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Spring 2013 Seminar Series

George Hajishengallis, D.D.S., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Dysbiotic Inflammation in Periodontal Disease

 

January 10, 2013

 

 

 

David Broide, M.D., Ch.B.
UCSD
La Jolla, CA

ORMDL3 and asthma

January 17, 2013

 

 

 

Jim Kronstad, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, CANADA

Integration of iron homeostasis and virulence in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

January 31, 2013

 

 

 

James Versalovic, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

The intestinal microbiome and diet-mediated immunomodulation

February 21, 2013

 

 

 

Student-Invited Seminar Speaker:
Bruce Beutler, M.D.    
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX  
TUESDAY at 12:30  –  3.104A
Pestana Lecture Hall

From Tumor Necrosis Factor to Toll-Like Receptors:  What Triggers the Inflammatory Response

February 26, 2013

 

 

 

Stephanie Vogel, Ph.D.
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

The role of alternatively activated macrophages in the resolution of RSV-induced disease

March 7, 2013

 

 

 

John Leong, M.D., Ph.D. –Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
WEDNESDAY –  209L

Pathogen-host interactions at mucosal surfaces that promote systemic disease

March 13, 2013

 

 

 

Marc Jenkins, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Origins of CD4+ memory T cells

March 21, 2013

 

 

 

Ferric Fang, M.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA

Antimicrobial actions of nitric oxide

March 28, 2013

 

 

 

Blanca Restrepo, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus
Brownsville, TX

Diabetes and tuberculosis: From the epidemiology to the biology

April 4, 2013

 

 

 

Student-Invited Seminar Speaker:
Jonathan Kagan, Ph.D. –
Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, MD
TUESDAY – AAB 108/110/112

Cell biological aspects of innate immunity

April 9, 2013

 

 

 

Scott Filler, M.D.
UCLA
Torrance, CA

Host cell invasion by candida

April 18, 2013

 

 

 

Antonio Anzueto, M.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Bacterial colonization and infection in COPD

April 25, 2013

Ray Stokes Peebles, M.D.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

IL-13 modulation of Th17 immune responses

May 2, 2013

 

 

 

Tim Hui-Ming Huang, Ph.D.
Institute of Biotechnology-UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

Omics analysis of DNA regulatory elements

May 30, 2013

Contact Dr. Molly Bergman (210 567-3969) for further information.