Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Seminar Series
The Department of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology and the Immunology Training Program hold a weekly Seminar Series on Wednesdays at 12:00 noon in X222 unless otherwise noted. While in person attendance is preferred, all seminars will be livestreamed via Zoom, and email reminders containing the Zoom link will be sent prior to each seminar. Please email kfurness@bu.edu if you want to be added to the email listserv.
Click here for previous seminars.
| Jan 21 | George Murphy, PhD CReM/Boston University |
Centenarians in a Dish: Unlocking the Secrets of Exceptional Longevity | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Jan 28 | Ruth Franklin, PhD Harvard Medical School |
Deciphering Immune-Epithelial Interactions in the Lung | Hisashi Akiyama |
| Feb 4 | STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER Christina Stallings, PhD Washington University |
Inflammation as a Driver of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis | Elise Armstrong |
| Feb 11 | David R. Collins, PhD Ragon Institute |
CD8+ T Cell Stemness Precedes Post-intervention Control of HIV-1 Viremia | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Feb 18 | Sarah Stubbs, PhD VIM/Boston University |
Modulation of RNA Surveillance Pathways During Ebola Virus Infection | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Feb 25 | No Seminar | ||
| Mar 4 | Rescheduled to May 6 | ||
| Mar 11 | No Seminar | ||
| Mar 18 | Douglas Kwon, MD, PhD Ragon Institute |
Targeting Mucosal Immunity in the Gut and Female Genital Tract to Improve Human Health | Manish Sagar |
| Mar 25 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr 1 | Daniel Cifuentes, PhD Biochemistry/Boston University |
Got RBPs? Disentangling RNA-Binding Protein Functions during Viral Infections | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Apr 8 | Jonathan Cherry, PhD Pathology & Lab Medicine/BU |
Neuroimmune Dysfunction and Inflammation are the Inflection Point between Repetitive Head Injury and Neurodegeneration | Rahm Gummuluru |
| Apr 15 | Devin Kenney, PhD, Saeed Lab and Emily LaVerriere, PhD, Connor Lab |
“Characterization of Powassan Virus Pathogenesis in C57BL/6 Mice” and “Sequencing in Containment: Developing Genomic Surveillance for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus” |
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| Apr 22 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr 29 | Gaurav Gaiha, MD, PhD Ragon Institute |
Leveraging Computational Approaches to Develop Rational T cell-Inducing Vaccines for Global Infectious Disease | Florian Douam |
| May 6 | John Mascola, MD ModeX Therapeutics |
Multispecific Vaccine and Antibody Technologies for Cancer and Infectious Diseases | John Misasi |
| May 20 | Yifei Liao, PhD Brigham and Women’s |
Novel Insights into Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Switch and Therapeutic Target | Rachel Fearns |
| May 27 | Juan Inclan-Rico, PhD University of Pennsylvania |
‘Scratching the surface’: Itch-Sensing Neurons regulate skin immunity | Rachel Fearns |
| M, June 1 (12 pm) | Mark Manzano, PhD University of Arkansas |
Oncogenic Drivers of KSHV Lymphoma | Rachel Fearns |
| June 3 | Zandrea Ambrose, PhD University of Pittsburgh |
Across Scales: HIV-1 Capsid-Host Factor Interactions from Molecular Mechanism to Lenacapavir Resistance In Vivo | Rachel Fearns |
| June 10 | David Collins, PhD Ragon Institute |
Antiviral T Cells: Successes, Failures, and Opportunities | Rachel Fearns |
| June 17 | Craig Bierle, PhD University of Minnesota |
Understanding the Role of the Placenta in Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection | Rachel Fearns |