Fall 2023 Seminars
9/6/2023 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Johnson Ung (Loughran) and Naomi Bryant (Woodfolk)
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/13/2023 – MIC Seminar: Justin J. Taylor, PhD
“Analyzing and Engineering B cell Responses: An Introduction to the Taylor Lab.”
Justin J. Taylor, PhD
Associate Professor
Carter Immunology Center
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/20/2023 – MIC Seminar: Fernando Ruiz, PhD
“Targeting the Human O-glycoproteome by Pathogens of Enterobacteriaceae”
Fernando Ruiz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Melissa Kendall, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
9/27/2023 – MIC Seminar: Molly Ohainle, PhD
“HIV-CRISPR Screens: Identifying Cellular Barriers to HIV Infection“
Molly Ohainle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
Berkeley University
Host: Anna Cliffe, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/4/2023 – MIC Seminar: Kaitlin J. Basham, PhD
“Sex Hormone Regulation of Anti-Tumor Immunity in Adrenal Cancer”
Kaitlin J. Basham, PhD
Oncological Sciences – Assistant Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/11/2023 – MIC Seminar: Jeanne A. Hardy PhD
“Harnessing protease reactions for detection and treatment of viral infections”
Jeanne A. Hardy Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Director Biotechnology Training Program
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Host: Jay Fox, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
10/18/2023 – MIC Seminar: Araceli E. Santiago, PhD
“Novel Mechanisms of Antivirulence and Strategies to Prevent Enteric Disease”
Araceli E. Santiago, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Host: Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/3/2023 – Annual Robert J. Kadner Lecture in Microbiology
“The Cell Biology of Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: From bacterial genetics to innate immunity and cancer immunotherapy”
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 – CANCELED
Commensal iron acquisition modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection
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: Jörn Coers, PhD
Catch me if you can: cell-autonomous immunity to intracellular pathogens
Jörn 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
12/7/2023 (Thursday)– MIC Seminar: Lawrence Banks, PhD
Human Papillomaviruses: From Infectious Entry to Malignancy
Dr. Lawrence Banks
Director General of the ICGEB
Host: Mariano A Garcia-Blanco MD PhD
Date: THURSDAY, December 7, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1005
12/13/2023 MIC Seminar: Micah Alan Luftig, PhD
Duke University
Host: Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn 1014