Fall 2024 Seminars

9/11/2024 – MIC Seminar: Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD “Epigenetic regulators of melanoma initiation: from human genetics to zebrafish models”

Charles Kaufman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Medical Oncology | Department of Developmental Biology
Washington University

Host:  Andrew Dudley, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

9/18/2024 – MIC Seminar: Peter D. Canoll, MD, PhD:    “Targeting Glioma Heterogeneity”

9/25/2024 – MIC Seminar: Marcos Pires, PhD “Chemical Grammar of Accumulation in Bacterial Pathogens with Subcellular Resolution”

Marcos Pires, PhD
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry
University of Virginia

Host: Melanie Rutkowski, PhD
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

10/2/2024 – MIC Seminar Laura E. Newman, Ph.D.: “Mitochondrial DNA replication stress triggers a pro-inflammatory endosomal pathway of nucleoid disposal”

Laura E. Newman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Host: David Kashatus, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

10/9/2024 – MIC Seminar: Joan Mecsas, PhD “Yersinia Yops in M cells and Neutrophils”

Joan Mecsas, PhD
Professor
Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine

Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

10/16/2024 – MIC Seminar: Erquan Zhang, PhD “Prolonged sleep deprivation induces a cytokine storm-like syndrome in mammals”

E. Erquan Zhang, PhD
Associate Investigator
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China

Host: Hui Zong, PhD
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

10/30/2024 – MIC Seminar:  Andrew E Vaughan, PhD “Vascular Regeneration and Inflammation in Viral Pneumonia: A Balancing Act”

Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Host:  MIC Graduate Students
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

11/8/2024 – Annual Kadner Lecture in Microbiology: Dr. Scott Hultgren, PhD “Elucidation of Host-Pathogen Interactions lead to Antibiotic-Sparing Therapeutics”

Dr. Scott Hultgren, PhD
Helen L Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis.

Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

11/13/2024 – MIC Seminar:  Emery Bresnick, PhD: “From Human Genetics to Stem Cell and Cancer Mechanisms”

Gary Felsenfeld Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology
Lowell and Gwendolyn Smythe Endowed Professor
Cell and Regenerative Biology
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin

Hosts:  MIC Graduate Students
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

11/20/2024 – MIC Seminar: Daniel E. Frigo, Ph.D.: Targeting Prostate Cancer Metabolism Across the Androgen Continuum

Daniel E. Frigo, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Host: Daniel Gioeli, PhD
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

12/4/2024 – MIC Seminar: Petr Broz, PhD:  “Inflammasomes – multi-protein complexes controlling immunity and cell death”

Petr Broz, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Immunobiology
University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Hosts:  MIC Graduate Students
Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

12/11/2024 – MIC Seminar: Esra Akbay, PhD: “Modelling and Targeting Immune Escape in Lung Cancer”

Esra Akbay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014