Seminars 2012 - 2013
All Seminars are at 12:00pm on Thursdays
All seminars to be held in 5330 Med Sci I unless otherwise indicated
September 13, 2012
Jonathan Livny, Ph.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Catalyst
The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
Exploring bacterial transcriptomes in the age of high-throughput sequencing
Host: Vic DiRita
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
September 20, 2012
POSTDOC INVITED SPEAKER
Thomas Shenk, Ph.D.
Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Metabolomic Analysis: Fat Management by Human Cytomegalovirus
Host: Rachel Spurbeck
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
September 27, 2012
Suzy Dawid, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology
University of Michigan
Bacterial antagonism drives genetic diversity in the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae
Host: Wes Dunnick
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
October 4, 2012
RACKHAM CENTENNIAL - HERITAGE LECTURE
Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
How gut microbes enhance enteric virus infections
Host: Kathy Spindler
This seminar will be held in the BSRB Auditorium
October 11, 2012
Bethany Moore, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology
University of Michigan
Regulation of adaptive immunity and lung injury post-stem cell transplants
Host: Maria Sandkvist
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
October 18, 2012
Sungjin Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
A novel human NK cell subset with memory cell-like featuress
Host: Cheong-Hee Chang
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
October 25, 2012
NEIDHARDT/FRETER LECTURE
Andreas Baümler, Ph.D
Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, Davis
How the host response feeds Salmonella
Hosts: Mary O'Riordan and Michele Swanson
James Collins, Ph.D.
Professor, HHMI Investigator
Boston University
Radical approaches to antibacterials and antibiotic resistance
Host: Chris Alteri
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
November 1, 2012
Erin Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chicago
Lipid presentation and T cell recognition in the human immune system
Host: Malini Raghavan
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
November 8, 2012
Lyle Simmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Mismatch repair and genome stability in Bacillus subtilis
Host: Wes Dunnick
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
November 15, 2012
Glenn Rall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor. Leader-Inflammation Work Group, Co-leader, Immune Cell Development and Host Defense
Fox Chase Cancer Center
How the Usual Suspects Result in Unusual Outcomes: Interferon Signaling in Virus-Infected Neurons
Host: Kathy Spindler
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
November 29, 2012
Peter Bradley, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles
The role of the Toxoplasma rhoptries in invasion and host-pathogen interaction
Host: Vern Carruthers
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
December 6, 2012
BROCKMAN SPEAKER
Paul Ahlquist, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Virology and Oncology, HHMI
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Structure, Assembly and Function of Viral Mini-Organelles for Genomic RNA Replication
Host: David Miller
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
December 13, 2012
Joel Swanson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan
Inducible Renitence in Macrophage Phagosomes
Host: Wes Dunnick
This seminar will be held in 5330 MS1
January 10, 2013
Christiane Wobus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan
Early events during norovirus pathogenesis
Host: Wes Dunnick
January 17, 2013
STUDENT INVITED LECTURE
Roberto Kolter, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Harvard Medical School
The Chemical Lives of Microbes
Hosts: Chelsea Rule and Brittan Scales
January 24, 2013
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan
Surviving stress & intoxication: innate immune hijacking of host stress response circuitry
Host: Wes Dunnick
January 31, 2013
Professor, Program in Molecualr Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
TRIM5 is an innate immune receptor for the HIV-1 capsid lattice
Host: Akira Ono
February 7, 2013
Paul Duprex, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Cell and Tissue Imaging, NEIDL Institute
Boston University School of Medicine
Illuminating paramyxovirus pathogenesis
Host: Christiane Wobus
February 14, 2013
Denise Kirschner, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan
A systems biology approach reveals novel insights regarding the immune response to M. tuberculosis
Host: Wes Dunnick
February 21, 2013
Oliver He, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Laboratory Aminal Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
University of Michigan
Rational vaccine design and immune mechanism analysis using reverse vaccinology and systems biology
Host: Wes Dunnick
February 28, 2013
Karen Guillemin, Ph.D.
Assiciate Professor of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon
Molecular dialogues with the microbiota: insights from the zebrafish intestine
Host: Vince Young
March 7, 2013
Matthew Redinbo, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Understanding and Impacting Human-Microbial Symbiosis
Host: Nicole Koropatkin
March 14, 2013
Wendy Garrett, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard University School of Public Health
Prelim title-Host-gut microbiota interactions in colitis and colorectal cancer
Host: Pat Schloss
March 21, 2013
Karl Munger, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
University of Virginia
Perturbation of Host Cellular Regulatory Networks by Human Papillomaviruses
Host: Mike Imperiale
March 28, 2013
Michael Emerman, Ph.D
Affiliate Professor of Microbiology, Division of Allergry and Infectious Diseases
University of Calgary
The Evolution of HIV Host-Cell Interactions
Host: Alice Telesnitsky
April 4, 2013
Paul Kubes, Ph.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Catalyst
The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
Neutrophils in sterile inflammation and infection
Host: Joel Swanson & Dept. of Pathology
April 11, 2013
André Veillette, Ph.D.
Professor, McGill Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine
University of Montreal
Immune regulation by the SLAM-SAP pathways
Host: Cheong-Hee Chang
April 18, 2013
Mark J Mandel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Host specificity and symbiotic development in Vibrio fischeri
Host: Eric Martens
April 25, 2013
WILLISON LECTURE
John Boothroyd, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Stanford School of Medicine
Ann Arbor Rave or Windsor Waltz: How Toxoplasma uses polymorphic effectors to influence its dance with the host
Host: Vern Carruthers
May 2, 2013
Beth McCormick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Salmonella typhimurium interactions with the intestinal epithelium: A twist in the tale of bacterial pathogenesis
Host: Harry Mobley
May 9, 2013
Gwendalyn Randolph, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
Inflammation and cellular/molecular transit through lymphatic vessels
Host: Phil King
May 16, 2013
Adam Ratner, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
Columbia University Medical Center
Bacterial pore-forming toxins: evolution, pathogenesis, intervention
Host: Suzy Dawid
May 23, 2013
Christine Biron, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Brown University
Deciphering Pathways Shaping NK Cell Responses during Viral Infections: Intrinsic Changes Regulating Cytokine Effects
Host: Yasmina Laouar
