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Thursday, November 20, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Nan Yan<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cNucleic Acid Immunity in Health and Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Vijay Rathinam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm -2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013 solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, October 30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Neal Silverman<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cFrom Bugs to Drugs: SLC46s as Critical Components for Innate Immune Recognition and Targets for Anti-inflammatory Therapies\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Kai Li<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm -2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013 solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, September 11, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Ekaterina Koltsova<\/em><\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Cedars-Sinai Cancer, Smidt Heart Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cCytokine signaling connects intestinal microbiota and neuroinflammation in cardiovascular diseases\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Zhichao Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013 solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, June 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Saumendra N. Sarkar<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Program in Oncology, <\/em><\/p>\n

Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/em><\/p>\n

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, <\/em>University of Maryland School of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cSpecialized function of Interferon-stimulated genes during infection and cancer\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Vijay Rathinam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 24, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Keith Syson Chan<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor and Director, Translational Research at Methodist Urology\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Program Lead, Innovative Therapeutics at Neal Cancer Center<\/em><\/p>\n

Houston Methodist Research Institute<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cExploiting cell death-induced biology for maximizing immunogenicity and therapy response\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson-\u00a0 anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Nandini Acharya<\/em><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, <\/em>Department of Neurology, <\/em><\/p>\n

Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cNociceptors: Drivers of Immune Suppression in Glioblastoma\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson-\u00a0 anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 3, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Robert Binder<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cFundamental Pathways in Immunosurveillance of Cancer\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson-\u00a0 anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 27, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Ronen Sumagin<\/em><\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University<\/em><\/p>\n

Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Cancer Center<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cNeutrophils trafficking and function in inflammation and cancer\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Zhichao Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 13, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Maureen Cox<\/em><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, <\/em><\/p>\n

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cNeuronal control of immune functions in the lymph node\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson-\u00a0 anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 6, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Dongsheng Cai<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology<\/em><\/p>\n

Director, Einstein Institute for Neuroimmunology and Inflammation<\/em><\/p>\n

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cHypothalamic immune signaling and aging\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Beiyan Zhou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, November 21, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Peter Cresswell<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Immunobiology<\/em><\/p>\n

Yale School of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cAdaptations of the MHC class I processing pathway in bats\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod K. Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson \u2013\u00a0anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, November 7, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Hongyuan R. Yang<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology <\/em><\/p>\n

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cThe trafficking and storage of lipids in human diseases\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Penghua Wang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, October 24, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Xue Sean Li\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center<\/em><\/p>\n

Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cThe Biology of Sex and Cancer\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Jianbin Ruan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, September 12, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Thomas S. Griffith<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Urology, University of Minnesota<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Investigating sepsis-induced immune dysfunction”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, July 25, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Jixi Li, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, School of Life Science, <\/em>Fudan University, China<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cTargeting programmed cell death to regulate inflammatory diseases\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Jianbin Ruan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Solkoske \u2013\u00a0solkoske@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, June 6, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sasan Jalili, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nAssistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cFrom Microfluidics to Macrofluidics: \u00a0Engineering tools to interrogate the host immunity, microbiome and their crosstalk\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013\u00a0jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, May 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Jill E.\u00a0 Slansky<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology<\/em><\/p>\n

University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cT cell responses to self\/tumor antigens\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod K. Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson \u2013\u00a0anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsie Bergstrom- cbergstrom@uchc.edu<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, May 9, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kodi Ravichandran, BVSc, PhD<\/em><\/td>\nRobert L. Kroc Professor of Pathology and Immunology<\/em><\/p>\n

Chief, Division of Immunobiology<\/em><\/p>\n

Department of Pathology and Immunology <\/em><\/p>\n

Washington University School of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cEating a good apoptotic meal: Lessons from phagocytes\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Vijay Rathinam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013\u00a0jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 11, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
John MacMicking, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nInvestigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute;<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor, Departments of Microbial Pathogenesis and of Immunobiology,<\/em><\/p>\n

Yale University School of Medicine; Yale Systems Biology Institute\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cHost Cell Defense: New Nanomachines for Immunity to Infection\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Jianbin Ruan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013\u00a0jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 28, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Silke Paust, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cInfluenza Virus Immunity and Immunotherapy\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013\u00a0jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 21, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Xiu-Feng Henry Wan, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nCurators\u2019 Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n

University of Missouri<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cImpact of antigenic variation in vaccine components on effectiveness of repeated influenza vaccination\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Penghua Wang, Associate Professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013 jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, March 7, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Richard G. Vile, Ph.D.<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Immunology, Director, Gene and Virus Therapy Program,<\/em><\/p>\n

