The Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from Rush University.
2017-2018 academic year seminars schedule
Seminars are held in Cohn Research Building Auditorium Room 160 (1735 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612), unless noted otherwise.
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Stephen J. Kron, MD, PhD Professor Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago Host: Ryan Ross, PhD | Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| January 29, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Eric A. Sobie, PhD Senior Associate Dean for Programmatic Developement Associate Professor Department of Pharmacological Sciences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Host: Lothar Blatter, PhD | Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: “Understanding the Consequences of Heterogeneity in Cardiac Ion Channels and Calcium Handling Proteins” Please Note Room Change: Physiology & Biophysics Conference Room 1201 Jelke |
| February 16, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Edward Barker, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity Rush Medical College | “SIV Infection Leads to the Presence of NK-B Cells Expressing IL-18 in the Colon of Rhesus Macaques” |
| March 2, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Patrick Mallon, PhD Associate Dean, Research & Innovation University College Dublin School of Medicine & Medical Science | “Aging and HIV” |
| March 5, 2018 Monday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Alfred L. George Jr., MD Magerstadt Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Host: Xun Ai, PhD | Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| March 30, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Thomas Pritchett Bleck, MD Professor Department of Neurological Sciences Rush Medical College | “How Critical Care Affects the Brain and Vice Versa” |
| April 6, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Rima McLeod, MD Professor Department of Visual Science, Department of Medicine, Committee on Genetics, Committee on Immunology, Committee on Molecular Medicine/MPMM University of Chicago Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD | “Toward Eradicating Human Toxoplasmosis” |
| April 20, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Richard B. Silverman, PhD Professor Department of Chemistry Northwestern University Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD | Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: “CPP-115 and Related Analogues: Novel GABA and Ornithine Aminotransferase Inactivators and Potential New Treatments for Epilepsy, Addiction, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma” |
| April 27, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Brett Williams, MD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) Rush Medical College | “Rectal Microbiota Stability in HIV Infected Women in the WIHS Cohort” |
| May 4, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Kasturi Haldar, PhD Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Notre Dame Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD | “A Mechanism of Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria” |
| May 11, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Costica Aloman, MD Associate Professor Medical Director, Liver Transplant Department of Internal Medicine (Transplant Hepatology) Rush Medical College | “IL-15 Receptor a Regulation of Hepatic Fibrogenesis” |
| May 18, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Edward Campbell, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Loyola University Chicago | “Viruses, Proteins that Act Like Viruses, and the Cells that Hate Them” |
| May 25, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. | Mudit Tyagi, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine The George Washington University | “HIV Latency, the Major Hurdle in HIV Eradication; and the Impact of Cocaine on HIV Gene Expression and Replication” |
| June 28, 2018 Thursday, 12-1 p.m. | Kerry Campbell, PhD Associate Professor Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA | “Mechanisms of NK cell activation toward multiple myeloma by the therapeutic SLAMF7 antibody, elotuzumab” Please Note Room Change: |
Please call the department at (312) 563-3455 or email our seminar coordinator, Maureen Richards, PhD for additional information.