Seminar Archive
| 2020-12-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Christophe Peyrefitte, Scientific Director, Pasteur Institute of Dakar, Senegal, Associate Professor of Vale-De Grace, Lyon France Title: Institut Pasteur de Dakar a research institute involved public health issues in Senegal and West Africa Host: Dr. David Marchant, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2020-11-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Casey Fowler, University of Alberta Title: Salmonella enterica offers a window into the remarkable evolution of bacterial exotoxins Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-11-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Elodie Ghedin, Senior Investigator and Chief of Systems Genomics Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID/NIH Title: Defective (interfering) virus genomes in the control of severe influenza Host: Dr. Lara Mahal, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Glycomics, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta |
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| 2020-11-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Paige Lacy, Professor, University of Alberta Title: Eosinophil Degranulation and Cytokine Production in Allergic Asthma Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-11-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Irene Salinas, Associate Professor, Associate Chair in Biology, University of New Mexico Title: What it takes to live outside the water: the extraordinary adaptations of the lungfish immune system Host: Dr. Brad Magor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta |
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| 2020-10-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Department of Surgery, Division Director Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Alberta Diabetes & Transplant Institutes, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: True donor specific tolerance: How close are we? Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-10-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Denise Hemmings, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentstry, University of Alberta Title: Chronic Cytomegalovirus Infection and its Impact on Breast Cancer Metastasis and Survival Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-10-15 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Alyson Kelvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Title: Male sex and age biases viral burden and shedding during SARS-CoV-2 infection in ferrets' Where: ZOOM When: 10:00 am Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2020-10-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Pepper, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentisty, University of Alberta Title: Beta Cell Engraftment: A Battle Against Attrition Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-10-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John Lewis, Sojonky Chair Prostate Can. Res. Oncology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: Rapid Prototyping and Development of a SARS-CoV-2 Fusogenix DNA Vaccine Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-09-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series - COVID-19 Research Updates |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthias Götte, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Remdesivir: From Mechanisms and Antiviral Effects to Clinical Approval for Treatment of COVID-19 Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-09-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series - COVID-19 Research Updates |
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Speaker: Dr. Joanne Lemieux, Professor, Director, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: Structural insights into the feline coronavirus drug GC376, which inhibits the main protease of SARS-CoV-1 and blocks virus replication Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-09-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lara K. Mahal, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Glycomics, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: The Glycomics of Host Response to Pathogens Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-03-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Philip F. Halloran, MD, PhD, FRCP (C), OC, FRSC, Director, Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, Professor of Medicine & Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The Molecular Microscope system: combining microarray assessment with machine learning Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-03-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Craig McCormick, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University Title: Stress Responses and herpesviruses Host: Dr. Kathy Magor, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences |
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| 2020-02-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lars Nitschke Title: The role of sialic acids and Siglecs for lymphocyte survival and leukemia formation Host: Dr. Matthew Macauley, Dept of Chemistry Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2020-02-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jason Plemel, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Alberta Title: Heterogeneous microglia response limits macrophage dispersion Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-02-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Pratip Chattopadhyay, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Director, Applied Immunology Core, Perlmutter Cancer Centre, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY Title: Precision Immunology Through Deeper, Single Cell Profiling Host: Dr. Aja Reiger, Flow Cytomerty Core Manager, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: ImmuNet Seminar Series Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2020-01-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Howard S. Young, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: New Regulators of Cellular Calcium Homeostasis & an Introduction to Cryo-EM (Why all the hype?) Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-01-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Judith N. Mandl, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, McGill University Title: Unexpected hazards of immune cell migration: crowding, shattering and nuclear rupture Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet Seminar Series Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2020-01-16 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Professor Michael F. Good, AO FYSE FAHMS NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus Title: Exploiting cryptic epitopes in group A streptococcus for developing vaccines and immunotherapies Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2020-01-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthew Croxen, Program Lead, Public Health Genomics and Bioinformatics, Public Health Laboratory, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta Title: Exploring microbial diversity in public health microbiology Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-12-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Carlos Cervera, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Direcctor, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta Title: Cytomegalovirus, transplantation and thrombosis: A perfect storm? Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-12-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Qiumin Tan, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: Role of capicua in hematopoietic and immune cells Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-11-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Esmé Dijke, Associate Director, Histocompatability Laboratory, Assistant Professor, Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta Title: Therapeutic regulatory T cells from discarded human thymus: the road to the clinic Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-11-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kevin Coombs, Assistant Dean (Research), Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Univeristy of Manitoba Title: Cell and drdug-specfic Zika-induced proteomics Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund *** Dr. Coombs will be acting as the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Wan Kong Yip who defends his thesis Wednesday, November 20th *** |
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| 2019-11-13 |
UofA Infectious Diseases Conference Keynote |
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Speaker: Dr. Charu Kaushic, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity Host: Dr. Matthias Götte, Chair Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2019-11-07 |
9th Annual Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Marc Ouellette, FRSC, FCAHS, Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial Resistance, Professor, Université Laval Title: Genomics of antimicrobial resistance Host: Dr. Amit Bhavsar, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: The Dean's Lectureship Series, FoMD and The Diane Taylor Endowment Fund |
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| 2019-10-31 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Sylvie Lesage, Professor, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Centre de recherche, Montréal, QC Title: MHC-independent thymic selection, is it possible Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Division Director Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Alberta Diabetes & Transplant Institutes Sponsor: LKS Sino-Canadian Exchange Program Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research |
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| 2019-10-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Karen Madsen, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Title: Harnessing the microbiome for treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-10-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Evans, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Poxvirus recombination and reactivation: Mechanism, applications, and real-world implications Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-10-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Jack H. Jhamandas, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, Distinguished University Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Quest for a Novel Therapy for Alzheimer's disease Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-09-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Hyo-Jick Choi, PhD, PEng, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta Title: Universal infection control measures against airborne/foodborne/waterborne diseases Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-09-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Holger Wille, Asssociate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta Title: Translating structural biology into disease prophylaxis: Rationally designed, structure-based vaccines for neurodegenerative diseases? Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-09-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Svetlana Sapelnikova, PhD, MBA, Vice President, Business Development Strategy, KMT Hepatech - PhoenixBio Group Title: Bridging the gap between the lab research and clinical outcome: cDNA-uPA/scid chimeric mouse with humanized liver for in vivo and in vitro research and drug development Host: Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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| 2019-09-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John Parkinson, Professor, Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Title: Systems Biology of Parasites: Identiying complexes - Modeling Pathways Host: Dr. Joel Dacks, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology Sponsor: ImmuNet Seminar Series Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2019-05-16 |
Special MMI Seminar - Dean's Lecture Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Brett B. Finlay, OC, OBC, FRSC, FCAHSW, UBC Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, CIFAAR Senior Fellow, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia Title: Role of the microbiome in asthma and malnutrition Host: Dr Amit Bhavsar, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and The Dean's Lecture Series FoMD |
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| 2019-05-02 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Brad Nelson, Immunotherapy Program, Deeley Research Centre, BC Cancer Title: Deciphering and re-engineering the immune response to cancer Host: Dr. Kristi Baker, Department of Oncology, Division of Experimental Oncology, University of Alberta Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2019-04-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Tony Schountz, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University Title: HL18K11 bat influenza A virus infection of Jamaican fruit bats Host: Dr. Tom Hobman, Professor, Department Cell Biology, University of Alberta Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2019-04-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Mansour Haeryfar, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Viral Immunity and Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Western University Title: PD-1 mediated Suppression of Anticancer T Cells: A Matter of Exhaustion or Promoting a Fatal Menage a Trois? Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2019-04-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Catherine Field, Professor, Agriculture Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta Title: Should you care about the diet of subjects/animals in immunology studies? Host: Dr. Gabrelle Siegers Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2019-03-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthew S. Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University Title: Viruses, Vaccines and Neurodegeneration - An Anthology Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2019-03-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Tim Audas, Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University Title: Cellular stress triggers the formation of natural amyloid aggregates Host: Dr. Rob Ingham Sponsor: ImmuNet and The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2019-03-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthew Macauley, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: Roles for Siglecs in Controlling Immune Cell Function Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2019-02-28 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr.Jennifer A. Gaddy, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre Title: Nutritional immunity at the Group B Streptococcus-Host interface during Pregnancy Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair Sponsor: ImmuNet and the Diane Taylor Lectureship Endowment fund |
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| 2019-02-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Aja Rieger, Flow Cytometry Core Facility Manager, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta Title: State-of-the-art: Advances in Flow Cytometry technology and techniques Host: Dr. Gabrielle Siegers |
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| 2019-02-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Rineke Steenbergen, Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Hepatitis C infection, metabolism and culturing cells in human serum Host: Dr. Deanna Santer |
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| 2019-02-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Olivier Julien, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: Mechanisms of Caspase-mediated Cell Death Host: Dr. Garielle Siegers |
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| 2019-01-30 |
13th Annual D. Lorne Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection & Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa, Senior Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, Head of Immunobiology Laboratory, Professor of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London, England Title: Cells and pathways in immunity to cancer and infection Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Chair of ImmuNet Sponsor: ImmuNet The seminar was followed by a meet and greet reception in the LKS 1st floor Atrium. Seminar attendees were encouraged to stay after the seminar and chat with the speaker |
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| 2019-01-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ryan Noyce, Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Building the next generation of therapeutic poxvirus vectors Host: Dr. Deanna Santer |
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| 2019-01-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Corcoran, University of Calgary Title: Viral modulation of RNA granules is reliant on autophagic flux' Where: Classroom F When: 4:00 pm Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair Sponsor: ImmuNet, The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2019-01-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Purcell, Senior Staff Scientist, INfectious Diseases and Director, Science Research, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc Title: Dupilumab imprints a TH1/Type 1 response and enhances the efficacy of the acellular whooping cough vaccine in mice and infant baboons Host: Dr. Stephanie Yanow, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health Sponsor: ImmuNet, The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2019-01-08 |
MMI Special Guest Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Yan Zhou, Senior Scientist (IV), VIDP-InterVac, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization, International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan Title: Innate immune Response to influenza A virus infection Host: Dr. Kathy Magor, Department of Biological Sciences Sponsor: The LKS Sino-Canadian Exchange Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies *** Dr. Zhou acted as the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Yanno Xiao who defendsed her thesis on Monday, January 7, 2019 |
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| 2018-12-19 |
MMI Special Guest Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. C. James Lim, Investigator, Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research Program, BC Children's Hospital, Associate Professor, UBC Dept. of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia Title: Modulation of immunogenic cell death by integrins Host: Dr. Robert Ingham Sponsor: The Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, The Faculty of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Graduate Studies *** Dr. Lim acted as the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Joyce Wu who defended her thesis on December 20th |
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| 2018-12-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Mason, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastoenterology, University of Alberta Title: Autoimmunity immunodeficiency and retroviruses. The upside down world of primary biliary cholangitis Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-12-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Logan, Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: HCV Vaccine Development: Research to GMP manufacturing Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-11-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Todd Lowary, Professor, Scientific Director, Candian Glycomics Network, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: Understanding glycan biosynthesis and function using synthetic glycoconjugates Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-11-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Xiaoli (Lilly) Pang, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Program Leader, Provincial Public Health Laboratory (Microbiology), Co-Lead, Alberta Provincial Pediatric En Teric Infection Team (APPETITE) Title: Update on norovirus infection Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-11-14 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Bruno Lemaitre, Professor, Immunology, Director of the Global Health Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Title: “How host parasite evolution forged the Drosophila immune system.” Host: The Students of the University of Alberta Immnology Network Sponsor: Walter MacKenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, ImmuNet |
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| 2018-11-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Gary Eitzen, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: Control of mast cell exocytosis by Rho GTPases Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-11-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Gabrielle M. Siegers, MA, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Experimental Oncology, University of Alberta Title: Harnessing yo T Cell Plasticity for Cancer Immunotherapy Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-10-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Natahalie Labrecque, Professor, Medicine, Université de Montreéal, Centre de recherche, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Title: “The Notch signaling pathway: a master regulator of CD8+ T cell differentiation.” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet and Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2018-10-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nelson Lee, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Human influenza and non-influenza respiratory virus infections -- what's new? Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-10-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John Lewis, Frank and Carla Sojonky Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta Title: Selective Ablation of Senescent and Malignant Cells using Apoptotic Gene Therapy Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-10-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Marchant, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Entry Receptor Signalling and Trafficking Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-09-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Karst, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida Title: The Influence of the Intestinal Microbiota on Norovirus Pathogenesis Host: Dr. John Law, Post doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2018-09-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. A.M. James Shapiro, Canada Research Chair in Transplantation Surgery and Regenerative Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Transforming treatments for diabetes at the interface of immunity and transplantation Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2018-08-27 |
