T32 NIH Training Grant in Infection and Immunity: The Pathogenesis of Host-Microbe Interactions
T32 NIH Training Grant in Infection and Immunity: The Pathogenesis of Host-Microbe Interactions
Infection and Immunity: The Pathogenesis of Host-Microbe Interactions Training Program
The overarching goal of this predoctoral training program is to train the next generation of researchers in microbiology, and to prepare them with the skills necessary to address the nation’s critical needs in the battle against infectious disease. Our program takes a student-centric approach that blends didactic and wet lab learning with the University of Rochester’s signature URBEST program in career preparedness to develop self-motivated, independent research scientist who are well prepared for diverse research careers.
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Our Faculty
The training faculty in this program are members of the various departments across UR and URMC.
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Our T32 Trainees
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News and Announcements
POSTPONED When good bugs go wild: The role of oral commensals in the development and treatment of chronic airway disease
Ryan Hunter, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Feb 17, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Steven Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Role of innate immunity in farming lifestyle protection against food allergy"
Sophie Troyer - PhD Candidate
Feb 13, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Nearest Neighbor Parameters for RNA Sequences Including Pseudouridine and N1-Methyl-Pseudouridne"
Thandolwethu Shabangu - PhD Candidate
Feb 13, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: David Mathews, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI 501Student Seminar: "The effect of CCL3 on T cell populations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) bone marrow microenvironment (BMME)"
Kevin Li - PhD Candidate
Feb 06, 2025 @ 12:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Benjamin Frisch, Ph.D. & Scott Gerber, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Investigating pathogenic CD4+ T cell subpopulations to prevent the progression of the atopic march"
Abby He - PhD Candidate
Feb 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.
MBI Faculty Candidate: "Decoding the Interactions Between Ultrasmall Epibiotic Bacteria and Their Hosts"
Yaxi Wang, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Scholar and Acting Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Feb 03, 2025 @ 2:30 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Steve Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Replication of RNA-like plasmids in bacteria"
Maedeh Aghahosseini; Sarah Eckl - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jan 30, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Andrew Varble, PhD and Advisor: Scott Gerber, PhD
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "T cell dysfunction during implant-associated S. aureus osteomyelitis"
Katya McDonald - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology and Virology PhD Program
Jan 23, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: "Elucidating host factors responsible for the silencing of HIV-1 DNA in the centromere"
Stephanie Renner - PhD Candidate, Immunology, Microbiology, and Virology Ph.D. Program
Jan 16, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Yiping Zhu, Ph.D.
MBI Student Seminar: "Characterizing Immune Cell Heterogeneity and CD4+ T Cell Dynamics in Pediatric Allergy"
Natalie Vance - PhD Candidate
Jan 09, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Host: Advisor: Juilee Thakar, Ph.D
IL-9 in the Allergic Lung
Mark H. Kaplan, Ph.D. - Chair, Dept. Microbiology & Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Jan 06, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
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