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MBI 501 Student Seminar: Characterization of microglia-derived exosomes in humanized models of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND)

Sebastian Bosch - Graduate Student, Advisor: Stephen Dewhurst, PhD

Dec 15, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

CANCELLED -- Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Steve Gill, PhD - Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Dec 09, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Mechanistic Characterization of the Generation and Function of Copy-Back Defective Viral Genomes

Justin Brennan - Graduate Student, Advisor: Yan Sun, PhD

Dec 08, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

MBI Department Seminar Series: Lipids, inflammation, and microbes in vulvovaginal health and disease

Megan L. Falsetta (Wood), PhD - Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dec 05, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology
"Host-pathogen metabolic interfaces that determine the outcomes of viral infection"

Joshua Munger, PhD - Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Microbiology & Immunology

Dec 02, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Impact of prenatal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the developing neonatal immune system

Darline Castro-Melendez - Graduate Student, Advisors: Kristin Scheible, MD, Paige Lawrence, PhD

Dec 01, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Terry Wright, PhD - Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology

Nov 18, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link

Investigating the Role of Mycobacterial DD-carboxypeptidases in the Synthesis of 3-3 Crosslinks

David J. Barnard - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Martin Pavelka, PhD

Nov 17, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

Hybrid Zoom Link

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Functional analysis of human coronavirus host shutoff protein nsp1

Kala Hardy - Graduate Student, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, PhD

Nov 17, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI Department Seminar Series: Targeting neutrophils against pneumococcal infection: The role of extracellular adenosine signaling

Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo

Nov 14, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: Steven Gill, PhD

CANCELLED -- Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Mark Sangster, PhD - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology

Nov 11, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI Student Seminar: Human Endemic Coronavirus - Reactive CD4 T cells Exhibit Strain and Age-related Patterns of Abundance and Phenotype

Chantelle Lehone White - Graduate Student, Advisor: Andrea Sant, PhD

Nov 10, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI Seminar Series: Chronically Elevated O-GlcNAcylation Disrupts Immune Homeostasis

Lara Abramowitz, PhD - Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, NIDDK/NIH

Nov 07, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: Jacques Robert, PhD

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: "Cellular mechanisms governing T cell activation during early development in Xenopus"

Matthieu Paiola, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Lab, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Nov 04, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link

MBI Student Seminar: Transcription factor Nfil3 impacts memory CD8 T cell differentiation in mice

Michael Sportiello - Graduate Student, Advisor: David Topham, PhD

Nov 03, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI Seminar Series (Joint Appointment Candidate): Osteoimmunology of Staphylococcus aureus Bone Infections

Gowri Muthukrishnan, PhD - Assistant Professor, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, Department of Orthopedics

Oct 31, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: "Taking on the Beast: Developing New Strategies to Fight Pancreatic Cancer Using Lessons Learned From the Clinic"

Scott Gerber, PhD - Professor, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology

Oct 28, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

Zoom Link

MBI Student Seminar: A Combinatorial Approach to Provide Long-lasting Immunity Against Pancreatic Tumor Recurrence

Tara Vrooman - Graduate Student, Advisor: Scott Gerber, PhD

Oct 27, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6804)

MBI Seminar Series: Rapid Development of high-throughput in vitro diagnostic assays during a pandemic

Sydney Simpson, PhD - Senior Scientist Research & Development, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

Oct 24, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: Human immune responses to respiratory pathogens and new strategies for vaccination

Andrea Sant, PhD - Professor, Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology

Oct 21, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

Hybrid Zoom Link

MBI Student Seminar: Mutations accumulated in the spike of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern allow for more efficient counteraction of the restriction factor BST2

Yuhang Shi - Graduate Student, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD

Oct 20, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Developing Bone-Targeting Antibiotics and Imaging: ‘The Race for the Surface’

Edward Schwarz, PhD - Professor, Center for Musculoskeletal Research

Oct 14, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Medical Center | k-207 (2-6408)