Special MMI Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Gold, Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: B Cell signaling in space and time Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard Sponsor: ImmuNet and Faculty of Graduate Studies (pending) *** Dr. Gold was the external examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Shugang Yao who defended his thesis on August 28, 2018 |
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| 2018-08-23 |
Special MMI Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Pranav Danthi, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University Title: Reovirus RIPs the cells to death Host: Dr. Maya Shumulevitz Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund and Faculty of Graduate Studies *** Dr. Danthi was the external examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Adil Mohamed who defended his thesis on August 24, 2018 |
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| 2018-05-31 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Che Colpitts, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London Title: “Targeting host cyclophilins to inhibit viral evasion of innate immune sensing: HCV and beyond..” Host: Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2018-05-14 |
MMI Guest Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Momar Ndao, Associate Professor,Immunology & Parasitology, Montreal General Hospital, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University Title: “Parasitic Diseases vaccination: What are the best approaches?” Host: Dr. Stephanie Yanow, School of Public Health Sponsor: Walter MacKenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, Faculty of Graduate Studies * Dr. Ndao was the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Ken Gavina who defends his thesis May 15, 2018 |
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| 2018-05-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Alexandre Corthay, Head of Tumor Immunology Group, President of the Norwegian Society for Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Title: Targeting macrophages for cancer immunotherapy Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Department of Surgery Sponsor: ImmuNet and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2018-05-14 |
MMI Guest Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Kristi Baker, Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: “Defective DNA repair in colorectal cancer controls anti-tumor immunity.” * Dr. Baker is requesting a cross appointment with student privileges in the Department of MMI |
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| 2018-05-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: “Herpes simplex virus nucleases and innate antiviral responses.” Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-04-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John Law, Research Associate, Houghton Lab Group, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: A Vaccine Against Hepatitis C - The Remaining Challenge To Control This Global Epidemic Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-04-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthias Götte., Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Nucleotide Analogue Inhibitors of Viral Polymerases: From HIV to Ebola Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, ImmuNet Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-04-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Tracy Raivio, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: The role of bacterial envelope stress response is surface sensing, pathogenesis, and antibiotic resistance Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-03-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Amit Bhavsar, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The coolest SalmoNELIa effector...it's in the name! Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, ImmuNet Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-03-22 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Rodney Dekoter, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Children's Health Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario Title: Counteracting roles of the related ETS transcription factors Pu.1, Spi-B and Spi-C in B cell immunity Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology and the Walter Mackenzie Visitng Speaker Fund |
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| 2018-03-15 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Refurbishing reovirus for the tumor niche Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, ImmuNet Chair |
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| 2018-03-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Joyce, Research Associate, Tyrrell Lab Group, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Repression of the host innate immune response by HCV and other flaviviruses Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-02-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Maria Febbraio, Professor, Depatment of Dentistry, Divison of Foundational Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Role of Epigenetics in Periodontitis Mediated Persistence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-02-15 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ryan Brinkman, Professor, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia Title: Data-driven cytometry Host: Dr. Aja Reiger, Flow Cytometry Core Manager, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2018-02-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Graham Tipples, Medical / Scientific Director, Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab), University of Alberta Hospital Title: The public health laboratory role for emerging diseases Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-02-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Craig Jenne, Canada Research Chair in Imaging Approaches Towars Studying Infection, Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology, Immunolo9gy & Infectious Diseases (MIID) Dept of Critical Care Medicine, Director, Snyder Translational Lab in Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgaryl Title: Infection, Inflammation and Coagulation Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2018-01-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Richard R.E. Uwiera, Associate Professor, University of Alberta Veterinary Pathologist, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Antimicrobial growth promoters in a mouse animal model: Effects on immune and physiological function Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-12-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Gary Kobinger, Université Laval Title: Rapid vaccine development for public health emergencies on the long road to licensure Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-12-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Linda Chelico, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Title: Antiviral mechanisms of the APOBEC3 deoxycytidine deaminases Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-12-04 |
Medical Microbiology Special Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthew Macauley, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta Title: Siglec-mediated control of immune cell function Host: Dr. Mathias Götte, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology * Dr. Macauley has requested a cross appointment to the department with graduate student privleges |
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| 2017-11-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deanna Santer, Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The regulatory effects of IFN-lasmbda 3 on human immune cells Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-11-24 |
Medical Microbiology Special Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Rodney S. Russell , Associate Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland Title: Virus-Induced Pyroptosis: A Pathogenic Assault or a Cellular Fire Alarm? Host: Dr. Luis Schang, Adjunct Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund Faculty of Graduate Studies *** Dr. Russell is the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Abdullah Awadh of Dr. Luis Schang's lab |
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| 2017-11-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Philip F. Halloran, Professor,Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, University of Alberta Title: The immunology of transplant organ rejection: insights from the Molecular Microscope Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-11-16 |
2017 Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Lauren O. Bakaletz, Principal Investigator and the Director of the Centre for Microbial Pathogenesis at the Research Institute at Nathionwide Children's Hospital, Professor, Dept of Pediatrics and Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine Title: Harnessing the power of the skin to immunize against otitis media by bandaid Host: Dr. Troy Balwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Diane Taylor Lectureship, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-11-02 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Osborne, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: Regulation of Intestinal Immunity by the Multibiome Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2017-10-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Touret, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: Regulation of CD36 signal transduction by F-actin & lipid nanodomains Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-10-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Shokrollah Elahi, Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: New players in immune regulation: The role of erythroid suppressor cells in physiological and pathological conditions Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-10-05 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Celia Schiffer, Professor, Director to UMass CFAR, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Title: Constraining Evolution - Avoiding Drug Resistance: Lessons from Viruses Host: Dr. Matthais Götte, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker fund |
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| 2017-09-21 |
12th Annual D. Lorne Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection & Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Sonja Marie Best, Investigator, Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, NIAID, Hamilton, MT Title: Beyond retroviruses: Restriction of Flavivirus replication by TRIM5 Sponsor: Tyrrell Endowmnet Fund and the University Hospital Foundation |
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| 2017-09-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Hawkes, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta Title: Neuroprotective agents for cerebral malaria Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-09-07 |
Medical Microbiology Special Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Michele Anderson, Associate Professor, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto Title: Transcriptional control of gamma delta T cell development by HEB transcription factors Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker fund and Faculty of Graduate Studies *** Dr. Anderson was the External Examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Dominic Golec who defended his thesis Friday, September 8 *** |
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| 2017-06-14 |
ImmuNet Research Day - Keynote Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Jayne Danska, Professor & Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto Title: Complex causes of autoimmune disease: genes, environment and microbes Host: MMI Graduate students Visit Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-05-31 |
2017 Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York Title: Influenza Virus-Host Interactions Host: Graduate student driven event Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-05-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John Patton, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland Title: Rotavirus evasion of the innate immune response: A tale of deception and destruction Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology and ImmuNet |
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| 2017-05-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Hyo-Jick Choi, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta Title: Preparation for the next pandemic Influenza Outbreak Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Seminar Chair |
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| 2017-04-27 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Selena Sagan, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Title: Host-virus interactions in Hepatitis C and Zika virus infection Host: Dr. Tom Hobman, Professor, Department of Cell Biology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker fund |
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| 2017-04-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Robert Ingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The function of the c-June and JunB transcription factors in 'B and T cell lymphomas Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-04-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Title: The promise and perils of an immune reset Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-03-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Did Cytomegalovirus' immune evasion protein UL18 force down the human inhibitory receptor LILRB1 just on NK cells? Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-03-16 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Daniel Barreda, Associate Professor, Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta Title: Evolution of phagocyte contributions to the induction and resolution of acute inflammation Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-03-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Yanow, Assistant Professor, School of Public Healh, University of Alberta Title: A novel mechanism of cross-species immunity to malaria Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-02-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Bart Hazes, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: From bytes to bench to bedside Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-02-16 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Joyce Wilson, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan Title: HCV replication promotion by miR-122, Argonaute, and other small RNAs Host: Dr. Tom Hobman, Professor, Department of Cell Biology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker fund |
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| 2017-02-14 |
MMI External Examiner Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Karen Mossman, Professor, Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Chair, Biochemisty & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University Title: Novel mechanisms of sensing viral infections Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund FGSR ** *Dr. Mossman acted as External Examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Ninad Mehta who defended his thesis on Friday, January 6, 2017 *** |
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| 2017-02-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Ashbolt, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Title: The microbiota and pathogen control of your household plumbing Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-02-02 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Greg Tyrrell, Professor, Lab Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta Title: Invasive Group B streptococcal disease in Alberta Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, ImmuNet Chair |
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| 2017-01-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Dean Befus, Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: A long Journey from Discovery to Translation: An Anti-inflmmatory Drug: a Biomarker of Stress? Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2017-01-19 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology & ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Barrett, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Title: Modeling immune aging through chronic viral infection: lessions from curing Hepatitis C Host: Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2017-01-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Power, Neurology, University of Alberta Title: Innate immune activation in the brain: pathogenic and protective outcomes Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-12-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Houghton, Professor and CERC, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Designing, producing and testing a HCV vaccine at the UofA' Where: Classroom F When: 4:00 pm Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-12-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Martin Richer, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Title: The not so sweet side of immunoregulation: Chronic inflammation dampens host immunity by targeting CD8 T cell antigen sensitivity Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-11-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Anil Kumar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hobman Lab Group, Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: Subversion of host anitviral response by Zika virus Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-11-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deanna Santer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Houghton Group, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Targeting the IFN-Lambda receptor to enhance the influenza vaccine immune response Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-11-07 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Wyndham W. Latham. Associate Professor in Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago Title: From Mild to Murderous: How Yersinia pestis Evolved into an Efficient Killer Sponsor: This event was sponsored in part by the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and the generous sponsorship of the Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2016-11-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Valerie Sim, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Centre for Prions Title: Poking Holes in Prion Disease Pathogenesis |
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| 2016-10-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Caroline Richard, PDF, AFNS, University of Alberta Title: The essentiality of docosahexaenoic acid in the postnatal maternal and infant diets for the development of the infant's immune system early in life |
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| 2016-10-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Isobel Okyye, Research Associate, Elahi Laboratory, School of Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: Restoration of CD8 T cells using a forward genetics approach |
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| 2016-10-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Grant, Professor, Memorial University Title: Cytomegalovirus Immunity and Lymphocyte Senescence in Controlled HIV Infection Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2016-10-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Getting a GRP on the development of intestinal T cells |
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| 2016-09-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Joel Dacks, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: Membrane-trafficking machinery and the evolution of parasitism: insights from microbial genomics |
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| 2016-09-22 |
D. Lorne Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Louis Picker, Oregon Health and Science University Title: Cytomegalovirus Vectors: Exceptional Efficacy from Unconventional Cellular Immune Responses |
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| 2016-06-24 |
Special MMI Seminar |
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Speaker: Professor Michael F. Good, , Head, Laboratory of Vaccines for the Developing World and NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, institute for Glycomics, Griffiths University QLD Title: Using cryptic epitopes to design peptide-based vaccines for streptococcus Host: Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2016-06-09 |
ImmuNet Research Day Millwoods Golf Course Keynote |
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Speaker: Dr. Heinz Feldman, NIH |
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| 2016-06-02 |
Journal Club |
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Speaker: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Neuronal Stress Pathway Mediating a Histone Methyl/Phospho Switch is Required for Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation' References: A.R. Cliffe et al. Cell Host & Microbe 18: 649-658, Dec 2015 |
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| 2016-05-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Tom Hobman, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: Summer is coming and so are the flaviviruses: A closer look at these emerging pathogens Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-04-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Denise Hemmings, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta Title: Sphingosine 1-phosphate regulates endothelial permeability: vascular and immune implications Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-04-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Les Nagata, Bio-threat Defence Section, Defence R&D Canada, Visiting Scientist, Dept of MMI, University of Alberta Title: Vaccines and Therapeutics to the Encephalitic Alphaviruses Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor and ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2016-04-07 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Dario Vignali, PhD, Vic Chair and Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Title: Inhibitory Mechanisms in Cancer and Autoimmunity Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visitng Speaker Fund, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Stemcell Technologies, New England BioLabs, Cell Signaling Technology |
