New BBSP to M&I Student Symposium
Details will be available soon.
Details will be available soon.
Micah Luftig, Ph.D.,Duke University Medical CenterTitile: “A New Temporal Model for EBV-Mediated B-Cell Transformation.”
Dr. Timothy Yahr, Ph.D.ProfessorDepartment of Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Iowa Health Care Title: "Putt-putt” functions required for expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginossa type III secretion system."
William J. Steinbach, MDProfessor of PediatricsProfessor in Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyChief, Division of Pediatric InfectiousDuke University Medical Center Title: “Killing Fungi: Harnessing new molecular strategies to ultimately improve patient care.”
The Philip J. Bassford Memorial Lecture is a student-run event with the primary purpose of facilitating interactions between a distinguished scientist and graduate students. Philip J. Bassford was a respected scientist in the field of E. coli protein secretion, a vital member of our department, and a committed mentor to graduate students. Following his death in 1991, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology created the Philip J. Bassford Memorial Fund, which funds the student-driven Bassford Memorial Lecture.
Shonna M. McBride, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorDept. of Microbiology and ImmunologyEmory University School of Medicine Title: “Discovery of a host adaptation mechanism in C. difficile
James B. Bliska, Ph.D.Stoney Brook UniversityTitle: ”How Pathogens Counteract or Activate Host Immune Responses: Lessons From Yersinia.”
Katia Georgopoulos, Ph.D., Harvard University Title: “Mechanisms of B cell differentiation.”
Jacob Estes, Ph.D.Senior Principal InvestigatorAIDS and Cancer Virus ProgramFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR)Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Title: "Characterizing and Quantifying Persistent HIV/SIV Reservoirs In Vivo"
Daniel Hawiger, MD/Ph.D.Associate ProfessorMolecular Microbiology & ImmunologySaint Louis University Title:“Dendritic Cells and T cells As Partners in Immune Regulation.”
James A. DeCaprio, MD Professor of MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolDana-Farber Cancer Institute Title: “Does Sunlight and Merkel cell polyomavirus target the same pathways in Merkel cell carcinoma?”
Woodward W. Fischer, Ph.D. Professor of Geobiology Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences California Institute of Technology Title: "The evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis."