Spring 2024 Seminars
1/24/2024 – MIC Seminar: Juliet Spencer, PhD “Cytomegalovirus in Breast Cancer: Fact or Fantasy?”
Host: Jay Brown, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
1/31/2024 – MIC Seminar: Sean Whelan, PhD “Enveloped virus entry mechanisms and inhibition.”
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Department Head
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
2/7/2024 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Emily Dennis (McNamara)
“Loss of TET2 increases B-1 cell number and IgM production while limiting CDR3 diversity”.
Kat Zurowska (Rekosh/Hammerskjold)
“Post-transcriptional regulation of HERV-K and a potential role of the HERV-K Rec protein in oncogenesis”
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
2/14/2024 – MIC Seminar: Kurt Warnhoff, PhD “Molybdenum cofactor transport and metabolism in the nematode C. elegans”
Associate Scientist
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
2/21/2024 – MIC Seminar – Sabra L. Klein, PhD “Sex differences in viral and vaccine outcomes”
Sabra L. Klein, PhD
Professor
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
2/28/2024 – MIC Postdocs Seminar: Sapna Sehrawat, PhD Garcia-Blanco Lab and Xian Zhou, PhD Zong Lab
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/6/2024 – MIC Seminar: J. Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD “The textures of the tumor microenvironment: An integrated imaging perspective”
J. Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Medicine
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Microscopy CORE
Host: Andrew Dudley, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/13/2024 – MIC Seminar: Alissa Weaver, MD, PhD “Cellular communication via extracellular vesicles in cancer”
Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Host: Loren Erickson, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/20/2024 – MIC Seminar: Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD “Leveraging cell-type specific mitochondrial physiology to target mitochondria in cancer.”
Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
East Carolina University
Host: David Kashatus, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
3/27/2024 – MIC Seminar: Florian A. Karreth, PhD “Non-mutational drivers of melanoma progression and metastasis”
Florian A. Karreth, PhD
Associate Member
Department of Molecular Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Host: MIC Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/3/2024 – MIC / BMG Seminar: Gad Frankel, PhD “F-like plasmids pick bacterial partners before committing to conjugation”
Gad Frankel, PhD
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences
Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis
Imperial College London, UK
Hosts: Alison Criss, PhD, Ed Egelman, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/10/2024 – MIC Seminar: Vaughn S. Cooper, PhD “How biofilm and immunodeficiency influence the evolution of antimicrobial resistance”
Vaughn S. Cooper, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/17/2024 – MIC Seminar: Robert Bowman, PhD “Genetic approaches for modeling clonal evolution in hematopoietic malignancies”
Robert Bowman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
4/24/2024 – MIC Seminar – Joseph Mizgerd, Sc.D. “Pulmonary immunity: Lungs learn from experience”
Joseph P. Mizgerd, Sc.D.
Jerome S. Brody, MD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/1/2024 – MIC Seminar – Claudia Jakubzick, PhD “Monocyte derived DCs and Interstitial Macrophages in the Lung… and TLO”
Claudia Jakubzick, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/8/2024 – MIC Seminar – Saman Maleki, PhD “Modifying the gut microbiome in cancer patients to improve response to immune checkpoint inhibitors”
Saman Maleki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Medical Biophysics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Host: Kristin Anderson, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/15/2024 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Samantha Lempke (Ewald) and
and Ian Liyayi (Criss)
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/22/2024 – MIC Trainee Seminar: Swetha Anandh, Dudley Lab and Shefali Banerjee, PhD Garcia-Blanco Lab
Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
5/29/2024 – Stefanie R. Bailey, PhD “Challenging dogmas: Re-thinking IFNg in CAR-T therapy”
Stefanie R. Bailey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
University of Virginia
Host: Loren Erickson, PhD
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014