Use the selection list below to find more information about our seminar programs.
This page shows the Department of Pathology sponsored seminars database for the full
academic year 2008-2009. For a listing of upcoming
Pathology seminars, please select an appropriate link in the select list below.
Please bookmark this page and check back frequently, especially
just before the events you wish to attend, as schedules often shift.
August 2008 |
Friday, August 15,
2008
"Tumor Escape from Immune surveillance, camouflage or sabotage?"
Dr. Rolf Kiessling
Professor in Experimental Oncology
Department of Oncology/Pathology
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
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September 2008 |
Tuesday, September 9,
2008
"CD4 T cell attrition during viral infection"
Jenny Che
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 9,
2008
"Inflammasome activation by Candida albicans"
Sandhya Ganesan
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 9,
2008
"Gene expression analysis of T cells during early viral infection"
Varun Kapoor
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Progam
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Wednesday, September 10,
2008
"New family values in the immune system: NLR, semaphorins and plexins"
Jenny Ting, PhD
University of North Carolina |
Thursday, September 11,
2008
"Subtype specific and subtype cross-reactive immune response to influenza A viruses"
Jenny Babon
5th Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
"Characterization of allergic responses in CFTR -/- mice"
Allison Keeler
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
"Cross-Reactive T Cells and Deranged Immunity"
Laurie Kenney
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 16,
2008
"Examining Effector Mechanisms of TNF-Induced Programmed Necrosis"
David Moquin
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Wednesday, September 17,
2008
"How T cells “see” antigen"
Arup Chakraborty
Maasachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thursday, September 18,
2008
"Digital and analog Stat5 signaling in distinct erythroid progenitors"
Ermelinda Porpiglia
5th Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 23,
2008
"Variation of HIV-1 R5 tropism for macrophages and monocyte derived dendritic cells"
Thomas Musich
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, September 23,
2008
"Long-Term Humoral Immunity ina Polyoma Virus Mouse Model"
Forum Raval
2nd Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Wednesday, September 24,
2008
"T-reg and Th17 cells inthe induction and regulation of autoimmunity"
Vijay Kuchroo
Harvard Medical School |
Thursday, September 25,
2008
"Dengue virus infection: What would CD8+ T cells do?"
Heather Friberg
4th Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
October 2008 |
Wednesday, October 1,
2008
"Altered Antigen Presenting Cell Function During Proxvirus Infection"
Janice Blum, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine |
Wednesday, October 8,
2008
"Multiple Mechanisms of Immune Evasion by Francisella"
Jeff Frelinger
University of North Carolina |
Wednesday, October 15,
2008
"“Transcriptional control of NKT cell development”"
Albert Bendelac, Ph.D.
University of Chicago |
Wednesday, October 22,
2008
"Homeostatic regulation of mature T cell subsets”"
Dr. Charlie Surh
The Scripps Research Institute |
Thursday, October 23,
2008
"An immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in mouse and man"
Levi Watkin
5th Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Monday, October 27,
2008
"JAK3-DEPENDENT SIGNALS INDUCE CHROMATIN REMODELING AT THE Ifng LOCUS DURING TH1 CELL DIFFERENTIATION"
Min Shi
7th Year Graduate Student
Immunology and Virology Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Monday, October 27,
2008
"Private specificity of HBV- and HCV-specific CD8 T cell responses: Importance for vaccine development for viral hepatitis"
Dr. Marcus Cornberg
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology
Hannover Medical School, Germany |
Wednesday, October 29,
2008
"Does That Work? Treatment of a Chronic Viral Infection with Immunosuppressive Drugs That Manipulate Lymphocyte Trafficking"
Dr. John Altman
Emory University |
November 2008 |
Wednesday, November 5,
2008
"Modulation of Thymopoiesis Across the Lifespan"
Dr. Greg Sempowski
Duke University
Human Vaccine Institute |
Wednesday, November 19,
2008
"Modulation of Peptide Loading by HLA-DO: A Mechanism to Prevent Autoimmunity"
Dr. Lisa Denzin
Sloan-Kettering Institute |
December 2008 |
Wednesday, December 3,
2008
"Transmembrane adaptor proteins in T cell activation and control of autoimmunity"
Dr. Weiguo Zhang
Duke University |
Wednesday, December 10,
2008
"Beyond apoptosis -- Bcl-2 proteins in mitochondrial dynamics energetics and a yeast “tumorigenesis” model
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Dr. Marie Hardwick
John Hopkins University |
Thursday, December 11,
2008
" Regulation of thymocyte lineage decisions by Runx and ThPOK"
Takeshi Egawa
New York University School of Medicine |
Wednesday, December 17,
2008
"Deconstructing the TCR/CD3 trigger"
Michael Kuhns
Stanford University |
January 2009 |
Tuesday, January 13,
2009
"The type III Histone Deacetylase Sirt1 Is A Therapeutic Target for Autoimmune Diseases"
Deyu Fang
University of Missouri School of Medicine |
Tuesday, January 27,
2009
"Maintenance of the virus-specific T cell equilibrium in chronic MCMV infection."
Christopher Snyder
Oregon Health Sciences University |
February 2009 |
Tuesday, February 17,
2009
"Type 1 IFN-Induced Attrition of T Cells During the Early Stages of Viral Infection"
Dr. Kapil Bahl
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Welsh Laboratory |
March 2009 |
Tuesday, March 3,
2009
"Regulation and function of c-Abl in TCR signaling"
Wenfang Wu, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Leslie Berg Lag |
Tuesday, March 10,
2009
"Canceled - No Seminar Today - Canceled"
Christian Kraft, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Raymond Welsh Lab |
Tuesday, March 17,
2009
"Cross-reactive CD8 T cell responses during Acute Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection"
Nuray Aslan, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Liisa Selin Lab |
Tuesday, March 31,
2009
"The RIP1-RIP3 kinase complex regulates caspase-independent progrmmed necrosis"
Youngsik Cho, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Francis Ka-Ming Chan Lab |
April 2009 |
Tuesday, April 7,
2009
"Maintenance of long term humoral immunity in subsequent heterologous viral infections."
Christian Kraft, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Raymond Welsh Lab |
Tuesday, April 14,
2009
"TBD"
Myriam Wlodarczyk
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Liisa Selin Laboratory |
Tuesday, April 28,
2009
"Potential Transcriptional Regulators of Innate-like T cell Development"
Megan Enos, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Leslie Berg Lab |
May 2009 |
Tuesday, May 5,
2009
"TBD"
Maria Dorothea Nastke, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lawrence Stern Lab |
Tuesday, May 19,
2009
"TBD"
Rabinarayan Mishra
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Eva Szomolanyi-Tsuda Lab |
Tuesday, May 26,
2009
"TBD"
Hajime Kono, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kenneth Rock Lab |
June 2009 |
Tuesday, June 2,
2009
"TBD"
Maire Quigley, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School and
Cardiff University
Liisa Selin Lab |
Tuesday, June 9,
2009
"Preliminary Characterization of CD4+ T Cell Epitopes in Human Herpes Virus 6"
Maria-Dorothea Nastke, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lawrence Stern Lab |
Tuesday, June 16,
2009
"RIP3 Dependent Programmed Necrotic Cell Death and Its Biological Implications"
Rupa Challa, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Francis Ka-Ming Chan Lab |
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