2016

September 7, 2016: Deregulated NOTCH Signaling in Adult T-cell Leukemia
Speaker/Institution: Christophe Nicot, University of Kansas Medical Center
Host: P. Jain

September 14, 2016: 4th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease: Cancer and Pathogen Genomics Prevention, Treatment and Cures HIV Disease and NeuroAIDS

September 21, 2016: Compartmentalization of Metabolism at Physiological and Cellular Levels
Speaker/Institution: Nathanial Snyder, Drexel Autism Institute
Host: S. Kortagere

October 5, 2016: Interferon-alpha regulates the transcription and metabolism of hepadnaviral cccDNA
Speaker/Institution: Muhammad Sheraz, College of Medicine
Host: J.-T. Gou

October 12, 2016: Knowledge-Guided Integration of Biological Datasets to Increase Experimental Power
Speaker/Institution: Bernie Daigle, Univ of Memphis
Host: A. Vaidya

October 19, 2016: My Journey from DUCOM to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Through Fuels, Immunology, and Images
Speaker/Institution: Alfred H. J. Kim, Washington University
Host: J. Burns

November 2, 2016: Nutritional Immunity Promotes Pathoadaptation and Persistence of Haemophilus influenzae
Speaker/Institution: Kevin Mason, Ohio State Univ
Host: G. Ehrlich

November 16, 2016: Nutraceutical Apigenin regulates DC function in a Rel-B dependent manner during neuroinflammation
Speaker/Institution: Rashida Ginwala, Drexel
Host: P. Jain

December 7, 2016: Characterizing the germinal center response to DNA immunogens
Speaker/Institution: Ebony Gary, College of Medicine
Host: M. Kutzler

December 14, 2016: Defective viral genomes as key determinants of antiviral immunity during respiratory viral infections
Speaker/Institution: Carolina B. López, UPenn
Host: A. Carey

2017

January 11, 2017: "Do Bacteria Have Sex?" and Other Questions We've Gotten Wrong
Speaker/Institution: Rosie Redfield, University of British Columbia
Host: G. Ehrlich, J. Mell

January 18, 2017: Role of cGAS-STING Pathway in Control of HBV Replication
Speaker/Institution: Liudi Tang, College of Medicine
Host: J.-T. Guo

February 1, 2017: Speciation Cascades in Bacterial Diversification
Speaker/Institution: Jeff Lawrence, Pitt
Host: G. Ehrlich

February 15, 2017: Exploiting Natural Competence as a Genomic Tool for Understanding Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Case Study of Haemophilus influenzae in Otitis Media
Speaker/Institution: Kevin Raible, College of Medicine
Host: J. Mell

February 22, 2017
Speaker/Institution: Chris Moore, Arbutus Biopharma, Inc.
Host: B. Wigdahl

March 8, 2017: Investigating the Role of an Oxysterol Binding Protein in the Lipid Pipeline of Plasmodium falciparum
Speaker/Institution: Sezin Patel, College of Medicine
Host: A. Vaidya

March 15, 2017: Plasma Membrane Lipids and Their Role in Fungal Virulence
Speaker/Institution: Maurizio del Poeta, Stony Brook University
Host: B. Bergman

March 22, 2017: Pathogenesis of Invasive Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease
Speaker/Institution: Tara Randis, New York University
Host: A. Carey

April 5, 2017: Genetic Approaches to Cryptosporidiosis a Leading Cause of Global Child Mortality
Speaker/Institution: Boris Striepen, UGA
Host: A. Vaidya

April 12, 2017: Unusual Cytokinesis Pathways in the Early Divergent Trypanosomes
Speaker/Institution: Ziyin Li , Univ of Texas Health Ctr
Host: H. Ke

April 19, 2017: Understanding the Role of Peptide Acaly18 in Modulating ER-Stress Responses and Glycosylation, and Its Impact on Pathological Diseases
Speaker/Institution: Aarti Ramanathan, College of Medicine
Host: C. Artlett

May 3, 2017: Investigating the role of an oxysterol binding protein in the lipid pipeline of Plasmodium falciparum
Speaker/Institution: Sezin Patel, College of Medicine
Host: A. Vaidya

