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January 23: 2-620 MoosT
Anna Tischler, Ph.D, MICaB Graduate Faculty Candidate
“Role of phosphate-responsive signal transduction in mycobacterium tuberculosis persistance”
Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Faculty host: Sandra Armstrong (612 625-6947)
January 30: 1-110 MTRF
Brian D. Evavold, Ph.D.
"Two dimensional sampling of self and foreign antigen specific T cells"
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Host: Steve Jameson (612 625-1496)
February 6: 2-620 MoosT
Todd Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
“Establishment of HSV latent infection”
Ralph and Sophie Heintz Research Laboratory, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Host: Steve Rice (612 626-4183)
February 13: 1-110 MTRF
Marcel van den Brink, M.D., Ph.D.
"Of mice and men: Epithelial regeneration and microbiota in gut and thymus"
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Host: Bruce Blazar (612 626-2734)
February 20: 2-620 MoosT
Andres Vazquez-Torres, DVM, Ph.D.
“Thiol sensors of oxidative and nitrosative stress in Salmonella pathogenesis.”
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Host: Sandra Armstrong (612 625-6947)
February 27: 1-110 MTRF
John G. Frelinger, Ph.D.
"Protease activated cytokines: A strategy for enhancing immune responses by altering the tumor microenvironment"
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Host: Chris Pennell (612 625-7138)
March 5: 2-620 MoosT
Antony M. Dean, Ph.D.
“Evolution and enzyme catalysis”
Biotechnology Institute, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Host: Dana Davis (612 624-1912)
March 19: 1-110 MTRF - Canceled -
Garry Nolan, Ph.D., MICaB graduate-student-invited speaker
“A Single Cell System’s Structured View of Immune Function and Cancer”
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Host: Adam Litterman
March 26: 2-620 MoosT
Jake Bailey, Ph.D.
“Genomics as a tool for interpreting the record of ancient microbial life”
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Host: Martin Dworkin (612 624-5634)
April 2: 1-110 MTRF
Wayne Yokoyama, M.D.
"NK Cell Tolerance for Self"
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Host: Dan Kaufman (612 624-0922)
April 9: 2-620 MoosT
Benfang Lei, Ph.D.
“Role of the secreted esterase in innate immune evasion by Group A Streptococcus”
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Host: Yinduo Ji (612 624-2757)
April 16: 1-110 MTRF
Hongbo Chi, Ph.D.
"mTOR signaling at the crossroads of T cell quiescence, metabolism and lineage decisions"
Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Host: Steve Jameson (612 625-1496)
April 23: 2-620 MoosT
Gaya Amarasinghe, Ph.D.
“Immune evasion mechanism of filoviral VP35 proteins”
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis,MO Host: Louis Mansky (612 625-5525)
April 30: 1-110 MTRF
Ellen Robey, Ph.D.
"Visualizing T cell development in the thymus"
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Host: Brian Fife (612 624-2417)
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and the Center for Immunology.
To schedule time with a speaker, please contact his or her host.
Up-to-date information can be found at: http://www.micab.umn.edu/news/invitedsemseries.html
To schedule time with a speaker, please contact his or her host.