Seminars
MICaB Invited Speaker Seminar Series
Mondays at 12:00 noon
All seminars will be live streamed through the Zoom link below.
Hybrid In-person/Zoom seminars will be held in: 1-125 Cancer & Cardiovascular Research Building (CCRB) – 2231 6th St SE (Across from Huntington Bank Stadium) unless otherwise noted
Meeting ID: 971 2390 2854
Passcode: vH3x1F
September 11:
Robert Abramovitch, PhD
“TBD”
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Host: Tony Baughn, PhD
September 18:
Byron Au-Yeung, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Host: Kris Hogquist, PhD
September 25:
Alistair Russell, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Molecular Biology, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
Host: Craig Bierle, PhD
October 2:
TBD
October 9:
Jolene Ramsey, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Host: Jeff Gralnick, PhD
October 16:
Jayne Danska, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Host: Tanya Freedman, PhD
October 23:
Aria Eshraghi, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Host: Kevin Lang, PhD
October 30:
Ross Kedl, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Host: Brian Fife, PhD
November 6:
Vineet D. Menachery, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Host: Ryan Langlois, PhD
November 13:
Simon C. Robson, PhD
"TBD"
Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA
Host: Christina Camell, PhD
November 27:
Molly Ingersoll, PhD
"TBD"
Mucosal Inflammation and Immunity, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Host: Tom Griffith, PhD
December 4:
Beth Tamburini, PhD
"TBD"
Co-Director, Immunology Program, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Host: Sara Hamilton Hart, PhD
December 11:
Sarah Fortune, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Host: Tony Baughn, PhD and Tyler Bold, PhD
December 18:
Rob Miller, PhD
"TBD"
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Host: Ryan Langlois, PhD
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Immunology.
Student Seminar Series
Fall Semester 2023
THURSDAYS, 12:00-1:00
Hybrid seminars held in 1-110 LRB/MTRF and available by live stream Zoom Link:
https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/91285410864?pwd=RlJxNjM2MG5jM2pZWlhXMHJiNnpNUT09
Meeting ID: 912 8541 0864
Passcode: 5J8zDt
SEPTEMBER 7
Kristina Burrack, Ph.D., Dept. of Infectious Disease and International Medicine, MICaB Graduate Faculty
Candidate
“Enhancing immunity to Plasmodium”
Faculty Advocate: Kris Hogquist
SEPTEMBER 14
José Valentín López
“Elucidating the Role of Extracellular Fatty Acids in Ferroptosis in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer”
Advisor: Scott Dehm
Student Host: Rex Huang
Faculty Reviewers: Tony Baughn, Christina Camell, Peter Gordon
SEPTEMBER 21
Michael Patterson
“Trem2 regulates foamy macrophage formation in Atherosclerosis”
Advisor: Jesse Williams
Student Host: Terran Stenger
Faculty Reviewers: Anna Selmecki, Dave Masopust, Emil Lou
SEPTEMBER 28
Taylor Crooks
“Morphazinamide: Making Pyrazinamide Bigger, Better, and Stronger”
Advisor: Tony Baughn
Student Host: Dani Vasquez Rico
Faculty Reviewers: Steve Rice, Mike Farrar, Scott Dehm
OCTOBER 5
Claire Thefaine
“TBA”
Advisor: Sara Hamilton Hart
Student Host: Jovany Betancourt
Faculty Reviewers: Matt Aliota, Frank Cichocki, Justin Drake
OCTOBER 12
Jesenia Perez
“Identifying proteomic determinants of differential PARPi response in high-grade serous ovarian cancer
(HGSOC)”
Advisor: Stefani Thomas
Student Host: Charlie Roll
Faculty Reviewers: Larry Wackett, Tanya Freedman, Tim Hallstrom
OCTOBER 19
Tyler Rollman
“Understanding cytomegalovirus-mediated placental injury”
Advisor: Craig Bierle
Student Host: Joel Pardo
Faculty Reviewers: Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, Kris Hogquist, Greg Vercellotti
OCTOBER 26
Tailor Mathes
“Phagocyte heterogeneity and T cell dependence of cellular host defense mechanisms in tuberculosis”
Advisor: Tyler Bold
Student Host: Brigitte Flannery
Faculty Reviewers: Pam Skinner, Steve Jameson, Jim McCarthy
NOVEMBER 2
Anders Lindstedt
“Lyn kinase helps drive Toll-like receptor (TLR)-induced autophagy in dendritic cells”
Advisor: Tanya Freedman
Student Host: Grant Hickok
Faculty Reviewers: Katie Fixen, Nikki Klatt, Branden Moriarity
NOVEMBER 9
Zak Hying
“TBA”
Advisor: Jannell Bazurto
Student Host: Caleb Kim
Faculty Reviewers: Yinduo Ji, Vaiva Vezys, Chris Pennell
NOVEMBER 16
Alison Barkhymer
“Species differences in the early innate immune response to influenza”
Advisor: Ryan Langlois
Student Host: Cara-lin Lonetree
Faculty Reviewers: Will Harcombe, Jeff Miller, Masato Yamamoto
NOVEMBER 23- THANKSGIVING BREAK
NOVEMBER 30
Madison Ahmad
“Translation processivity drives sensitivity to ciprofloxacin in Bacillus subtilis”
Advisor: Kevin Lang
Student Host: Foster Powers
Faculty Reviewers: Yuying Liang, Dan Mueller, Zohar Sachs
DECEMBER 7
Susan Schmidt
“Deciphering the Role of Insulin Signaling and Steroid Hormone Receptor Crosstalk in Therapy Resistant
Breast Cancer”
Advisor: Carol Lange
Student Host: Robert Maddox
Faculty Reviewers: Hinh Ly, Yoji Shimizu, Stefani Thomas
DECEMBER 14
Sarah Wall
“Investigating mechanisms of bystander CD8 T cell mediated immunopathology”
Advisor: Steve Jameson
Student Host: Tom Hougard
Faculty Reviewers: Trinity Hamilton, Hai-Bin Ruan, Kaylee Schwertfeger
DECEMBER 21
Olivia Smith
“TBA”
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Student Host: Hannah Hillman
Faculty Reviewers: Janet Schottel, Xavier Revelo, Amy Skubitz
Cancer Center Seminar Series
To view the Masonic Cancer Center Seminar Series, click here.
ALL SEMINARS ARE HELD:
In person or online via Zoom as noted.