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. Seminars are held either in the First Floor NEIDL Conference Room or in 670 Albany Street, Room 107/108. Please note location below.

Click here for previous seminars.

SPRING 2020 
Date
Location
 Speaker Title Program Host
Jan 22
NEIDL		 Alejandro Balazs, Ph.D.
Ragon Institute/MGH
 Escapability of HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies is the Major Driver of Therapeutic Efficacy NEIDL Florian Douam
Jan 29
670 Alb		 Facundo Batista, Ph.D.
Ragon Institute/MGH		 Informing Vaccine by Defining the Rules of Antibody Responses Microbiology Lee Wetzler

Feb 5
NEIDL		 **C A N C E L E D**
Carolyn Coyne, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Antiviral Signaling at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
NEIDL
Mohsan Saeed
Feb 12
NEIDL		 Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital		 Impact of Obesity on Influenza: From Disease Severity to Vaccine Efficacy NEIDL Anthony Griffiths
Feb 19 No Seminar
Feb 26
NEIDL		 Ann Palmenberg, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
 Rhinovirus C Isn’t the Common Cold NEIDL Mohsan Saeed
Mar 4
NEIDL		 Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D.
Yale University		 RNA Agonists for Activating RIG-I Antitumor and Antiviral Responses NEIDL Elke Mühlberger
Mar 11
670 Alb		 **C A N C E L E D**
Barbara Rehermann, M.D.
NIDDK, NIH		 Natural Versus Laboratory World: Wild Mouse Microbiota Improve Host Fitness and Preclinical Models Microbiology Jay Mizgerd
Mar 18
670 Alb		 **C A N C E L E D**
Daniel Stetson, Ph.D.
University of Washington
 Regulation of Intracellular DNA Sensing Immunology Hans Dooms
Mar 25
670 Alb		 **C A N C E L E D**
Jason McLellan, Ph.D.
University of Texas, Austin
 Structure-based Development of Interventions for Pneumoviruses and Coronaviruses Microbiology Rachel Fearns
Apr 1
NEIDL		 **C A N C E L E D**
Derek Walsh, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
 Why Nuclei Rotate During Cytomegalovirus Infection NEIDL Anthony Griffiths
Apr 8
670 Alb		 **C A N C E L E D**
Sallie Permar, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University		 Immunology Thomas Kepler
Apr 15
NEIDL		 **C A N C E L E D**
Alexander Ploss, Ph.D.
Princeton University		 The Long and Winding Road Toward Breaking the Barriers of Interspecies Transmission of Human Viral Pathogens NEIDL Florian Douam
Apr 22 No Seminar
Apr 29
670 Alb		 **C A N C E L E D**
STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER
Jennifer Lund, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center		 Microbiology Kimberly Barker

**If this is your first time attending a seminar in NEIDL, you need to register for NEIDL seminar card access. Please email aco-list@bu.edu the following information:

  • Full Name (including middle)
  • Date of Birth
  • BU or BMC Employee or Student ID Number

Proximity/tap ID badge required for access. Swipe ID badges can be upgraded at no charge by going to the ID office located at 710 Albany St.

Please email  aco-list@bu.edu with any questions.