Current Seminars

Spring seminars will be held every Wednesday at 1:00 pm in BSB Aud 1 Beisner unless otherwise specified.

Spring 2026 Schedule (PDF)

Date	Speaker Name
Tuesday 3/4/26 3:00 PM BSB Watzke Aud.	Microbiology Seminar Samarchith Kurup, D.V.M., Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cellular Biology University of Georgia Seminar Title: Type-I interferons drive the control of malaria parasites in the liver
3/11/26	Derek Sant'Angelo, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Microbiology and Immunology Virginia Commonwealth University Seminar Title: Repurposing master regulator transcription factors to create a new class of cellular therapy for disease Host: Priya Issuree Co-sponsor: Iowa Inflammation Program
3/18/26	No Seminar - Spring Break
3/25/26	Mark Headley, PhD Assistant Professor Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seminar Title: Niche-specialized immunosurveillance of the lung Faculty Host: Kevin Legge Co-sponsor: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases
4/1/26	Silvia Uriarte, PhD Professor School of Dentistry University of Louisville Seminar Title: Cellular Chess: Neutrophils Countering Microbial Moves Faculty Host: Aimee Potter Co-sponsor: UI School of Dentistry, Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases
4/8/26	Dawn Newcomb, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University Seminar Title: Sex differences in asthma pathogenesis across the lifespan Faculty Host: Dan Cook Co-sponsor: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases
4/15/26	Gang Xin, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, The Ohio State University Seminar Title: The Neddylation is an post-translational modification checkpoint for effector CD8 T cells Faculty Host: Ryan Zander Co-sponsor: Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
4/22/26	Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD Emil R. Unanue Distinguished Professor Washington University - St. Louis Seminar Title: Peritoneal macrophages in host defense and repair Faculty Host: Wendy Maury Co-sponsor: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases
4/29/26	Anita Chong, PhD Professor Department of Surgery Committee on Immunology University of Chicago Seminar Title: Leveraging Tolerance Mechanisms in Pregnancy for Transplantation Student Invited Speaker Co-sponsor: Immunology NIH T32

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