Seminars & Meetings

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

The series will take a new direction this academic year.  The seminars will be conducted on Thursdays from 12pm-1pm.   However, one Thursday of the month will be reserved for a Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty Meeting respectfully.  The seminars will be broken down into three categories:  Faculty Seminars,  Guest Speaker Seminars, & Research in Progress Seminars.

All seminars will be IN-PERSON and will be held in Bluemle, Room 101 for the 2024/2025 academic year.

NOTE: All faculty are with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Thomas Jefferson University, unless otherwise noted.

3/27/2025 Research in Progress

Daniel Netting/Miao Cao

The lysosomal solute carrier SLC29A3 modulates phagosomal dynamics and promotes autophagy in murine dendritic cells

Antigen Loss by CAR-T Immune Microenvironment: The Duality of IFN-γ

Hosts:  Dr. Mantegazza/Dr. Snook

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/3/2025 M&I Faculty Meeting Faculty Meeting
4/10/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Luis Montaner, DVM, DPhil

Hosts:  IMP Students

Type-I interferons: Stimulate or block in HIV cure-directed immunotherapy

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/17/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Marco Colonna

Robert Rock Belliveau Professor, Pathology & Immunology

Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis

Host:  Dr. Yuri Sykulev

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/24/2025 Research in Progress

Tien Bui/Jacob Myers

Hosts:  Dr. Rahman/Dr. Schnell

The Design and Characterization of an anti-Tick Vaccine

Dissecting the Role of Peli1 in Modulating TLR-7 driven B cell Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/1/2025 M&I Faculty Meeting Faculty Meeting
5/8/2025 Research in Progress

Jihae Choi/Vincent Cooper

Hosts:  Dr. Kim/Dr. Igyarto

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/15/2024 Guest Speaker

Dr. Craig Maynard

Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama

Host:  Dr. Sangwon Kim

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/22/2025 Research in Progress

Jackie Flynn/Mary O'Mara

Hosts:  Dr.  Capparelli/Dr. Ramage

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/29/2025 M&I Faculty Meeting Faculty Meeting
6/5/2025 Research in Progress

Juliana Benitez/Mohini Nakhale

Hosts:  Dr. Sigal/Dr. Abraham

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/12/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Hernandez Moura Silva, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biology

Core Member Ragon Institute MIT and Harvard

Host:  Dr. Carolina Rezende Melo da Silva

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/19/2025 CANCELLED JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY
6/26/2025 Research in Progress

Melissa Molho/Sabrine Ben Hamed

Hosts:  Dr. Ramage/Dr. Schnell

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101