September 6, 2017: Influenza A Virus Infection of Neurons and Pathogenesis in the CNS
Speaker/Institution: Riley Williams, Drexel University
Host: Glenn Rall

September 13, 2017: Dopamine Increases in HIV Infection of Macrophage
Speaker/Institution: Peter Gaskill, Drexel University
Host: Mike Nonnemacher

September 20, 2017: Hepatitis B Virus Regulation of Metabolism: An Assessment in Established and Novel Hepatocyte Model Systems
Speaker/Institution: Ronak Loonawat, Drexel University
Host: Michael Bouchard

October 4, 2017: Porphyromonas gingivalis Pathogenesis and Kinship
Speaker/Institution: Ann Progulske-Fox, University of Florida
Host: Garth Ehrlich

October 11, 2017: Precision Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Speaker/Institution: Anne-Marie Martin, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Host: Libby Blankenhorn

October 18: Deciphering the Pneumococcal Language
Speaker/Institution: Luisa Hiller, Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

November 1, 2017: Role of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in Protecting the Neonate During an Influenza Infection
Speaker/Institution: Ogan Kumova, Drexel University
Host: Alison Carey

November 8, 2017: Regulation and Perturbation of Myocyte Enhancer Factor2(MEF2) Activity in Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Speaker/Institution: Kiran Kumar Madugula, Drexel University
Host: Pooja Jain

November 15, 2017: International Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease

December 13, 2017: From Influenza to HIV Vaccine: Targeting Common Elements
Speaker/Institution: Adrian McDermott, NIH
Host: Elias El Haddad

2018

January 10, 2018: Innate Immune Defense Against Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens
Speaker/Institution: Sunny Shin, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Jim Burns

January 17, 2018: Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Children with ASD: The Chicken, or the Egg?Speaker/Institution: Steve Walker, Wake Forest
Host: Garth Ehrlich

January 24, 2018: RIGEL: Analytical System for Known and Unknown Microbial CharacterizationSpeaker/Institution: Willy A. Valdivia, Orion Integrated Biosciences Inc.
Host: Garth Ehrlich

POSTPONED: January 31, 2018: Towards Translational Evolutionary Biology Using the Lens of Genomics
Speaker/Institution: Vaughn Cooper, University of Pittsburgh
Host: Josh Mell

February 6, 2018: One Brain, Two Viruses
Speaker/Institution: Vincent Racaniello, Columbia University
Host: Sandra Urdaneta-Hartmann

February 14, 2018: The Cholera Bacterium: Human Pathogen and Bacterial Predator
Speaker/Institution: Stefan Pukatzki, University of Colorado
Host: Amy Ma

February 21, 2018: Discovering the Dark Matter of Microbial Secondary Metabolism
Speaker/Institution: Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Princeton University
Host: Joris Beld

March 7, 2018: Examining the Functional Alterations of HIV-1 Tat Genetic Variants Within the Drexel Medicine CARES Cohort
Speaker/Institution: Anthony Mele, Drexel University
Host: Mike Nonnemacher

March 14, 2018: Designing Optimized gRNAs to Enhance CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated HIV-1 Transcriptional Silencing
Speaker/Institution: Cheng-han Chung, Drexel University
Host: Brian Wigdahl

March 21, 2018: Understanding and Overcoming Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida glabrateSpeaker/Institution: P. David Rogers, University of Tennessee
Host: Bill Bergman

April 4, 2018: Dynamic Translational Repression Complexes and the Transmission of the Malaria Parasite
Speaker/Institution: Scott E. Linder, Penn State University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

April 11, 2018: Isoprenoids in Malaria Parasites: Metabolic Insights Leading to New Diagnostics
Speaker/Institution: Audrey Odom John, Washington University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

April 18, 2018: Taming a Plastid to Eradicate a Parasite
Speaker/Institution: Ellen Yeh, Stanford University
Host: Hangjun Ke

May 2, 2018: Seropositive vs. Seronegative Immune Response to Dengue Live Attenuated Vaccine in Humans
Speaker/Institution: Abdullah Izmirly, Drexel University
Host: Elias El Haddad, Michele Kutzler

