Seminars are held every Wednesday at 1:00 pm in 283 EMRB unless otherwise specified. 

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DATESpeaker Name

10/9

Aimee Potter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and 
Immunology, University of Iowa
Seminar Title: “Dinner date: Metabolic interaction between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and
neutrophils”
 

10/16

Hasan Zaki, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical Center 
Seminar Title: "Interplay between diet, gut microbiota, and inflammatory disorders"

Faculty Host: Prajwal Gurung

10/23

John Lukens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
University of Virgina
Seminar Title: "Role of innate immune dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease"

Faculty Host: Prajwal Gurung

10/30

Greg Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Iowa State University
Seminar Title: "Beyond RTS,S: How cryo-EM is enabling next-gen malaria vaccine design"

Faculty Host: Noah Butler

11/6

TBD

11/13

Jenny Ting, Ph.D.
William Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics, Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Center for Translational Immunology, Co-Director, Inflammatory Diseases Institute
Immunology Program Leader, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina 
Seminar Title: "Innate immune receptors in innate and adaptive immunity"

Faculty Host Prajwal Gurung & Gail Bishop

11/20

Karen Haas, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine 
Seminar Title: "Regulation of glycan-specific B cell responses to infections and cancer" 

Faculty Host: Gail Bishop

11/27

No Seminar - Fall Break

12/3

R. Keith Reeves, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Human Systems Immunology
Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pathology
Duke University
Seminar Title: "A Translational Atlas of Adaptive Natural Killer Cell Immunobiology Against Viruses"

Faculty Host: Sabrina Tan
Note: Seminar is at 3pm Tuesday 12/3 in Watzke Aud III, BSB

12/11

Jeremiah Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Iowa
Seminar Title: TBD

 

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