Director, Immuno-oncology Program\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cOncolytic Viruses in Cancer Immunotherapy: Delivering Heat or Distraction?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Kepeng Wang, Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013 jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, December 14, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Anita S. Chong<\/em><\/td>\nProfessor of Surgery<\/em><\/p>\n

University of Chicago, Department of Surgery<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cResolving allogeneic conflict in transplantation and pregnancy\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Pramod K. Srivastava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nPatricia Anderson \u2013\u00a0anderson@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Thursday, December 7, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Frank Menniti<\/em><\/td>\nChief Science Officer, MindImmune Therapeutics, Inc.<\/em>
\nRyan Research Professor of Neuroscience, Ryan Institute for Neuroscience<\/em>
\nAdjunct Professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cDendritic cell recruitment in Alzheimer\u2019s disease\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Stefan Brocke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 \u2013 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013\u00a0jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, November 30, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Ivan Zanoni<\/em><\/td>\nAssociate Professor of Pediatrics<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston Childrens Hospital in Field of Immunology<\/em><\/p>\n

Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Faculty, Division of Immunology, Division of Gastroenterology<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston Children’s Hospital<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Innate immunity controls inflammation”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, October 19, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Li Qiang<\/em><\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine,<\/em><\/p>\n

Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cDeciphering the decline of metabolic elasticity in aging and obesity\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Beiyan Zhou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, September 14, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Isaac Chiu<\/em><\/td>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Immunology<\/em><\/p>\n

Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Pain and nociception in barrier tissue immunity and host defense”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nSkylar Wright, GSIV, MD\/PhD Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, May 11, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Feng Shao<\/em><\/td>\nInvestigator and Deputy Director<\/em><\/p>\n

National Institute of Biological Sciences – Beijing, China<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Activation of antitumor immunity by bacteria-derived signals: Pyroptosis & beyond”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Jianbin Ruan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n3:30 – 4:30 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Thursday, April 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Linda Cauley<\/em><\/td>\nUConn Health<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Department of Immunology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“How cytotoxic T lymphocytes stalk their prey”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday, April 20, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Min Dong<\/em><\/td>\nBoston Children’s Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n

Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Professor<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cC. difficile toxin B receptors and intragenic-recombination-driven diversification\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 – 2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Thursday, March 23, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Qing Deng<\/em><\/td>\nPurdue University<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cEngineering Chimeric Antigen Receptor Neutrophils for Targeted Cancer Immunotherapy\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Zhichao Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00-2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, November 17, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Cammie Lesser<\/em><\/td>\nMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School<\/em><\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Medicine (Microbiology)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cBacterial delivery systems from agents of pathogenesis to vectors for novel therapeutics\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Vijay Rathinam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00-2:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, November 3, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Beiyan Zhou<\/em><\/td>\nDepartment of Immunology – UConn Health<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cDeveloping Novel Computational Strategies to Capture Macrophage Actions\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, October 20, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Howard L. Kaufman<\/em><\/td>\nHarvard University<\/em><\/p>\n

Clinical Associate, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n

Oncology Associate, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary<\/em><\/p>\n

Lecturer in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Oncolytic Viruses for the Treatment of Cancer”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Kepeng Wang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud \u2013 jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, October 6, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Emanuela M. Bruscia\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\nDepartment of Pediatrics – Yale University School of Medicine<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Monocyte-derived macrophages drive lung tissue remodeling in cystic fibrosis”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Zhichao Fan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, September 8, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Pei-Yong Shi<\/em><\/td>\nUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“SARS-CoV-2 Biology and Countermeasure Development”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Penghua Wang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nJulie Michaud – jumichaud@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wednesday, April 27, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Trude Helen Flo<\/em><\/td>\nCentre of Excellence in Molecular Inflammation Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n“Host-cell killing by Mycobacterium tuberculosis”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Vijay Rathinam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n10:30 am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nKimberly Young – kyoung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 21, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Tsan Sam Xiao<\/em><\/td>\nDepartment of Pathology \u2013 Case Western Reserve University<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cCatching Fire: Inflammatory Responses Mediated by Caspases and Gasdermins\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Jianbin Ruan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nKimberly Young – kyoung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, April 7, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Manuela Raffatellu<\/em><\/td>\nDepartment of Pediatrics \u2013 University of California, San Diego<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cMucosal Immunity during Salmonella Infection\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n1:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nLow Learning Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nKimberly Young – kyoung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Thursday, September 9, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. Louise D’Cruz<\/td>\nDepartment of Immunology – University of Pittsburgh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seminar Title:<\/td>\n\u201cAdipose Tissue Resident Tregs: Friend of Foe in Obesity?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Host:<\/td>\nDr. Anthony Vella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time:<\/td>\n12:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location:<\/td>\nWebex & by Invitation due to safe social distancing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact:<\/td>\nKimberly Young – kyoung@uchc.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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