Past Seminars
Past Seminars
1/23/2019 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Mahmoud Saleh and Amanda Lulu
Mahmoud Saleh, Petri Laboratory:
“Colitis-induced Th17 cells increase the risk for severe subsequent Clostridium difficile infection”
Amanda Lulu, Engelhard Laboratory:
TBD
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
1/30/2019 – MIC Seminar: Mechanisms of the Adaptive Response to Rhinovirus in Health and Disease in a Human Infection Model.
Judith Woodfolk, PhD
Professor of Medicine: Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
University of Virginia
Host: Kown Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
2/27/2019 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Anthony Rodriguez and Tiffany Wang
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/6/2019 – MIC Seminar: “An Unexpected Role for HIV-1 Integrase in Particle Maturation”
Sebla B. Kutluay, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/20/2019 – MIC Seminar: “Centrosomes and Cilia: Key Organelles in Development and Disease”
Moe Mahjoub, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Cell Biology and Physiology
Washington School of Medicine
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/3/2019 – MIC Seminar: “Imagining Cells and Animals: Fluorescent and Bioluminescent Biosensors”
Huiwang Ai, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/10/2019 – MIC Seminar: “What makes a microglia?”
Frederick “Chris” Bennett MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry,
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/17/2019 – MIC Seminar: Surviving Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection- From the Perspective of the Pathogen and the Host
Christina L. Stallings, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology
The Washington University, School of Medicine St. Louis
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/1/2019 – MIC Seminar: The highs and lows of bacterial enteric infections
Vanessa Sperandio, PhD
Professor
Departments of Microbiology, Biochemistry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/8/2019 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Jake Eccles
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/15/2019 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Sarbajeet “Sarb” Nagdas
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/17/2019 – MIC Retreat
Date: Friday, May 17, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Zehmer Hall
6/5/2019 – Ari Helenius, PhD
Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-14
9/18/2019 – MIC Seminar – “Modelling immunity with ex vivo tissues and microfluidics” Rebecca Pompano, PhD
Modelling immunity with ex vivo tissues and microfluidics
Rebecca Pompano, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
9/25/2019 – MIC Seminar – “Protein Phosphatase 2A – lessons from small molecules, tumor mutants and DNA tumor viruses” Goutham Narla, MD, PhD
Protein Phosphatase 2A – lessons from small molecules, tumor mutants and DNA tumor viruses
Goutham Narla, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Medicine
Cancer Biology
University of Michigan, Medical School
Host: Michael Weber, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/9/2019 – MIC Seminar – Jae-Il Park, Ph.D. “Targeting DREAM Complex for Cancer Treatment and Prevention”
Jae-Il Park, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Radiation Oncology
Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology
Genetics and Epigenetics Program
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/16/2019 – MIC Seminar – Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD “Deciphering the anti-oncogenic effect of oncoprotein in liver cancer”
Gen-Sheng Feng, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/23/2019 – MIC Seminar – Functional Activity Variation of the HIV-1 Rev-Rev Response Element Regulatory Axis.
Patrick E. H. Jackson, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Thaler Center
University of Virginia
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
11/1/2019 – Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology: Tracy Palmer, FRS “The bacterial Tat protein export pathway”
Tracy Palmer, FRS
Professor
Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology
Newcastle University, UK
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center
11/6/2019 – MIC Seminar – David M. Feldser, PhD “Deconstructing lung adenocarcinoma progression”
David M. Feldser , PhD
Associate Professor of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
11/13/2019 – MIC Seminar – Jian Hu, PhD “Lipid metabolism in gliomagenesis and myelin maintenance”
Jian Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
Division of Basic Science Research
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Host: Hui Zong. PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
11/20/2019 – MIC Seminar: Derek Walsh, PhD “Why nuclei rotate during cytomegalovirus infection”
Derek Walsh, PhD
Associate Professor in Microbiology-Immunology
Department of Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
12/4/2019 – MIC Seminar – Membrane compartmentalization and mechanosensing: the cytoskeleton takes a regulatory role in phagocytosis.
Valentin Jaumouillé, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Hosts: Sandra Arandjelovic, PhD and Kodi Ravichandran, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
12/11/2019 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Samantha Batista & Carol Rowley
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
1/29/2020 – MIC Seminar – Denise M. Monack, PhD “Mechanisms of Salmonella Persistence in the Gut and in Granuloma Macrophages”
Host: MIC Graduate Student Seminar Committee
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
2/12/2020 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Becky Stanhope & Marta Stremska
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
2/19/2020 – MIC Seminar – Toni Darville, M.D.
