Upcoming Events:
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Fredros Okumu, Ph.D.
Director of Science
Ifakara Health Institute
Talk title: “Building Resilience to Sustain Malaria Control in Africa”
ZOOM LINK
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Past Events:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Noon EST
Jeffrey Bailey, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Brown University
Talk title: “Genomics of Epstein-Barr Virus and Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma”
ZOOM LINK
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Friday, February 12, 2021
Noon, EST
IID Research Updates
Jacob Tennessen, Ph.D.
Duraisingh Lab
“Three Signatures of Adaptive Polymorphism Exemplified by Malaria-Associated Genes”
Ya Lea Wang, Ph.D.
Huttonhower Lab
“Characterizing Microbial Community Viability Using High-Throughput Sequencing”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
12:00 Noon, EST
Mirelle Kamaiza, Ph.D.
Junior Fellow
Society of Fellows
Harvard University
Talk title: ” Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Using Environment-Sensitive Probes”
ZOOM LINK
Also sponsored by: Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms"
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
12:00 Noon, EST
John Clardy, Ph.D.
Hsien Wu Daisy Yen Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
“Chasing Molecules and Mechanisms in the Gut Microbiome”
ZOOM LINK
Monday, January 25, 2021
12:00 Noon, EST
MONDAY TALKS
Tim Caradonna
Schmidt Lab
“Rationally Design Immunogens that Focus to the Influenza Receptor Binding Site”
Poyin Chen
Goldberg Lab
“Organization of Shigella IpaB within Plasma Membrane”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
12 Noon EST
Jason Blackard, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Talk title: “Opioid Use and Viral Infections: Expanding Translational Research Agenda”
ZOOM LINK
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Disease and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms"
Monday, January 11, 2021
12:00 Noon EST
MONDAY TALKS
Kiera Clayton
Walker Lab
“HIV-Infected Macrophages Evade NK Cell-Mediated Killing While Driving Inflammation”
Elayne Fivenson
Bernhardt Lab
“Discovery of a New Essential Regulator of Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis in E. Coli”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
12:00 Noon EST
Sloan Devlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Gut Bacterial Modification of Bile Acids Alter Host Physiology”
ZOOM LINK
Monday, January 4, 2021
12:00 Noon EST
MONDAY TALKS
Colette Cywes Bentley
Pier Lab
“Modulating the Impact of Microbial Antigen on Neuroinflammatory Disease”
Kevin Ma
Grad Lab
“Genome-Wide Association Identifies Antibiotic Resistance and Susceptibility Genes in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae”
ZOOM LINK
Friday, December 11, 2020
NOON
IID Research Updates
Duo Peng, Ph.D.
Catteruccia Lab
Talk title: “A True Partnership: Male-Female Interactions that Shape Mosquito Reproductive Biology”
Phyllis Kanki, D.V.M., D.Sc.
IID Faculty Member
Talk title: “Impact of Arbovirus Infection on Pregnancy”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, December 9
NOON
James Whitney, Ph.D.
Center for Virology and Vaccine Research
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: Pre-Clinical Therapeutic Development for HIV and Emerging Diseases”
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
NOON
Julian Parkhill, FRS, FMedSci
Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Cambridge Infectious Diseases at The University of Cambridge
Talk title: “Phylogenomics: Emergence, Transmission, and Phenotype-Genotype Association in Bacterial Pathogens”
Also sponsored by: Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
ZOOM LINK
Monday, November 16, 2020
NOON
MONDAY TALKS
Caitlin Brennan
Garrett Lab
Talk title: “An Oral Microbe Out of Place – Fusobacterium Nucleatum in the Intestinal Tract”
Brianna Lowey
Kranzusch Lab
Talk title: “Effectors of Cell Death in Bacterial Antiphage Defense”
ZOOM LINK
Friday, November 13, 2020, NOON
IID Research Updates – November 2020
Lerato E. Magosi, DPhil
Lipsitch Group/Shapiro Collaborator
Talk title: “Local vs. Imported Transmission? Identifying Patterns of HIV Transmission in the Botswana Ya Tsie Trial with Deep-Sequence Phylogenetics”
Alex Morano, Ph.D. Candidate
Dvorin Lab
Talk title: “Discovery of a Novel and Essential Member of the Plasmodium Falciparum Basal Complex”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
NOON
Kevin Urdahl, M.D., Ph.D.
