{"id":2643,"date":"2014-01-06T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T16:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/virol-immunol-microbio\/?page_id=2643"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:00:07","slug":"microbial-pathogenesis-and-immunology-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/virol-immunol-microbio\/seminars\/microbial-pathogenesis-and-immunology-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. <\/span>Please email kfurness@bu.edu<\/a> if you want to be added to the email listserv.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> for previous seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Jan 21<\/td>\nGeorge Murphy, PhD<\/a>
\n<\/b>CReM\/Boston University<\/td>\n		Centenarians in a Dish: Unlocking the Secrets of Exceptional Longevity<\/td>\nRahm Gummuluru<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan 28<\/td>\nRuth Franklin, PhD<\/a>
\n<\/b>Harvard Medical School<\/td>\n		Deciphering Immune-Epithelial Interactions in the Lung<\/td>\nHisashi Akiyama<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 4<\/td>\nSTUDENT INVITED SPEAKER
\nChristina Stallings, PhD<\/a>
\n<\/b>Washington University<\/td>\n		Inflammation as a Driver of Mycobacterium tuberculosis <\/em>Pathogenesis<\/td>\nElise Armstrong<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 11<\/td>\nDavid R. Collins, PhD<\/a>
\n<\/b>Ragon Institute<\/td>\n		CD8+ T Cell Stemness Precedes Post-intervention Control of HIV-1 Viremia<\/td>\nRahm Gummuluru<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 18<\/td>\nSarah Stubbs, PhD<\/strong>
\nVIM\/Boston University<\/td>\n		Modulation of RNA Surveillance Pathways During Ebola Virus Infection<\/td>\nRahm Gummuluru<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Feb 25<\/td>\nNo Seminar<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 4<\/td>\nRescheduled to May 6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 11<\/td>\nNo Seminar<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 18<\/td>\nDouglas Kwon, MD, PhD<\/a>
\n<\/b>Ragon Institute<\/td>\n		Targeting Mucosal Immunity in the Gut and Female Genital Tract to Improve Human Health<\/td>\nManish Sagar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 25<\/td>\nNo Seminar<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 1<\/td>\nDaniel Cifuentes, PhD<\/strong><\/a>
\nBiochemistry\/Boston University<\/td>\n		Got RBPs? Disentangling RNA-Binding Protein Functions during Viral Infections<\/td>\nRahm Gummuluru<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 8<\/td>\nJonathan Cherry, PhD<\/strong><\/a>
\nPathology & Lab Medicine\/BU<\/td>\n		Neuroimmune Dysfunction and Inflammation are the Inflection Point between Repetitive Head Injury and Neurodegeneration<\/td>\nRahm Gummuluru<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 15<\/td>\nDevin Kenney, PhD,<\/strong>
\nSaeed Lab
\nand
\nEmily LaVerriere, PhD,<\/strong> Connor Lab<\/td>\n		“Characterization of Powassan Virus Pathogenesis in C57BL\/6 Mice”
\nand
\n“Sequencing in Containment: Developing Genomic Surveillance for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus”<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 22<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 29<\/td>\nGaurav Gaiha, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/a>
\nRagon Institute<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nFlorian Douam<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 6<\/td>\nJohn Mascola, MD<\/a>
\n<\/strong>ModeX Therapeutics<\/strong><\/td>\n		Multispecific Vaccine and Antibody Technologies for Cancer and Infectious Diseases<\/td>\nJohn Misasi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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