September 6, 2018: Understanding Merozoite Invasion, or How to Make a Good JunctionSpeaker/Institution: Peter Preiser, Nanyang Technological University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

September 12, 2018: Omics Studies in Ecological Interactions
Speaker/Institution: Yves Moné, Drexel University
Host: G. Ehrlich

September 19, 2018: Novel Mechanisms of Triazole Antifungal Resistance in the Pathogenic Mold Aspergillus fumigatus
Speaker/Institution: David Rogers, University of Tennessee
Host: B. Bergman

October 3, 2018: Modulation of Epigenetic Regulators in Astrocytes: Role of Tat and EVs
Speaker/Institution: Prasun Datta, Temple University
Host: F. Krebs

October 10, 2018: Exploring and Exploiting Life-Cycle Stage Reprogramming in Protozoan Parasites
Speaker/Institution: Erik W. Debler, Thomas Jefferson
Host: A. Vaidya

October 17, 2018: Impact of Morphine and HIV-1 Tat on the Blood-Brain Barrier
Speaker/Institution: Jamie Marino, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: M. Nonnemacher

October 24, 2018: Brain Endothelial EVs as Indicators of Vascular Remodeling and Facilitators for Immune CNS Access
Speaker/Institution: Servio Ramirez, Temple University
Host: P. Jain

November 7, 2018: 55th Annual Marion Spencer Fay Lecture and Award Presentation
Honoring Jean Bennett, MD, PhD: Seeing the Light With Retinol Gene Therapy: From Fantasy to Reality

November 14, 2018: Preclinical Development of a Trivalent Typhoid/Non-typhoidal Salmonella Glycoconjugate Vaccine for Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker/Institution: Rafi Simon, University of Maryland
Host: M. Kutzler

December 5, 2018: Following Formation of Bacterial Persister Cells
Speaker/Institution: Phillip Palmer, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: W. Dampier

December 12, 2018: Role of the Integrated Stress Response in Dysfunction of Multiple CNS Cell Types in HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders
Speaker/Institution: Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, University of Pennsylvania
Host: M. Nonnemacher

2019

January 9, 2019: Age-dependent Effects of Interferons in Bordetella pertussis Pathogenesis
Speaker/Institution: Nicholas Carbonetti, University of Maryland
Host: Alison Carey

January 16, 2019: Deciphering the Microbiome-Host Interactions in Cancer to Predict Risk and Response to Therapy
Speaker/Institution: Leigh Greathouse, Baylor University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

January 23, 2019: Characterization of Insect and Bacterial Three-domain Synthases
Speaker/Institution: Amanda Platt, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: Joris Beld

February 6, 2019: Vibrio cholerae’s Gut Feelings
Speaker/Institution: Jun Zhu, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Amy Ma

February 13, 2019: Characterization of the Unique Biosynthesis of Thiopeptide Antibiotics
Speaker/Institution: Haley Majer, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: Joris Beld

February 20, 2019: A Biophysical Chemist Thinks About Vancomycin Resistance
Speaker/Institution: Pat Loll, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: Joris Beld

March 6, 2019: Making and Breaking Burkholderia pseudomallei Biofilms
Speaker/Institution: Brad Borlee, Colorado State University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

March 13, 2019: Etiology of Hyperinfection With the Human Nematode Parasite Strongyloides stercoralis in NSG Mice and Humanized NSG Mice: Steroids vs. HTLV-1
Speaker/Institution: David Abraham, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Host: Jim Burns

March 20, 2019: Predicting the Cell-type Specific Effect of LRAs on HIV-1 Activation Using Deep Learning Speaker/Institution: Robert Link, Drexel University College of Medicine
Host: Will Dampier

April 3, 2019: Sphingosine-1-Phosphate and Cryptococcosis
Speaker/Institution: Maurizio DelPoeta, Stony Brook University
Host: Bill Bergman

April 10, 2019: Special Seminar: Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science Recipient
Speaker/Institution: James Allison, PhD, Nobel Laureate

April 17, 2019: Host Cell Invasion by Malaria Parasites: Molecular Mechanisms, Vaccine Development and Beyond
Speaker/Institution: Prakash Srinivasan, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Host: Akhil Vaidya