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Professor, Pediatrics and Immunology
University of Washington
Talk title: “Assessing Immunity Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Murine Ultra-Low Dose Infection Model”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
NOON
Anne Goldfeld, M.D.
Senior Investigator
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Inflammation and Survival in TB/HIV Co-Infection”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
NOON
Kim Orth, Ph.D.
Investigator/Professor
Earl A. Forsyth Chair in Biomedical Science
W.W. Caruth, Jr. Biomedical Scholar
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center
Talk title: “Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors”
ZOOM LINK
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
NOON
Ian Cheeseman, Ph.D.
Milton S. & Geraldine M. Goldstein Young Scientist
Assistant Professor
Lead, Host Pathogen Interactions
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Talk title: “Single Cell Genomics for Malaria Parasites”
Friday, October 9, 2020
Noon
IID Research Updates – October 2020
Caitlin Brennan, Ph.D.
Garrett Lab
Talk title: “An Oral Microbe Out of Place – Fusobacterium Nucleatum in the Intestinal Tract”
Mark Tye, Ph.D. Candidate
Mazitschek/Wirth Group
Talk title: “Development of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Plasmodium Falciparum”
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Noon
Carolyn Coyne, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis
Talk title: “Antimicrobial Signaling at the Maternal-Fetal Interface”
IID Research Updates
Friday, September 18, 2020 NOON
Lucas Pagura, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Burleigh Lab
Talk title: “When Theft Doesn’t Cut It: The Unexpected Need for Fatty Acid Synthesis in Trypanosoma Cruzi”
Michael Mina, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, CCDD
Talk title: “COVID-19: Can We Test Our Way Out of This?”
Zoom Information:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/98426225326?pwd=aUxoQlNtU1VNSVhDWTdTU3JKbjZBQT09
Wednesday, October 16, 2020
NOON
Paul Bollyky, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Stanford University Medical Center
Talk title: “Transkingdom Interactions Between Bacteriophages, Bacteria, and Their Human Hosts”
Thursday, September 10, 2020
12:00 PM
Friday, May 15, 2020
12:00 Noon
Lior Lobel, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Garrett Lab
“NO, not SARS-CoV-2. Diet Post-translationally Modifies the Gut Microbial Proteome to Modulate Renal Function”
Carolyn M. Boudreau
Ph.D. Candidate, Alter Lab
“Protecting Infants from Influenza with Vaccine-Induced Maternal Antibodies”
via ZOOM Meeting ID:920 2451 2467 Password: 596993
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Wei-Kung Wang, M.D., Sc.D.
Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine
Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Talk title: “Developing Serological Tests to Distinguish Flavivirus Infecions and Implications”
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Athe Tsibris, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
HU CFAR Developmental Core Associate Director
Talk title: “HIV-2 Latency and Its Reversal
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Disease and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Michael Povelones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania
Talk title: “Mosquito Immunity to Filariae Infection”
Friday, February 14, 2020
Research Updates Seminar, February 2020
Barry Bloom, Ph.D.
Former Dean of Harvard Chan School of Public Health
“What Do You Need to Know to Make a TB Vaccine?”
Eric Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Former Chair of IID Department
Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
“Since Barry Got TB, I’ll Take Coronavirus”
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Shaden Kawhami, Ph.D.
Vector Molecular Biology Section
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Talk title: “Blood Feeding Arthropods Induce Hemeoxygenase-1 in Host Skin Promoting Tolerance to Vector-Borne Pathogens”
Monday, January 27, 2020
12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Rebecca Clements
Dvorin Lab
“PfBTP3 Reveals a Novel Role for a Basal Complex Protein in Transmission-Stage Malaria Parasites”
Joanna Olivas
Starnbach Lab
“Defining the Role of IFNy Induced Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression on Uterine Non-Hematopoietic Cells During C. Trachomatis Infection”
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Kathryn Stephenson, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
BIDMC
Talk title: “Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies for the Treatment and Prevention of HIV”
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Sophie Helaine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Salmonella Persisters During Infection”
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Michael Mina, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Talk title: “Consequences of Measles on Immunological Memory Repertoires and Childhood Mortality”
Monday, December 16, 2019, 12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Jerry Pier
Pier Lab
“Are All Diseases Infectious? Part 2”
Marsha Wibowo
Kostic Lab
“Reconstruction of Ancient Microbial Genomes from the Human Gut”
Friday, December 13, 2019
Research Updates Seminar December 2019
Pilar Garcia-Broncano, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, MGH
“Early Antiretroviral Therapy in Neonates with HIV-1 Infection Restricts Viral Reservoir Size and Induces a Distinct Innate Immune Profile”
Dan Neafsey, Ph.D.
