Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice, seminars will be on ZOOM, on the dates shown below, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., but if noted otherwise next to the respective seminar. ZOOM access information will be sent by email to the Program in Immunology ListServ
Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
| 9/16/2021 | Kevin Harrod, PhD | UAB | Novel antivirals to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 interventions |
| 9/23/2021 | Kai Wucherpfennig, MD, PhD | Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Institute | Mechanisms of resistance to cancer immunotherapy |
| 9/30/2021 | Rebecca C. Arend, MD, MSPH | UAB | How to turn “cold” tumors “hot” |
| 10/7/2021 | Joseph Larkin, III, PhD | University of Florida | Therapeutic Targeting of the SOCS1 Pathway to Prevent Autoimmunity |
| 10/28/2021 | Randall Q. Cron, MD, PhD | UAB | Cytokine Storm, Defective Cytolysis, Genetics, & SARS-CoV-2, What the Het.? |
| 11/18/2021 | Carrie Coleman, PhD | UAB | EBV type 2 infection of T cells and regulation of the primary viral oncoprotein LMP-1 |
| 12/2/2021 | Michael Saag, MD | UAB | COVID: Two years later |
| 12/9/2021 | Jiri Mestecky, MD, PhD | UAB | IgA Nephropathy Pleotropic Impact of EBV Infection on Immunopathogenesis |
| 12/16/2021 | Remy Bosselut, MD, PhD | National Cancer Institute | CD4 T cell differentiation and functions: Building a bird’s eye view with fly eyes |
| 1/13/2022 | Christopher Scharer, PhD | Emory University | Epigenetic and transcriptional decision points controlling B cell fate |
| 1/20/2021 | Robert Stroud Advanced Immunology Trainee Seminar Samuel Blum (Mentor: Hubert Tse, PhD) Dominique Hinshaw (Mentor: Lalita Samant, PhD) |
UAB | Reduced MDA5 function dampens autoimmune and antiviral responses to delay T1D development Hedgehog signaling regulates metabolism and polarization of mammary tumor-associated macrophages |
| 1/27/2022 | Charles Elson, MD | UAB | Swimming and swarming toward the prevention of Crohn’s disease |
| 2/3/2022 | Kathy McCoy, PhD | University of Calgary, Canada | Microbiome and microbial metabolites in immune regulation |
| 2/10/2022 | Mark Sundrud, PhD | The Scripps Research Institute, FL | Enterohepatic Immunology: New Perspectives on Intestinal Immune Regulation & Inflammation |
| 02/24/2022 | Amariliz Rivera, PhD | Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School | Immunological insights on vaccine-induced cross-protection against Invasive Mycoses |
| 03/10/2022 | Albert Bendelac, MD, PhD | University of Chicago | Polyreactive intestinal IgA |
| 03/17/2022 | Randall Davis, MD | UAB | CLL Immune Dysfunction and COVID-19 |
| 03/24/2022 | Marc Jenkins, PhD | University of Minnesota Medical School | Helper T cell and B cell repertoire features that influence adaptive immune responses |
| 04/07/2022 | Mary Philip, MD, PhD | Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation | Early CD8 T cell fate decisions in cancer, infection, and tolerance |
| 04/14/2022 | Paige Porrett, MD, PhD | UAB | Origin & Ontogeny of Uterine NK Cells |
| 04/21/2022 | Beatriz Leon, PhD | UAB | Immunological mechanisms that prevent allergic airway disease and how these mechanisms can fail |
| 04/28/2022 | Lewis Z. Shi, MD, PhD | UAB | Uncovering and targeting tumor-intrinsic checkpoints of immunotherapy resistance |
| 05/05/2022 | Galit Alter, PhD | Harvard Medical School | Using Systems Serology to define correlates of protection against Tuberculosis |
| 05/12/2022 | Susan Moir, PhD | National Institues of Health | Dysregulation of B cells in HIV infection: A guide for SARS-CoV-2 |
| 05/19/2022 | James George, PhD | UAB | Infiltrating and resident myeloid cells in the kidney during homeostasis and disease New insights from single cell and spatial transcriptomic technologies |
| 5/26/2022 | John Volanakis Immunology Lecture Matthew Hepworth, PhD |
University of Manchester, UK | Mucosal Immune Crosstalk with the Commensal Microbiota and Diet |
| 6/2/2022 | Phillip D. Smith, MD | UAB | Mechanisms of Viral and Bacterial Pathogenesis in Human Intestinal and Gastric Mucosa |
Archived Seminars
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2008-2009
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2009-2010
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2010-2011
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2011-2012
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2012-2013
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2013-2014
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2014-2015
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2015-2016
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2016-2017
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2017-2018
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2018-2019
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2019-2020
Program in Immunology Seminar Series: Academic Year 2020-2021