Seminars
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating Staphylococcus aureus renal abscess formation and gut microbiome-derived modulation of infection severity in obesity-related type 2 diabetes
Lyvia Markle - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Dec 19, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Steve Gill, Ph.D.
“Aging of the immune system – a decline in microenvironments and the avenues for intervention” - MBI Seminar
Janko Ž. Nikolich, M.D., Ph.D. - Director, Aegis Consortium for Pandemic-Free Future, University of Arizona Health Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson
Dec 16, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
MBI 501 Student Seminar: The Combinatory Effects of Estradiol and Tumor Derived Factors on Neutrophil Differentiation and Function in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Thomas Henson - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Dec 12, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Acquiring a plasmid increases bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics"
Heather Curtsinger - Graduate Student, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Dec 05, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Allison Lopatkin, PhD
Mechanisms of Enhanced Growth of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Virus through PA Mutations - Thesis Defense
Jordana Schmierer - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Nov 19, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)
Hybrid EventHost: Advisor: Toru Takimoto, PhD
MBI Seminar Series - Antibody-Mediated Protection against Human and Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses
David T. Evans, PhD - Professor, WNPRC Associate Director of Research Services Pathology and Lab Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nov 18, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD
Beyond blocking virus entry: SERINC5 Impairs the Expression of Non-Self-DNA - MBI Student Seminar
Shahad Ahmed - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Nov 13, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD
Small Molecule Adjuvants that Overcome Antibiotic Resistance - MBI Seminar Series
Christian Melander, PhD - George & Winifred Clark Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Nov 11, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Paul Dunman, PhD
Combinatorial action of TGFβ and IL-10 induces monocyte and MoDC dysfunction in people living with HIV - MBI Student Seminar
Karli Sutton - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Nov 07, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Meera Singh, PhD
Uncovering the rules for cross-species virus transmission - MBI Seminar Series
Ryan A. Langlois, PhD - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota
Nov 04, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Andrew Varble, PhD
MBI Seminar Series: Defective Virus Genomes: Unraveling Their Roles in Viral Evolution and Therapeutic Potential
John Yin, PhD - Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Oct 28, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Yan Sun, PhD
MBI Faculty Candidate Seminar: Innate immune control of pathogen physiology
Ajay Akhade, PhD - Senior Research Associate, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA
Oct 24, 2024 @ 2:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Hybrid EventMBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the role and therapeutic potential of the Aryl hydrocarbon receptor in thyroid eye disease
Charkira Patrick - PhD Candidate, IMV PhD Program
Oct 24, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisors: Collynn Woeller, PhD & Jacques Robert, PhD
MBI 501: The role of polyamines on macrophage function and Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis in obesity and type 2 diabetes related osteomyelitis infections
Emily Britt - Graduate Student
Oct 17, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Steve Gill, PhD
MBI Special Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Macrophages dictate carbon utilization by Salmonella"
Nicholas Pokorzynski, PhD - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine
Oct 14, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
MBI 501: The Interplay Between Type I Interferons and the Gut Microbiome in the Response to Rectal Cancer Radiotherapy
Maggie Lesch - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Oct 10, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Scott Gerber, PhD
MBI Special Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Bacterial Gene Regulation by Noncoding RNA"
Kumari “Kavita” Thakur, PhD - Associate Research Scientist, Division of Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology, Yale University
Oct 10, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
MBI Seminar Series: Key Pathways in Immunosurveillance of Cancer
Robert J. Binder, PhD - Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
Oct 07, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Jacques Robert, PhD
MBI 501 - "Understanding the development and retention of tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells (TRM) in the lungs"
Taylor Jones - Graduate Student
Oct 03, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: David Topham, PhD
MBI Special Faculty Candidate Seminar: "Toxic antiphage defense proteins inhibited by intragenic antitoxin proteins"
Aoshu Zhong, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Bethesda, MD
Sep 30, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Hybrid EventMBI 501 Student Seminar: "The Spleen: A Dynamic Archive of Past B Cell Responses"
Molly Niska - Graduate Student
Sep 26, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisors: Martin Zand, MD, PhD and Tim Mosmann, PhD
MBI Special Faculty Candidate: Probing life with photons: How optical imaging uncovers the cellular machineries of biological systems
Pu-Ting Dong, PhD - NIH/NIDCR K99 Postdoctoral Fellow, The ADA Forsyth Institute, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Sep 23, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Hybrid EventMBI 501 - "Investigating the impact of platelet-monocyte interactions on HIV-associated vascular disease"
Zachary Boodoo - Graduate Student