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| 2016-03-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Case, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Marine microbial interactions - discovering and rediscovering bioactives |
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| 2016-03-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Yan Boucher, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Population structure of Vibrio cholerae on Local and Global Scales |
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| 2016-03-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Joseph C. Sun, Assistant Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York Title: Adipose-resident group 1 innate lymphoid cells promote obesity-associated insulin resistance |
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| 2016-02-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Robert Campbell, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: Engineering the next generation of fluorescent protein-based imaging probes |
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| 2016-02-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: “Regulation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte adhesion, migration and function” |
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| 2016-02-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Paige Lacy, Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: How eosinophils contribute to allergy and immunity |
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| 2016-02-08 |
Special MMI Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Marie-Claire Arrieta, Postdoctoral Fellow, Finlay Lab, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia Title: Gut health early in life: the role of our first microbiota Host: Dr. Matthias Götte, Chair, Department of MMI |
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| 2016-02-04 |
Journal Club |
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Speaker: Nikki Atanasova, MMI graduate student, Ashbolt lab Title: Photoexcited quantum dots for killing multidrug-resistant bacteria' References: Colleen M. Courtney, Samuel M. Goodman, Jessica A. McDaniel, Nancy E. Madinger, Anushree Chatterjee and Prashant Nagapal. Nature Materials published online 18 January 2016 | DOI: 10.1038/NMAT 4542 |
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| 2016-01-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Franco Vizeacoumar, Research Scientist, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Title: Targeting polo-like kinase 1 by synthetic dosage lethality Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz,Seminar Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2016-01-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kristi Baker, Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta Title: Self, altered-self, and non-self: genomic integrity, microbiota, and the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz,Seminar Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2016-01-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Viswanathan Natarajan, Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine, Co-Director, Institute for Personalized Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Title: Nuclear S1P is a co-epigentic regulator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mediate4d lung inflammation: Role of SphK2 and Nox4 Host: Dr. Denise Hemmings, Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology *** Dr. Natarajan served as external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Daniel Kerage's thesis defense |
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| 2016-01-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Douglas J. Mahoney, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Disease, University of Calgary Title: Oncolytic Rhabdovirus Therapy for Cancer Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology *** Dr. Mahoney will also be acting as the external examiner for MMI PhD candidate Wondim Teferi *This visit was sponsored in part by the Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2015-12-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Bebhinn Treanor, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough Title: The galectin lattice controls B cell receptor organization and signaling Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-12-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ben Willing, Assistant Professor, Agric, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta Title: How the microbiome shapes responses to medical intervention and disease challenges Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-11-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Goetz Ehrhardt, Associate Director, Toronto FOCIS Centre of Excellence and Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Title: Ancient Tools for novel insights into human B cell responses Host: Dr. Rob Ingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-11-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Marchant, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Virus: RSV Receptor: Nucleolin Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-11-12 |
Journal Club |
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Speaker: Anil Kumar Title: Intercellular transmission of antiviral signals throgh virus particles' References: Bridgeman, A., et al., (2015) Science Vol. 349, pp. 1228-1232 and Gentili, M., et al., (2015) Science Vol. 349, pp. 1232-1236 |
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| 2015-11-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Evans, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Fun with poxviruses Host: Dr. Bart Hazes, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2015-10-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Cairo, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: Chemical tools to probe the role of human neuraminidase enzymes in cell adhesion Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-10-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kathy Magor, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: RIG-I activation in influenza defence Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-10-13 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. David A. Relman, Thomas C. and Joan M. Merigan Professor, Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University Title: Explorations of Inner Self: Time, Space and the Human Microbiome Sponsor: Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Funding, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta |
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| 2015-10-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Gabrielle Siegers, BSc, MA, PhD, Research Associate Postovit Lab, Departmernt of Oncology, University of Alberta Title: Pitfalls and promise on the path to gamma delta T cell immunotherapy of leukemias and solid tumors Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-10-01 |
Journal Club |
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Speaker: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Microbiota-Dependent Acitvation of an Autoractive T Cell Receptor Provokes Autoimmunity in Immunologically Privileged Site' Reiko Horai 7, Carlos R. Zarate-Blades 78, Patricial Dillenburg-POilla, Jun Chen, Jennifer L. Kieiczewski, Phyllis B. Siver, Yinyos Jittayasothom, Chi-Chao Chan, Hidehiro Yameane, Kenya Hondi Click here to view this paper |
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| 2015-09-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr.Jens Walter, Associate Professor & CAIP Chair, Agric, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta Title: The role of the gut microbiota in the health effects of dietary fiber Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2015-09-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr.Marc Ouellette, Scientific Director, Institute of Infection and Immunity, Canada Research Chair in Antimicrobial resistance, CHU at Universite Laval Title: Gene copy number variation and antimicrobial resistance Host: Dr. Lori West, Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery and Immunology Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cardiac Transplantation Sponsor: Alberta Transplant Institute |
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| 2015-09-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Mark A. Wainberg, Head of the HIV/AIDS research axis, Lady Davis Institute, Director of the McGill University AIDS Centre, Professor,, Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Title: What if Drug Resistance against a Novel Inhibitor of HIV Integrase Could Never Occur in First-Line Therapy? Host: Dr. Matthias Götte, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-08-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr.Christopher Mody, Professor & Head, Department of Microbiology& Immunology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary Title: Granule trafficking in NK cell microbial killing Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-08-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Camilli, Professor, Tufts University, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology & Howard Hughes Medical Institute Title: Study of the Vibrio cholera Life Cycle and Ways to Prevent Infection Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-06-01 |
10th Annual D. Lorne Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Charles Rice, Rockefeller University Title: Hepatitis C: Where we were, where we are, and what's next Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-04-30 |
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Speaker: Dr. JingXin Cao, Adjunct Professor, Dept of Microbiology, University of Manitoba and Section Head (Poxvirus Section) Division of Viral Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory Title: Towards understanding teh mechanism of biological functions of a key poxvirus host range protein, E3 Host: Dr. Robert J. Ingham, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Dr. Cao also served as the external examiner for PhD Candidate Bettina Bareiss |
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| 2015-04-23 |
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Speaker: Dr. Edan Foley, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Blood, guts and drugs in the Foley lab. What flies can teach us about intestinal inflammation Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-04-16 |
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Speaker: Dr. Peter Bretscher, Department Head & Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan Title: An integrated perspective on immune class regulation and implications for medical intervention Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Department of Surgery, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta |
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| 2015-04-02 |
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Speaker: Dr. Sam Kung, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba Title: Navigating natural killer cells a way or away Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Dr. Kung served as the external examiner for PhD Candidate Elsa Marquez |
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| 2015-03-26 |
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Speaker: Dr. Eytan Wine, Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, University of Alberta Title: Barrier Disruption, Bacterial Penetration, and Immune Stimulation in Pediatric IBD Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2015-03-05 |
Frontiers in Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Amanda Scott, graduate student, Ostergaard Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Paper: Inflammation-induced disruption of SCS macrophages impairs B cell responses to secondary infection' Mauro Gaya Angelo Castello, Beatriz Montaner, Neil Rogers, Caetano Reis e Sousa, Andreas Bruckbauer, Facundo D. Batista Science 6 February 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6222 pp. 667-672 Link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6222/667.full |
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| 2015-02-26 |
Immunet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Luis G. Hidalgo, Associate Director - HLA Laboratory, Assistant Professor, Lab Medicine & Pathology Title: Characterization of Immune effector cells in allograft rejection Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2015-02-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ken S Ng, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Title: Crystallographic studies of Norovirus polymerase and Clostridium difficile toxins: laying the foundation for novel therapeutics Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2015-02-12 |
mmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Karen Madsen, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Fecal microbial transplantation: A new treatment for inflmmatory bowel disease? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2015-02-05 |
Frontiers in Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Dr. Deanna Santer, PDF Houghton Lab Group Paper: TLR7 induces anergy in human CD4(+) T cells Dominguez-Villar M, Gautron AS, de Marcken M, Keller MJ, Hafler DA. Nat Immunol. 2015 Jan;16(1):118-28. doi: 10.1038/ni.3036 |
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| 2015-01-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Good, Research Leader, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Australia Title: Developing a vaccine to prevent an autoimmune condition - rheumatic heart disease Host: Dr. Stephanie Yanow |
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| 2015-01-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Sylvie Lesage, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Montreal Title: Using naked T cells to prevent diabetes Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2015-01-15 |
Frontiers in Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Dr. Sabrina Kohli, PDF in the Baldwin Lab Paper: Antimicrobial peptide resistance mediates resilience of prominent gut commensals during inflammation' T.W. Cullen, W.B. Schofield, N.A. Barry, E.E. Putnam, E.A. Rundell, M.S. Trent, P.H. Degnan, C.J. Booth, H.Yu, A.L. Goodman Science 9 January 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6218 pp. 170-175 DOI: 10.1126/science.1260580 |
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| 2014-12-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Aimee Shen, Assistant Professor. Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont Title: Spore formation and germination by Clostridium difficile Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2014-12-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Tony J.C. Harris, Associate Professor. Department of Cell and systems Biology, University of Toronto Title: An endocytic pathway for membrane cytoskeleton control and tissue development Host: Dr. Edan Foley, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2014-12-04 |
Frontiers in Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Dominic Golec, – Baldwin Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Paper: Resident memory CD8 T cells trigger protective innate and adaptive immune responses Jason M. Schenkel, Kathryn A. Fraser, Lalit K. Beura, Kristen E. Pauken, Vaiva Vezys, David Masopust Science 346, 98 (2014); DOI: 10.1126/science.1254536 |
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| 2014-11-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. James Stafford, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Examination of LITR-mediated phagocytosis provides insights into a unique ITAM-independent target acquisition pathway Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-11-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Georgia Perona-Wright, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: Space, time and cytokine signaling in the gut Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2014-11-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Colin Anderson, Professor, Surgery, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta Title: Learning the peripheral self: the challenge created by lymphopenia Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-11-06 |
Frontiers in Immunology & Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Chelsea Davidson, Graduate Student, Burshtyn Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Paper: CellVolume 159, Issue 1, 25 September 2014, Pages 94–107 'The RAG Recombinase Dictates Functional Heterogeneity and Cellular Fitness in Natural Killer Cells |
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| 2014-10-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lynne Postovit, Associate Professor, Oncology, University of Alberta Title: Targeting tumor cell plasticity: it's all in the niche Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2014-10-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Vibrio cholerae's tricks to beat the competition Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-10-16 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bennett, PDF, Götte Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Assessment of inhibitors of Herpesviridae DNA polymerases in Bacteria using Bacteriophage RB69 Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-10-02 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Ashleigh Griffin, Royal Society Research Fellow, University Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Title: The behavioural ecology of bacteria causing infection: a case study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis lung Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki and the student organizing committee Sponsor: in part Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Funding, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta |
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| 2014-09-12 |
DISTINGUISHED IMMUNOLOGIST SEMINAR |
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Speaker: Dr. Ellen Robey, Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis, University of California, Berkeley Title: Visualizing T cell Selection in the Thymus Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin and the student DI committee Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Sarstedt, sartorius, affymetrix - eBioscience, VWR, PeproTech, Stemcell Technologies |
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| 2014-09-05 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Christopher D Richardson, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Title: Targeting Cancer Using the Cellular Receptors for Measles Virus Host: Dr. Luis Schang, Biochemistry Sponsor: Visit funded in part by the Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry **Dr. Richardson was the external examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Che Colpitts |
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| 2014-08-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jonathan C. Choy, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University Title: Inflammation and allogeneic immune responses Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: FGSR ** Dr. Choy was the external examiner for MMI PhD Candidate Ana Clementin |
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| 2014-06-16 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Roger Lippé, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal Title: Herpesvirus virion assembly and egress Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2014-05-21 |
Ninth Annual D. Lorne Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale School of Medicine Title: Antiviral immunity at mucosal surfaces Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsored in part by: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Funding |
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| 2014-05-15 |
MMI Special Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Maria Febbraio, Professor, School of Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: The Role of CD36 in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease' Dr. Febbraio is a potential cross-appointee for the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2014-05-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lori West, Professor of Pediatrics & Surgery and Immunology, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cardiac Transplantation, AIHS Senior Scholar, Research Director, Alberta Transplant Institute, Director, Canadian National Transplant Research Program Title: ABO-immunobiology in transplantation: investigation of tolerance and immunity through glyconanotechnology Host: Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-04-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kristin Hogquist, Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota Title: Self recognition in T cell development and activation Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2014-04-03 |
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Paper: FoxA1 directs the lineage and immunosuppressive properties of a novel regulatory T cell population in EAE and MS' Yawei Liu, Robert Carlsson, Manuel Comabella, JunYang Wang, Michael Kosicki, Belinda Carrion, Maruf Hasan, Xudong Wu, Xavier Montalban, Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel, Finn Sellebjerg, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Kristian Helin & Shohreh Issazadeh-Navikas Nature Medicine 20, 272–282 (2014) doi:10.1038/nm.3485 http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v20/n3/full/nm.3485.html This should make for an interesting discussion and we hope to see you there in room 6-52 HMRC on Thursday, April 3 at 4pm! Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn and Kristofer Ellestad |
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| 2014-03-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Marchant, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: A Transcriptional Role for Macrophage Elastase during Antiviral Immunity - It isn't All about Cleavage' Location:Classroom F (2J4.02 WMC) Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-03-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Brad Magor, Associate Professor,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: The evolution of the Ig gene mutator, Aicda. In like a lamb?' Location:Classroom F (2J4.02 WMC) Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-02-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrea Holme, Manager Flow Core Facilities, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Why Cytometry? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-02-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Mason, Professor, Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Title: Next generation sequencing for virus discovery? Follow the SINEs! Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-02-19 |
