Seminar Series

The Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from Rush University.

2022-2023 academic year seminars schedule

Seminars are held in Cohn Research Building Auditorium Room 160 (1735 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612), unless noted otherwise.

Date and Time	Speaker	Title
September 7, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Howard Fox, MD, PhD Senior Associate Dean of Research & Development - College of Medicine Professor - Department of Neurological Sciences Director - Center for Integrative & Translational Neuroscience University of Nebraska Medical Center (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“TBA”
September 14, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Jay McLaughlin, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacodynamics College of Pharmacy, University of Florida (Host: Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD)	“HIV-1 Tat protein mediated neurological and behavioral deficits: mechanistic insights for potential translational interventions for neuroAIDS?”
September 21, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Ramon Lorenzo Redondo, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Northwestern University (Hosts: Jeff Schneider, PhD and João Mamede, PhD)	“Studies on viral diversity to understand the evolution and population dynamics of pathogenic viruses”
October 5, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Jacob Estes, PhD Professor, VGTI-Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute Chief, Division of Pathobiology & Immunology, Oregon National Primate Research Center Oregon Health Science University (Host: Jeff Schneider, PhD)	“Utilizing Nonhuman Primate Models and Spatial Tissue Approaches to Understand HIV Persistence”
October 19, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Keith Gagnon, PhD Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Southern Illinois University (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“CRISPR Chemical Biology for Therapeutics”
October 26, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Steven Waggoner, MD Professor Department of Reproductive Biology, School of Medicine Cleveland Clinic (Host: Edward Barker, PhD)	“Re-making a murderer: non-canonical contributions of natural killer cells to immunity and disease”
November 9, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Lixin Rui, PhD Associate Professor Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care Department of Medicine University of Wisconsin (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“Targeting JAK-STAT signaling in B cell lymphoma”
November 16, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Neale Weitzmann, PhD Professor Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine (Host: Ryan Ross, PhD)	“HIV-Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)-Induced Immune Reconstitution Bone Loss (IRBL)”
November 30, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Ruth Brack-Werner, PhD Associate Professor Helmholtz Center Munich German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH) Institute of Virology Neuherberg (Host: student)	“TBA” Seminar Series (Virtual Presentation)
December 7, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD Assistant Professor of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University (Hosts: Jeff Schneider, PhD and João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
December 14, 2022 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Riti Sharon, PhD Staff Scientist Texas Biomedical Research Institute	“TBA” Seminar Series (Virtual Presentation)
January 18, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Shilpa Buch, PhD Professor Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience University of Nebraska Medical Center (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“TBA” Seminar Series (Virtual Presentation)
February 1, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Elena Martinelli, PhD Research Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Northwestern University (Host: Lena Al-Harthi, PhD)	“TBA” Please Note Room Change: Room 539 AAC (Armour Academic Center)
February 15, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Sizun Jiang, PhD Faculty, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Center for Virology and Vaccine Research Harvard University (Host: Edward Barker, PhD)	“TBA”
March 22, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Gregory Voth, PhD Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor Department of Chemistry University of Chicago (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
April 5, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Pradeep Dudeja, PhD Professor of Physiology in Medicine Director Scholarly Activities Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Illinois College of Medicine (Host: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD)	“TBA”
April 12, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Leslie Parent, MD Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Penn State College of Medicine Professor, Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Host: João Mamede, PhD)	“TBA”
May 3, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Sumiti Vinayak, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Hosts: Xian-Ming Chen, PhD and David L. Williams, PhD)	“TBA”
May 10, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Nicolas Chevrier, PhD Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering University of Chicago (Host: Jeff Schneider, PhD)	“TBA”
May 24, 2023 Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m.	Johnny He, PhD Professor Rosalind Franklin University (Host: Xiu-Ti Hu, MD, PhD)	“TBA”

Past seminars

2022-2023 Academic Year Schedule

2021-2022 Academic Year Schedule

2020-2021 Academic Year Schedule

2019-2020 Academic Year Schedule

2018-2019 Academic Year Schedule

2017-2018 Academic Year Schedule

Please call the department at (312) 942-2442 or email our seminar coordinator, Hannah Barbian for additional information.