Toni Darville, M.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vice Chair of Pediatric Research
Co-Director, MD PhD Training Program
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host: Isabelle Derre, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/11/2020 – MIC Seminar – Anita Hjelmeland, Ph.D.
CANCELED
“Understanding and Targeting Glioblastoma Environmental Effects”
Anita Hjelmeland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology University of Alabama at Birmingham
Coffee: 3:45 PM
Seminar: 4:00 PM
Host: Roger Abounader, M.D., Ph.D.
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/18/2020 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
CANCELED
sRNA regulation of virulence associated transcription factors in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
Marit Melssen, Engelhard Laboratory: “Biological significance of retention integrin expression by CD8 T cells in the tumor microenvironment”
Brooke Sauder, Kendall Laboratory: “TBA”
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/25/2020 – MIC Seminar – Justin Drake, PhD
CANCELED
Justin Drake, PHD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Urology
University of Minnesota
Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/1/2020 – MIC Seminar – Caroline Attardo Genco, Ph.D.
CANCELED
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/8/2020 – MIC Seminar – Jean Celli, PhD
CANCELED
Jean Celli, PhD
Associate Professor
WSU Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
Washington State University
Host: Herve Agaisse
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/15/2020 – MIC Seminar – Jason Sheltzer, PhD
CANCELED
Jason Sheltzer, PhD
Independent Fellow
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Michael Weber, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/16/2020 – Special Virology Lecture – Professor John Sinclair, Cambridge, UK
CANCELED
Professor John Sinclair
Professor of Molecular Virology
Department of Medicine
Cambridge Infectious Diseases
University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center Auditorium
4/22/2020 – MIC Seminar – Michael C. Bassik, Ph.D.
CANCELED
Michael C. Bassik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Stanford University
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/29/2020 – MIC Seminar – Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD
CANCELED
Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/6/2020 – MIC Seminar: Stacy Horner, PhD
CANCELED
Stacy Horner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Co-Director
Center for RNA Biology
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
9/23/2020 MIC Seminar – Jason Sheltzer, PhD
“Off-target toxicity is a common mechanism of anti-cancer(and anti-COVID) drugs”
Jason Sheltzer, PhD
Independent Fellow
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
9/30/2020 MIC Seminar – Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, PhD
Epigenetic modulation extends the oncogene addiction paradigm on the basis of tumor cell differentiation state
Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/7/2020 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Brooke Sauder – Kendall Lab
Myron Gibert – Abounader Lab
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/14/2020 MIC Seminar – Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD
Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-Leader Cancer Stem Cell Working Group
Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Dept. of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic
“Survival of the Fittest: Glioma Stem Cells in Different Niches”
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/21/2020 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Jon Suzich
Saad Hussein
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
10/28/2020 MIC Co-sponsored Seminar – CCIB Guest Lecture 2020
Erika Holzbaur, PhD
William Maul Measey Professor of Physiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Hosts: CCIB First Year Students
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
11/4/2020 MIC Seminar -Open date
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
11/18/2020 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Chantel Bailey – Nataro Lab
Janet Arras – Bouton Lab
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
12/2/2020 MIC Seminar – Deborah A. Lannigan, PhD
Deborah A. Lannigan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University
“RSK2 and ERa Comrades-in-Arms in Homeostasis and Transformation”
Host: Amy H. Bouton, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
12/9/2020 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Alkaid Feng
Rachel Ende
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
1/20/2021 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Allie Palmer
Jamie Null
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
1/27/2021 – MIC Seminar: Zoonotic Emerging Viruses: Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
Jae Jung, PhD
Department Chair
Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
2/3/2021 – MIC Seminar: “Rules of engagement: molecular arms races between host and viral genomes” Harmit Singh Malik, PhD
“Rules of engagement: molecular arms races between host and viral genomes”
Harmit Singh Malik, PhD
Professor & Associate Director,
Division of Basic Sciences
HHMI Investigator
Member, US National Academy of Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Host: Kown Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
2/17/2021 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Jocelyn Ray
QinLei Gu
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/3/2021 – MIC Seminar: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD “The love-hate relationship between viral RNAs and host RNA-binding proteins”
The love-hate relationship between viral RNAs and host RNA-binding proteins
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Mildred Hajek Vacek and John Roman Vacek Distinguished Chair in Honor of President Truman G. Blocker, Jr.
Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Host: Daniel A. Engel, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
3/17/2021 – MIC Seminar: Sunny Shin, PhD “Innate immune defense against intracellular bacterial pathogens”
Sunny Shin, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Vice-Chair, CAMB-MVP Graduate Group
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/7/2021 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Harry Zhao
Erin Weddle
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/14/2021 – MIC Seminar: Minsoo Kim, PhD “Visualizing and manipulating immunity with light”
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
Dean’s Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Director of Tumor Immunotherapy Research Program
Co-leader of Wilmot Cancer Microenvironment Research Program
University of Rochester Medical Center
David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Host: Kown Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
4/28/2021 – MIC Seminar: Vishva Dixit, MD “Why So Many Ways to Die?”
Vishva Dixit, M.D.,
Vice President, Research,
Genentech, Inc
Host: MIC Graduate Student Seminar Committee
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
5/5/2021 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Chantel Bailey, Nataro Laboratory
Qinlei Gu, Lorenz Laboratory
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
9/22/2021 MIC Seminar – Ekrem Emrah Er, PhD
Mechanosurveillance: How mechanical compliance of disseminated cancer cells triggers immune surveillance to target metastases.
Ekrem Emrah Er, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Host: Drew Dudley, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall
10/6/2021 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Ray Zeng – Zong Laboratory
Dane Sessions – Kashatus Laboratory
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on Zoom
10/15/2021 Michael J. Weber Symposium
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on Zoom
10/20/2021 MIC Seminar – Daniel Depledge, PhD, MHH
Nanopores – is there anything they can’t do?
Daniel Depledge, PhD, MHH
Associate Professor
Hannover Medical School
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on Zoom
10/27/2021 MIC Seminar – Hao Jiang, PhD
Regulation of gene expression and tumorigenesis by phase separation
Hao Jiang, PHD
Department of Biochemistry
University of Virginia
Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on Zoom
11/3/2021 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Clayton Bishop – Derre Laboratory
Dane Sessions – Kashatus Laboratory
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on ZOOM
11/17/2021 MIC Seminar – Reserved for MIC Faculty Meeting
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on ZOOM
12/1/2021 MIC Seminar – Todd Stukenberg, PhD
Todd P. Stukenberg
Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Virginia
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on ZOOM
12/8/2021 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Michael Kovacs – Harris Laboratory
Lacie Werner – Criss Laboratory
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on ZOOM
1/19/2022 MIC Seminar – Tajie Harris, PhD: The danger of brain infections: Alarmins and the control of T. gondii in the CNS
Tajie Harris, PhD
Neuroscience
University of Virginia
Host: Isabelle Derre, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1017
1/26/2022 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Alison Francois – Cliffe Laboratory
Sarah Wang – Dudley Laboratory
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1017
2/2/2022 MIC Seminar – Kenneth H. Cadwell, PhD
Ken H. Cadwell, PhD
Skirball Institute
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Professor, Department of Medicine
NUY Langone Health
Host: Isabelle Derre, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1017
2/9/2022 MIC Seminar: Jie Sun, PhD : Respiratory viral infection: from acute morbidity to chronic sequelae
Jie Sun, Ph.D.
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Associate Director for Scientific Programs, Carter Immunology Center
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Amy Bouton, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1017
2/16/2022 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Collin Dube – Abounader Laboratory
Sayo McCowin – Petri Laboratory
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speakers in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
2/23/2022 MIC Seminar – Beata Chertok, PhD “Precision Programming of Cancer Immunity using Remote-Controlled Nanomaterials”
“Precision Programming of Cancer Immunity using Remote-Controlled Nanomaterials”
Beata Chertok, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speaker in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1017
3/2/2022 MIC Seminar – Sanja Arandjelovic, PhD “Revisiting the role of apoptotic cell clearance in inflammation”
Sanja Arandjelovic, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine
Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine
University of Virginia
“Revisiting the role apoptotic cell clearance in inflammation”
Host: Amy Bouton, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speaker in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/16/2022 MIC Seminar – Mandar Muzumdar, MD “Diet, hormones, and immunity: the multifaceted roles of obesity in pancreatic cancer”
“Diet, hormones, and immunity: the multifaceted roles of obesity in pancreatic cancer”
Mandar Deepak Muzumdar, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Medicine (Oncology)
Yale Cancer Biology Institute and Yale University School of Medicine
Scientific Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital
Department of Genetics
Yale University
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speaker in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/23/2022 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Amaris Cardenas – Criss Laboratory “Investigating the role of lipooligosaccharide sialylation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae-neutrophil interactions.”
Jack Cronk – Brown Laboratory “Pathogen sensing by licensed natural killers: Can inhibitory receptors distinguish self- from altered self-MHC I?”
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speakers in Pinn 1014 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/6/2022 MIC Seminar – Matthew Welch, PhD “Manipulation of host cell structure by microbial pathogens”
Matthew Welch, PhD
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speakers in Pinn 1014 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/13/2022 MIC Seminar – Seemay Chou, PhD “Friend or foe? Ticks and their many microbes”
Seemay Chou, PhD
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
UC San Francisco School of Medicine
Host: Sarah Ewald, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speakers in Pinn 1014 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/20/2022 MIC Seminar – Cammie F. Lesser, M.D., Ph.D “Bacterial delivery systems from agents of pathogenesis to vectors for novel therapeutics”
“Bacterial delivery systems from agents of pathogenesis to vectors for novel therapeutics”
Lesser, Cammie F. M.D.,Ph.D
Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Institute of Medicine
Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speaker in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/27/2022 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Chelsea Hall – Agaisse Laboratory
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speaker in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014
5/4/2022 MIC Seminar – Agnieszka Rynda-Apple, PhD
“Effect of early anti-viral responses on regulation of host susceptibility to subsequent respiratory infections”
Agnieszka Rynda-Apple, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Montana State University
Host: Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
This seminar will be a ZOOM seminar
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: on Zoom
5/11/2022 MIC Seminar – Anne I. Sperling, PhD
Anne I. Sperling, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Virginia
Host: Amy H. Bouton, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/13/2022 MIC RETREAT
Date: Friday, May 13, 2022
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: TBD
5/18/2022 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
“Evaluating the poor immunogenicity against intracranial melanomas”
Katarzyna Stasiak – Engelhard Laboratory
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
This will be a hybrid seminar. Join the speakers in Pinn 1-14 for the presentation.
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/25/2022 – MIC Seminar: Ying Jiang, PhD
“Cancer as a malfunction of cellular homeostasis”
Ying Jiang, PhD
Hui Zong Laboratory
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
University of Virginia
Host: Amy H. Bouton, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/14/2022 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Holly Torsilieri (Casanova Laboratory) “Salmonella-Induced Cholesterol Accumulation Promotes Activation of mTORC1 within Infected Cells”
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/21/2022 – MIC Seminar: Roland Friedel, PhD “Plexins are regulators of membrane dynamics that drive invasion of brain tumors”
Roland Friedel, PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Icahn School of Medicine Mt. Sinai
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/28/2022 – MIC Seminar: Justin Drake, PhD “Proteomic Approaches to Identify Targets and Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer”
Justin Drake, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Urology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014
10/5/2022 – MIC Seminar – Jeifu Li, PhD “In Situ Cell-Surface Proteomics: Method Development and Applications in Neurobiology”
Jeifu Li, PhD
Group Leader, 4D Cellular Physiology
Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014
10/12/2022 – MIC Seminar: Ahmad Jomaa, PhD “Cargo, Ships, and Harbors: Insights into Membrane Proteins Sorting and Translocation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum”
Ahmad Jomaa, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/19/2022 – MIC Seminar: Anita Hjelmeland, PhD “Alpha 2,6 Sialylation and ST6Gal1 in Brain Tumor Initiating Cell Maintenance.”
Anita Hjelmeland, PhD
Basic Science Co-Leader, Neuro-oncology Program, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, Glial Biology Pillar, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Associate Professor
Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology (CDIB)
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Host: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD
This seminar will be a ZOOM seminar.
