Immunology Graduate Program

Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Immune System

Past Seminars

2009 2008 2007 2006

Past Speakers 2009

Event Date
Christopher Karp, M.D., Gunnar Esiason/Cincinnati Bell Chair, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation
Immunobiology Of TLR Signaling And Its Regulation: From Obesity To Asthma .pdf
11/18/2009
Craig Morita, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
The Role Of Human γδ T Cells In Microbial And Tumor Immunity: Discriminating Friend From Foe By Monitoring Isoprenoid Metabolism .pdf
11/11/2009
John Butler, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa
“Short Stories in Immunology” A Tale of Two Species .pdf
11/4/2009
Rafael Casellas
** SEMINAR CANCELLED ** .pdf
10/28/2009
Jordan Orange, M.D., Ph.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Seebohm Lecturer)
Deconstructing The NK Cell Immunological Synapse .pdf
10/21/2009
Paul Rothman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa (Please note room change for today's seminar)
Control of Allergic Immune Responses .pdf
10/14/2009
Gail Bishop, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa
TRAFs and TLRs in Lymphocyte Activation and Immunization .pdf
10/7/2009
Adam Dupuy, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univeristy of Iowa
Cancer Cell Of Origin Directly Impacts Genetic Selection. .pdf
9/30/2009
Elizabeth Jaffee, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Genes, Vaccines, and Immune Checkpoints: A Translational Researcher's View .pdf
9/23/2009
Michael Apicella, M.D., Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa
Evasion of the innate immune response by nontypeable H. influenzae .pdf
9/16/2009
David Lubaroff, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Urology, University of Iowa
The Long Journey Of Cancer Vaccine Research .pdf
9/9/2009
Michael Knudson, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa
Role of Apoptosis and ROS in Chromosome Instability and Cancer .pdf
9/2/2009
Yasmine Belkaid
** SEMINAR CANCELLED ** .pdf
8/26/2009
Jessica Haverkamp (Ratliff Lab) and Lindsey Brown (Heusel Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Regulatory Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells In Experimental Prostatitis (Haverkamp) and Role Of GPI Linkage In Recognition Of m157 By Ly49H (Brown) .pdf
8/19/2009
Sabrina Scroggins (Schleuter Lab) and Prajwal Gurung (Griffith Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Characterization Of Regulatory Dendritic Cells In The Treatment Of Graft-Versus-Host Disease (Scroggins) and Activation-Induced CD154 Expression Abrogates Tolerance Induced By Apoptotic Cells (Gurung) .pdf
8/12/2009
Jodi McGill (Legge Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
IL-15 Trans-Presentation By Pulmonary Dendritic Cells Is Required To Promote Survival Of Effector CD8 T Cells In The Lungs During Influenza Virus Infection .pdf
8/5/2009
Miranda Curtiss (Rothman Lab) and William Tabayoyong (Zavazava Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Role of Tim-1 in T cell Signaling (Curtiss) and Proteomic Analysis Of Transplanted ES Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (Tabayoyong) .pdf
7/29/2009
Kristin Ness (Morita Lab) and John Graham (Bishop Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Characterization Of IL-17-Producing Human Vγ2 Vδ2 T Cells (Ness) and A Negative Regulatory Mechanism Involved In The Signaling Of CD40 But Not Its Epstein-Barr Virus Encoded Mimic, LMP1 (Graham) .pdf
7/22/2009
Alexander Boyden (Waldschmidt Lab) and Tyler Ulland (Nauseef Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
The Germinal Center B Cell Response To Influenza Virus Infection (Boyden) and The Role Of The Inflammasome In Response To F. Tularensis (Ulland) .pdf
7/15/2009
Greg Esparza (Weiss Lab) and Nhat-Long Pham (Harty Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Molecular Requirements For Activation Of Specific Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Pathways (Esparza) and Exploiting Cross-Presentation In Prime-Boost Scheme To Generate Rapid Protective CD8 T Cell Immunity (Pham) .pdf
7/8/2009
Anna Peters (Bishop Lab) and Ryan Langlois (Legge Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
