Fall 2021
| 9/15/21 | Speaker: Tanyaporn "Oom" Pattarabanjird Lab: McNamara Title: CD24 promotes human B cell CCR6-mediated splenic trafficking and IgM production, limiting vascular inflammation and coronary artery disease severity |
| 9/22/21 | Speaker: Anupam Prakash Lab: Chance "John" Luckey Title: Role of STAT6 in RBC Alloimmunization |
| 9/29/21 | Speaker: Katarzyna Stasiak Lab: Victor Engelhard Title: Evaluating the poor immunogenicity against intracranial melanomas |
| 10/6/21 | Speaker: Naomi Bryant Lab: Judith Woodfolk Title: Defining the Role of CCR5+ T cells in the Pathogenesis of Asthma |
| 10/13/21 | Speaker: Abhinav Arneja Lab: Chance "John" Luckey Title: Role of splenic marginal zone macrophages and LXR transcription factors in RBC alloimmunization |
| 10/20/21 | Speaker: Jhansi Leslie Lab: William Petri Title: Determining the Effect of Diet on a Vaccine Candidate for Entamoeba histolytica Infection |
| 11/3/21 | Speaker: Aimee Potter Lab: Alison Criss Title: Dual species transcriptomics reveals core metabolic and immunologic processes during Neisseria gonorrhoea induced neutrophilic inflammation |
| 11/10/21 | Speaker: Morgan Simpson Lab: William Petri Title: The Contribution of TLR2 Signaling and Clostridioidies difficile Binary Toxin to Exacerbation of C. difficile Infection |
| 11/17/21 | Speaker: Karolina Dziewulska Lab: James Zimring Title: Determining the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Drug-induced Damage of G6PD-deficient RBC’s with a Novel Murine Model |
| 12/1/21 | Speaker: Lydia Petricca and Isaac Babcock Lab: Bullock/Price/Harris Title: Targeting Immunosuppression for Enhanced Focused Ultrasound Efficacy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer & the Role of Adaptive Immunity-Lydia, The Role of Caspase 1 in Microglia During Toxoplasma gondii Brain Infection-Isaac |
| 12/8/21 | Speaker: Carly Van Wagoner Lab: Michael Elliot Title: Complement-dependent phagocytosis as a regulator of mAb-mediated cellular cytotoxicity |
| 12/15/21 | Speaker: Marissa Gonzales Lab: Timothy Bullock Title: Manipulating Metabolism to improve CD8 T Cell Function |
Spring
| 2/2/22 | Speaker: Mirna Perusina-Lanfranca Lab: Victor Engelhard Title: Homing Receptor Ligand Expression in Melanoma-Associated Endothelial Cells |
| 2/9/22 | Speaker: Chaofan Li Lab: Jie Sun Title: CD8+ T cell heterogeneity and lung pathogenesis following viral infection |
| 2/16/22 | Speaker: Bibo Zhu Lab: Jie Sun Title: Simultaneously targeting hyperinflammation and hyperglycemia following respiratory viral infection |
| 2/23/22 | Speaker: Samantha Lempke Lab: Sarah Ewald Title: How do interferon-y regulated restriction mechanisms detect and target Toxoplasma gondii? |
| 3/2/22 | Speaker: Tzu-Yu Feng Lab: Melanie Rutkowski Title: Reciprocal interactions between the gut microbiome and mammary tissue microenvironment promote metastatic dissemination of HR+ breast cancer |
| 3/9/22 | Speaker: Xiaoyu Zhao Lab: Sarah Ewald Title: Inducible nitric oxide synthase is recruited to GBP2-targeted Toxoplasma gondii vacuoles and mediates parasite killing in murine myeloid cells |
| 3/16/22 | Speaker: Alexandra Donlan Lab: William Petri Title: IL-13 is a driver of severe COVID-19 |
| 3/23/22 | Speaker: Mitchell McGinty Lab: Melanie Rutkowski Title: Absence of TLR5 confers survival in mice bearing ovarian tumors treated with anti-PD-L1 |
| 3/30/22 | Speaker: Alexander Ball Lab: Rebecca Pompano Title: Influence of adjuvant drainage on dendritic cell subset activation |
| 4/6/22 | Speaker: QinLei Gu Lab: Ulrike Lorenz Title: The role of tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in regulatory T cell function and immune tolerance |
| 4/13/22 | Speaker: Maureen Cowan Lab: Tajie Harris Title: Microglial STAT1 signaling during CNS infection with Toxoplasma gondii |
| 4/27/22 | Speaker: Jack Cronk Lab: Michael Brown Title: Licensed NK cell-mediated antiviral immunity via disparate Ly49 receptors counters MCMV gp34-mediated immune evasion |
| 5/18/22 | Speaker: Jessica Annis Lab: Michael Brown Title: MHC-linked Cmv5s Alters Myeloid Cell Composition and Induces Tissue Damage in the Spleen during Acute Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection |
| 5/25/22 | Speaker: Michael Kovacs Lab: Tajie Harris Title: The role of meningeal lymphatic drainage during Toxoplasma gondii brain infection |