Zoom

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Edward Schwarz, PhD - Professor, Departments of Orthopedics and Microbiology & Immunology

Oct 14, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3-9624

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the role of HE4-mediated immunosuppression in ovarian cancer

John Miller - Graduate Student, Advisors: Rachael Turner, M., PhD and Minsoo Kim, PhD

Oct 13, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Identifying Regulators of Vibrio cholerae vttRA Expression

Zirui Zhou - MBI Student, Advisor: Michelle Dziejman, PhD

Sep 15, 2022 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | k-307 (3-6408)

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the Relationship of Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Pathways in Mycobacteria

Shelby Peres - MBI Student, Advisor: Martin Pavelka, PhD

Sep 15, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K=307 (3-6408)

MBI Seminar Series: Mechanisms of Protection from Malaria by CD4 Effector and Effector Memory T cells

Robin Stephens, PHD, MA - Associate Professor and Director, Neuroinflammation Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School

Sep 12, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: Felix Yarovinsky, MD

MBI 501 Student Seminars: The role of Paneth cell deficiency in intestinal inflammation and homeostasis & Influence of the Gut Virome on the Development of Atopic Disease

Sara Ahmed; Tyrus Perdue - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Felix Yarovinsky, MD; PhD Candidate, Advisor: Cynthia Monaco, MD, PhD

Sep 01, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulation of T follicular helper cell differentiation and function during respiratory viral infection

Cassandra Houser - PhD Candidate in Microbiology & Immunology

Jul 18, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room 1-9576

Zoom link

Host: Dr. Paige Lawrence, Microbiology & Immunology Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Defining the Genetic and Functional Requirements for Type III Secretion System-Mediated Colonization in Vibrio cholerae - PhD Thesis Seminar

Katharine F. Tomberlin - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Michelle Dziejman, PhD

Jun 28, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Rm (1-9576)

Hybrid Event

Harnessing CD4 T cell localization and functional potential to enhance protective immunity to influenza virus - PhD Thesis Defense

Sean A. Nelson - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Andrea Sant, PhD

Jun 23, 2022 @ 9:00 a.m.

Medical Center | Adolph Aud. (1-7619)

Hybrid

Host: Microbiology & Immunology

"Identifying Factors that Mediate the Anti-Tumor Immune Response to Rectal Cancer Following Short Course Radiotherapy"

Taylor Uccello - PhD Candidate in Microbiology & Immunology

Jun 03, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium 1-7619

https://urmc.zoom.us/j/96694259171?pwd=ZGJTWlNpQmFaZVBWamRNZDdVN0tIZz09 Passcode: 168998

Host: Dr. Scott Gerber, Microbiology & Immunology Program

MBI 501: TBD

Katharine Tomberlin - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Michelle Dziejman, Ph.D.

May 26, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 501: TBD

Zanah Francis - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Marty Pavelka, Ph.D.

May 19, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 501: S. aureus Virulence Factors Enhance Viral Pathogenesis of the Skin Epithelium

Mary Kate Moran - PhD Candidate, Advisors: Lisa Beck, M.D. and Steven Gill, Ph.D.

May 12, 2022 @ 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.

Induction of apoptosis for cancer therapy

Zhenqiang Yao, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Rochester
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

May 09, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Zoom Link

Host: Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Joint Faculty Candidate

The Function of Type Three Secretion System Protein VopZZ in Vibrio cholerae Infection

Hannah Bell - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Michelle Dziejman, PhD

May 09, 2022 @ 9:30 a.m.

Zoom Only

Host: Microbiology & Immunology Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

MBI 501: TBD

Andrew Martin - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Felix Yarovinsky, M.D.