Sep 19, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisors: Meera Singh, PhD and Juilee Thakar, PhD
MBI 501 - "Determining genetic features that influence conjugation efficiency"
Yuchang Liu - Graduate Student
Sep 12, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Allison Lopatkin, PhD
MBI 501: "Innate sensing of Toxoplasma gondii"
Chenghao Wang - Graduate Student
Sep 12, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Felix Yarovinsky, MD
MBI Albert L. Ritterson Lecture - "CD8 T cell subset response during chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection"
Imtiaz A. Khan, PhD - Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sep 09, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Aud. (3-7619)
Host: Felix Yarovinsky
Functional analysis of mouse gut microbiota taxon required for polyamine biosynthesis - MBI 501 Student Seminar
Lauren Paddock - Graduate Student
Sep 05, 2024 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Steven Gill, PhD
Identifying host receptors for poxviruses - MBI 501 Student Seminar
Thomas Wilson - Graduate Student
Sep 05, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Brian Ward, PhD
MBI 501: "Evaluating the role of cellular senescence in lupus nephritis and impact of SGLT2 inhibitors"
Jennifer Nicholson - Graduate Student
Aug 29, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)
Host: Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar
Advisor: Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD
Acidic pH Alters Circadian Rhythms in Macrophages
Amelia M. Knudsen-Clark, MS - PhD Candidate
Aug 26, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)
Hybrid EventHost: Advisors: Brian J. Altman, PhD and Minsoo Kim, PhD
Departmental Retreat: Microbiology and Immunology
Aug 23, 2024 @ 8:00 a.m.
Helen Wood Hall | Aud 304
Targeted Radiation and IL-12 Immunotherapy Stimulate a Systemic Immune Response to Protect Against Pancreatic Tumor Recurrence - Thesis Seminar
Tara Vrooman - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program
Jul 30, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)
Hybrid EventHost: Advisor: Scott Gerber, PhD
Dynamic CRISPR-Cas9 regulation enhances phage defense while minimizing autoimmunity
Joshua W. Modell, PhD - Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jun 10, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Dept. Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series and Andrew Varble, PhD
Human coronavirus NL63 nsp1 induces degradation of RNA polymerase II to shut off host protein synthesis - Thesis Defense
Kala Hardy, MS - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program
Jun 10, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m.
Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)
Hybrid EventHost: Advisor: Toru Takimoto, PhD
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy for breast cancer: Lessons from epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity
Anushka Dongre, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Cornell University
Jun 03, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series and Scott Gerber, PhD
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Differential antiviral SARS-CoV-2 memory CD4 T cell responses in pre- and post-pandemic children and adults.”
Jennifer Nayak, MD - Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Apr 26, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Macrophage Adaptation to Microbial Infections”
Felix Yarovinsky, MD - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Apr 19, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
"HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in Uganda"
Paul Bohjanen, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Apr 12, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
CANCELLED
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Shawn Murphy, PhD - Associate Professor, Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 05, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
CANCELLED
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Clive Zent, MD - Professor, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Mar 22, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Modeling the Determinants Immune Age During Early Human Development”
Kristin Scheible, MD - Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Neonatology & Microbiology and Immunology
Mar 15, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“From Farm to Table: Microbiome - Immune Interactions in infancy”
Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, MD, PhD - Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
Mar 08, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI Seminar Series
Viral Epidemics in Jamaica : Responding Effectively with Research
Joshua Anzinger, PhD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Microbiology
The University of the West Indies
Head of Virology, Consultant Virologist and
Director of Jamaica Affiliate Global Virus Network
Feb 29, 2024 @ 1:15 p.m.
Medical Center | Lower Adolph Aud. (1-7619)
Host: Jacques Robert, PhD
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Training of innate immune memory to establish durable T cell immunity in the airway”
Minsoo Kim, PhD - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Feb 23, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
CANCELLED MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Circadian control of macrophages by the metabolic stresses of the tumor microenvironment”
Brian Altman, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Genetics
Feb 16, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Craig Morrell, DVM, PhD - Professor, Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute
Feb 09, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
“Immunological impacts of exposure to microplastics in Xenopus tadpoles”
Jacques Robert, PhD - Chair, Microbiology & Immunology
Jan 26, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
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"Staying a Step Ahead: Can SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Keep up with Variants?
Angela Branche, MD - Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Jan 19, 2024 @ 9:00 a.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624
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