MMI Vision Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: MMI>Σ' Dr. Ostergaard is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-18 |
MMI Research Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Killer Cells: Choose your Weapon' Dr. Ostergaard is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-14 |
MMI Vision Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. John Paul Pezacki, Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada Title: Excellence, strategic partnerships and new directions: A vision for medical microbiology and immunology at the U of A' Dr. Pezacki is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-13 |
Frontiers in Immunology & Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Kristofer Ellestad, graduate student, Anderson Lab, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Paper: Zhou, P., Shaffer, D. R., Arias, D. A. A., Nakazaki, Y., Pos, W., Torres, A. J., et al. (2014). In vivo discovery of immunotherapy targets in the tumour microenvironment. Nature, 506(7486), 52–57. doi:10.1038/nature12988 Here is a link to the article: www.nature.com/nature/journal/v506/n7486/full/nature12988.html Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn and Kristofer Ellestad |
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| 2014-02-13 |
MMI Research Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. John Paul Pezacki, Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada Title: Probing hepatic lipid pathways of novel host-pathogen interactions and therapeutic targets against the hepatitis C virus' Dr. Pezacki is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-12 |
MMI Vision Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthias Götte, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Title: MMI 2020: Visions in Research, Teaching and Faculty Support' Dr. Gotte is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-11 |
MMI Research Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthias Götte, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University Title: Discovery of Antiviral Drugs: The Role of Mechanism-Driven Approaches in Academia' Dr. Gotte is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-07 |
MMI Vision Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Tom Hobman, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: MMI, the next 5 years: Opportunites and Challengesl' Dr. Hobman is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-02-06 |
MMI Research Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Tom Hobman, Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta Title: RNA virus-host interactions: Battles at the cellular level' Dr. Hobman is a candidate for Chair of the Department of MMI |
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| 2014-01-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Shokrollah Elahi, Assistant Professor, Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: Why neonates Suck? The immune pathogenesis of prenatal infection: Relevant to Digestive Health Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2014-01-16 |
Frontiers in Immunology & Immunotherapy Journal Club |
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Speaker: Colin Anderson Paper: Baseline tumor growth and immune control in laboratory mice are significantly influenced by subthermoneutral housing temperature' Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Dec 10;110(50):20176-81. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1304291110. Epub 2013 Nov 18. Here's a link: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/11/12/1304291110.abstract Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn and Kristofer Ellestad |
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| 2013-12-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Paola Marignani, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University Title: Novel therapeutic pre-clinical strategies for the treatment of metabolically active cancers Host: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Department of Medial Microbiology & Immunology Co-host: Department of Oncology |
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| 2013-12-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Savraj S. Grewal, Associate Professor, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Insitute, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary Title: Nutrient and insulin/TOR kinase-dependent control of growth in Drosophila Host: Dr. Edan Foley, Department of Medial Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-11-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Linda Matsuuchi, Professor, Associate Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia Title: B Lymphocytes Find the Gap & Rearrange their Cytoskeleton Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-11-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Houghton, Professor, CERC, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Viral Hepatitis: Lost in Translation Host: Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2013-11-19 |
Fourth Annual Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Sarah Fortune, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health Title: Determinants of disease outcome in tuberculosis infections: a bacterial perspective Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki and the Graduate Student organizing committee, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: the Diane Taylor Endowment Fund and the Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund |
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| 2013-11-14 |
The Snyder Institute, AIHS & Gairdner Symposium on Chronic Inflammatory Diseases Libin Lecture Theatre, Health Sciences Centre University of Calgary For more information visit the Gairdner site |
| 2013-11-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Martin Prlic, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Seattle, WA Title: When Memory CD8 T Cells Go Innate Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-10-31 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Mario Feldman, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Title: Bacterial membrane vesicles: fact of artifact? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-10-21 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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Speaker: Dr. Tyler Reddy, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemisty, Oxford University Title: Biophysical characterization of full-scale influenza virions, dengue virions, and class III viral fusion proteins Host: Dr. David Evans, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2013-10-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Reuben Harris, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota Title: Integral roles for enzymatic DNA cytosine deamination in both antiviral innate immunity and cancer mutagenesis Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Gastroenterology Sponsor: Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Funding |
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| 2013-10-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Dissecting the roles of Bim and Nur77 in T cell tolerance Host: ImmuNet |
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| 2013-09-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John H. Connor, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Boston University Title: A Pox on no one's house: Quelling poxvirus replication with small molecules and innate host defenses Host: Dr. David Evans, Medical Microbiology & Immunology *Dr. Connor is the external examiner for the PhD Thesis defense ofChad Irwin in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-08-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David H. Margulies, Chief, Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Title: Structural Evolution of NKG2D Ligands and Cytomegalovirus Immunoevasins Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology *Dr. Margulisies the external examiner for the PhD Thesis defense of Li Fu in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-08-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Makrigiannis, Professor, Molecular Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa Title: Role of class I MHC receptors in Natural Killer Cell Immunosurveillance: Missing 'missing-self' responses in Ly49-deficient mice Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology *Dr. Makrigiannis is the external examiner for the PhD Thesis defense of Nicholas Li in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-07-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ken Beagley, Professor of Immunology and Deputy Director, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia Title: Vaccine-induced antibody: Enhancement or neutralization of chlamydial infection Host: Dr. Leo Dieleman, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta |
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| 2013-07-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kenneth W. Harder, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: Tyrosine Kinase Control of Systemic and Intestinal Innate Immune Responses Host: Dr. Robert J. Ingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology University of Alberta Sponsor: Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry *** Dr. Harder is acting as External Examiner for the PhD thesis defense of Joel Pearson |
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| 2013-06-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Robert A. Screaton, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa Title: Using Functional Genomics to Delineate Mitochondrial Signaling Pathways: From Beta Cells to Brains Host: Dr. Edan Foley, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-06-18 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. James Di Santo, Professor, Institut Pasteur, France Title: Innate Lymphoid Cells: New Players in Immunity and Tissue Remodeling Host: Students of the University of Alberta Immunology Network Sponsor: Funded in part by Walter Mackenzie Visiting Speaker Fund, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2013-05-29 |
MMI Guest Speaker |
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Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Yanow, Program Leader, Research & Development Lab - Prov Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Title: Molecular and immunological characterization of malaria in pregnant women from Colombia Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-05-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Megan S. Lim , Professor, Department of Pathology, Director, Hematopathology, Director Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Michigan Title: Emerging role of anaplastic lymphoma kinase in human cancer: New insights from phosphoproteomics Host: Dr. Robert J. Ingham, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-05-16 |
Special Presentation - Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, Director and Dr. Michael Houghton, Professor, Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The Li Ka Shing Applied Virology Institute: Translating research to the patient |
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| 2013-05-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Professor Michael Good, Research Leader, Institute of Glycomics, Griffith University, Australia Title: The long road to a malaria vaccine Host: Dr. Stephanie Yanow, School of Public Health, University of Alberta |
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| 2013-04-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Ingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The function and regulation of the JunB transcription factor in lymphoma Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2013-04-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Natural Killer Cell Receptors: From KIR to LIR and Back Again Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2013-05-02 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Rast, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics and Department of Immunology Title: IL17 in a gut without T-cells: characterizing regulatory networks that underpin response in the sea urchin immune system Host: Dr. Edan Foley, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-03-14 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Gordon Nish, Marchant Lab Title: Dynamics of nucleolin availability during RSV infection |
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| 2013-03-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Shawn Lewenza, Associate Professor, University of Calgary Title: The role extracellular DNA in biofilm survival strategies and as an innate immune effector Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2013-02-21 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Kristofor K. Ellestad, Anderson Lab Title: PD-1 controls T effectors but not the generation or function of natural or induced regulatory T cells |
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| 2013-02-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. James Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Modulation of host cell functions by herpes simplex virus proteins Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2013-01-31 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Harissios Vliagoftis, Professor and Division Director, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Protease-Activated Receptor-2:a new therapeutic target in allergic inflamation? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2013-01-24 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Daniel Kerage, Hemmings Lab Title: A novel mechanism for generation of vascular tone through increased arterial endothelial permeability |
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| 2013-01-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Edan Foley, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Identification of Ubiquitin Modifiers of NF-kB Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-12-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Bhagirath Singh, FRSC, FCAHS, Professor & Acting Chair, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Centre for Human Immunology; Scientist, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario Title: Role of IL-17 producing Th17 cells in Autoimmunity and Tissue Regeneration Host: Dr. Babita Agrawal, Department of Surgery * Dr. Singh is the external examiner for PhD thesis defense of candidate Eric Loo in the Department of Surgery |
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| 2012-12-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Reovirus Oncolysis: Getting to thet Inside Story' Location: Classroom F (2J4.02 WMC) Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-12-06 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Vibrio cholerae beats the competition: implications for virulence and transmission Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-12-03 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Russell Vance, Assistant Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis, University of California - Berkeley Title: Innate immune detection of intracellular bacterial pathogens Host: Graduate Student Committee of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2012-11-29 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Kinola Williams, Burshtyn Lab Title: HCV Modulation of Class I Human Leukocyte Antigens |
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| 2012-11-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ninan Abraham, Associate Professor, Co-Leader, Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (I3) Research Group, University of British Columbia Title: Immune Regulation by the IL-7-related cytokines Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology ** Dr. Abraham is the external examiner for the PhD thesis defense of Deanna Hockley Sponsor: WMVSF and FGSR |
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| 2012-11-15 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Elsa Marquez, Kane Lab , Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Probing the role of MHC bound peptide in Ly49 NK cell receptor recognition |
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| 2012-11-05 |
8th Annual Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Jonathan W. Yewdell, M.D., PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Title: Adventures in Immunology: Translating DRiPs Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2012-11-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Katherine Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Title: Innate antiviral responses to influenze in the natural host, the duck Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-10-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Amir Landi, Houghton Lab Title: Novel serological biomarkers for differential diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-10-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. James Shapiro, Professor of Surgery/Director Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta Title: Islet Transplantation and the Edmonton Protocol - 13 Years On: What Next? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-10-11 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Baksh Lab - Marilyn Gordon, PhD Student Title: A Novel Role for the Tumor Supressor RASSFIA in Intestinal Inflammation |
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| 2012-10-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Stephen Ogg, Manager Cell Imaging Facility, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Everything You Need to Know to Use the Faculty's Core Microscopy Facility Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2012-09-27 |
iNetWORK - 'Work-in-Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Lian Willetts, Lacy Lab |
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| 2012-08-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jørgen Leisner, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology/Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen Title: Potential roles of bacterial and human chitinases in disease Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2012-07-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Pauline Johnson, Professor, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia Title: The effect of innate cell CD45 on homeostatic T cell proliferation and gut inflammation Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology * Dr. Johnson also acted as the external examiner for Joëlle St. Pierre's PhD Thesis Defense Sponsor: WMVSF and FGSR |
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| 2012-07-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dominik Filipp, Head, Department of Immunobiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Mechanisms governing the involvement of Lck in the initiation of TCR signaling Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2012-04-17 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, Senior Investigator, Immune Disease Institute and prgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Immune Disease Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Title: Disruption of mRNA Processing During Apoptosis Host: Graduate Students of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2012-04-12 |
iNetWORK 'Research- in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: Ben Montgomery / Herman Cortes, (Stafford Lab), Dept of Biological Sciences Title: Channel catfish leukocyte immune-type receptors; modulators of innate immune cell responses |
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| 2012-03-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Mary Hitt, Department of Oncology Title: Now you see it, now you don't: Imaging tumors and viruses in laboratory models for cancer Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2012-03-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Chet Tailor Title: Receptor-mediated feline leukemia virus induced diseases provide new insight into the infant diseases Diamond Blackfan Anemia and Fowler Syndrome Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, University of Alberta Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2012-03-15 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Mark Anderson, UCSF Title: Control of immune tolerance by Aire Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2012-03-13 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Thomas Michalak, Professor of Molecular Virology and Medicine (Hepatology), Senior (Tier 1) Canada Research Chair in Viral Hepatitis/Immunology, Memorial University Title: Hepatitis C Virus Lymphotropism and Persistence Host: Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunolgy, Professor and CIHR/GSK Chair in Virology, Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Sponsor: WMVSF and FGSR |
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| 2012-03-01 |
iNetWORK 'Research- in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: Nancy Hu, (Baldwin Lab), Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Caspase-independent cell death in thymic negative selection |
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| 2012-02-16 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Patrick Hanington, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Title: Characterization of FREPs, somatically diversified immune molecules in gastropod molluscs Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2012-02-09 |
Immunet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Mayhem, death and destruction: killer cells in host defense against pathogens and cancer Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2012-01-12 |
iNetWORK 'Research- in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: Samuel Cheung, (Ostergaard Lab), Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Pyk2 regulates cytotoxic T lymphocyte migration directionality and cytotoxicity |
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| 2012-01-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Christopher Power, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Neurological Infection and Immunity, AI-HS Senior Scholar, Departments of Medicine (Neurology), Medical Microbiology & Immunity, and Psychiatry, University of Alberta Title: Convergence of immunity and infection in the brain: lessons from multiple sclerosis, NeuroAIDS and the microbiome Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2012-01-19 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Christine Szymanski, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Alberta Innovates Technology Scholar, University of Alberta Title: Dendritic cells as adjuvants for vaccines - it's all in the packaging Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2012-01-12 |