May 05, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

Effect of type 2 immune blockade on the host-microbe interface in atopic dermatitis
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

Lisa Beck, MD - Professor, Dermatology

Apr 29, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Zoom

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: TBD

Michael Lutz - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Apr 28, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

Rapid Development of high-throughput in vitro diagnostic assays during a pandemic

Sydney Simpson, PhD - Senior Scientist, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics

Apr 25, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Zoom Link

Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD and Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series

CANCELLED:Taking on the Beast: Developing New Strategies to Fight Pancreatic Cancer using Lessons Learned from the Clinic
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

Scott Gerber, PhD - Associate Professor, Surgery / Microbiology and Immunology/Radiation Oncology

Apr 22, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: TBD

Aizan Embong - PhD Candidate, Advisor: David Topham, Ph.D.

Apr 21, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Host-pathogen metabolic interfaces that determine the outcomes of viral infection

Josh Munger, PhD - Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Univ. Rochester

Apr 20, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

Salmonella under the microscope

Leigh Knodler, PhD - Associate Professor, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University

Apr 18, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

Zoom Link

Host: Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Special Faculty Candidate Seminar

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Age-dependent programming of T cell behavior during early life in humans

Kristin Scheible, MD - Professor, Pediatrics / Microbiology and Immunology

Apr 15, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: Insights Into the Role of Translational Control Mechanisms in T Cells for Effector Function Regulation and Homeostasis

Ashwin B.R. Kumar - PhD candidate in BioPhysics, Advisor: David Topham, PhD

Apr 14, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Zoom Link

Host: Microbiology and Immunology Student Seminar

MBI 501: TBD

Ashwin Kumar - PhD Candidate, Advisor: David Topham, Ph.D.

Apr 14, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: Establishing environmental public health partnerships for pandemics…and beyond!

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD - Professor, Environmental Medicine, Univ. Rochester

Apr 13, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

An RNA mechanism in systemic lupus erythematosus

Henri Tiedge, PhD - Distinguished Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurology, Medicine
Downstate Health Sciences University

Apr 11, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7618)

Zoom Link

Host: Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series

Mechanisms of HIV persistence and therapeutic implications: A single-cell multiomics approach

Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD - Assoc. Professor, Infectious Disease & Microbial Pathogenesis - Yale University

Apr 08, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.

Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium

Zoom Link

Host: Medical Scientist Research Symposium

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): : Interferon-gamma induced cell death

Felix Yarovinsky, PhD - Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, CVBI

Apr 08, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: TBD

Christie Gilbert - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Steven Gill, Ph.D.

Apr 07, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Investigating IgE-driven mechanisms of inhibition of antiviral responses

Regina Rowe, MD - Professor, Pediatrics, Univ. Rochester

Apr 06, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

Understanding bacterial population dynamics in chronic infections

Sheyda Azimi, PhD - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Apr 04, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)

Zoom Link

Host: Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Faculty Candidate

MS Defense Seminar: Analysis of HIV-1 Nef’s counteraction of autophagy initiation and promotion of viral fitness

Jared Benjamin - MS Candidate, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD

Apr 04, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | K307 (3-6408)

Zoom Link

MBI 501: Acinetobacter baumannii: Antibiotic Resistance and Inhibition

Bailey Kinn; Clare Heffernan - MS Candidate, Advisor: Paul Dunman, Ph.D.; MS Candidate, Advisors: Charles Chu, Ph.D. and Jacques Robert, Ph.D.

Mar 31, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

Faculty Candidate: Building reusable phage treatments via exploitation of bacteria-phage coevolutionary dynamics

James Gurney, PhD - Cystic Fibrosis Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

Mar 31, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | K207 (2-6408)

Zoom link

Host: Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Development of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine

Chris Anderson, PhD - Professor, Pediatrics, Univ. Rochester

Mar 30, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Reprogramming chronic neuro-immune signaling for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

Elizabeth Evans, PhD - Chief Operating Officer Vaccinex, Senior Vice President, Discovery and Translational Medicine

Mar 28, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7618)

Zoom Link

Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD & Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Circadian control of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

Brian Altman, PhD - Professor, Biomedical Genetics

Mar 25, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Adolph (Lower) Auditorium (1-7619)

Host: CVBI

Thesis Defense: Effects of Intertumoral Heterogeneity on Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy Resistance in Synchronous Melanoma

Shuyang Sue Qin - PhD Candidate, Advisors: Peter Prieto, M.D., M.P.H.
Scott Gerber, Ph.D.

