Contact
233 South 10th Street
Bluemle Life Sciences Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
- 215-503-4669
- 215-923 7145 (fax)
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.
| 10/31/2024 | Faculty | Dr. Botond Igyarto Exploring Mechanisms of Dendritic Cell-Mediated Adaptive Immunity in Steady-State Conditions Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 11/7/2024 | Guest Speaker | Dr. Behdad (Ben) Afzali Khoshkbijari, MD, PhD, FRCP Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Complements to the Chef: Cooking Up Healing with Local Immune Factors Host: Dr. Claudio Giraudo Location Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 11/14/2024 | Research in Progress | Gerald O'Connor/Zachary Walter Hosts: Dr. Kim/Dr. Ramage C10ORF99 regulates the colon epithelial barrier in both GPR15-dependent and independent ways ATP hydrolysis by the Orthoflavivirus NS3 helicase is regulated by the Motif-VI loop Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 11/21/2024 | M&I Faculty Meeting | Faculty Meeting |
| 11/28/2024 | CANCELLED | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| 12/5/2024 | Faculty | Dr. Sangwon Kim Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 12/12/2024 | Research in Progress | Sergey Panteleev/Zachary Hutchins Hosts: Dr. Sykulev/Dr. Mishra Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 12/19/2024 | Research in Progress | Samita Kafle/Nathan Ryan Hosts: Dr. Sigal/Dr. Abraham Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 12/26/2024 | CANCELLED | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY |
| 1/2/2025 | CANCELLED | NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY |
| 1/9/2025 | M&I Faculty Meeting | Faculty Meeting |
| 1/16/2025 | Faculty | Dr. Holly Ramage Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 1/23/2025 | Guest Speaker | Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry Deputy Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences Host: Dr. Matthias Schnell Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 1/30/2025 | Guest Speaker | Dr. Matthew Welch Professor, Frances H. Williams Chair in Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Host: Dr. Fabienne Paumet Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 2/6/2025 | M&I Faculty Meeting | Faculty Meeting |
| 2/13/2025 | Research in Progress |
Jessica McCord/Carly Smith Hosts: Dr. Snyder/Dr. Freeman Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 2/20/2025 | Guest Speaker | Dr. Stefan Feske Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Department of Pathology NYU Grossman School of Medicine Host: Dr. Adriana Mantegazza Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 2/27/2025 | Faculty | Dr. Adriana Mantegazza Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 3/6/2025 | M&I Faculty Meeting | Faculty Meeting |
| 3/13/2025 | Faculty | Dr. Matthias Schnell Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 3/20/2025 | Guest Speaker | Dr. Karen Edelblum Associate Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine Mount Sinai, New York Host: Dr. Sangwon Kim Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 3/27/2025 | Research in Progress | Daniel Netting/Miao Cao Hosts: Dr. Mantegazza/Dr. Snook Location: Bluemle, Room 101 |
| 4/3/2025 | M&I Faculty Meeting | Faculty Meeting |
| 4/10/2025 | Faculty | Dr. Luis Sigal 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 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 |