, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Investigation into the roles of vaccinia virus protein F13 and its molluscum contagiosum virus homolog MC021
Peter Bryk
Jan 26, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Aud 3-7619
“Screening of an FDA-approved compound library identifies levosimendan as a novel anti-HIV-1 agent that inhibits viral transcription”
Yoshi Hayashi - Microbiology & Immunology
Jan 26, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Sexual Dimorphism in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Transgenic Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Emily Wu
Jan 25, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Monocyte-derived Microparticle Regulation by Tetherin and Characterization in HIV Infection
Emily Weber - MBI 501
Jan 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Monocyte-derived Microparticle Regulation by Tetherin and Characterization in HIV Infection
Emily Weber - MBI 501
Jan 18, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Molecular analysis of adaptive immune responses to pathogens and vaccines
Spyros Kalams, MD - Vanderbilt University
Jan 18, 2018 @ 11:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
TBD
John Frelinger - Microbiology & Immunology
Jan 12, 2018 @ 8:30 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated is required for proper epithelial repair and immune regulation following influenza A virus infections
Rachel Warren
Jan 11, 2018 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)