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
January 23: Hybrid Seminar
“Bacteriophage resistance shapes enterococcal fitness and evolution”
Department of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Host: Ryan Hunter, PhD (rchunter@umn.edu)
January 30:
"Decoding the immunomodularity function of gut bacteria"
Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
Host: Kris Hogquist, PhD (hogqu001@umn.edu)
February 6: Hybrid Seminar
"Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19 and intervention strategies"
Dept of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School
Host: Pam Skinner, PhD (skinn002@umn.edu)
February 13:
"TBD"
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Host: Marc Jenkins, PhD (jenki002@umn.edu)
February 20: Virtual Seminar via Zoom only
"The impact of the human lung mucosa in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis"
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas, San Antonio
Host: Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, PhD (kbl@umn.edu)
February 27: Virtual via Zoom only
Richard Obst, PhD
"TBD"
Department, institution, and city
Host: Daniel Mueller, PhD (muell002@umn.edu)
March 13: Hybrid Seminar
"TBD"
Immunology and Vaccine Development Program, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Host: Ryan Hunter, PhD (rchunter@umn.edu)
March 20:
"TBD"
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Tanya Freedman, PhD (tfreedma@umn.edu)
March 27: Hybrid Seminar
"Innate responses in respiratory virus defense and transmission"
Department of Microbiology, NYU, Langone Health
Host: Ryan Langlois, PhD (langlois@umn.edu)
April 3:
"TBD"
Department of Human Immunology, St. Vincent’s Institute, Fitzroy, Australia
Host: Brian Fife, PhD (bfife@umn.edu)
April 10: Hybrid Seminar
"TBD"
Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco
Host: Ryan Langlois, PhD (langlois@umn.edu)
April 17: Virtual via Zoom Only
"TBD"
Director, Stem Cell Transplant Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Host: Bruce Blazar, PhD (blaza001@umn.edu)
April 24: Hybrid Seminar
*Greg R. Germaine Frontiers in Science Lecture*
"A new frontier in neuro-mucosal immunity"
Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
Hosts: Anthony Baughn, PhD and Mark Herzberg, PhD
May 1: Hybrid Seminar
"Using helminths to expose the role of pathogens in modulating host immune development"
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Utah, Salt lake City
Host: Sara Hamilton Hart, PhD
May 8: Hybrid Seminar
"TBD"
Würzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Würzburg Germany
Host: David Masopust, PhD
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Center for Immunology.
Student Seminar Series
Spring Semester 2023
THURSDAYS, 12:00-1:00
Hybrid seminars held in 1-110 LRB/MTRF and available by livestream Zoom Link:
https://umn-private.zoom.us/j/96796888066?pwd=Z1dzdFBNdk8zdWdpZmFtOE8rSnRtQT09
Meeting ID: 967 9688 8066
Passcode: s3LTyt
JANUARY 19
No Seminar
JANUARY 26
Carlo Castillo, “Applying a novel co-culture platform to profile host-anaerobe interactions”
Advisor: Ryan Hunter
Sylvia Klein, “The role of the cGAS/STING pathway in determining host specificity for dengue virus”
Advisor: Matt Aliota
Student host: Brigitte Flannery
Faculty Reviewers: Jeff Gralnick, Tyler Bold, Kim Mansky
FEBRUARY 2
Foster Powers, “Antigen specific CD4 T cell activation and physical interaction with lung APCs in tuberculosis”
Advisor: Tyler Bold
Tristan Neal, “A Fibroblast Zoo for Studying RNA Virus Cross-Species Replication Potential”
Advisor: Ryan Langlois
Student host: Amanda Haeberle
Faculty Reviewers: Alon Herschhorn, Bryce Binstadt, Walt Low
FEBRUARY 9
Rex Huang, “Establishing a genome-wide screening platform of human NK cells”
Advisor: Branden Moriarity
Eddie Cruz, “Phenotype of antigen-specific T cell subsets in pancreatic cancer”
Advisor: Ingunn Stromnes
Student host: Grant Hickok
Faculty Reviewers: Bruno Lima, Michael Kyba, Hongbo Pang
FEBRUARY 16
Julia Jackson, “Exploring the functional capacity of iteratively stimulated cd8 T cells”
Advisor: Dave Masopust
Taylor DePauw, “The Role of KLF2 and S1PRs in CD8 T cell Trafficking”
Advisor: Steve Jameson
Student host: Dani Vasquez Rico
Faculty Reviewers: Kirsten Nielsen, Ingunn Stromnes, Martina Bazzaro
FEBRUARY 23
Rob Hullsiek, “Cytokine Induced Memory Like NK Cell Function is Enhanced Upon ADAM17 Inhibition”
Advisor: Bruce Walcheck
Joel Pardo, “Exploring APOBEC3B in Breast Cancer”
Advisor: Doug Yee
Student host: Caleb Kim
Faculty Reviewers: Wade Bresnahan, Brian Fife, Tom Griffith
MARCH 2
Sookyong Joo, “The Role of Recirculating Thymic T regulatory cells in Regulation of Treg Development and Central Tolerance”
Advisor: Mike Farrar
Mary Piaskowski, “Profiling a novel marine-derived compound with activity against Cryptosporidium parvum”
Advisor: Rob O’Connor
Student host: Cara-lin Lonetree
Faculty Reviewers: Julia Willett, Geoff Hart, Carol Lange
MARCH 9- SPRING BREAK
MARCH 16
Nicole Marquez Reyes, “Characterizing Rhodopseudomonas palustris Methyl-thio Alkane Reducatses”
Advisor: Kathryn Fixen
Thomas Hougard, “Tregs in the Aging Brain”
Advisor: Mike Farrar
Student host: Robert Maddox
Faculty Reviewers: Kevin Lang, Bruce Walcheck, Scott McIvor
MARCH 23
Jordan Ernest, “Type 1 interferons, and the regulation of regulatory T cells”
Advisor: Mike Farrar
Jovany Betancourt, “Assessing the role of SP140 in conferring resistance to Cryptococcus neoformans infection”
Advisor: Kirsten Nielsen
Student host: Sarah Wall
Faculty Reviewers: Sandy Armstrong, Jesse Williams, Hai Dang Nguyen
MARCH 30
Emil Lou, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine, MICaB Graduate Faculty Candidate
Intercellular cross-talk and evolution of chemoresistance: Breaking the Code(s)”
Faculty Advocate: Martina Bazzaro
APRIL 6
TBD
APRIL 13
Ethics Seminar- Ameeta Kelekar
Attendance mandatory for 1st year Ph.D. MICaB students
APRIL 20
Peter Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, MICaB Graduate Faculty Candidate
“Targeting leukemia in the niche”
Faculty Advocate: David Largaespada
APRIL 27
TBD
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.