Professor, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
“Development of Targeted Sequencing Assays for Molecular EPI Studies of Malaria Parasites and Vectors”
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Carol Gross, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of California at San Francisco
Talk title: “New Insights into the Transcriptional Organization and Cellular Economy of Bacteria”
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Laurie Comstock, Ph.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Genetics of Warfare Among the Gut Bacteroidales”
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Jonathan Abraham, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Blavatnik Institute | Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Using Antibodies to Disarm Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses”
Friday, November 8, 2019
Research Updates Seminar
Caroline Keroack
Ph.D. Candidate
Duraisingh Lab
“Comparative Chemical Genomics in Babesia Species Identifies a Novel Apicomplexan Drug Target”
Jonathan D’Gama
M.D./Ph.D. Candidate
Waldor Lab
“A Conserved Streptococcal Virulence Regulator Controls Expression of a Distinct Class of M-like Proteins”
Monday, November 4, 2019
12:00 Noon, NRB Conference Room, 1031
Siân Owen, Ph.D.
Baym Lab
“A Prophage has DNA-based Immunity to its Own Phage Protein”
Kimbria Blake, Ph.D. Candidate
Chiu Lab
“Mechanisms of Itch During Epicutaneous Staphylococcus Aureus Infection”
Monday, October 28, 2019
12:00 Noon, NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Robert Summers, Ph.D.
Wirth Lab
“Identification of the Plasmodium falciparum Aceytl-CoA Synthetase as an Emerging Antiplasmodial”
Patrick Lenehan, M.D., Ph.D.
Dougan Lab
“Investigating Eosinophil Function in the Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment”
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Michael Starnbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Chlamydia Infection – A Strategy of Stealth”
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Jonathan Juliano, M.D., M.S.P.H., D.T.M.&H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Talk title: “The ACTGs of Malaria epidemiology in Central and East Africa”
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Conor McMeniman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Talk title: “Chemosensory Circuits Driving Mosquito Attraction to Humans”
Friday, October 11,2019
12:00 PM FXB, Room 301
Research Updates Seminar – October, 2019
Stephen Kissler, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Grad Lab
“Accounting for the Decline in Antibiotic Prescribing in Massachusetts: Better Prescribing, or Less Disease?”
Gregorgy Babunovic
Ph.D. Candidate, Fortune Lab
“Retinoic Acid and Macrophage Control of M. tuberculosis”
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Nicanor Olbadia III, D.V.M., M.S., D.Sc.P.H., F.A.S.T.M.H.
Health Researcher
Department of Parasitology
Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud
Talk title: “Population Genomics of Plasmodium vivax from Selective Whole Genome Amplification to Inform Malaria Elimination Efforts in Panama”
Friday, September 27, 2019
Donald Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H.
Special Adviser for Guinea Worm Eradication
The Carter Presidential Center
Talk title: “Guinea Worm Eradication: The Final Five”
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
11:30 AM
David Serre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Talk title: “Gene Expression Analysis of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Vivax”
Monday, September 23, 2019
MONDAY TALKS
Eleonora Melzi
Batista Lab
“Evaluating Novel HIV-1 Vaccine Strategies in Human Antibody Knock-in Mice”
Jeffrey Duncan
Goldberg Lab
“Shigella Decreases Intercellular Tension which Promotes Cell-to-Cell Spread”
Friday, September 13, 2019
Research Updates Seminar – September 2019
Eric Franzosa, Ph.D.
Huttenhower Lab
“Uncovering Novel Lateral Gene Transfer Events in the Human Microbiome”
Kristine Werling, Ph.D. Candidate
Catteruccia Lab
“Plasmodium Parasite Development in the Anopheles Mosquito: An Intimate and Adaptable Relationship”
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Jaap Goudsmit, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Talk title: “New Ways to Fight Influenza: Combining Active Immunization for the Young and Passive Immunization for the Old”
Friday, June 21, 2019
Emily Wong, M.D.
