VopX: Novel Activities of a Vibrio cholerae Effector Protein
Megan Ulbrich - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Michelle Dziejman, Ph.D.
Dec 16, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom LinkHost: Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar
MBI/CVBI Holiday Party!
Dec 15, 2021 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: MBI and CVBI
Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series - Special Alumni Series
Kathy Santos, PhD; Cindy M.P. Duke, MD, PhD, FACOG - Assistant Program Manager, Protection Systems and Technologies Homeland Protection Mission Area Asymmetric Operations Sector The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Physician, Scientist, Virologist, Founder and Director of the Nevada Fertility Institute
Dec 10, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.
MBI 501: Circadian control of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment
Dec 09, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.Host: Amelia Knudsen-Clark
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology - "Do you know what regulates tryptophan metabolism in the human placenta? I think IDO"
Shawn Murphy, PhD - Associate Professor, Dept. Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dec 03, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
Zoom linkMBI 501: Exposure to farm life in early infancy affects helper T cell and regulatory T cell phenotypes
Catherine Pizzarello - PhD Candisate
Dec 02, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.CANCELLED - Multi-scale systems modeling for interrogation of immune system dynamics and identification of drug therapies
Tomas Helikar, PhD - Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Nov 29, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.Host: Juilee Thakar
Out of the box: 13 years of targeting virus infections unconventionally
Nov 22, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.Host: Virology Students
Thesis Defense: Functional Analysis of Influenza Host Shutoff Proteins
Nov 18, 2021 @ 2:00 p.m.
Kornberg Medical Research Building | Class of '62 Auditorium (G-9425)
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.Host: Megan Dunagan
MBI 501: Exploring Neutrophil Dynamics in Pancreatic Cancer Following Combination SBRT and IL-12
Nov 18, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)
Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.Host: Joseph Murphy
Tolerogenicity, non-polymorphic MHC and innate T cell immunity in Xenopus tadpoles
Jacque Roberts, PhD - Professor, Professor & Interim Chair, Microbiology & Immunology
Sep 17, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomHost: RIPS: Research in Progress
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Flex-Fuel Drives HIV Reactivation: Defining an Achilles Heel of the Latent Reservoir
Harry Taylor, Ph. D. - Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Upstate Medical University
May 24, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Investigating early pre- and postnatal T cell development in humans
Kristin Scheible, M.D. - Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Neonatology, University of Rochester
May 17, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomResearch in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): A true research in progress: Analyses of human CD4 T cell reactivity to endemic seasonal human coronaviruses and cross reactivity to SARS-CoV-2
Andrea Sant, Ph.D. - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
May 14, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Generation and Expansion of Memory B Cells Against Coronavirus in Acutely Infected COVID-19 Individuals
Karim (Aizan) Embong - IMV PhD Candidate
May 13, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: David Topham, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Immunology PhD Thesis Seminar: Physiological Significance and Regulation of Rhamnose Biosynthesis in Streptococcus mutans
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Inflammatory role of platelet-leukocyte interaction in HIV pathogenesis
Meera Vir Singh, Ph. D. - Assistant Professor in Neurology, Stroke Division, University of Rochester
May 10, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomMBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Interferonoptosis: a new mechanism of inflammatory cell death?
Felix Yarovinsky, M.D. - Associate Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology
May 07, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): The role of HE4 in ovarian cancer tumorigenesis and immune suppression
Rachael Turner, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Medicine & Oncology, Wilmot Cancer Institute
Apr 30, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells within the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in the Setting of Impaired Apoptotic Cell Clearance
Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar: Fundamentals of mRNA-LNP technology to enable next-generation medicines
David Easterhoff, Ph.D. - Associate Scientific Director, Platform Immunology | Moderna
Apr 26, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Reciprocal regulatory interactions in the hematopoietic stem cell niche
Laura Calvi, M.D. - Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrine/Metabolism
Apr 23, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Elucidating Complex Interactions Between Viral and Bacterial Components of The Female Reproductive Tract Microbiome
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Harnessing Experimentally-Validated Models to Forecast Influenza-Mediated Pathology and Disease Severity
Amber Smith, Ph. D. - Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Apr 19, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Initiating allergic immune responses in the lung: from dangerous allergens to epithelial barrier dysfunction
Steve Georas, M.D. - Professor, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care
Apr 16, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Impact of influenza A virus shutoff proteins on host immune responses
Megan Dunagan - IMV PhD Candidate
Apr 15, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Identifying characteristics/perturbations of the skin microenvironment that alter viral permissivity
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Integrating knowledge with data for systems-level modeling of human responses
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Apr 09, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Regulation of effector function in CD8+ memory cells
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Function of amino acid auxotrophy in Staphylococcus aureus
Paul D. Fey, Ph. D. - Professor, Pathology and Microbiology, Vice Chair, Research, Medical Director, Nebraska Medical Center Microbiology Section
Apr 05, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Steve Gill, Ph.D.
MBI 501 Student Seminar: The Role of Carboxypeptidases in the 3-3 Peptidoglycan Pathway in Mycobacteria
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Bacterial factors regulating RSV infection and DVG generation
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Deconstructing T cell differentiation and protection in vivo
Grégoire Lauvau, Ph. D. - Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Mar 29, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.
