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”
Apr 22 No Seminar
Apr 29 Gaurav Gaiha, MD, PhD
Ragon Institute
Florian Douam
May 6 John Mascola, MD
ModeX Therapeutics
Multispecific Vaccine and Antibody Technologies for Cancer and Infectious Diseases John Misasi