2019-2020 Infectious Diseases & Immunity Colloquium
2019
SEPTEMBER
10th - CBEID
“The ecology of emerging viruses: from host reservoir to disease”
Vincent J. Munster, Ph.D.
NIH - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Hamilton, MT
Website
17th
Cancelled-No speaker scheduled
24th - CTD
"Contextualizing host-microbe interactions using chemical cartography"
Laura-Isobel McCall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Website
OCTOBER
1st - CBEID
"Innate immune control in flavivirus infection"
Michael Gale Jr., Ph.D.
CIIID Director
Cores Leader, Signaling and PAMP
Professor, Immunology
University of Washington
Website
8th - M&I
"From Genomes to Molecules: Computational systems pharmacology methods in drug design"
Rafael Najmanovich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of
Montreal
Montréal, QC – Canada
Website
15th
Cancelled-No speaker scheduled
22nd - CBEID
"Development of Antibacterial Monoclonal Antibodies for Serious Bacterial Infections"
Antonio DiGiandomenico, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist, Microbial Sciences
AstraZeneca
Gaithersburg, MD
29th - M&I
"Japanese encephalitis virus: Role of the viral envelope glycoprotein E in replication and pathogenesis"
Young-Min Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular Virology, Viral Replication and Pathogenesis
Utah State University
Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences
Logan, UT
Website
NOVEMBER
5th
Cancelled-No speaker scheduled
12th - CBEID
“Interferon-stimulated genes: The work horses of the interferon response”
Meike Dittmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
New York University School of Medicine
Alexandria Center
for Life Sciences, West Tower
New York, NY
Website
19th - ASTMH Annual Meeting
No speaker scheduled
26th - Thanksgiving Week
No speaker scheduled
DECEMBER
3rd
Cancelled-No speaker scheduled
10th - CTD
"Protective and pathogenic CD4 T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection"
Daniel L. Barber, Ph.D.
Earl Stadtman Investigator
Chief, T Lymphocyte Biology Unit
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases
National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda MD
17th - CBEID
“Endothelial Inflammasomes in Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity”
Yang Zhang, Ph.D.
University of Houston, College of Pharmacy
Houston, TX
Website
24th - Winter Holidays
No speaker scheduled
31st - Winter Holiday
No speaker scheduled
2020
JANUARY
7th - M&I
"Early innate immune response impacts on viral replication and transmission"
Ryan A. Langlois, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Website
14th - M&I
"Natural variation in Aedes aegypti-dengue virus interactions"
Laura Dickson
Faculty Recruit
21st - CTD
"Complexities of tick feeding and pathogen transmission regulation revealed through tick saliva proteomics "
Albert Mulenga, BVM(DVM), MVSc, PhD
Professor of Vet. Parasitology
Presidential Impact Fellow
Associate Dept. Head (Research and Graduate Studies)
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology,
College of Veterinary Medicine | Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
28th
No speaker schedule
FEBRUARY
4th - CTD
"Intergenerational immune control over intestinal bacterial colonization"
Tim Hand Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
Director, University of Pittsburgh Gnotobiotic Core
R.K. Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA
Website
11th - CBEID
Cancelled due to scheduling conflict
18th - M&I
"Replication and Spread of Human Metapneumovirus"
Rebecca Dutch, PhD
Chair & Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Associate Dean, Biomedical Education
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine
Website
25th - Mardi Gras Week
No speaker scheduled
MARCH
3rd - M&I
"Microbial Regulation of Mucosal and Systemic Immunity in IBD"
Randy Longman, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Jill Roberts Center for IBD
Jill Roberts Institute for Research in IBD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY
Website
10th - Spring Break
No speaker scheduled
17th - CTD
CANCELLED
24th
CANCELLED
31st - M&I
CANCELLED
APRIL
7th - CBEID
CANCELLED
14th - CBEID
CANCELLED
21st - M&I
CANCELLED
28th - M&I
CANCELLED
MAY
5th - CBEID
CANCELLED
12th - AAI Annual Meeting
No speaker scheduled
19th - ALTERNATE DATE
26th - ALTERNATE DATE