Africa Health Research Institute
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Vukuzazi: Next Generation Population Science in Rural KwaZulu Natal”
Also sponsored by Training Program in Infectious Disease and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Monday, May 20, 2019
12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Holly Rawizza
Research Associate
Kanki Lab
“Pharmacokinetic and Programmatic Evaluations to Optimize TB/HIV Co-Treatment for Children”
Yan Zhou
Research Fellow
Higgins Lab
“High-Throughput Protein Screening Identifies Novel CD8+ T cell Antigens that Provide Protection Against Listeria Monocytogenes Infection”
Friday, April 26, 2019
Keith R. Matthews, Ph.D.
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Director, Centre for Immunity, Infection, and Evolution
University of Edinburgh
Talk title: “Cell-Cell Communication in African Trypanosomes”
Also sponsored by: Training Program in Infectious Disease and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
David Alland, M.D., M.Sc., D.T.M. & H
Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Center for Emerging Pathogens and the Rutgers
Regional Biocontainment Laboratories
Talk title: “Below the Iceberg of Consistency: TB’s Dynamic Genome and Heritable Drug Tolerance”
Also sponsored by: Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Michael S. Gilmore, Ph.D.
Sir William Osler Professor of Ophthalmology
(Microbiology and Immunobiology)
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Multidrug Resistant Enterococci: How Life Emerging from the Sea Hardened Them for the Hospital Environment”
Friday, April 12, 2019
12:00 PM, FXB Room 301
April Research Updates Seminar
Brandon Sit, Ph.D. Candidate
Waldor Lab
“Immunogenicity of a Probiotic Oral Cholera Vaccine Candidate in Germfree Mice”
Rachel Rudlaff, Ph.D. Candidate
Dvorin Lab
“Stuck on You – Daughter Cell Segmentation in Plasmodium falciparum”
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuan M. Tran, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Indiana University, School of Medicine
Talk title: “Recent Insights into Anti-Parasite Versus Anti-Disease Components of Malaria Immunity in Children”
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Jan Conn, Ph.D.
Vector Biology and Population Genetics Professor
Department of Health, Wadsworth Center
School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences
Talk title: “Knowledge Gaps in the Major Neotropical Malaria Vector Anopheles (AKA Nyssorhynchus) Darlingi”
Monday, March 11, 2019
12:00, NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Lars Clark
Abraham Lab
“A Recurrent Antiboby Motif Targets the Viral Receptor-Binding Site in Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever Survirors”
Aurore Fleurie
Waldor Lab
“A Vibrio Cholerae BolA-family protein Controls Cell Envelope Integrity and Virulence”
Friday, March 8, 2019
12:00 PM, FXB Room 301
March Research Updates Seminar
Peter Dumoulin, Ph.D.
Burleigh Lab
“Trypanosoma Cruzi Intracellular Amastigote Glutamine Metabolism and its Impact on Susceptibility to Ergosterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors”
Yancong Zhan, Ph.D.
Huttenhower Group
“Identifying Novel Bioactive Microbial Gene Products in Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Ellen Yeh, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Biochemistry and Pathology
Stanford University
Talk title: “1+1=1: Targeting Endosymbiosis for Antimalarial Drug Discovery”
Also sponsored by: Training Program in Infectious Disease and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Monday, March 4, 2019, 12:00
NRB Conference Room, 1031
Sooin Jang, Ph.D.
Engelman Lab
“Mechanism of CPSF6 Nuclear Import, an Alternative Polyadenylation Factor Implicated in Infectious Disease and Cancer”
Thibault Barbier, Ph.D.
Fortune Lab
“Genome-Wide Functional Characterization of Non-Coding RNAs in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Using Combinatorial CRISPRi”
Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 12:30
New Research Building, Room 1031
Nathalie Balaban, Ph.D.
The Racah Institute of Physics
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Talk title: “Evolution of Resistance in Pathogens Under Intermittent Antibiotic Treatments”
Host: David Rudner
Trainee Host: Jeremy Amon
Co-Sponsored by: Graduate Training Programs in Bacteriology and in Infectious Disease & Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Monday, February 25, 2019, 12:00
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Rui Guo
Gewurz Lab
“A CRISPR Screen Reveals B-Cell Factors that Restrict EBV Latency Gene Expression”
Eric Dumas
Starnbach Lab
“Towards a Mouse Model of Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection”
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Irene Bosch, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
E25Bio Inc.
