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Where:  BBRB 170
When: Tuesdays at noon

September 3, 2024

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September 10 , 2024

Dr. Ryan A. Flynn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Department of Stemn Cell and Regenerative Biology, "Cell surface glycoRNA biology" studies the interface of RNA biology and glyobiology in context of cell state transitions and cell-cell communication, host: Dr. Jan Novak

September 17, 2024

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September 24, 2024

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October 1, 2024

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October 8, 2024

Dr. Weiguo Cui, PhD Professor of Pathology, Northwesten University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, studies T cell biology in context of viral infections, cancer, and autoimmune disease, host : Dr. Allan Zajac

October 15, 2024

Dr. Joan Yuan, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Reseacher, Division of Molecular Hematology, Research Team Manager, Developmenal Immunology, Principal investigator STEM Therapy: National Initiative on STEM Cells for Regenerative Therapy , researches how the immune system is shaped by developmental programs and early life events, how B cell memory is imprinted ealry in life , host: Dr. John Kearneye

October 22, 2024

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October 29, 2024

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November 5, 2024

Dr. Kartik Chandran, PhD Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert eistein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Studies Ebola,Marburg, bunyaviruses and hantaviruses, particulary viral entry into cells, virus-host interactions , host : Virology Grad Students, Sameneh Mehri 

November 12, 2024

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November 19, 2024

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December 3, 2024

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December 10, 2024

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January 7, 2025

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January 14, 2025

Dr. Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director, Cleveland clinic Florida Research & innovation Center, investiates interplay between vorisues and host's immune system impacts the outcomes of viral infection and thje severity of disease, also ideniifying and characterizing host factors that play important roles in the virus lifecycle, host: Grad students: Brooke Bengert 

January 21, 2025

Dr. Simon Roux, PhD Research Scientist, DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkely , CA ,  " Viral ecogenomics: exploring viral diversity and virus-host interactions from metagenomes"virus ecology, virus genomics , host: Dr. Elliot Lefkowitz

January 28, 2025

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February 4, 2025

Dr. Nancie M Archin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, HIV latency and Cure HIV infections and latency in women, host: Dr. Angela Wahl

February 11, 2025

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February 18, 2025

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February 25, 2025

Dr. JoAnne L. Flynn, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, studies host-pathogen interactions, immunology of tuberculosis, vaccines and drugs host: Grad students Rania Smeltz

March 4, 2025

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March 11, 2025

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March 18, 2025

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March 25, 2025

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April 1, 2025

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April 8, 2025

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April 15, 2025

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April 22, 2025

Dr. Justin L. Merritt, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, focuses upon the molecular and cellular microbiology of the human oral microbiome to understand how mucosal health is regulated in human body, host: Bacteriology Grad students, Avery Lieber 

April 29, 2025

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May 6, 2025

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May 13, 2025

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May 20, 2025

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