May 1, 2019: CAR T cells for Cancer Therapy: Grand Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Clinical Success
Speaker/Institution: Joseph Fraietta, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Akhil Vaidya

May 8, 2019: Antigenic Variation and the Mechanisms That Drive Genetic Diversification in Malaria Parasites
Speaker/Institution: Laura Kirkman, Weill Cornell Medicine
Host: Akhil Vaidya

2020

January 8, 2020: Bacteriology/Pathogenisis Pandemic Vibrio cholerae origins, evolution within patients, and interactions with gut microbiota
Speaker/Institution: B. Jesse Shapiro, University of Montreal
Host: Josh Mell

January 22, 2020: Bacteriology/Pathogenisis Immunoglobulin A as an anchor for gut bacteria
Speaker/Institution: Armand Dichosa, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Host: Garth Ehrlich

February 5, 2020: Compartmentalization of metabolism within the eukaryotic cell determines metabolite fate
Speaker/Institution: Nathaniel Snyder, Temple University
Host: Joris Beld

February 12, 2020: Bacteriology/Pathogenisis Effects of Bioactive Lipids on Host-Pathogen Interactions during Influenza/Staphylococcus aureus Super-infection
Speaker/Institution: Vincent Tam, Temple University
Host: Amy Ma

February 19, 2020: Structural biology in situ by cellular cryo-electron tomography
Speaker/Institution: Yi-Wei Chang, UPenn
Host: Akhil Vaidya

March 4, 2020: Microbial Movement and Sensing: A Tale of Orphan Nuclear Receptors
Speaker/Institution: Sridhar Mani, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: Sandhya Kortagere

March 11, 2020: Microfluidic Generation and Nanobiosensing Applications of Aptamers
Speaker/Institution: Qiao Lin, Columbia University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

March 18, 2020: Eukaryotic Pathogens Candida fungal infections and mechanisms of drug resistance
Speaker/Institution: Kelly Healey, William Patterson University
Host: Santosh Katiyar

April 1, 2020: Activation and antagonism of the OAS-RNase L pathway
Speaker/Institution: Susan Weiss, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

April 8, 2020: Global species level characterization of tick-borne diseases characterization of tick-borne diseases via MCSRMT full length 16S rRNA microbiome analysis
Speaker/Institution: Kayla Socarras, Drexel University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

April 15, 2020: Discovering the unexpected role of cholesterol homeostasis in the blood stages of malaria parasites
Speaker/Institution: Avantika Ahiya, Drexel University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

May 6, 2020: Should I stay or should I go? How malaria parasites exit from their host cells
Speaker/Institution: Vasant Muralidharan, University of Georgia
Host: Akhil Vaidya

July 21, 2020: Transcending a self-imposed barrier: PTEX function in transport across the malaria parasite vacuole membrane
Speaker/Institution: Josh Beck, Iowa State University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

July 29, 2020: Successful Development of a Chimeric Epitope-based Vaccine for Lyme Disease (Zoom Webinar)
Speaker/Institution: Richard Marconi, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Host: Garth Ehrlich

September 4, 2020: A Vaccine for Preventing Genital Herpes: A Pipedream, Reality or Unnecessary?
Speaker/Institution: Harvey Friedman, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Steve Jennings

September 9, 2020: HIV-1 Tat and Substances of Abuse: Drivers of Neuropathogenesis Virology
Speaker/Institution: Zachary Klase, Drexel University
Host: Michael Nonnemacher, PhD

September 11, 2020: Using Bacterial and Fungal Toxins to Understand Cholesterol Homeostasis in Animal Cells
Speaker/Institution: Arun Radhakrishan, Southwestern University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

September 16, 2020: Tick microbiome and borrelia pan-genome characterization: towards the development of a two-tiered diagnostic for Lyme borreliosis
Speaker/Institution: Kayla Socarras, Drexel University
Host: Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD

September 18, 2020: Challenges in Drug Discovery: RSV and Ebola Antiviral Development
Speaker/Institution: Robert Jordan, Vir Biotechnology
Host: Mary Ann Comunale