Mar 24, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)

Zoom link

MBI 501: Progeric genes modulate activation of an intracellular pathogen response to viral infection in Caenorhabditis elegans

Ian Stone - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Andrew Samuelson, Ph.D.

Mar 24, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Mechanisms of defective viral genomes generation

Yan Sun, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Mar 23, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

Thesis Defense: Approaches to immunotherapy using cytokines to alter the tumor microenvironment

Karli M. Norville - PhD Candidate, Advisor: John Frelinger, Ph.D.

Mar 23, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.

Zoom link

Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty Candidate: Brucella intracellular pathogenesis: from cell biology to effector functions and beyond

Jean Celli, PhD - Professor, Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University

Mar 21, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Zoom Link

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Peripheral Immune Marker of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease during HIV Infection

Meera Singh, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology: Stroke Division

Mar 18, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: Host factors Responsible for the Silencing of HIV-1 DNA
Role of Influenza A Virus PA C-terminal domain in mammalian host adaptation

Andy Phan; Jordana Schmierer - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.; PhD Candidate, Advisor: Yiping Zhu, Ph.D.

Mar 17, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing and surveillance sequencing at UR Medicine Labs

Andrew Cameron, PhD - Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology, Univ. Rochester

Mar 16, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

MBI 501: Myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC) differentiation and function
Characterizing tissue resident memory T cell phenotype and function in human respiratory tract samples

Adam Geber; Ankit Dahal - PhD Candidate, Advisor: David Topham, Ph.D.; PhD Candidate, Advisor: Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.

Mar 10, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 ()3-6408)

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Understanding the arms race between HIV and autophagy

Ruth Serra-Moreno, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Mar 09, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Faculty Candidate Seminar:
Single Cell Virology & Drug Repurposing Efforts Against SARS-CoV-2

Nir Drayman, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Savas Tay Lab, School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Mar 08, 2022 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

Host: David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology & Immunology and Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series Melville A. Hare Memorial Lecture: Quorum Sensing Across Domains: from Viruses to Bacteria to Eukaryotes

Bonnie Bassler, PhD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Squibb Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Mar 07, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Zoom link: https://urmc.zoom.us/j/93537717243?pwd=SVltUzA5R0VSVWUvaC9lSTQveExIdz09

Host: Microbiology Graduate Students

MBI 501: SARS-CoV-2 intracellular membrane remodeling: Where do the intracellular double membrane vesicles (DMVs) come from?

Yuexuan Chen - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.

Mar 03, 2022 @ 12:30 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 501: Impact of prenatal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the developing neonatal immune system

Darline Castro-Melendez - PhD Candidate, Advisors: Kristin Scheible, M.D. and Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.

Mar 03, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Host adaptation of Influenza A virus

Toru Takimoto, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Mar 02, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Kornberg Medical Research Building | 3.9624

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: High Consequence Emerging Pathogens: Outbreaks and What’s Coming Next

Miles W. Carroll, Ph.D. - Professor, High Consequence Emerging Viruses Group
Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Oxford University

Feb 28, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Zoom link

Host: Brian Ward, Ph.D.

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies

Clive Zent, M.D. - Professor, Department of Medicine: Hematology & Oncology

Feb 25, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium

Host: CVBI

MBI 501: Mechanistic Characterization of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Copy-Back Defective Viral Genome Generation

Justin Brennan - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Yan Sun, Ph.D.