iNetWORK 'Research- in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: David Bond, (Foley Lab), Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: RTK Control of Intestinal Homeostasis |
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| 2012-01-10 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Laurent Coscoy, Associate Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis, University of California, Berkeley Title: Interaction between herpesviruses and the immune sytem of their hosts Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Dr. Coscoy was the external examiner for the PhD Thesis Defense of Nicholas Van Buuren Sponsor: WMVSF |
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| 2011-12-15 |
Graduate Student Professional Development Seminar |
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Speaker: Logan Mardhani-Bayne, Health Technology Assessment International Title: Networking Workshop - How to network and maintain the contacts you already have |
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| 2011-12-14 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Klaus Fruh, Professor, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University Title: Harnessing the Unique Biology of Cytomegalovirus for Vaccine Development Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Dr. Fruh was the external examiner for the PhD Thesis Defense of Stephanie Campbell Sponsor: WMVSF and FGSR |
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| 2011-12-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Colin Anderson, Associate Professor, Alberta Diabetes Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta Title: Adaptive immunity/tolerance: Just how specific is it? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-11-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Paige Lacy, Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: Understanding the role of Rho GTPases in inflammation and lung injury Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-11-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Controlling Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Seminar Coordinator, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-11-03 |
iNetWORK 'Research- in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Deanna Santer, (Houghton Lab), Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: B cell activation in hepatitis C virus infection and cryoblobulinemia |
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| 2011-10-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Linda Wicker, Professor, Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge Title: Immunogenetics of Diabetes Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-10-20 |
Graduate Student Professional Development Seminar |
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Title: Don't wait to get your foot in the door! Perspectives on career planning for students at all stages |
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| 2011-10-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Luis Schang, Associate Professor, Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: FAFIs, Broad Spectrum Inhibitors of the Infectivity of Enveloped Viruses with Novel Targets and Mechanisms of Action |
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| 2011-10-06 |
iNetWORK 'Research-in-Progress' Seminar |
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Speaker: Nick Li (Burshtyn Lab), Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Investigating LIR-1 Receptor-Ligand Interactions |
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| 2011-09-29 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Troy A. Baldwin, Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Ras Regulation during T cell development: role of RASGRPs |
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| 2011-09-14 |
Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Jorge Galan, Lucille P. Markey Professor of microbial pathogenesis and Professor of Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University Host: Graduate Students, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2011-06-20 |
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Walker, The Wilby S. Cowan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Director, Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio Title: Immune Control of persistent HCV infection |
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| 2011-04-14 |
'Work In Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Leslie Robertson and Joelle St. Pierre - Ostergaard Lab Title: The regulation of paxillin in T-cells and macrophages: Localization, phosphorylation and degradation |
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| 2011-03-31 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Touret, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: How does the pattern recognition receptor dectin-1 trigger anti-fungal immunity Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor, Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-03-24 |
Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection & Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. David Woodland, President & Director of the Trudeau Institute, Sarnac Lake, NY, USA Title: Regulation of T cell immunity to respiratory virus infections Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, and Graduate Students in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-03-17 |
Li Ka Shing Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Judy A Mikovits, Director of Research, Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease Title: Strategies for Detecting XMRV infection in Clinical samples Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Sponsor: Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology |
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| 2011-03-10 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Carl Ware, Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology Director, Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Stanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Title: Regulating Cellular Environments via the Lymphotoxin/TNF SuperFamily of Cytokines Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2011-02-24 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Gina Rayat, Associate Professor, Dept of Surgery, University of Alberta Title: Islet Xenotransplantation: from bench side to the clinic? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor, Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-02-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrey Shaw, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Title: Function of the 'scaffold' protein KSR in T cell activation and MEK/ERK activation Host: Dr. Robert J. Ingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2011-02-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Subash Sad, Research Officer, Project Leader, Immunomodulation, NRC Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario Title: How pathogens induce a chronic infection Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-02-10 |
'Work In Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Deanna Hockley Title: Exploring the use of artificial antigen presentation in the generation of CD8+ T cell effector responses |
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| 2011-02-03 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Heather Wilson, VIDO, University of Saskatchewan Title: Innate immunity in small and large animal species: Instructing the adaptive immune system and beyond Host: Dr. Christopher Power, Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta |
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| 2011-01-27 |
'Work In Progress' Discussion Series |
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Speaker: Raju Thangavelue |
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| 2011-01-26 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ralph M. Steinman, Christopher H. Browne Center for Immunology and Immune Diseases, The Rockefellar University Title: Vaccines that target dendritic cells Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, and Graduate Students in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2011-01-20 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Joanna Shisler, Associate Professor, The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Title: Vaccinia virus manipulation of PKR primitive pattern recognition receptor Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2010-12-02 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Guido van Marle, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary Title: HIV-1 in the gut Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry |
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| 2010-11-18 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Philip F. Halloran, MD, PhD, Director, Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Centre, University of Alberta Title: New Insights in Transplant Immunology Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2010-11-04 |
Department of Dentistry - Brown Bag Lunch Hour Lecture |
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Speaker: Dr. Massimo Costalonga, DMD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Peridontology, Dept of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Title: Oral colonization with Porphyromonas gingivalis and pregnancy outcomes in a murine model of periodontal bone loss' Special Info: Dr. Costalonga is a Periodontist with research interests in the fields of mucosal immunology, microbial ecology/pathogenesis and pregnancy. He is a candidate for a faculty position in the Division of Periodontics |
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| 2010-10-28 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Sam K.P. Kung, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba Title: On the CD40 regulation of DC functions and beyond Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor and Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2010-10-21 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nevil J. Singh, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Title: T cell crowd control: A clonal regulator limits pathology from self-reactive lymphocytes Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2010-10-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: Studying poxvirus replication and recombination for fun (and profit) Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-10-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Qutayba Hamid, McGill University, MD, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP, FRC Path, James McGill Professor, Strauss Chair in Respiratory Medicine, Depts of Medicine & Pathology, McGill University Title: “Role of IL-17 in severe asthma” Host: Dr. Harissios Vliagofits MD, Director, Pulmonary Research Group, Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-09-30 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series (Potential MMI Faculty Recruit) |
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Speaker: Dr. Gary Chan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Molecular & Tumor Virology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre, Shreveport, LA Title: Human cytomegalovirus reprograms monocytes to function as vehicles of viral disemmination Host: Dr. James Smiley, Professor & Search Committee Chair, Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-09-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Steven J. Burakoff, Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute, Lillian & Henry M. Stratton Professor of Cancer Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Title: Controlling T Cell Activation: Potential Mechanism for Tumor Escape Host: Dr. Shairaz Baksh, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2010-09-20 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series (Potential MMI Faculty Recruit) |
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Speaker: Dr. Marianne Stanford, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON Title: A pox on this cancer! Poxviruses and oncolytic virotherapy Host: Dr. James Smiley, Professor & Search Committee Chair, Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-09-16 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series (Dr. Rice is the external examiner for Melany Wagner's thesis defense) |
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Speaker: Dr. Steve A Rice, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN Title: Post-transcriptional stabilization of viral lytic and latent mRNAs by the HSV-1 ICP27 protein Host: Dr. James Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-09-13 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series (Potential MMI Faculty Recruit) |
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Speaker: Dr. John Taylor, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center Title: Dissecting the Roles of HTLV-1 Accessory Proteins in Virus Replication and Transmission' Time & Location: 10:00 am, Classroom F (2J2.04 WMC) Host: Dr. James Smiley, Professor & Search Committee Chair, Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-09-01 |
The Diane Taylor Lectureship in Microbiology |
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Speaker: Dr. Stuart B. Levy, M.D., Professor, Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA USA Title: Circumventing Resistance: A New Generation of Tetracyclines Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-08-19 |
MMI Seminar (Potential MMI Post-Doctoral Fellow) |
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Speaker: Verena Bachmann, University of Konstanz Title: Receptor-Mediated Uptake of Bacterial Pathogens: Lessons from Gonococci Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-08-15 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series (Potential MMI Faculty Recruit) |
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Speaker: Dr. Maya Shmulevitz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Title: Why Reovirus Prefers Cancer Cells: Molecular Mechanisms Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-08-06 |
Li Ka Shing Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Yiming Shao, MD, PhD, Professor, Chief Expert on AIDS, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Director of the Department of the Research on Virology and Immunology, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing, China Title: The challenges and opportunities for AIDS research in China Host: Dr. Michael Y. Li, Professor & Director Information Research Lab, Mathematical & Statistical Sciences and Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2010-08-05 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Heather E. Eaton, Environmental and Life Sciences, Graduate Program, PhD Candidate, Trent University, Peterborough, ON (potential MMI Postdoctoral Fellow) Title: Virus-host interactions of the family Iridoviridae Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-08-04 |
MMI Seminar - Li Ka Shing Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nikos Vasilakis, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Title: The Great Hunt: Searching for Animal Models for Dengue Pathogenesis and Emergence Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta and Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2010-07-21 |
Li Ka Shing Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Richardson, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1, Department of Microbiology & Immunology & Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Host: Dr. D Lorne Tyrrell, Professor & CHIR/GSK Chair in Virology, Founding Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-07-13 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deanna Santer, Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Title: Regulation of IFN-alpha production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells in lupus Host: Dr. Michael Houghton, CERC, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-05-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David M. Raskin, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Cockrell Foundation Scholar in Clinical and Translational Research, Houston, TX Title: Regulation of Vibrio cholerae virulence by environmental factors Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-03-11 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Marc Ouellette, Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Infection & Immunity (III), Professor, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University Title: Genomics of antimicrobial resistance Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-05-17 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Karl Y. Hostetler, VMR Research Scientist, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA Title: Novel Lipid Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonate Antivirals for HCV, HIV and Orthoposviruses Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-04-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Richard F. Lamb, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta Title: mTOR and nutrient control in health and disease Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-04-08 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jude Uzonna, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba Title: Generation, maintenance and loss of established immunity: lessons from an intracellular protozoan infection Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-03-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. John R. Gordon, Co-chair, Immunology Research Group, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Title: Regulatory dendritic cells as a treatment for allergic and autoimmune disease Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-03-30 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael J. Pinkoski, Programme Leader, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, UK Title: Life & Death in the Peripheral Immune System Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-03-25 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Shairaz Baksh, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor, Oncology & Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: Negative Regulation of NFkappaB-dependent Inflammation Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-03-11 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Aviad Levin, PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Title: Regulation of Activity and Nuclear Import of HIV-1 Integrase Protein Host: Drs. David Evans, Lorne Tyrrell, Michele Barry, James Smiley, Luis Schang and Katherine Magor |
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| 2010-03-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Human Innate Immune Receptors for MHC-I: of KIRs and SHPs and sealing-wax, of tyrosines and rings Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-02-11 |
iNetWORK - Research 'In Progress' |
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Speaker: Dr. Bianca Dauber, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology studying in the lab of Dr. Jim Smiley Title: The HSV-1 virion host shutoff (vhs) protein – an RNase that boosts translation of viral mRNAs' 'Work-In-Progress' Discussion Series |
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| 2010-02-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa McNeil, Principal Research Scientist I, Immunobiology Vaccine Research, Pfizer Inc Title: LPD2086: Development of a Bivalent Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B Vaccine Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2010-01-14 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The Role of the Mouse Model in the Studies of Viral Hepatitis Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2009-12-10 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Richard C. Condit, Professor, Dept of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida * External Examiner for Gammon thesis defense Title: Post-Initiation Events in Poxvirus Late Gene Transcription Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AIVI and Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2009-12-03 |
iNetWORK - Research 'In Progress' |
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Speaker: Li Fu, Graduate student, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology studying in the lab of Dr. Deborah Burshtyn Title: Work-In-Progress' Discussion Series |
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| 2009-11-30 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Vikram Misra, Professor & Head, Dept of Veterinary Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Associate member, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan * External Examiner for Meaghan Hancock's thesis defense Title: Is Zhangfei a regulator of herpes simplex virus latency, neuronal differentiation and tumor growth Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AIVI, Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2009-11-19 |
iNetWORK - Research 'In Progress' |
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Speaker: Nancy Hu, Graduate student, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology studying in the lab of Dr. Troy Baldwin Title: Work-In-Progress Discussion Series |
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| 2009-11-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. James Stafford, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Stimulatory and Inhibitory innate immune receptors in ectothermic vertebrates Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2009-10-29 |
iNetWORK - Research 'In Progress' |
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Speaker: Joelle St. Pierre & Samuel Cheung, Graduate students, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology studying in the lab of Dr. Hanne Ostergaard Title: Work-In-Progress Discussion Series |
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| 2009-10-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Hermann Ziltener, Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia Title: Getting around! Staying Alive! T cells need the molecular velcro PSGL-1 Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-10-01 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Cameron, Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine Title: Genetic Variation in CRTh2 Influences Th2 Immunity Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor & ImmuNet Seminar Coordinator, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta |
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| 2009-09-24 |
