The Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity holds regular seminars with invited speakers from outside the institution, as well as researchers from Rush University.
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, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Marisa Alegre, M.D., PhD |
“New Insights into Transplant Rejection and Tolerance” |
| September 21, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Dionna Whitney Williams, PhD Instructor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
“Beyond GPCR Signaling: B-arrestin as a Modulator of the Innate Immune Response” |
| October 5, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Susan Morgello, MD Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology) and Neuroscience. Founder and Principal Investigator of the Manhattan HIV Brain Bank Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY |
“HIV, Aging, and Neurogeneration” |
| October 19, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Eunsil Hahm, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College Chicago, IL |
“suPAR and ICOSL: Factors Affecting Renal Function” |
| November 9, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Gregory A. Smith, PhD Professor of Department of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL |
“From Cold Sores to Encephalitis: Herpesvirus Invasion of the Nervous System” |
| November 13, 2018 Tuesday, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. |
Bianca Brundel, PhD Professor Department of Physiology VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands Host: Xun Ai, PhD |
Office of Basic Biological Sciences (OBBS) Seminar Series: Please Note Room Change: |
| November 16, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Elena V. Batrakova, PhD Research Associate Professor UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, NC |
“Autologous Macrophages as Active Biocompatible Drug Delivery vehicles for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders” |
| November 30, 2018 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Kate Webster, PhD Director, Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Rush University |
“Empowered Communication - How to Navigate Difficult Workplace Conversations” |
| January 18, 2019 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Benjamin Readhead, MBBS Assistant Research Professor Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona |
“Interrogating the role of the brain virome in Alzheimer’s Disease” |
| March 1, 2019 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Scott Kitchen, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Director, UCLA Humanized Mouse Core Laboratory Division of Hematology/Oncology The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
“Antiviral CARs in Stem Cells: Can We Engineer HIV Immunity?” |
| March 15, 2019 Friday, 12-1 p.m. |
Benjamin Murdock, PhD Research Investigator Department of Neurology University of Michigan |
“Immunity in ALS: Targets & Potential Treatments” |
Please call the department at (312) 563-3455 or email our seminar coordinator, Maureen Richards, PhD for additional information.