Talk title: “Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya Virus Pathogenesis and Detection in the Human Host”
Friday, February 15, 2019
12:00 PM FXB Room 301
February Research Updates
Jacob Tennessen, Ph.D.
Neafsey Lab
Talk title: “Cryptic Taxa in the Anopheles Gambiae Complex from Burkina Faso”
Allison Fitzgerald Carey, M.D., Ph.D.
Fortune Lab
Talk title: “Functional Genomics of M. tuberculosis Clinical Strains”
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Gautam Dantas, Ph.D.
Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Talk title: “Predicting and Combating Pathogenic and Abiotic Disruptions to Diverse Microbiomes”
Monday, January 28, 2019
12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Rachel Rudlaff, Ph.D. Candidate
Dvorin Lab
“Stuck on You: The Plasmodium Basal Complex is Required for Proper Daughter Cell Segmentation”
Hoong Chuin Lim, Ph.D., M.S.
Bernhardt Lab
“Identification of Novel Corynebacterial Cell Division Factors that Regulate the Cell Separation Pathway”
Monday, January 14, 2019
12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Severin Schink
Basan Lab
“Death of E. Coli During Carbon Starvation”
Apurva Govande
Kranzusch Lab
“Effector Functions of the Antiviral Second Messenger 2′-5′ Oligoadenylate”
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Galit Alter, Ph.D.
Professor, Harvard Medical School
The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Talk title: “Using Systems Serology to Define Correlates of Immunity”
Monday, December 10, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB Conference Room, 1031
MONDAY TALKS
Megan Sjodt, Ph.D.
Kruse Lab
“Structure of the RodA: PBP2 Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery”
Jennifer Pena, Ph.D.
Dove Lab
“AlpA Controls Virulence Gene Expression in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa by Functioning as an Antiterminator”
Friday, December 7, 2018
December Research Updates Seminar
Rebecca Zash, M.D.
Shapiro Lab
“The Safety of Dolutegravir in Pregnancy: Data From Botswana”
Doug Paton, Ph.D.
Catteruccia Lab
“Cure, not Kill: Controlling Malaria by Protecting Mosquitoes from Plasmodium Parasites”
Monday, December 3, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1031 (MBIB Seminar Room)
MONDAY TALKS
Saiyu Hang, Ph.D
Huh Lab
“Bile Acid Metabolites Conrol Th17 and Treg Cell Differentiation”
Braden Tierney, Ph.D. Candidate
Kostic Lab
“Metagenomic meta-analysis illuminates a vast universe of genes in the human microbiome”
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Paul Turner, Ph.D.
Elihu Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
Talk title: “Using Viruses to Select for Reduced Virulence of Bacterial Pathogens in Human Patients”
November 16, 2018
FXB 301, 10:00am
Chengcheng Jin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Talk title: “Investigating Immune-Microbiota Interaction in Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer”
November 14, 2018
FXB 301, 10:00am
Travis Wiles, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Molecular Biology
University of Oregon
Talk title: “Dissecting the Form and Function of Host-Microbe Interactions Within the Intestine”
November 8, 2018
FXB 301, 10:00am
Shankar Iyer, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Gastroenterology,
Endoscopy and Hepatology
Talk title: “The Influence of Local Environmental Cues on the Maturation and Function of Tissue Resident Invariant Natural Killer T Cells”
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
FXB 301, 10:00 AM
Jeremiah Faith, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Immunology Institute and The Institute for
Genomics and Multiscale Biology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Talk title: “Strain-Level Variation in Gut Microbiome Composition Drives Complex Disease Risk”
Monday, November 5, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1031 (MBIB Seminar Room)
MONDAY TALKS
Nicole Lai
Chiu Lab
Talk title: “Sensory Neuronal Regulation of Enteric Host Defense Against Salmonella Typhimurium”
Christian Lorenz
Lory Lab
Talk title: “On the Road to a Lipoprotein Transport System Inhibitor: Stories of E. Coli and Pseudomonas”
Monday, November 5, 2018
FXB 301, 10:00 AM
Smita Gopinath, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept. of Immunobiology
Yale University
Talk title: “Antibiotic – Mediated Antiviral Immunity”
Friday, November 2, 2018
November Research Updates Seminar
Eunyoung Chun, Ph.D.
