Seminar
Schedule 2008-2009 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Program |
Host |
| Sept. 10 |
Ofer Levy, Harvard Medical School |
Distinct Innate Immunity of the Human Newborn: Basic Mechanisms, Clinical Correlates and Translational Opportunities |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Sept. 17 |
Susan Ross, U Pennsylvania |
Co-evolution of a Virus and its Host: The Mouse as a Model for Understanding Host-Virus Interaction |
Microbiology |
Naomi Rosenberg |
| Sept. 24 |
Tasuku Honjo, Kyoto U School of Medicine |
Leskowitz Lecture, Genetic Mechanisms for Generation of Antibody Diversity |
Immunology |
Erik Selsing |
| Oct. 8 |
Heran Darwin, NYU School of Medicine |
Proteasomes, a Ubiquitin-like Protein, and Tuberculosis |
Microbiology |
Andy Camilli |
| Oct. 15 |
Didier Stanier, UCSF |
Endodermal Organ Development and Regeneration in Zebrafish |
Genetics |
Erik Selsing |
| Oct. 22 |
Katherine Lemon Children's Hospital |
Respiratory Tract Microbiota in Health and Disease |
Microbiology |
Joan Mecsas & Diana Bianchi |
Oct. 29 |
Neal Silverman, UMass Medical School |
Inside and Out: Microbial Recognition and Signal Transduction in the Drosophila Immune Response |
Immunology |
Sasha Poltorak |
| Nov. 5 |
David Engman, Northwestern U |
Cell Biology of Trypanosome Flagellum and Pathogenesis of Chagas Disease |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Nov. 19 |
Estelle Bettelli, Harvard Medical School |
Interplay Between Th17 and Regulatory T cells in Autoimmunity |
Immunology |
Miguel Stadecker |
| Dec. 3 |
Deborah Hogan, Dartmouth Medical School |
Molecular Interactions between Pseudomonas-Candida: Modulation of Bacterial and Fungal Virulence Factors |
Microbiology |
Katya Heldwein |
| Dec. 10 |
Mark Schlomchik, Yale |
Activation and Regulation of Autoreactive B Cells |
Immunology |
Thereza Imanishi-Kari |
| Dec. 17 |
David Guttman, U Toronto |
Evolution of Innate Immunity Triggers |
Microbiology |
Ralph Isberg |
| Jan. 7 |
John Beckwith , Harvard Medical School |
Evolution and Diversity of Pathways for Protein Disulfide Bond Formation and Reduction in Bacteria: Genetics, Bioinformatics and Biochemistry |
Microbiology & Genetics |
Michael Malamy |
| Jan. 14 |
Steve Reiner, U Pennsylvania |
Inducing the Cell Fates Required for Immunity |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Jan. 21 |
Bert van den Berg, UMass Medical School |
How Do Bacteria Clean Up Our Mess? Outer Membrane Transport of Hydrophobic Compounds |
Microbiology |
Katya Heldwein |
| Jan. 28 |
Monica Colaiacovo, Harvard Medical School |
Mechanisms Underlying Accurate Meiotic Chromosome Segregation in C. elegans |
Genetics |
Erik Selsing |
| Feb. 4 |
Amy Wagers, Harvard Medical School |
Role of the Niche in Stem Cell Self-renewal, Aging and Malignacy |
Immunology |
Immunology Students |
| Feb.11 |
Malcolm Winkler, Indiana U |
New Regulators of Cellular Homeostasis and Virulence in the Human Respiratory Pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Microbiology |
Linc Sonenshein |
| Feb. 18 |
Kai Wucherpfennig, Harvard Medical School |
The Earliest Events in T Cell Activation |
Immunology |
Stephen Bunnell |
| Feb. 25 |
Janet Yother, U Alabama, Birmingham |
Synthesis and Regulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Surface Structures |
Microbiology |
Andy Camilli |
| Mar. 4 |
Richard Van Etten, Tufts Medical School |
Sackler Science Frontiers - Insights into Pathogenesis and Therapy of Human Leukemia from Studies in Mice |
Immunology & Genetics |
Naomi Rosenberg |
| Mar. 11 |
Marcy MacDonald, Harvard Medical School |
Huntington's Disease; from Genetics to Therapeutics |
Genetics |
Suzanne Rofler-Tarlov |
| Mar. 18 |
Corrie Detweiler, U Colorado, Boulder |
Macrophages and the Host-Pathogen Balance of Chronic Infection |
Microbiology |
Joan Mecsas |
| Mar. 25 |
Terry Connell, U Buffalo |
Immunomodulating Enterotoxins -- It's not Just about Diarrhea Anymore! |
Microbiology |
Andy Camilli |
| Apr. 1 |
Leslie Schiff, U Minnesota |
Breaking and Entering: Determinants of Cell Entry By Oncolytic Reoviruses |
Microbiology |
Naomi Rosenberg & Claire Moore |
| Apr. 8 |
Silvia Bolland, NIH |
Mechanisms Underlying B Cell Autorectivity |
Immunology |
Brigitte Huber |
| Apr. 17 |
Welkin Johnson, Harvard Medical School |
TBA |
Genetics |
John Coffin |
| Apr. 22 |
Arlene Sharpe, Harvard Medical School |
Roles of PD-1 and its Ligands in Regulating T Cell Activation and Tolerance |
Immunology |
Immunology Students |
| Apr. 29 |
Stephen Smale, UCLA |
Regulation of inducible genes by chromatin and CpG islands |
Immunology |
Sasha Poltorak |
| May 6 |
Arturo Casadevall , Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
TBA |
Micrbiology |
Carol Kumamoto |
| May 13 |
Chris Hunter, U Pennsylvania Veterinary School |
TBA |
Immunology |
Honorine Ward |
| May 20 |
Pamela Sklar, MIT |
TBA |
Genetics |
Erik Selsing |
| May 27 |
Karen Guillemin, U Oregon |
TBA |
Microbiology |
Ralph Isberg |
| June 3 |
Shannon Turley, Harvard Medical School |
TBA |
Immunology |
Immunology Students |