MBI PhD Defense: Characterization of the Role of the Poxvirus Extracellular Virion-Specific Glycoproteins A33, A34, and B5 for Infectivity and Pathogenesis
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Leukemia Associated Macrophages in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment
Benjamin Frisch, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Mar 26, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: The role of the maternal and infant microbiome in the onset of Early Childhood Caries
Christie Gilbert - TBS PhD Candidate
Mar 25, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: Steven Gill, Ph.D. and Jin Xiao, Ph.D. and D.D.S.
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: NFkB-dependent antiviral pathways in VSV-resistant cancer cells
Maureen Ferran - Associate Professor, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, College of Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Mar 24, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m.
ZoomElucidating the Immune Proteome against S. aureus in Patients with Bone Infections
Edward Schwarz, Ph.D. - Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Mar 19, 2021 @ 9:00 a.m.
Passcode: 955031MBI 501 Student Seminar: Impact of Microbiome Composition on Host Inflammatory Responses in the Female Reproductive Tract (FRT) of HIV infected women
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Pathogenicity, dissemination, and persistence of Mycobacterium abscessus smooth and rough morphotypes in tadpole Xenopus laevis
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Neutrophil shapes T cell immunity to influenza infection
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: Defining effector B cell function in the joint in rheumatoid arthritis: Tissue is the Issue
Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Division of Allergy/Immunology/Rheumatology
Mar 12, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Characterization of the Immunodominance Hierarchy and Functional Potential of Betacoronavirus-Reactive CD4+ T Cells
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Elucidating the Role of the Draining Lymph Node Following Combination Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Optical Sensors for Analysis of the Human Response to COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections
Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar: Positive and negative regulation of the innate immune response by MiT transcription factors
Javier Irazoqui, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School Microbiology and Physiological Systems
Mar 08, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Defining variability in host responses to respiratory viral infection
Thomas Mariani, Ph.D. - Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Biomedical Genetics & Environmental Medicine
Mar 05, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Michael Sportiello - IMV PhD Candidate
Mar 04, 2021 @ 12:30 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: K. Järvinen-Seppo/D. Topham
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Tissue resident memory CD8 T cells have unique metabolic profiles in mouse lung
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Determination of binding of IgA from human milk towards gut commensal organisms Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Bifidobacterium infantis
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Tyler Scherzi - IMV PhD Candidate
Mar 04, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: K. Järvinen-Seppo/D. Topham
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
MBI 501 Student Seminar: Functional analysis of human coronavirus host shutoff protein nsp1
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: TNFα-Induced Metabolic Reprogramming is Essential for its Anti-Viral Activity
Jessica Ciesla - Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Feb 24, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m.
ZoomHost: Josh Munger
Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Uncovering New Mechanisms of Retroviral Restriction by SERINC5
MBI 501 Student Seminar: VopX: Novel Activities of a Vibrio cholerae Effector Protein
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Uncovering new mechanisms of retroviral restriction by SERINC5
Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D. - Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Feb 17, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m.
ZoomMicrobiology & Immunology Department Seminar: CD4 T Cells Sans Frontières
Carolyn King, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Basel University
Feb 15, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Thomas Ciucci, Ph.D.
MBI 580 Research in Progress (RIPS) Seminar: COVID19 Vaccines: Current Status
Angela Branche, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Feb 12, 2021 @ 8:30 a.m.
ZoomMBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the Effects of Intertumoral Heterogeneity on Antitumor Immunity in Metastatic Melanoma
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Understanding and improving the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV)
Stephen Dewhurst, PhD - Professor & Chair Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vice Dean for Research, SMD
Feb 10, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m.
ZoomSecond Opinion: Coronaviruses, a family of viruses that cause illnesses like the common cold and COVID-19
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
Catherine Pizzarello - IMV PhD Candidate
Feb 04, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
Zoom InvitationHost: K. Järvinen-Seppo
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series
Regina K. Rowe, M.D., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases(SMD)
Feb 03, 2021 @ 3:30 p.m.
ZoomExperience Rochester: Rochester's Quest to Beat COVID-19
Mary Caserta, MD, David Topham, PhD, Ann Falsey, MD, Nana Bennett, MD, Angela Branche, MD
Jan 28, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
YouTube Channel LinkMBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the mechanisms and consequences of radiation induced neutrophil trafficking
MBI 501 Student Seminar: TBA
MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Protein Interaction and Genetic Screenings to Identify Host Factors Involved in HIV-1 Infection
Microbiology & Immunology Department Seminar: Innate immune antagonism by SARS-CoV-2
Konstantin MJ Sparrer, Ph.D. - Junior Group Leader (Institut für Molekulare Virologie, Prof. Frank Kirchhoff, Prof. Jan Münch) Ulm University
Jan 25, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m.
ZoomHost: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Dynamic Regulation in Streptococcus mutans by the Transcriptional Regulator TreR
Elizabeth L. Lindsay - PhD Candidate
Jan 21, 2021 @ 1:30 p.m.
ZoomHost: Robert Quivey, Ph.D. (Advisor)