Garrett Lab
Talk title: “A Microbial Metabolite-Sensing Receptor Tunes Up Colonic Innate Immunity”
Monday, October 29, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1031 (MBIB Seminar Room)
MONDAY TALKS:
Sean Whelan
Whelan Lab
“Whats the Junk?”
Yannick Brunet
Rudner Lab
“Regulation of Cell Wall Hydrolysis During Cell Growth in Bacillus Subtilis”
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Scott Lindner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Penn State University
Talk title: “Be Prepared! Efficient Transmission of the Malaria Parasite”
Monday, October 15, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1031 (MBIB Seminar Room
MONDAY TALKS:
Francesca Tomasi
Rubin Lab
“Cutting Loose: Why is Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolase Essential?”
Katherine Barnett
Kagan Lab
“Phosphoinositide Interactions Direct cGAS Activity”
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Igor Almeida, DS.c.
Professor, Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC)
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Talk title: “Alpha-Gal Glycotopes as Effective Glycovaccines and Chemotherapy Biomarkers of Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomisis)”
Monday, October 1, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1031 (MBIB Seminar Room)
MONDAY TALKS:
Geetha Mylvaganam
Walker Lab
“Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Follicular CD8 T Cell Differentiation in an Effort to Direct HIV Cure Therapeutics”
Welkin Johnson
Johnson Lab
“Novel Functions of the Env Entry Glycoproteins of Gammaretroviruses”
Monday, September 24, 2018
12:00 Noon
NRB 1030 (MBIB Seminar Room)
MONDAY TALKS:
Sungwhan Oh
Kasper Lab
“Metabolomic Perspectivesof Host-Gut Microbiota-Diet Interactions”
Clay Fuqua
Fuqua Lab
“Sticking to Your Point: Production and Control of a Polar Adhesive in a Model Pathogen”
Friday, September 14, 2018
September Research Updates Seminar
Skye Fishbein, Ph.D. Candidate
Rubin Lab
“LepA Controls Porin Synthesis from the Ribosome in Mycobacteria”
Brendan Elsworth, Ph.D.
Duraisingh Lab
“cCMP-Dependant Kinase (PKG) Plays an Essential Role in Parasite Egress and Invasion in Babesia Divergens”
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Laurent Renia, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Singapore Immunology Network
Talk title: “Uncovering the Biological Mysteries of the Neglected Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium vivax”Past Events:
Monday, June 18, 2018
Alan F. Cowman, F.A.A., F.R.S.
Deputy Director – Science Strategy
Head, Division of Infection and Immunity
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Talk title: “The Structure and Function of Complexes Required for Invasion of Human Red Blood Cells by Malaria Parasites”
Friday, May 11, 2018
May Research Updates Seminar
Seth Redmond, Ph.D.
Neafsey Lab
Talk title: “Selective Whole Genome Amplification: Working out the Kinks to Enable Scalable Malaria Genomic Epidemiogy”
Satoshi Kimura Ph.D.
Waldor Lab
Talk title: “New Insights into the Functional Consequences of tRNA Modification”
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Robert Seder, M.D.
Chief, Cellular Immunology Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Talk title: “Vaccine Approaches to Elicit Tissue Resident T Cells Against Malaria and Tuberculosis: It’s All in the Delivery”
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Michael Strand, Ph.D.
Regents Professor of Entomology
University of Georgia
Talk title: “Role of the Gut Microbiota in Mosquito Growth and Development”
Friday, April 13, 2018
Katherine We, Ph.D. Candidate
Rubin Lab
Talk title: “Mycobacterial HtrA is Required to Detoxify a Cell Wall Muramidase”
Shahin Lockman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Talk title: “Updates on the Botswana Combination HIV Prevention Project”
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Kresge G2, 4pm
Melody Zeng, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Michigan
Talk title: “Gut Microbiota-Induced lgG in Host Defense and Neonatal Immunity.”
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Rich Losick, Ph.D.
Harvard College Professor
Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology
Talk title: “Stochasticity and Cell Fate”
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Talk title: “Metabolites as Mediators of Gut Microbial Ecology”
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Oliver Billker, Ph.D.