Feb 24, 2022 @ 12:30 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307

Zoom link

MBI 501: Understanding Microglial Contributions to the Dysfunctional Synapse During HIV Infection of the CNS

Sebastian Bosch - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.

Feb 24, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Hijacking the Host Cell: How a Cancer-Causing Virus Modulates Metabolism

Erica Sanchez, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
Faculty Candidate

Feb 24, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center |

Zoom link

Host: Dept. Microbiology - Flyer

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Epigenetic Silencing of Extrachromosomal Retroviral DNA

Yiping Zhu, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Feb 23, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: NKT cell development and activation: implications in cancer immunotherapy

Tonya J. Webb, PhD - Associate Professor, ACS-IRG & DICR Program Director
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Feb 21, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Zoom Link

Host: Jacques Robert, Ph.D. and NIH/NIAID Predoctoral Training Program in Immunology - T32AI007285

MBI 501: TBD

Chantelle White - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Andrea Sant, Ph.D.

Feb 17, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Peripheral immune markers of cerebral vascular disease during HIV infection

Meera Singh, PhD - Professor, Neurology, Univ. Rochester

Feb 16, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Immature versus tolerigenic immunity in the Xenopus tadpole
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

Jacques Robert, PhD - Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

Feb 11, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Medical Center | Class of '62 Auditorium (G-9425)

Host: CBVI

MBI 501: Investigating the Long-term Effects of SBRT/IL12 Therapy in a Murine Model of Pancreatic Cancer

Tara Vrooman - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Scott Gerber, Ph.D.

Feb 10, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 and Zoom

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: TLR5-mediated reactivation of quiescent ranavirus FV3 in Xenopus

Jacques Robert, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Feb 09, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: Impact of HIV variants in the lung during the rainy days of COVID

Sharilyn Almodovar, PhD - Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology

Feb 07, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper Aud.)

Zoom

Host: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.

MBI 501: Immunometabolic characterization and control of tissue resident memory T cells

Michael Sportiello - PhD Candidate, Advisor: David Topham, Ph.D.

Feb 03, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408) & Zoom

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: TBA

Brian Ward, PhD - Professor, MBI, Univ. Rochester

Feb 02, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Transposons protect from cancer by activating immune response: a lesson from the blind mole rat

Vera Gorbunova, PhD - Co-Director, Rochester Aging Research Center, Department of Biology

Jan 28, 2022 @ 8:30 a.m.

Zoom Link

MBI 501: Effects of the SUMO Ligase BCA2 on Metabolic Activity, Cell Proliferation, Cell Migration, Cell Cycle, and the Regulation of NF-kB and IRF1 in Different Breast Epithelial Cellular Contexts

Yuhang Shi - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Ruth Serra-Moreno, Ph.D.

Jan 27, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Integrating Large-scale Multi-omics data with Multi-layered Principal Component Analysis, Penalized Regression, and Feature Weight Back-propagation

Xing Qiu, PhD - Professor, Biostats Computational Biology, Univ. Rochester

Jan 26, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

MBI 501: Assessing the role of environmental pathogens Cryptosporidium parvum and Campylobacter jejuni on the development of the immune system and atopic diseases

Tyler Scherzi - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, M.D., Ph.D.

Jan 20, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Novel ACE2 Protein Interactions Relevant to COVID-19 Predicted by Evolutionary Methods

Jack Werren, PhD - Professor, Biology, Univ. Rochester

Jan 19, 2022 @ 3:30 p.m.

MBI 501: Cross Talk Between Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Macrophages Balances Efferocytic Activity in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment

Noah Salama - PhD Candidate, Advisors: Laura Calvi, M.D. and Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.

Jan 13, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 501: Functional analysis of human coronavirus host shutoff protein nsp1

Kala Hardy - PhD Candidate, Advisor: Toru Takimoto, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Jan 06, 2022 @ 12:00 p.m.

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Please email Brenda_Knorr@urmc.rochester.edu or Daisy_Bird@urmc.rochester.edu for Zoom link.