Joint PRG & ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Soman Ninan Abraham, Professor of Pathology, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Associate Professor of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Duke University Title: Targeted Activation of Mast Cells to Boost Immunity Host: Dr. Dean Befus, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta |
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| 2009-09-17 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Houghton, CSO, Epiphany Biosciences Inc., San Francisco, CA Title: Toward the control of the hepatitis C virus Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AIVI, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry & Office of the Vice President of Research |
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| 2009-09-10 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Lynn Enquist, Henry L. Hillman Professor & Chair, Dept of Molecular Biology, Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University Title: Monitoring alpha herpesvirus infection of peripheral nervous system neurons Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Professor, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-07-30 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Matthias Gõtte, Associate Professor, Biochemical Virology, McGill University, Montreal, QC Title: Novel strategies to inhibit HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Host: Dr. David Evans, Professor & Chair, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-06-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Sarah Wootton, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph Title: Cellular transformation by ovine betaretroviruses: Insights into the basis for tissue-specific tumor formation Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-06-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Tania Watts, Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Title: Role of 4-1BB in immunological memory and protection from severe viral infections Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-05-19 |
Distinguished Immunologist |
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Speaker: Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg, President & Scientific Director, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology Title: Innate-like recognition of diverse microbes by natural killer T cells Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, and Graduate students Deanna Hockley & Joelle St. Pierre, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR Click Here to see the poster |
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| 2009-05-07 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. David Traver, Assistant Professor, Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California Title: Ontogeny and function of Zebrafish antigen presenting cells Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-04-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Dee N. Dao, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York Title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Immune system: Identification of Bacterial Cell Wall Components that Suppress Macrophage Production of Interleukin-12 Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2009-04-08 |
Sixth Annual Tyrrell Lectureship |
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Speaker: Dr. Michael Gale Jr., Associate Professor, Immunology, Adjunct Associate Professor, Microbiology, Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, University of Washington Title: Viral triggering and control of innate immunity during hepatitis C virus infection Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-04-02 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Marc Sitbon, Professor, Universite Paris 7 (France) Title: HTLV and MLV etrovirus envelopes and receptors, the metabolic connection Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-03-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Nathalie Labrecque, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal Title: What do you need to generate and maintain memory CD8+ T cells? Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-02-26 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. James Carlyle, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute Title: Innate selflessness: Evolution of MHC-dependent and MHC-independent systems for NK cell recognition of target cells Host: Dr. James Stafford, Department of Biological Sciences Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-02-12 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Larry Guilbert, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Placental barrier function to maternal infections. Back to the basics of defining a cellular model of the placenta Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences - ImmuNet Seminar Series Coordinator |
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| 2009-01-22 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Gommerman, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Title: Lymphotoxin Receptor singaling induces dendritic cell licensing to provoke cytotoxic T cell responses Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2009-01-15 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Bradley Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Does pathology recapitulate phylogeny? Germinal centres in auto-immunity and 'primitive' verttebrates Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, ImmuNet Seminar Series Chair |
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| 2008-12-11 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Mason, Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta Title: Is the NOD mouse an infectious disease model? Retroviruses and autoimmunity Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences - ImmuNet Seminar Series Coordinator |
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| 2008-12-04 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Molecular mapping of thymic negative selection Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences - ImmuNet Seminar Series Coordinator |
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| 2008-11-27 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Alberto Martin, Canadian Research Chair in Antibody Diversification, Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto Title: The AID enzyme in antibody diversification: Mutational mechanisms and lymphomagenesis Host: ImmuNet |
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| 2008-11-13 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Kathy Magor, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Viral detectors in the duck, the natural host of influenza Host: ImmuNet |
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| 2008-11-04 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Marc Kvansakul, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, The Walter And Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne Australia Title: Structural studies on virus mediated inhibition of apoptosis Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-10-23 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ronald Gill, Scientific Director, Alberta Diabetes Institute, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: The role of cellular cytotoxicity in transplant tolerance and rejection Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-10-22 |
AIVI Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Rodney S. Russell, Assistant Professor, BioMedical Sciences, memorial University of Newfoundland Title: Determinants of Hepatitis C Virus Production Host: Dr. Michael Joyce, Research Associate, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-10-09 |
ImmuNet Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Denise Hemmings, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta Title: Cytomegalovirus, sphingosine 1-phosphate and maternal adaptations to pregnancy Host: Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-09-18 |
Alberta Institute for Viral Immunology - Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Ganes C. Sen, Chairman and Thomas Lord Endowed Chair, Dept of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Title: Cellular and physiological functions of double-stranded RNA and its binding proteins Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2008-09-10 |
Alberta Institute for Viral Immunology - Seminar Series |
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Speaker: Dr. Eric Cohen, Canada Research Chair in Microbiology Research & Professor, Insitut de Recherches Clinques de Montreal Title: HIV Modulation of the Host Ubiquitin Machinery Host: Dr. Christopher Power, Professor, Neurology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2008-06-24 |
Distinguished Immunologist |
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Speaker: Dr. Diane Mathis, Immunology & Immunogenetics, Mathis/Benoist Lab, Joslin Diabetes Centre, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Title: Molecular Control of Immunological Tolerance Host: Melany Wagner, Graduate Student, Dept of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2008-06-19 |
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Speaker: Dr. André G. Buret, Professor, Zoology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Title: C. jejuni: Microbial host epithelial interactions Host: Dr. Markus Stein, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2008-05-22 |
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Speaker: Dr. Eric Samuel Loker, Regent's Professor and Chair of Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico Title ''Trematodes and Snails - From Macroevolution to Immunology ... and Back again Host: Dr. Bradley Magor & Patrick Hanington, Biological Sciences Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2008-05-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. David C. Johnson, Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Oregon Health & Science University Title: How two herpesviruses get out of cells, and then back in Host: Dr. James Smiley, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-04-24 |
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Speaker: Dr. John H. Brumell, Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Title: Interactions of Salmonella and Listeria with autophagy system of host cells Host: Dr. Markus Stein, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-04-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Daniel Barreda, Assistant Professor, Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta Title: Integrating innate and adaptive immunity through macrophage phagocytosis Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2008-04-10 |
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Speaker: Dr. Rebekah DeVinney, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary Title: S*** Happens: Vibrio parachaemolyticus interactions with epithelial cells Host: Dr. Markus Stein, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-03-27 |
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Speaker: Dr. Lori West, Director Heart Transplant Research, Pediatrics, University of Alberta Title: The immunobiology of crossing the ABO barrier in organ transplantation Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2008-03-20 |
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Speaker: Dr. Yoji Shimizu, University of Minnesota Medical School Title: Regulation of integrin function and T cell activation by adapter proteins Host: Dr. Troy Baldwin, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2008-03-06 |
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Speaker: Dr. Rachel Horton, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Medical Mirobiology, University of Manitoba Title: The role of IgA in prevention of infection by two distinct mucosal pathogens: Neisseria meningitidis and HIV-1 Host: Dr. Stefan Pukatzki, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2007-02-14 |
Fifth Annual Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Erik De Clercq, Professor Emeritus, Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Title: New perspectives for the treatment of virus (i.e. HIV, HBV and HCV) infections Host: Dr. Luis Schang, Biochemistry, University of Alberta and Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Sponsor: AHFMR, UHF, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta |
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| 2008-01-07 |
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Speaker: Dr. Christopher Cairo, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Title: Exporing cell surface interactions: Lateral mobility, conformational change, and allosteric inhibition of LFA-1 Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2007-12-13 |
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Speaker: Dr. Christopher H. Mody, University of Calgary Title: Direct Killing of Microbes by Cytotoxic Lymphocytes Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2007-11-29 |
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Speaker: Dr.Colin Anderson, Surgery, Surgical Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta Title: Transplantation tolerance and immunologic theory, a match or a mismatch? Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2007-11-15 |
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Speaker: Dr. Mario Feldman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Glycoengineering in bacteria: a novel technology for the synthesis of glycan-based therapeutics Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2007-10-25 |
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Speaker: Dr. Dan McVicar, National Cancer Institute Title: Differential Adaptor Use by DAP12 in NK Cells and Macrophages Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2007-10-18 |
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Speaker: Dr. Janvier Marcelo Di Noia, Institut de Rechereches cliniques de Montreal Title: Antibody Diversity through somatic mutagenesis and subverted DNA repair Host: Dr. James Stafford, Department of Biological Sciences Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2007-10-11 |
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Speaker: Dr. Marc Jenkins, Distinguished McKnight Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School, Center for Immunology, Dept of Microbiology Title: Tracking the activation of polyclonal naive helper T cells during the immune response Host: Dr. Dean Befus, Pulmonary Medicine Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2007-09-20 |
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Speaker: Dr. Edan Foley, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: My DREDDful life as a fly JuNKie - Immune signalling in Drosophilia Host: Dr. Bradley Magor, Seminar Coordinator |
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| 2007-05-31 |
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Speaker: Dr. Jim Stone, Professor, Biochemistry Title: Regulation of Ras in Lymphocytes - Get a GRP Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2007-02-13 |
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Speaker: Dr. Joseph R. Slupsky, Professor, Department of Haematology, The University of Liverpool Title: ‘The role of protein kinase C in Chronic Lymphocytic and Hairy-Cell Leukaemias’ Host: Dr. Andrew Shaw, Department of Oncology Sponsor: N/A |
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| 2007-02-07 |
Fourth Annual Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection & Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Rolf Zinkernagel, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zurich Title: ‘On antiviral antibody responses’ Host: Drs. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology & Linda Pilarski, Cross Cancer Institute Sponsor: ImmuNet and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry |
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| 2007-01-24 |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew P. Makrigiannis, Director, Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) Title: ‘Self-Recognition Mechanisms in Natural Killer and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells’ Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2007-01-11 |
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Speaker: Dr.Chris Bleackley, Biochemistry, University of Alberta Title: Confessions of a Thanatologist Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2007-01-04 |
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Speaker: Dr. Silvia Vidal, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Human Genetics Title: “ Genetic and functional interactions between NK cell receptors and major histocompatibility class I molecules determine innate resistance against mouse cytomegalovirus infection” Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-12-07 |
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Speaker: Dr. James Stafford, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Title: Channel catfish leukocyte immune-type receptors (LITRs) are related to molecules encoded within the leukocyte receptor complex (LRC) and contain a putative MHC class I binding site Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2006-11-30 |
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Speaker: Dr. Dean Befus, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: ‘ Spit happens: Neuroendocrine regulation of inflammatory reactions’ Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2006-11-20 |
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Speaker: Dr. Andreas Ziegler, Institut für Immungenetik Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Title: ‘Female reproductive choice, MHC antigens, and interacting receptors’ Host: Dr. Kathy Magor, Biological Sciences Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-11-07 |
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Speaker: Dr. Mike Gold, Professor, University of British Columbia Title: The Rap1 GTPase coordinates cell morphology, migration, adhesion and polarity in B lymphocytes and B16 melanoma cells Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-10-26 |
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Speaker: Dr. Christine Biron, Brown University Title: TBA Host: Drs. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology and Andrew Mason, Gastroenterology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-10-12 |
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Speaker: Dr. Miguel Valvano Title: ‘Burkholderia cenocepacia: an opportunistic bacterium that fools macrophages’ Host: Drs. Tracey Hunt and Tom Hobman, Department of Cell Biology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-10-05 |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta Title: Independent regulations of cytotoxic T lymphocyte lytic mechanisms Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: ImmuNet |
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| 2006-08-23 |
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Speaker: Dr. Susheela Tridandapani, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University of Internal Medicine Title: ‘Homeostatic Control of Fc Receptor-Mediated Macrophage Function’ Host: Dr. Dean Befus, Pulmonary Research Group Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-08-04 |
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Speaker: Dr. Hans Ochs, University of Washington in Seattle Title: ‘ Immune Dysregulation and AutoImmune Disease ’ Host: Dr. Bruce Ritchie, Clinical Hematology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-04-27 |
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Speaker: Dr. Laurie Frappier, University of Toronto Title: ‘Cellular Protein Interactions of the Epstein-Barr Virus EBNA1 Protein: Insights into EBV Persistence and Cell Immortalization’ Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-04-21 |
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Speaker: Dr. Byron Caughey, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories Title: ‘TSE/prion infectivity, neurotoxicity and chemotherapeutics’ Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-04-20 |
Tyrrell Lectureship in Infection and Immunity |
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Speaker: Dr. Byron Caughey, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories Title: Life and death with prions: Mad cows, wasting elk, and cannibals Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Alberta Prion Research Institute and AHFMR |
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| 2006-03-31 |
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Speaker: Dr. Noel Rose Title: ‘Autoimmune Myocarditis: Paradigms and Paradoxes?’ Host: Dr. John Elliott, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-03-09 |
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Speaker: Dr. Jack Gauldie, McMaster University Title: TGFbeta and Smad3 link inflammation and tissue remodeling Host: Dr. Dean Befus Sponsor: AHFMR |
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| 2006-02-09 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Max Cooper, University of Alabama Title: ‘Somatic diversification of variable lymphocyte receptors in the agnathan sea lamprey ’ Host: ImmuNet Students |
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| 2006-01-31 |
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Speaker: Dr. Greg Downey, Director of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Toronto Title: ‘Role of tyrosine phosphatases in regulation of innate and adaptive immunity’ Host: Dr. Harissios Vliagoftis, Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2006-01-26 |
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Speaker: Dr. Catherine Field, Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science Title: ‘The influence of early nutrition on the development of the immune system’ |
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| 2005-12-08 |
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Speaker: Dr. Robert Campbell, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Title: “New tools in the toolbox: improved blue and cyan fluorescent proteins for use in live cell imaging” |
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| 2005-12-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. Roy Duncan, Professor, Dalhousie University Title: “FAST proteins: Minimal protein-mediated membrane fusion machines and an intracellular delivery platform” Host: Drs. Jennifer Corcoran and David Evans, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2005-11-24 |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Cameron, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Medicine Title: “Functional Evidence for Association between the Polymorphism IL13-1112CT in the Human IL13 Promoter and Allergic Inflammation” |
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| 2005-11-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Power, Professor, Neurology Title: “Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroinflammation in Neuro-AIDS and Multiple Sclerosis” |
