UTMB Center for Tropical Diseases Infectious Diseases & Immunity Archive ID&I 14-15 Archive 2014-2015 Infectious Diseases & Immunity Colloquium ArchiveJuly 22, 2014 - M&I"Human (HIV-1) and feline (FIV) immunodeficiency viruses: FIV-cat model for developing an effective HIV-1 vaccine"Janet K. Yamamoto, PhDProfessor, Department of Infectious Diseases & PathologyCollege of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of FloridaGainesville, FLSeptember 9, 2014 - CBEID"Nipah virus epidemiology and pandemic risk"Stephen Luby, MDSr. Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the EnvironmentSr. Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudiesResearch Deputy Director, Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global HealthProfessor of Medicine, Infectious DiseasesSchool of Medicine, Stanford UniversityStanford, CASeptember 16, 2014 - M&I"Innate lymphoid cells control pathogens and diet through homeostasis of microbiota"Yang-Xin Fu, MD, PhDProfessor, Department of PathologyThe University of ChicagoChicago, ILSeptember 23, 2014 - CTD"Generating CD8 effector T cells: it takes a village"George S. Yap, PhDAssociate Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseyNewark, NJ September 30, 2014 - CBEID"Pathogenomics of Leptospirosis: From Baltimore to the Amazon to the Identification of Leptospiral Virulence Factors"Joseph M. Vinetz, M.D., FACP, FIDSA, FASTMHProfessor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of MedicineDirector, Center for Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious DiseasesUniversity of California San Diego (UCSD) School of MedicineSan Diego, CAOctober 7, 2014 - M&INo speaker scheduledOctober 14, 2014 -CTD"The Predator-Prey Relationship During Active Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection"Randall Basaraba, DVM, PhDAssociate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & PathologyColorado State UniversityFort Collins, COOctober 21, 2014 - CBEID"NextGen genetics in “genetically intractable” microbial systems"Raphael Valdivia, PhDVice Dean for Basic ScienceAssistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyDuke University Medical CenterCenter for the Genomics of Microbial Systems (GeMS)Durham, NCOctober 28, 2014 - M&I"Innate Immune Mechanics in Bacterial Pneumonia"Samithamby Jeyaseelan, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Veterinary MedicineLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LANovember 4, 2014No speaker scheduledASTMH 63rd Annual MeetingNovember 2-6, 2014; New Orleans, LANovember 11, 2014No speaker scheduledVeteran's Day HolidayNovember 18, 2014 - CTD"Myeloid cells and brain inflammation: Insights into cellular activation, trafficking and neuronal damage"Astrid Cardona, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of BiologyUniversity of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, TXNovember 25, 2014No speaker scheduledThanksgiving week (Thanksgiving Holiday – November 27-28, 2014)December 2, 2014 - CBEID"Mosquito immunity in health and disease"Kristen Michel, PhDAssociate Professor, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattan, KSDecember 9, 2014 - M&I"Antigenically Defined Vaccines for Immunization Against Melioidosis"Paul J. Brett, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Microbiology & ImmunologyUniversity of South AlabamaMobile, ALDecember 16, 2014 - CTD"Unraveling the mechanisms of malaria immunity through systems biology"Peter D. Crompton, MD, MPHChief, Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Unit, LIGNational Institutes of Health, NIAIDRockville, MDDecember 23, 2014No speaker scheduledWinter Holidays; December 24, 2014-January 1, 2015 December 30, 2014No speaker scheduledWinter Holidays; December 24, 2014-January 1, 2015 January 6, 2015 - CBEID"Type I Interferon and Inflammasome Activation in Ehrlichiosis"Nahed Ismail, MD, PhD, D(ABMM), D(ABMLI)Associate Professor, Department of PathologyUniversity of PittsburgPittsburgh, PAJanuary 13, 2015 - M&I"Host immunity and the microbiota: a tightly regulated dialogue"Charles O. Elson, III, MDProfessor of Medicine & MicrobiologyDivision of Gastroenterology & HepatologyUniversity of Alabama School of MedicineBirmingham, ALJanuary 20, 2015 - CTD"Interepidemic and epidemic disease burden of arboviruses in Kenya"A. Desiree Labeaud, MD, MSAssociate Scientist, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research InstituteOakland, CAJanuary 27, 2015 - CBEID"Mosquito mating biology and behavior: new targets for vector control"Laura C. Harrington, PhDProfessor & Chair, Department of EntomologyCornell UniversityIthaca, NYFebruary 3, 2015 - M&I"Immune Impact on Cancer Stemness"Weiping Zou, M.D., PhDCharles B. de Nancrede ProfessorProfessor of Surgery, Immunology and BiologyCo-Director, Tumor Immunology and Host Response ProgramDirector, Translational ResearchCo-Director, Immune Monitoring CoreUniversity of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, MIFebruary 10, 2015No speaker scheduledFebruary 17, 2015 - CBEID"RNA virus population dynamics: mechanisms and biological consequences"Raul Andino, PhDProfessor, Department of Microbiology & ImmunologyUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CAFebruary 24, 2015 - M&INo speaker scheduledMarch 3, 2015 - CTD"Mononuclear phagocytes: old and new"Gwen Randolph, PhDProfessor, Pathology & Immunology and Internal MedicineWashington UniversitySt. Louis, MO March 10, 2015 - CBEID"Autophagy and memory CD8 T cell formation"Koichi Araki, DVM, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyEmory Vaccine CenterEmory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GAMarch 17, 2015 - M&I"Dissecting the functional complexities of CD8 T cell responses"Allan J. Zajac, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of MicrobiologyUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, ALMarch 24, 2015 - CTDNo speaker scheduledMarch 31, 2015 - CBEIDNo speaker scheduledApril 7, 2015 - M&I"Using Systems Biology Approaches to Understand How Lethal Human Coronaviruses Manipulate the Host Immune Response"Amy SimsResearch Assistant ProfessorUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NCApril 14, 2015 - CTDNo speaker scheduledApril 21, 2015"The Environmental Basis of Heart Disease"Aruni Bhatnagar, PhDProfessor of Medicine and Distinguished University ScholarUniversity of LouisvilleLouisville, KYApril 28, 2015No speaker scheduledMicrocirculation SymposiumApril 27-29, 2015; Galveston, TXMay 5, 2015 - M&I"New approaches to understanding hepatitis C virus entry and replication at the single cell level"Glenn Randall, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of MicrobiologyThe University of ChicagoChicago, ILMay 12, 2015No speaker scheduled2015 AAI Centennial, AAI Annual MeetingMay 8-12, 2015; New Orleans, LAMay 19, 2015 - M&I"mTOR and metabolic control of T cell quiescence and suppression"Hongbo Chi, PhDAssociate Member, Department of ImmunologySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TNMay 26, 2015TBDJune 2, 2015No speaker scheduled2015 ASM General MeetingMay 30-June 2, 2015; Boston, MA