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Characterization of microglia-derived exosomes in humanized models of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND)

CANCELLED -- Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Mechanistic Characterization of the Generation and Function of Copy-Back Defective Viral Genomes

MBI Department Seminar Series: Lipids, inflammation, and microbes in vulvovaginal health and disease

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology"Host-pathogen metabolic interfaces that determine the outcomes of viral infection"

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Impact of prenatal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the developing neonatal immune system

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

Investigating the Role of Mycobacterial DD-carboxypeptidases in the Synthesis of 3-3 Crosslinks

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Functional analysis of human coronavirus host shutoff protein nsp1

MBI Department Seminar Series: Targeting neutrophils against pneumococcal infection: The role of extracellular adenosine signaling

CANCELLED -- Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

MBI Student Seminar: Human Endemic Coronavirus - Reactive CD4 T cells Exhibit Strain and Age-related Patterns of Abundance and Phenotype

MBI Seminar Series: Chronically Elevated O-GlcNAcylation Disrupts Immune Homeostasis

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: "Cellular mechanisms governing T cell activation during early development in Xenopus"

MBI Student Seminar: Transcription factor Nfil3 impacts memory CD8 T cell differentiation in mice

MBI Seminar Series (Joint Appointment Candidate): Osteoimmunology of Staphylococcus aureus Bone Infections

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: "Taking on the Beast: Developing New Strategies to Fight Pancreatic Cancer Using Lessons Learned From the Clinic"

MBI Student Seminar: A Combinatorial Approach to Provide Long-lasting Immunity Against Pancreatic Tumor Recurrence

MBI Seminar Series: Rapid Development of high-throughput in vitro diagnostic assays during a pandemic

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology: Human immune responses to respiratory pathogens and new strategies for vaccination

MBI Student Seminar: Mutations accumulated in the spike of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern allow for more efficient counteraction of the restriction factor BST2

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)Developing Bone-Targeting Antibiotics and Imaging: ‘The Race for the Surface’

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the role of HE4-mediated immunosuppression in ovarian cancer

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Identifying Regulators of Vibrio cholerae vttRA Expression

MBI 501 Student Seminar: Investigating the Relationship of Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Pathways in Mycobacteria

MBI Seminar Series: Mechanisms of Protection from Malaria by CD4 Effector and Effector Memory T cells

MBI 501 Student Seminars: The role of Paneth cell deficiency in intestinal inflammation and homeostasis & Influence of the Gut Virome on the Development of Atopic Disease

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulation of T follicular helper cell differentiation and function during respiratory viral infection

Defining the Genetic and Functional Requirements for Type III Secretion System-Mediated Colonization in Vibrio cholerae - PhD Thesis Seminar

Harnessing CD4 T cell localization and functional potential to enhance protective immunity to influenza virus - PhD Thesis Defense

"Identifying Factors that Mediate the Anti-Tumor Immune Response to Rectal Cancer Following Short Course Radiotherapy"

MBI 501: TBD

MBI 501: TBD

MBI 501: S. aureus Virulence Factors Enhance Viral Pathogenesis of the Skin Epithelium

Induction of apoptosis for cancer therapy

The Function of Type Three Secretion System Protein VopZZ in Vibrio cholerae Infection

MBI 501: TBD

Effect of type 2 immune blockade on the host-microbe interface in atopic dermatitisMBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

MBI 501: TBD

Rapid Development of high-throughput in vitro diagnostic assays during a pandemic

CANCELLED:Taking on the Beast: Developing New Strategies to Fight Pancreatic Cancer using Lessons Learned from the ClinicMBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

MBI 501: TBD

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Host-pathogen metabolic interfaces that determine the outcomes of viral infection

Salmonella under the microscope

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)Age-dependent programming of T cell behavior during early life in humans

MBI 501: Insights Into the Role of Translational Control Mechanisms in T Cells for Effector Function Regulation and Homeostasis

MBI 501: TBD

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Wastewater Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2: Establishing environmental public health partnerships for pandemics…and beyond!