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| 2005-08-03 |
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Speaker: Dr. Eileen White, Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Piscataway, NJ Title: “Role of Cell Death Pathways in the Regulation of Tumorigenesis” Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2005-03-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Carrie Miceli, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles Title: “Molecular Organizers of T Cell Synapse and Signal Transduction” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2005-03-10 |
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Speaker: Dr. Mitch Kronenberg, Scientific Director & President, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology Title: Innate like immune cell recognition of bacteria by NKT cells” Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2005-03-03 |
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Speaker: Dr. Yong-Hui Zheng, Department of Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco Title: “Innate immune response to HIV: novel host factors preventing viral replication” Host: Dr. Andrew Mason, Gastroenterology |
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| 2005-02-24 |
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Speaker: Dr. Scott Gray-Owen, Department of Medical Genetics & Microbiology, University of Toronto Title: Immunity to neisserial infection: Who’s in charge here?” Host: Dr. Markus Stein, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-11-18 |
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Speaker: Dr. Mary Dinauer, Professor/Director, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine Title: “Superoxide production by phagocytes: NADPH oxidase and regulation by the Rho GTPase Rac2” Host: Dr. Paige Lacy, Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2004-10-21 |
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Speaker: Dr. Edan Foley, Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: “A Preemptive Innate Immune Strike” |
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| 2004-09-30 |
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Speaker: Dr. Redwan Moqbel, Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta Title: “The Eosinophil, Tryptophan and Th2 responses; a good IDO!” |
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| 2004-09-14 |
With the Department of Oncology Grand Rounds |
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Speaker: Dr. Sandra Gendler, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Tumor Biology Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale Arizona Title: “The Role of MUC1 in Cancer” Host: Drs. Babita Agrawal, Surgery and Judith Hugh, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology |
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| 2004-06-24 |
With the Pulmonary Research Group (Recruitment Candidate) |
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Speaker: Dr. Lisa Cameron, University of Arizona Title: “IL13/-1112T, a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of Il13, enhances transcription in Th2 cells” Host: Pulmonary Research Group |
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| 2004-04-22 |
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Speaker: Dr. Xian Chang Li, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Title: “Graft rejection vs. acceptance: the role of OX40” Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Surgery/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-04-15 |
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Speaker: Dr. Klaus Früh, Associate Scientist, Vaccine and Genetherapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University Title: Immune Evasion Strategies Utilized by Herpes Viruses and Poxviruses” Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-04-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. Kevin Kane, Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: CD1d Regulation of a Natural Killer Cell Subset” |
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| 2004-02-11 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Richard Flavell, Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine Title: “Molecular Genetics of the Immune Response” Host: Juliet Emamaullee, Graduate Student & Dr. John Elliott, Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-01-14 |
With the Department of Chemistry |
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Speaker: Dr. Steven Porcelli, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Title: “Modulation of Immune Responses by CD1-Presented Lipids” Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-02-12 |
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Speaker: Dr. Philip Sherman, Professor, University of Toronto Title: “Epithelial Cell Stat-1 Signalling Responses in Gastrointestinal Pathogens” Host: Dr. Diane E. Taylor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2004-01-08 |
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Speaker: Dr. Joshua Boyce, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Title: “Cysteinyl leukotrienes and nucleotides; a system for extracellular signalling in mast cells” Host: Dr. Dean Befus , Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2003-12-11 |
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Speaker: Dr. Gerald Nepom, Director, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle Title: “Tetramer analysis of human autoreactive CD4 + T cells” Host: Dr. John Elliott, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-11-13 |
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Speaker: Dr. Dean Befus , Professor, Pulmonary Medicine Title: “Allergen Sensitized, But Not Symptomatic! Lessons for Immunotherapy?” |
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| 2003-10-16 |
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Speaker: Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine Title: The role of dendritic cells in immune responses against genital herpes infection” Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-10-02 |
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Speaker: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology Title: “Dynamic studies of KIR at the effector/target cell interface” |
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| 2003-05-29 |
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Speaker: Dr. Paige Lacy, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary Research Group, University of Alberta Title: “Rho-related GTPases and their role in mediating inflammatory responses in granulocytes” Host: Sheryl Kirwan, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-05-21 |
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Speaker: Dr. Tak Mak, Director, Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics Advanced Medical Discovery Institute, University of Toronto Title: “Molecular Pathogenesis of Hodgkin’s and MALT Lymphomas” Host: Dr. Dean Befus . Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2003-05-21 |
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Speaker: Dr. Christopher Paige, The Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital Title: “Rites of Passage: the preB to B transition” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-05-15 |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Shaw, Professor, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta Title: “Unraveling the tetraspanin web: sorting and semaphore at the immune synapse” Host: Leah Standeven, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-05-08 |
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Speaker: Dr. William Wold, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center Title: “Oncolytic Adenovirus Vectors for Cancer Gene Therapy” Host: Dr. Michele Barry, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-04-24 |
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Speaker: Dr. Bart Roep, Associate Professor in Medicine, Immunology of Diabetetes, Netherlands Title: “T-cell reactivity against islets and islet allografts in type 1 diabetes – A view to a kill” Host: Dr. John Elliott, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-04-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Andrew Mason, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta Title: Retroviral Induction of Autoimmune Liver Disease: Revisiting Koch’s Postulates” Host: Mohammed Osman, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-04-03 |
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Speaker: Dr. John Gordon, Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan Title: “Protection against inflammation induced pathology by ELR-CXC chemokine blockade” Host: Dr. Dean Befus , Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2003-04-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. Wei-Ping Min, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario Title: “In vitro generated tolerogeneic dendritic cells for immune modulation and tolerance induction” Host: Dr. John Elliott, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-03-20 |
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Speaker: Dr. Chris Bleackley, Professor, Biochemistry [Medicine], University of Alberta Title: “What’s a Chemist doing in Biochemistry studying Immunology” Host: Shawn Wasilenko, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-02-20 |
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Speaker: Dr. Teresa Compton, Associate Professor, McArdle Laboratory of Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin Title: “Human Cytomegalovirus Activates Innate Immune Responses via Toll-like Receptor 2” Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-02-06 |
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Speaker: Dr. Tanya Watts, Professor, Department of Medical Immunology, University of Toronto Title: “Costimulation of T cell activation: role of CD28 versus 4-1BB” Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-01-16 |
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Speaker: Dr. Wilfred Jefferies, University of British Columbia, Biotechnology Research Group Title: “Tumour-immunotherapy with TAP’s resurrects both antigen processing in tumours and immune surveillance mechanisms” Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2003-01-09 |
With Transplantation Rounds |
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Speaker: Dr. Paul Robertson, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Washington; Scientific Director, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle Washington Title: Pancreas and Islet Transplantation: A Diabetologist’s Point of View” Host: Dr. A.M. James Shapiro, Islet Transplantation Program |
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| 2002-12-12 |
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Speaker: Katherine Magor, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Title: “Duck hunting for flu clues” Host: Dr. Deborah Burshtyn, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-11-20 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Stephen Galli, Chair, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Title: Mast cell as effector and amplifiers of asthma and other innate and acquired immune responses” Host: Derrick Gibbings, Graduate Student, Department of Medicine |
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| 2002-11-21 |
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Speaker: Dr. Charles Sentman, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College Title: “Biology of natural killer cell receptors” Host: Dr. Kevin Kane, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-11-13 |
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Speaker: Dr. Mike Gold, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: “The role of the Rap GTPases in B cell adhesion and migration” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-10-28 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dr. Lewis Lanier, University of California San Francisco Title: “Natural killer cell recognition of viruses Host: Brian Ma, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-10-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Powell, Johns Hopkins University Title: A critical role for the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in determining TCR induced tolerance vs activation” Host: Dr. Colin Anderson, Medical Microbiology & Immunology/Surgical Medical Research Institute |
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| 2002-07-25 |
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Speaker: Dr. Pauline Johnson, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia Title: “CD45: opposing roles in T cell adhesion and activation” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-06-06 |
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Speaker: Dr. Julie Deans, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary Title: “Lipid Rafts in B lymphocytes: Riding the Wave” Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
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| 2002-05-15 |
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Speaker: Dr. Philip Calder, Southampton University, UK Title: N-3 Fatty Acids and Inflammation: From Cell Biology to the Clinic Host: Dr. Catherine Field, MMI |
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| 2002-05-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. Brad Undem Title: Mechanisms of Vagal Afferent Nerve Activation in Airways Host: Dr. Dean Befus, Medicine and Dr. David Proud, University of Calgary |
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| 2002-04-17 |
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Speaker: Dr. Cory Hogaboam, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Title: Where is the Redundancy in Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Actions During Fungal-induced Asthma Host: Dr. Redwan Moqbel, Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 2002-04-11 |
In Conjunction with Transplantation Rounds |
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Speaker: Dr. David White, Novartis/Stiller Professor of Xenotransplantation Robarts Research Institute University of Western Ontario Siebens Drake Centre, London Ontario Title: Pig to Man Islet Xenotransplantation – The Future of Islet Transplantation? Host: Dr. A.M. James Shapiro, Islet Transplantation Program |
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| 2002-04-09 |
MMI Chair Candidate |
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Speaker: Dr. Ken Rosenthal, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Title: Mobilizing Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Virus Infections Host: Dr. John Elliott |
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| 2002-03-27 |
MMI Chair Candidate |
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Speaker: Dr. John Hiscott, Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University Title: Hostile Takeover: Viral Appropriation of Cytokine Pathways Host: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, MMI |
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| 2002-03-14 |
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Speaker: Dr. Hanne Ostergaard, Medical Microbiology and Immunology Title: Sugar and splice: CD45 interactions during T cell development |
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| 2002-02-21 |
In Conjunction with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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Speaker: Dr. Malcolm Mitchell, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit Title: MG50: a possible universal immunogen and marker for human cancers Host: Dr. John Samuel, Faculty of Pharmacy |
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| 2002-01-16 |
A Joint Presentation with the Department of Medicine and Pulmonary Research Group |
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Speaker: Dr. Xi Yang, Associate Professor with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Title: Hygiene hypothesis: What the experimental studies say Host: Dr. Redwin Maqbel, Director, Pulmonary Research Group |
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| 2001-11-26 |
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Speaker: Dr. Jorma Ilonen (Department of Virology, University of Turku, Finland) Title: “Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Project in Finland” Host: John Elliott |
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| 2001-11-15 |
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Speaker: Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker (University of Toronto) Title: Lymphocyte development: doing it in a petri dish” Host: Deborah Burshtyn |
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| 2001-10-25 |
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Speaker: John Hiscott (McGill University /Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology/Lady Davis Institute) Title: “Activation of antiviral cascades by the NF-kB and IRF transcription factors following viral infection” Host: James Smiley |
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| 2001-10-18 |
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Speaker: Rusung Tan (University of British Columbia) Title: “XLP gene dysfunction in natural killer cells” Host: John Elliott |
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| Fall/2001 |
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Speaker: Julie Deans (University of Calgary) Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| Fall/2001 Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Stephen Galli (Stanford University) Topic: New perspectives in Asthma Research Host: ImmuNet Graduate Students, U. of A |
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| Summer/2001 Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Michael Dustin (Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center) Title: The immunological synapse Host: ImmuNet Graduate Students, U. of A |
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| 2001-07-12 |
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Speaker: Helene Conjeaud (Cochin Inst. for Molec. Genetics, U. of Paris) Topic: Tetraspanins Host: Andrew Shaw, Oncology |
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| 2001-06-21 |
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Speaker: Malcolm Mitchell (Wayne State Univ. School of Med., Detroit) Title: MG50: a possible universal immunogen and marker for human cancers Host: John Samuel, Pharmacy |
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| 2001-06-08 |
Joint Nephrology Days/ImmuNet Seminar | |
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Speaker: Angus Thomson Title: Designer dendritic cells for transplant tolerance-guided not misguided missiles? Host: Phil Halloran, Nephrology/MMI |
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| 2001-06-04 |
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Speaker: Barbara Bierer (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., NIH) Title: Calcineurin-dependent substrates targeted by immunosuppressive agents Host: Phil Halloran, Nephrology/MMI |
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| 2001-05-24 |
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Speaker: Stephan Bischoff (Hannover, Germany) Host: Dean Befus |
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| 2001-05-17 |
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Speaker: Charlie Hao (Lab. Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta) Title: TRAIL-induced apoptosis in malignant gliomas: Signaling transduction and therapeutic potential Host: Immunology Network |
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| 2001-04-26 |
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Speaker: Chris Arendt (Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center) Title: Identification of novel signaling pathways in T cells using a retroviral-based promoter activity screen Host: Hanne Ostergaard, MMI |
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| 2001-04-19 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Michael Dustin (Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center) Title: The immunological synapse Host: ImmuNet Graduate Students, U. of A |
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| 2001-03-22 |
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Speaker: Pere Santamaria (Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, U. of C.) Title: Autoreactive T-lymphocytes in autoimmunity: survival of the fittest Host: John Elliott, MMI |
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| 2001-03-13 |
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Speaker: Friedemann Kiefer (Max Planck Research Institute, Germany) Title: Signalling cascades in hematopoietic and endothelial cells: Crucial function of the adapter molecule Shc in polyomavirus mediated transformation of early endothelial cells Host: John Elliott, MMI |
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| 2001-03-12 |
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Speaker: Chris Norbury (Lab of Viral Diseases NIAD/NIH) Title: Antigen Processing Pathways Used in Induction of an Anti-Viral Response - What Really Happens In Vivo? Host: Walter Maksymowych, Rheumatology |
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| 2001-02-06 |
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Speaker: Colin Anderson (Lab. of Cell. & Molec. Immunology, NIAD/NIH) Title: The Role of Time, 'Danger', and Microchimerism in Immunity vs. Tolerance to Grafts Host: James Shapiro, Surgical-Medical Research Institute (SMRI) |
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| 2001-01-23 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress' / ImmuNet Seminar |
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Speaker: Mike Ellison (Biochemistry, University of Alberta) Title: Proteomics and Genomics Host: Dept. of Medicine |
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| 2001-01-18 |
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Speaker: James Stone (Biochemistry, University of Alberta) Title: Ras signaling in thymocytes and T cells: Get a GRP' Host/ Sponsor: Immunology Network |
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| 2000-12-06 |
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Speaker: Trevor Owens (McGill University, Montreal) Title: Immune-glial interactions in CNS inflammatory disease Host: John Elliott |
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| 2000-11-06 |
Joint ImmuNet and Epithelial Cell Club Seminar |
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Speaker: Peter Kvietys (University of Western Ontario)* Title: PMN Transendothelial Migration: Role of Elastaset Host: Allan Murray |