LMP1, An EBV-Encoded CD40-Mimic, Accelerates Autoimmunity In B6.Sle1 Mice (Peters) and Dendritic Cells Control Of CD8 T Cell Numbers During Lethal Influenza Virus Infections (Langlois) .pdf
7/1/2009
Ping Lu (Rothman Lab) and Erik Brincks (Griffith Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
From Justy Mutation To The Identification Of Gon4-Like As A Transcriptional Repressor That Regulates B Lymphopoiesis (Lu) and Regulation Of Influenza Virus-Associated Immunopathology By TRAIL (Brincks) .pdf
6/24/2009
Laura Fraczek (Martin Lab) and Sarah Ingersoll (Martin Lab), Immunology Graduate Students
Complement Factor H Regulation In The Central Nervous System (Fraczek) and Complement Anaphylatoxin Signaling And Function In The CNS (Ingersoll) .pdf
6/17/2009
Upasna Gaur (Wilson Lab) and Donna Santillan (Hunter Lab), Immunology
Cholesterol In The Pathogenesis And Treatment Of Leishmaniasis (Gaur) and Development Of A GBS Vaccine (Santillan) .pdf
6/10/2009
Katarina Kulhankova, Postdoc (Field Lab) and Kathryn Trandem, Graduate Student (Perlman Lab), Immunology
DC-Treg Interactions Result In Juxtacrine Delivery Of IL-2 (Kulhankova) and Regulatory T cells In Chronic Encephalomyelitis (Trandem) .pdf
6/3/2009
Daniel Lorentzen, Thesis Seminar, Immunology Graduate Student
A Novel Antimicrobial Mechanism of Cystic Fibrosis and Healthy Airways .pdf
6/1/2009
Student Rotation Talks, First-Year Student Rotation Presentations
Regulation of E2A in HoxB4 ESC-derived HPCs (Nicole Chapman), Exploring the Role of TIM-3 in T cell Responses (Jacob Gorman), and The Role of TRAIL During Clinical Flu Infections (Gabriel Starbeck-Miller) .pdf
5/27/2009
Marc K. Jenkins, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Tracking CD4+ T Cells After Vaccination .pdf
5/20/2009
FINAL EXAM WEEK, AAI MEETING
NO SEMINAR .pdf
5/13/2009
Michael Farrar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Cytokine Signaling In B Cell Development And Leukemia .pdf
5/6/2009
Janice Blum, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Immune Surveillance And Autophagy .pdf
4/29/2009
Amy Andreotti, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Molecular Level Insights Into Immune Cell Signaling; What Controls Tec Family Kinase Function? .pdf
4/22/2009
College of Medicine Research Week 4/15/2009
** SEMINAR CANCELLED ** .pdf 4/8/2009
Zachary Kraus, Thesis Seminar, Immunology Graduate Student
TRAF5: A Key Positive Regulator Of Lymphocyte Activation .pdf
4/7/2009
Arthur Weiss, HHMI, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Controlling Antigen Receptor Induced Tyrosine Phosphorylation .pdf
4/1/2009
Wayne Hancock, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
How To Promote Or Suppress Foxp3+ Treg Function .pdf
3/25/2009
SPRING BREAK
NO SEMINAR
3/18/2009
Christopher Norbury, Penn State University, Hershey, PA
Immune Mechanisms That Prevent The Systemic Spread Of A Virus Following A Peripheral Infection .pdf
3/11/2009
William Nauseef, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Interactions Between Human Neutrophils And Ingested Staphylococci .pdf
3/4/2009
Pamela Schwartzberg, NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Integrating T Cell Signals: Lessons From Primary Immunodeficiencies .pdf
2/25/2009
Binfeng Lu, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Autophagy, The Life and Death of T Cells .pdf
2/18/2009
Jonathan W. Yewdell, Chief, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Gained In Translation: Endogenous Antigen Processing From Multiphon Microscopy To tRNA Misacylation .pdf
2/11/2009
Stanley Perlman, Microbiology, The University of Iowa
Structural Correlates Of Cytotoxic T Cell Escape In The Murine Coronavirus-infected Brain .pdf
2/4/2009
NO SEMINAR 1/28/2009
Siao-Yi Wang, Thesis Seminar, Immunology Graduate Student
Interactions Between Complement And Cellular Mediated Mechanisms In Antibody Therapy Of Cancer .pdf
1/28/2009
Jason Netland, Thesis Seminar, Immunology Graduate Student
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine Design .pdf
1/23/2009
David Nemazee, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Immune Tolerance In B Lymphocytes .pdf
1/21/2009