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Senior Group Leader
Talk title: “Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome”
Friday, March 9, 2018
March Research Updates Seminar
Selina Bopp, Ph.D. and
Robert Summers, Ph.D
Wirth Lab
Talk title: “Piperaquine, Plasmepsins, Paradoxes, and pH”
Sydney Lavoie, Ph.D. Candidate
Garrett Lab
Talk title: “Loss of a Microbial Metabolite Receptor Compromises Anti-Tumor Immunity”
Friday, March 2, 2018
9:30am
Chun-Jun (CJ) Guo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Sanford University
Talk title: “Using Genetics to explore the Chemistry and Biology of the Human Microbiota”
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Matthew Waldor, M.D., Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Edward K. Pass Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Re-Engineering the Cholera Pathogen as a Probiotic”
Thursday, February 15, 2018
9:30 am
Mercedes Gomez de Agüero, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Swiss National Science Foundation
University of Bern
Talk title: “Birth with a Mature and Functional Skin Barrier: What is Necessary?”
Friday, February 9, 2017
February Research Updates Seminar
Scott Olesen, Ph.D.
Grad Lab
“The Distribution of Antibiotic Use and Its Effect on Antibiotic Resistance”
Catherine Koofhethile, Ph.D.
Essex Lab
“Meet the Postdoc: Transition from HIV-1C Immune Responses to Pro-viral Reservoir Studies”
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Audrey Odom John, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
Talk title: “Towards Noninvasive Diagnosis of Malaria”
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
4:00 PM
Kiaran Kirk, Ph.D., D.Phil., FAHMS
Dean, ANU College of Science
The Australian National University
Talk title: “Membrane Transport Proteins as Antimalarial Drug Targets”
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Matthias Lichterfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Mass General Hospital
Ragon Institute
Talk title: “HIV Reservoirs in Adults and Neonates”
Wednesday, January 24, 2017
Sebastian Lourido, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Talk title: “Genome-Wide Approaches to Characterize Apicomplexan Parasites”
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Lee Gehrke, Ph.D.
Hermann von Helmholtz Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT
Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Detecting and Differentiating Dengue and Zika Virus Infections in Central and South America”
Friday, December 8, 2017
December Research Updates Seminar
Allison Fitzgerald Carey, M.D., Ph.D.
Fortune Lab
Talk title: “TnSeq of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates reveals strain-specific antibiotic liabilities”
Usheer Kanjee, Ph.D.
Duraisingh Lab
Talk title: “Transferrin receptor is an essential host receptor for P. vivax reticulocyte tropism and invasion”
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
John Connor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Talk title: “The Circulating Immune Response to Ebolavirus Infection”
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Elke Muhlberger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Biomolecule Production Core, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)
Talk title: “Filovirus Pathogenesis – Lessons Learned from Ebola’s Neglected Cousins”
Friday, November 17, 2017
November Research Updates Seminar
Peter Dumoulin, Ph.D.
Burleigh Lab
Talk title: “Trypanosoma cruzi Intracellular Amastigotes Regulate Progression through their Cell Cycle Under Stress to Promote Persistence and Survive Drug Toxicity”
Rachel Rudlaff
Ph.D. Candidate, Dvorin Lab
Talk title: “Neighbor-omics: Applying Proximity Labeling to Identify Critical Factors for and Essential Plasmodium Kinase”
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Tovi Lehmann, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research
NIAID, NIH
Talk title: “High-Altitude Wind-borne Migration of Mosquito Disease Vectors”
Friday, November 3, 2017
November Research Updates Seminar
Bobby Brooke Herrera
Ph.D. Candidate, Kanki Lab
Talk title: “Human Immune Status and Responses to Zika and Dengue Viruses in West Africa”
Brian Russo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Goldberg Lab
Talk title: “Activation of the Bacterial Type 3 Secretion System by Host Intermediate Filaments”
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Roberto Kolter, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “The Importance of Communicating Our Science to the Public”
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Michael Pollastri, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern University
Talk title: “Adventures in Kinase Inhibitor Repurposing for Tropical Diseases Drug Discovery”
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Monty Montano, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Talk title: “Atypical Skeletal Muscle Profiles in HIV+ Asymptomatic Middle-Aged Adults”
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Daniel Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
David M. and Paula L. Kipnis Distinguished Professor
Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis
Talk Title: “Gotta Get Out: Egress of Plasmodium Proteins and Parasites”
Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 10:00am
Regina Joice Cordy, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Emory University
Talk Title: “High-resolution metabolomics on plasma from human and non-human primates reveals differences based on stage and species of malaria infection.”