An RNA mechanism in systemic lupus erythematosus

Mechanisms of HIV persistence and therapeutic implications: A single-cell multiomics approach

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): : Interferon-gamma induced cell death

MBI 501: TBD

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Investigating IgE-driven mechanisms of inhibition of antiviral responses

Understanding bacterial population dynamics in chronic infections

MS Defense Seminar: Analysis of HIV-1 Nef’s counteraction of autophagy initiation and promotion of viral fitness

MBI 501: Acinetobacter baumannii: Antibiotic Resistance and Inhibition

Faculty Candidate: Building reusable phage treatments via exploitation of bacteria-phage coevolutionary dynamics

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Development of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine

Reprogramming chronic neuro-immune signaling for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)Circadian control of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

Thesis Defense: Effects of Intertumoral Heterogeneity on Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy Resistance in Synchronous Melanoma

MBI 501: Progeric genes modulate activation of an intracellular pathogen response to viral infection in Caenorhabditis elegans

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Mechanisms of defective viral genomes generation

Thesis Defense: Approaches to immunotherapy using cytokines to alter the tumor microenvironment

Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty Candidate: Brucella intracellular pathogenesis: from cell biology to effector functions and beyond

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)Peripheral Immune Marker of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease during HIV Infection

MBI 501: Host factors Responsible for the Silencing of HIV-1 DNARole of Influenza A Virus PA C-terminal domain in mammalian host adaptation

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing and surveillance sequencing at UR Medicine Labs

MBI 501: Myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC) differentiation and functionCharacterizing tissue resident memory T cell phenotype and function in human respiratory tract samples

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Understanding the arms race between HIV and autophagy

Faculty Candidate Seminar:Single Cell Virology & Drug Repurposing Efforts Against SARS-CoV-2

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series Melville A. Hare Memorial Lecture: Quorum Sensing Across Domains: from Viruses to Bacteria to Eukaryotes

MBI 501: SARS-CoV-2 intracellular membrane remodeling: Where do the intracellular double membrane vesicles (DMVs) come from?

MBI 501: Impact of prenatal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the developing neonatal immune system

MBI 588 Virology Seminar Series: Host adaptation of Influenza A virus

Microbiology and Immunology Department Seminar Series: High Consequence Emerging Pathogens: Outbreaks and What’s Coming Next

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS): Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies

MBI 501: Mechanistic Characterization of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Copy-Back Defective Viral Genome Generation

MBI 501: Understanding Microglial Contributions to the Dysfunctional Synapse During HIV Infection of the CNS

Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology
"Host-pathogen metabolic interfaces that determine the outcomes of viral infection"

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Developing Bone-Targeting Antibiotics and Imaging: ‘The Race for the Surface’

Effect of type 2 immune blockade on the host-microbe interface in atopic dermatitis
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

CANCELLED:Taking on the Beast: Developing New Strategies to Fight Pancreatic Cancer using Lessons Learned from the Clinic
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Age-dependent programming of T cell behavior during early life in humans

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Circadian control of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Peripheral Immune Marker of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease during HIV Infection

MBI 501: Host factors Responsible for the Silencing of HIV-1 DNA
Role of Influenza A Virus PA C-terminal domain in mammalian host adaptation

MBI 501: Myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC) differentiation and function
Characterizing tissue resident memory T cell phenotype and function in human respiratory tract samples

Faculty Candidate Seminar:
Single Cell Virology & Drug Repurposing Efforts Against SARS-CoV-2

Immature versus tolerigenic immunity in the Xenopus tadpole
MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)

MBI 580: Research in Progress Seminars in Immunology (RIPS)
Transposons protect from cancer by activating immune response: a lesson from the blind mole rat