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Seminars in Infection & Immunity (Course VETMI 7120*)

Fridays, 12:15 - 1:15
at Boyce Thompson Auditorium

*Students who are enrolled in the course must sign in on the attendance sheet at each seminar.

To sign up for the luch with the speaker, please e-mail Ms. Sachiko Funaba at <sf35>.

 

Spring 2012 Schedule

Date Speaker Host Lunch attendees signed up
Jan. 27      
Feb. 3      
Feb. 10      
Feb. 17

Novel Cellular and Molecular Aspects of B Cell Receptor-Mediated Antigen Processing and Presentation

James Drake, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
http://www.amc.edu/Research/IMD/imdresearcher.cfm?ID=171

Dr. Cynthia Leifer
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: cal59		  
Feb. 24

Regulation of Chromatin Structure, Transcription and Lineage Commitment in B Cells

James Hagman, Ph.D.
Professor, Integrated Dept. of Immunology
National Jewish Health & University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dr. Hagman's web page

Dr. Julia Felippe
Dept. of Clinical Sic.
e-mail: mbf6		  
Mar. 2

How Animals Interact with Their Resident Microbiota

Angela Douglas, Ph.D.
Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology
Dept. of Entomology
Cornell University
http://www.angeladouglaslab.com/

 Dr. Helene Marquis
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: hm72		  
Mar. 9

Bidirectional Explorations of Interactions between Host Nutritional Status and Infectious Diseases

Joann McDermid, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Global Health & Nutrition
Cornell University
http://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=jmm585

 Dr. Helene Marquis
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: hm72		  
Mar. 16

 

    
Mar. 23

Molecular Arms Races between Primate and Viral Genomes

Harmit Singh Malik, Ph.D.
Member, Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://labs.fhcrc.org/malik/

Dr. Colin Parrish,
Baker Institute / Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: crp3		  
Mar. 30

Pathogens as Unexpected Allies of the Biochemist

Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Cambridge, MA
http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/ploegh.html

Students of the graduate field of Immunology/
Sara Cohen (representative)
e-mail: sbc29		  
Apr. 6

Evidence of Innate Immunity-Mediated Recognition of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells

Jennifer O. Manilay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced
http://www.ucmerced.edu/faculty/jennifer-o-manilay

 Dr. Avery August
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: aa749		  
Apr. 13 No seminar    
Apr. 20

Mycobacterial Metabolomics: Chemical Biology at the Interface of Pathogen Biology and Drug Development

Kyu Y. Rhee, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
http://weill.cornell.edu/research/researcher/kyurhee/

Dr. Barbara Butcher
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: bab26		  
Apr. 27

Pathogenesis of RNA Viruses: Enteric Toxins and a Little Bit of Influenza

Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Department of Infectious Disease
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Dr. Schultz-Cherry's web site

 Dr. Colin Parrish,
Baker Institute / Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: crp3		  
May 4

Sand Fly Salivary Endonuclease Exacerbates Leishmania Infection by Degrading Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

Dr. Luiz Fabiano Oliveira
Vector Molecular Biology Unit
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
NIAID, National Institutes of Health

 Dr. Helene Marquis
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: hm72		  
May 11 Infectious Disease Forum (Lecture Hall I) - not a part of the seminar course VETMI 7120    

For any questions regarding the course VETMIE 7120 and general questions about the seminars, please contact Ms. Sachiko Funaba (e-mail: sf35@cornell.edu; phone: 253-3402).