Friday, April 28, 2017
Malcom McConville, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Melbourne
Talk Title: “The Metabolism of Intracellular Parasites; A Key Determinant of Virulence”
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Sarah Cobey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ecology & Evolution
University of Chicago
Talk Title: “Evolution, Immunity, and the Control of Influenza”
Friday, April 21, 2017
Peter Gilbert
Research Professor
Fred Hutch and Department of Bio-statistics
University of Washington
Talk Title: “Neutralizing Antibody and viral Genetic Correlates of Vaccine Efficacy in Two Phase 3 Trials of the CYD-TDV Dengue Vaccine”
Friday, April 14, 2007
April Research Updates
Perrine Marcenac
Ph.D. Candidate, Catterrucia Lab
Talk Title: “A Key Reproductive Gene Affects the Tolerance of Anopheles Gambiae Mosquitos to Plasmodium Infections”
Allison Carey, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Fortune Lab
Talk Title: “TnSeq of M. Tuberculosis Clinical Isolates Reveals Strain-Specific Antibiotic Liabilities”
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Scott Hensley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Graduate Studies
Talk Title: “Immune History and Seasonal Influenza Virus Susceptibility”
Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 10am
Daniel Neafsey
Associate Director, Genomic Center for Infectious Disease, Broad Institute
Talk Title: “TEMPUS FUGIT: Longitudinal Population Genomics to Study the Architecture of Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance”
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Bree Aldridge, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology,
Tufts Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Services
Talk Title: “Adding it Up: Mycobacterial Growth, Division, and Drug Susceptibility”
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Alexis Kaushansky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Research
Talk Title: “Interrogating the Interface Between Pathogen and Host during Plasmodium Liver Infection”
FXB 301 – 10:00 am
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Marla Keller, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Associate Director, Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Talk Title: “Sustained Vaginal Delivery of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate for HIV and Herpes Prevention”
Also sponsored by:
Training Program in Infectious Diseases and Basic Microbiological Mechanisms
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Sumit Vinayak, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases
Talk Title: “Molecular Genetics of the Diarrheal Pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum – Unraveling Parasite Biology and Identifying Novel Therapeutic Targets”
FXB 301 – 10:00am
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Bruce D. Walker, M.D.
Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard and Harvard University Center for AIDS Research
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of the Practice, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Talk Title: “Hyperacute HIV Infection”
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Daniel Weinberger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Yale School of Public Health
Talk Title: “Implications of Pathogen Interactions for Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines”
Friday, March 10, 2017
March Research Updates
Bobby Brooke Herrera
Ph.D. Candidate, Kanki Group
Talk Title: “Continued Transmission of Zika Virus in Humans in West Africa, 1992-2016”
Ed T. Ryan, M.D., DTM&H
Secondary Faculty Member
Talk Title: “Plasma and Memory B Cell Responses Targeting O-Specific Polysaccharide (OSP) Are Associated With Protection Against Vibrio Cholerae O1 Infection Among Household Contacts of Cholera Patients in Bangladesh”
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Aimee Shen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Tufts University
Talk Title: “Constructing and Reviving Clostridium diffiicile Spores”
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Dan Barouch, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Virology and Vaccine Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Talk Title: “How Close Are We to a Zika Virus Vaccine?”
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Dan Kahne, Ph.D.
Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard University
Talk Title: “Molecular Machines that Build Membranes”
Friday, February 10, 2017
February Research Updates
Rebecca Zash, M.D.
Shapiro Group
Talk Title: “Evaluating Important Clinical Questions in PMTC using Birth Outcomes surveillance in Botswana”
Hsiao-Han Chang, Ph.D.
Lipsitch Lab
Talk Title: “Sequence-Based Design of a Sero-Diagnostic for Arboviruses”
February 8, 2017
Katherine Ruiz De Luzuriaga, M.D.
Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Program in Molecular Medicine
Talk Title: “Early Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV-1 Persistance in Children”
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Division of Molecular Biology
Department of Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Talk Title: “Using Nanobodies: Phenotypic Screens, Visualization of an Immune Response”
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Rochelle Walensky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Catalyst
Massachusetts General Hospital
Talk Title: “How Do You Know You Have Made a Policy Difference? The Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Care and Prevention”
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Johanna Daily, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Talk Title: “Observational Studies of Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Individuals Reveal Protective Host Mechanisms in Cerebral Malaria and Clinical Immunity”
