2023-2024 Schedule

The Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from RUSH University.

2023-2024 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
September 13, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Vinayaka R. Prasad, PhD Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	"Molecular mechanisms underlying the global dominance of subtype C HIV-1"
September 20, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Steven Graves, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology University of Minnesota (Host: Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD)	“TBA”
October 11, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Abhijit Date, PhD, MPharm.Sc Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Arizona (Host: Jennillee Wallace, PhD)	“TBA”
October 18, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	L. David Sibley, PhD Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology, School of Medicine Washington University in St. Louis (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“TBA”
November 1, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Velpandi Ayyavoo, PhD Professor Graduate Programs Director, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology University of Pittsburgh (Host: Michelle Ash)	“TBA”
November 8, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Lishomwa (Lish) Ndhlovu, MD, PhD Professor of Immunology in Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“TBA”
November 15, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Michael Nonnemacher, PhD Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology Drexel University College of Medicine (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“TBA”
November 29, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Boris Striepen, PhD Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Professor, Pathobiology University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“TBA”
January 17, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Jueqi Chen, PhD Assistant Professor of Microbiology University of Chicago (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a constructs dynamic giant vesicles to facilitate viral transmission”
February 7, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Smita S. Iyer, MS, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology, Division of Experimental Pathology University of Pittsburgh (Host: Jeff Schneider, PhD)	“HIV Associated Neuroinflammation: The Role of CD4 T Cells”
February 14, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Benjamin E. Gewurz, MD, PhD Associate Program Head, PhD Program in Virology Associate Professor of Medicine Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“TBA”
February 21, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Liang Shan, PhD Associate Professor in Medicine and of Pathology & Immunology Washington University in St. Louis (Host: Michelle Ash)	“TBA”
March 6, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Vernon Carruthers, PhD Associate Chair and Professor Microbiology and Immunology University of Michigan (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“Taking a page out of HIV-1's playbook: how the AIDS-associated pathogen Toxoplasma gondii exploits host ESCRT machinery during infection”
March 27, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Ashwanth Francis, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science Florida State University (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
April 3, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Menelaos Symeonides, PhD Faculty Scientist Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics University of Vermont (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
April 10, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD Marcus Professor & Chair Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Medical College of Wisconsin (Host: David L. Williams, PhD)	“TBA”
April 17, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Ming Xu, PhD Professor Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care The University of Chicago (Host: Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD)	“TBA”
April 24, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Mostafa Zamanian, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathobiological Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison (Host: David L. Williams, PhD)	“TBA”
May 1, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
May 15, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Kurt F. Hauser, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Virginia Commonwealth University (Host: Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD)	“TBA”
May 22, 2024 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Daniele Provenzano, PhD Professor Department of Biology University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Host: Stephanie Gambut)	“TBA”

Please call the department at (312) 942-2442 or email our seminar coordinator, Hannah Barbian, for additional information.