Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Seminar Series
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Training Program hold a weekly Seminar Series on Wednesdays at 12:00 noon. Please Note: Seminars for the Spring 2021 semester will be held remotely. If you are interested in receiving additional information or zoom links, please email Kathy Marinelli kfurness@bu.edu.
Click here for previous seminars.
| Spring 2021 | ||||
| Date | Speaker | Title | Program | Host |
| Feb 3 | Samantha Bell, PhD. Texas A&M |
“Cytosolic Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Activates Potent Immune Responses” | MICRO | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Feb 10 | Kiera Clayton, Ph.D. Ragon Institute |
“Macrophages: Hide outs for HIV and drivers of inflammation” | MICRO | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Feb 17 | Parisa Kalantari, Ph.D. Tufts University |
“Molecular Pathways Restraining Immunopathology in Schistosomiasis” | MICRO | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Feb 24 | Robert Abbott, Ph.D. La Jolla Institute for Immunology |
“To B or not to B? The Story of B Cell Precursors and Complex Vaccine Antigens” | MICRO | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Mar 3 | No Seminar | |||
| Mar 10 | No Seminar | |||
| Mar 17 | Wilton Williams, Ph.D. Duke University |
“Fab-dimerized Glycan-reactive Antibodies are a Novel Structural Category of Natural Antibodies” | ITP | Thomas Kepler |
| Mar 24 | No Seminar | |||
| Mar 31 | No Seminar | |||
| Apr 7 | STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER Michaela Gack, Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic |
“Innate Immune Regulatory Circuits and Antagonism by SARS-CoV-2” | MICRO/ITP | Michael Breen |
| Apr 14 | Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D. Weill Cornell Medical Center |
“Rational Design of a Vaccine to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus: We are Halfway There” | ITP | Thomas Kepler |