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| 2000-10-03 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Stephen Hedrick (University of California, San Diego) Title: “A basis for lineage commitment in T cell development” Host: ImmuNet Graduate Students, U. of A |
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| 2000-09-27 |
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Speaker: Paul Kubes (University of Calgary) Title: “The molecular mechanisms of leucocyte recruitment in vivo Host: Linda Pilarski |
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| 2000-07-13 |
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Speaker: Alan Schreiber (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Title: “The Biology of a Protean Receptor System (the Fc receptor family) and its Clinical Significance.” Host: Dean Befus |
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| 2000-06-22 |
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Speaker: Cory Hogaboam (University of Michigan) Title: “Novel Roles for Chemokines during Allergic Airway Remodeling” Host: Dean Befus |
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| 2000-06-15 |
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Speaker: John Elliott (Medical Microbiology & Immunology, U. of A.) Title: “New murine models for autoimmunity: Diabetes, Myocarditis, and M.S.” |
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| 2000-05-24 |
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Speaker: John Schrader (Biomedical Research Centre, University of B.C.) Title: The expanding Ras family and friends: paradoxical roles in inflammation and oncogenesis Host: Phil Halloran |
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| 2000-05-11 |
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Speaker: Cliff Bellone (Dept. of Molec. Microbiology & Immunology,St. Louis Univ.) Title: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA): Can we learn something about the role of antigen presentation in the establishment of T cell phenotypes in disease? Host: Linda Pilarski |
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| 2000-03-22 |
Joint “Nephrology Days”/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Nahum Sonenberg (McGill University, Dept. of Biochem., Montreal) Title: Eukaryotic translational control via PI3 kinase signaling to initiation factors Host: Phil Halloran |
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| 2000-03-21 |
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Speaker: Michael A. (Tony) Hollingsworth Title: Molecular Studies on MUC1: Immunogenicity, Post-translational Modification, Function” Host: Kevin Kane |
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| 2000-03-02 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Dan Littman (Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NY) Title: Towards a molecular understanding of HIV pathogenesis Host: Immunet Graduate Students, U of A |
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| 2000-02-17 |
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Speaker: John Wilkins (University of Manitoba) Title: Approaches to understanding the regulation cell adhesion and integrin activity Host: Allan Murray |
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| 2000-02-10 |
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Speaker: Larry Guilbert (Medical Microbiology & Immunology, U. of A.) Title: Villous trophoblast roles in placental infections, inflammation, repair and remodelling” |
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| 2000-02-03 |
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Speaker: Christian Jobin, (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Title: Physiological role of NF-kB-inducing kinase (NIK) and MEK kinase (MEKK1) in cytokine signaling through the NF-kB system: Relevance for therapeutical intervention.” Host: Jim Smiley |
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| 2000-01-25 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Anna Janowska-Wieczorek, (Clinical Hematology, U. of A.) Title: Matrix metalloproteinases in hematological disorders” |
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| 1999-12-16 |
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Speaker: Nadir Hirji (Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta) Title: “The expression and function of the novel CD8 molecule on macrophages and mast cells” |
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| 1999-12-16 |
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Speaker: Rick Miller (University of Toronto) Title: “Natural Killer cell recognition structures” Host: Dean Befus |
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| 1999-12-15 |
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Speaker: Elyse Bissonnette (Laval Hôpital, Ste-Foy, Quebec) Title: “Modulation of the Cytokine Network by Histamine” |
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| 1999-12-08 |
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Speaker: Louis Du Pasquier (Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland) Title: “The fate of duplicated MHC genes in polyploid XENOPUS” Host: Kenneth Roy |
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| 1999-11-23 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Wilma Suarez-Pinzon (Diabetes Immunobiology Lab, U. of A.) Title: Testicular Sertoli cell factors: A novel approach to preventing pancreatic islet ß-cell destruction in autoimmune diabetes” |
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| 1999-10-19 |
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Speaker: David Kelvin, Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, John P. Robarts Research Inst., London, Ontario Title: “IL-8 Receptors from Cell Biology to Transplantation Injury” Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1999-10-12 |
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Speaker: Cheryl Helgason, Cancer Research Centre (Terry Fox Lab) University of British Columbia Title: Targeted disruption of SHIP: Numerous consequences for hematopoiesis and immune function Host: Jim Smiley |
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| 1999-09-21 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Marc Jenkins (University of Minnesota) Title: “Visualizing the activation of antigen-specific CD4 T cells in the body” |
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| 1999-07-29 |
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Speaker: Xin Lin (Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco) Title: Protein Kinases Involved in T cell Activation Host: Jim Smiley |
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| 1999-06-29 |
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Speaker: Jordan Pober (Yale) Title: T cell-mediated endothelial injury in vitro and in vivo Host: Allan Murray |
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| 1998-06-15 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Redwan Moqbel (Pulmonary Medicine, U. of A.)| Title: Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Eosinophil Activation in Asthma |
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| 1999-05-18 |
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Speaker: Andrew Shaw (Oncology, U. of A.) Title: Tetraspans and Lipid Rafts—Partners in MHC Trafficking? |
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| 1999-05-06 |
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Speaker: Pauline Johnson (University of British Columbia) Title: Regulation of the Cell Adhesion Molecule, CD44: A Role for Sulfation Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1999-04-13 |
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Speaker: Kamala Patel (University of Calgary) Title: Molecular Mechanisms for Leukocyte Adhesion and Activation Host: Redwan Moqbel |
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| 1999-04-06 |
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Speaker: Norman Neumann (Biological Sciences, U. of A.) Title: Sequential Induction of Macrophage Antimicrobial Responses |
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| 1999-03-25 |
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Speaker: Claude Bernard (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) Title: The Molecular Basis for Autoimmune Demyelination Host: John Elliott |
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| 1999-03-11 |
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Speaker: Dr. Allan Kirk, (Bethesda Naval Institute) Title: Immunosuppression without Immunosuppression: How to be a tolerant individual in a dangerous world Host: James Shapiro |
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| 1999-03-01 |
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Speaker: Dr. Bill Boyle (Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA) Title: OPGL: The link between bone metabolism and immune response!? Host: Linda Pilarski |
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| 1999-02-02 |
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Speaker: Babita Agrawal (Biomira, Edmonton) Title: Regulation of T cell responses: Lessons learned from tumors Host: Larry Guilbert |
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| 1998-12-15 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Walter Maksymowych (Rheumatology, U. of A.) Title: HLA-B27 – An Auto-antigen? |
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| 1998-12-01 |
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Speaker: Phil Halloran (Nephrology, U. of A.) Title: IFN-g: Defender of the Endothelium |
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| 1998-11-20 |
Joint Dept. of Med. Microbiology & Immunology/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Kevin Kane (Med. Microbiology & Immunology, U. of A.) Title: Natural Killer Cell Receptor Interactions with Class I MHC Molecules |
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| 1998-11-17 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Bruce Yacyshyn (Gastroenterology, U. of A.) Title: The Immunology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Some Implications on Therapy |
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| 1998-11-10 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Allan Murray (Nephrology, U. of A.) Title: Micro Vessel Injury in Transplantation |
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| 1998-11-03 |
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Speaker: Stephen T Holgate (Univ. of Southampton, England) Title: Mucosal control over airway inflammation in asthma Host: Redwan Moqbel |
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| 1998-10-29 |
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Speaker: Don Evans (Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia) Title: NCCRP-1: A Novel Bifunctional Receptor That Mediates Innate Cytotoxic Immunity In Teleosts Host: Mike Belosevic |
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| 1998-10-15 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Michael Julius (Univ. of Toronto & Wellesley Hospital Res. Inst.) Title: Functional Coupling of TCR and CD3 Signaling Host: Immunet Graduate Students, U of A |
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| 1998-10-08 |
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Speaker: Peter Henson (Denver) Title: Mechanisms and Consequences of Apoptopic Cell Removal in Pulmonary Inflammation Host: Dean Befus |
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| 1998-10-01 |
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Speaker: Robert Lechler, (Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK) Title: Cognate and Non-cognate Mechanisms of Immunoregulation Host: Phil Halloran |
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| 1998-09-15 |
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Speaker: Hanne Ostergaard, (Med. Microbiology & Immunology, U of A) Title: Regulation of CD45: Does it get turned off or is it excluded from the party? |
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| 1998-08-20 |
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Speaker: Fred Finkelman, Div. Of Immunology, U. of Cincinnati) Title: Cytokine Regulation of Host Defense Against Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection Host: Tim Mosmann |
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| 1998-06-23 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Alex Rabinovitch, (Endocrinology/Muttart Diabetes Cntr., U of A) Title: Mechanisms of Islet b-cell Destruction in Type 1 Diabetes: Mechanisms and Prevention |
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| 1998-06-23 |
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Speaker: Ken Anderson (Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard) Title: Novel Immune Therapies of Myeloma Host: Linda Pilarski |
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| 1998-06-09 |
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Speaker: Matt Mescher (Kimmelman Chair in Immunology, U. of Minnesota) Title: Requirements for CTL Activation In Vitro and In Vivo Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1998-06-04 |
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Speaker: Michael Karin (U. of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA) Title: Regulation of AP-1 and NF-kB activities by protein phosphorylation Host: Phil Halloran cascades |
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| 1998-05-21 |
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Speaker: Jim Collawn (U. of Alabama, Birmingham) Title: Analysis of the Structural Requirements for Lysomal Membrane Targeting Using Transferrin Receptor Chimeras Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1998-05-11 |
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Speaker: Bhagi Singh (Microbiology and Immunology, U. of Western Ontario) Title: Multiple pathways to autoimmunity and its regulation through antigen presentation Host: Kevin Kane |
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| 1998-04-28 |
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Speaker: Avi Kupfer (National Jewish Center, Denver, CO) Title: Co-localization and segregation of proteins at the T cell/antigen presenting cell interface Host: Tim Mosmann |
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| 1998-04-14 |
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Speaker: Paul Kubes (Immunology Research Group, University of Calgary) Title: Leukocyte recruitment in acute and chronic inflammation Host: Allan Murray |
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| 1998-03-31 |
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Speaker: Mike Gold (Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, U. B.C.) Title: A tale of two receptors: Signal transduction by the B cell antigen receptor and CD40 Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1998-03-30 |
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Speaker: Linda Maatsuuchi (Dept. of Zoology, U. B.C.) Title: Intracellular trafficking and signaling by the B cell antigen receptor Host: Hanne Ostergaard |
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| 1998-03-10 |
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Speaker: Quim Madrenas (Microb. and Immunol., U. of Western Ontario) Title: Dissociation of Intracellular Signalling Pathways after TCR Engagement with Partial Agonist Ligands Host: Phil Halloran |
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| 1998-02-24 |
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Speaker: Anne O'Rourke (Res. Institute at Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA) Title: Aspects of T cell Adhesion and Activation Host: Kevin Kane |
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| 1998-02-02 |
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Speaker: Klaus Erb (Centre for Infectious Dis., U. of Wurzburg, Germany) Title: Cross-regulation of Th1 and Th2 Immune Responses in Vivo Host: Redwan Moqbel |
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| 1998-01-27 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Elyse Bissonnette (Pulmonary Research Group, U of A) Title: Viral Infections in Asthma |
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| 1998-01-20 |
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Speaker: Paolo Renzi (University of Montreal and Notre Dame Hospital) Title: Evidence for Immune Regulation of Asthmatic Response Host: Redwan Moqbel |
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| 1997-12-09 |
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Speaker: Dean Befus (Pulmonary Medicine/Asthma Centre, U of A) Title: CD8 in Funny Places Doing Interesting Things! |
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| 1997-11-25 |
Joint Dept. of Medicine 'Research in Progress'/Immunology Network Seminar |
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Speaker: Bruce Yacychyn (Dept. of Gastroenterology, U of A) Title: Novel Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
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| 1997-11-24 |
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Speaker: Deborah Burshtyn (NAID Res. Facility, NIH) Title: Inhibition Through Inhibitory Receptors: Lessons from Natural Killer Cells” Host: Jim Smiley |
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| 1997-11-19 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Art Weiss (Rheumatology Division, Howard Hughes Med. Inst.) Title: Signal Transduction by the T Cell Antigen Receptor Host: Immunet Grad Students & Post-Docs, U of A |
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| 1997-10-21 |
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Speaker: Phil Halloran (Nephrology, U of A) Title: The Action of Immunosuppresive Drugs: Implications for Immunology |
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| 1997-10-14 |
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Speaker: Gil Castro (Dept. of Physiology, U. of Texas, Houston) Title: Immune Regulation of Epithelial Cell Function in the Gut Host: Mike Belosevic |
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| 1997-09-25 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Philippa Marrack (U. of Colorado Health Sci. Center, Denver) Title: T cell Specificity and Function Host: Immunet Grad Students & Post-Docs, U of A |
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| 1997-08-19 |
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Speaker: Alexandra Livingstone (Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine, London) Title: Mechanisms for Maintaining CD8 + T cell Memory Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, MMI |
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| 1997-08-18 |
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Speaker: Paul Wordsworth (Oxford Univ. and Oxford Radcliffe Hospital) Title: The Genetics of Inflammatory Joint Disease Host: Dr. Walter Maksymowych, Rheumatology |
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| 1997-08-11 |
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Speaker: Ferenc Livak, Post-doc. (Div. of Immunobiology, Yale Med. Sch.) Title: T cell Receptor Gene Rearrangement During Thymocyte Development Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, MMI |
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| 1997-07-24 |
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Speaker: Michel Sadelain (Dept. of Human Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York) Title: Genetic Approaches for Controlling Immune Responses in Vivo Host: Dr. John Elliott |
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| 1997-07-10 |
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Speaker: Reinhard Pabst (Centre of Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany) Title: Compartmentalization and Dynamics of Lymphocytes in the Lung Host: Dean Befus |
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| 1997-07-08 |
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Speaker: Harissios Vliagoftis, Post-doctoral Fellow Title: Mast Cells Express Connexins and Communicate in Vitro with Fibroblasts Through Gap Junctions Host: Dean Befus |
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| 1997-06-19 |
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Speaker: Russell Salter (U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) Title: Role of N-glycans in Promoting Assembly and Peptide Binding of Class I MHC molecules Host: Dr. Kevin Kane |
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| 1997-05-22 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Paul Allen (Washington U., St. Louis) Title: Close Encounters with the T-cell Receptor |
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| 1997-05-15 |
Distinguished Immunologist Seminar |
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Speaker: Polly Matzinger (NIH) Title: Tolerance and the Four Ds: Danger, Distress, Destruction and Death Host: Immunet Graduate Students, U of A |
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| 1997-05-08 |
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Speaker: Alan D. Schrieber (U. of Pennsylvania) Title: The Immunobiology of Fc Receptors Host: Dr. Dean Befus, Pulmonary Medicine |
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| 1997-04-18 |
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Speaker: Stephen Anderson (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD) Title: Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Function Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Chair--MMI |
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| 1997-04-10 |
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Speaker: Eric Prossnitz (Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla) Title: Mechanisms of Receptor-Mediated Leukocyte Activation and Chemotaxis Host: Dr. Jim Smiley, Chair--MMI |
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| 1997-02-27 |
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Speaker: Linda Pilarski, University of Alberta |
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| 1997-02-13 |
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Speaker: Brian van Ness, University of Minnesota Host: Dr. Linda Pilarski |
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| 1997-01-23 |
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Speaker: Brad Jones, University of Iowa Host: Dr. Walter Maksymowych |
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| 1997-01-09 |
Distinguished Immunologist |
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Speaker: Pere Santamaria, University of Calgary Host: Dr. John Elliott |
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| 1996-10-17 |
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Speaker: Judah Denburg, McMaster University Host: Dr. Dean Befus |
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