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: ZOOM meeting space
10/26/2022 – MIC Seminar – Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD “Targeting transposable elements to reverse immune evasion in cancer”
Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
George Washington University
Host: Drew Dudley, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/4/2022 – MIC Robert J. Kadner Lecture: “Legionella, RNA and host cell metabolism”
“Legionella, RNA and host cell metabolism”
Professor Elizabeth Hartland, PhD
Director and CEO, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Head, Department of Molecular and Translational Science,
Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Hosts: Melissa Kendall, PhD, Isabelle Derre, PhD
Date: Friday, November 4, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center
11/9/2022 – MIC Seminar: Ben Gewurz, MD, PhD “A Master of Disguise: Proteomic Analysis Reveals Epstein-Barr Virus Evasion of Multiple B Cell Viral Restriction Pathways”
Ben Gewurz, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Medicine/Infectious Disease, Brigham And Women’s Hospital
Associate Chair, Virology Program, Harvard Medical School
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/16/2022 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Jessica Annis (Brown Lab) and Mitch McGinty (Rutkowski Lab)
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/30/2022 – MIC Seminar: Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD “The Ins and Outs of Virus-Host Interaction: Studies of HIV, EBOV and SARS-CoV-2”
Shan-Lu Liu, MD, PhD
Professor, Director – Viruses and Emerging Pathogens Program, Infectious Disease Institute
Ohio State University
Host: Jie Sun, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: TBD
12/7/2022 – MIC Seminar: Víctor Torres, PhD “Dissecting the tug of war between Staphylococcus aureus and the host”
Víctor Torres, PhD
C.V. Starr Professor of Microbiology
Director, Antimicrobial-Resistant (AMR) Pathogens Program
Department of Microbiology
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
1/18/2023 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Yen Nguyen (Zong Lab) and Sara Dochnal (Cliffe Lab)
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1-17
1/25/2023 MIC Seminar – Stephen Robinson, PhD and Sally A. Dreger, PhD
Stephen Robinson, PhD
Group Leader
Quadram Institute Bioscience
“Developing Live-Biotherapeutic Products to Treat Breast Cancer”
AND
Sally A. Dreger, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Quadram Institute Bioscience
“Impact of the Gut Microbiome on Vascular Development”
Host: Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
2/15/2023 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Salma Sharmin (Kashatus Lab) and Brandon Thompson (Petri Lab)
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
3/1/2023 MIC Graduate Student Seminar
Samantha Lempke (Ewald Lab) and Alexander Ball (Pompano)
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
3/15/2023 MIC Seminar Matthew Sikora, PhD
Matthew J. Sikora, PhD
Department of Pathology
University of Colorado Cancer Center
University of Colorado, School of Medicine
Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
3/22/2023 MIC Seminar: Igor Brodsky, PhD
Igor Brodsky, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair of Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
4/5/2023 MIC Seminar: Shruti Naik, PhD
Shruti Naik, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology
Hosts: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
4/12/2023 MIC Seminar: Abby Overacre, PhD
Abby Overacre, PhD
Assistant Professor | Department of Immunology
University of Pittsburgh | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Host: Anne Sperling, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
4/19/2023 MIC Seminar – Stacy Horner, PhD
Stacy Horner, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-Director, Center for RNA Biology
Duke University
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
4/26/2023 MIC Seminar: Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez, PhD
Muge Kuyumcu-Martinez, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
5/3/2023 MIC Seminar: Kenneth Whitaker Witwer, Ph.D.
Kenneth Whitaker Witwer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Departments of Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology, Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
Host: Jay Fox, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
5/17/2023 MIC Seminar: Anthony Rossomando, PhD
Anthony Rossomando, PhD
Chief Development Officer
Sinfonia Biotherapeutics
Host: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1017
9/20/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/27/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/4/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/11/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/18/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/25/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/3/2023 – Annual Robert J. Kadner Lecture in Microbiology
Daniel A Portnoy, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Plant & Microbial Biology
UC Berkeley
Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center
11/8/2023 – MIC Seminar: Wenhan Zhu, PhD
Wenhan Zhu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/15/2023 – MIC Seminar: Jorn Coers, PhD
Jorn Coers, PhD
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Associate Professor of Immunology
Duke University School of Medicine
Host: Sarah Ewald, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/22/2023 – MIC Seminar
Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
12/6/2023 – MIC Seminar: Lawrence Banks, PhD
Lawrence Banks, PhD
Director General of the ICGEB
Host: Mariano A Garcia-Blanco MD PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014