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 in L110 (unless otherwise noted). In addition, all seminars will be livestreamed via Zoom, and email reminders containing the Zoom link are sent prior to each seminar. Please email kfurness@bu.edu if you want to be added to the email listserv.
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| SPRING 2022 MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES | ||||
| Date | Speaker | Title | Program | Host |
| Jan 19 | Faculty Candidate Shailabh Kumar, PhD Stanford University *Virtual Presentation* |
Nanointerfaces for molecules to mosquitoes: Mapping vector-pathogen dynamics at the planetary scale | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Jan 26 | Faith Osier, PhD Imperial College London *Virtual Presentation* |
Fc-dependent IgG parasite clearance as a guide for vaccine development against P. falciparum malaria |
MICRO | Josiane Fofana |
| Tue, Feb 1 9 AM |
Faculty Candidate Adriana Tomic, PhD University of Oxford, UK *Virtual Presentation* |
SIMON says: Revealing immunity to influenza using systems immunology | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Tue, Feb 8 9 AM |
Faculty Candidate Yvon L. Woappi, PhD Harvard Medical School *Virtual Presentation* |
Learning how to regenerate tissue from DNA viruses | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Feb 9 | Faculty Candidate Connie Chang, PhD Montana State University *Virtual Presentation* |
Single cell infection studies of influenza virus using droplet microfluidics | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Feb 16 | Oliver Fregoso, PhD University of California Los Angeles *Virtual Presentation* |
Understanding the host DNA damage response in HIV replication and cure | MICRO | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Thu, Feb 17 9 AM |
Faculty Candidate Abraam Yakoub, PhD University of North Dakota *Virtual Presentation* |
Virus and virus engineering in disease pathogenesis and therapy | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Feb 23 | Faculty Candidate Jeffrey Grabowski, PhD NIH/NIAID *Virtual Presentation* |
Virus interactions with ticks: Tick cultures and translation towards countermeasure development | BME/ NEIDL |
John Connor |
| Mar 2 | No Seminar | |||
| Mar 9 | No Seminar | |||
| Mar 16 | Helen Lazear, PhD University of North Carolina |
Vector-independent transmission of Zika virus and other flaviviruses | NEIDL | Florian Douam |
| Mar 23 | ITP Student Invited Speaker Gordon Freeman, PhD Dana Farber Cancer Center |
Cancer Immunotherapy: PD-1 and new targets | ITP | Megan Snyder |
| Mar 30 | Claudia Jakubzick, PhD Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine |
Natural antibodies are the keys that start the engine to T cell-mediated antitumor immunity… and pulmonary macrophages | ITP | Jay Mizgerd |
| Apr 6 **NEIDL 1st Floor Conf. Room** |
Alexander Ploss, PhD Princeton University |
Looking under the hood of a killer virus: New insights into the molecular biology of hepatitis B virus | NEIDL | Florian Douam |
| Apr 13 | Jie Sun, PhD University of Virginia |
Respiratory viral infection: From acute morbidity to chronic sequelae | ITP | Jay Mizgerd |
| Apr 20 | Margaret Scull, PhD University of Maryland |
Mucin-mediated Defense Against Influenza Virus Infection | NEIDL | Mohsan Saeed |
| Apr 27 | Microbiology Student Invited Speaker Emmie de Wit, PhD NIAID, NIH |
A rapid response to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2: Making past experiences count | MICRO | Callie Donahue |