September 23, 2020: Remdesivir in response to global viral diseases Virology
Speaker/Institution: John Billelo, Gilead
Host: Michael Nonnemacher, PhD

October 2, 2020: A Biophysical Chemist Thinks About Vancomycin Resistance
Speaker/Institution: Patrick Loll, Drexel
Host: Joris Beld

October 7, 2020: Cellular mechanisms that influence antifungal drug resistance in Candida species
Speaker/Institution: Kelley Healey, William Paterson University, Alumni Fellow
Hosts: Michael Nonnemacher, PhD and Santosh Katiyar

October 9, 2020: The Roles of Gene Duplication and Protein Evolution in the Evolution of the Genotype-Phenotype Map
Speaker/Institution: David Liberles, Temple University
Host: Garth Ehrlich

October 14, 2020: Systems Biology/COVID-19 Virology
Speaker/Institution: Manolis Kellis, PhD, MIT
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

October 15, 2020: IMMID Workshop: HIV Disease, Vaccines, and Therapies Working Toward a Cure

October 21, 2020: Should I stay or should I go? How malaria parasites exit from their host cells
Speaker/Institution: Vasant Muralidharan, University of Georgia
Host: Akhil Vaidya, PhD

October 22, 2020: IMMID Workshop: Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Microbial Genomics in Health and Disease

October 23, 2020: IMMID Workshop: Novel Approaches to Control and Eliminate Malaria

November 4, 2020: Innate Immunity Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Volker Theil, University of Bernn
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

November 6, 2020: Probing the Molecular Drivers of Human Inflammatory Disease Using JAK Inhibition
Speaker/Institution: John Sundy, Gilead Sciences
Host: Akhil Vaidya

November 11, 2020: Immune Response to Dengue / Chikungunya Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Ana Fernandez-Sesma, Mount Sinai
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

November 13, 2020: The Impact of Aging on the TLR 7/8 Pathway and Consequences for Immune Function
Speaker/Institution: Jennifer Connors, Drexel
Host: Michele Kutzler, Elias Haddad

November 18, 2020: Coronaviruses: Old and New
Speaker/Institution: Susan Weiss, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

November 20, 2020: Immunomodulation by Non-thermal Plasma: Toward an Immunotherapy Against HIV-1 Infection
Speaker/Institution: Hagar Mohamed, Drexel
Host: Fred Krebs, Vandana Miller

December 2, 2020: Age-dependent Respiratory Mucosal Immunity Against RSV
Speaker/Institution: Dr. Allison Malloy, Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Host: Alison Cary, PhD

December 4, 2020: Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma: An Old Disease Entity With a New Twist
Speaker/Institution: B. Hilda Ye, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: Pooja Jain

December 9, 2020: Apicomplexan Evolution and the Mitochondrial Proteome of Plasmodium falciparum Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Ian Lamb, Graduate Student
Mentor: Akhil Vaidya, PhD

December 11, 2020: A Novel Follicular Regulatory Innate Lymphoid Cell Population Present in Human Tonsils Disrupts Germinal Centers and Expands in Chronic Viral Infection
Speaker/Institution: Margaret O'Connor, Drexel
Host: Elias Haddad

2021

January 6, 2021: Understanding How a Probiotic Escherichia coli Strain Biosynthesizes Metabolites
Speaker/Institution: Joris Beld, PhD, Drexel University
Hosts: Jim Burns and Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD

January 13, 2021: Elucidating the Role of M2-like Macrophages in Host-Pathogen Interactions and Disease Using Multi-Organ Humanized Rodent Models
Speaker/Institution: Moses Turkle Bility, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Hosts: Kayla Socarras and Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD

January 20, 2021: Novel Insights in Innate Immune Sensing of an Emerging Flavivirus
Speaker/Institution: Teresa LuPone, Drexel University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

January 27, 2021: Role of ABC Transporters in Nutrient Uptake and Pathogenesis
Speaker/Institution: Heather Pinkett, PhD
Host: Joshua Mell, PhD

February 3, 2021: Population Genomics of Recombining Bacteria
Speaker/Institution: Nick Croucher, PhD, Imperial College
Host: Joshua Mell, PhD

February 10, 2021: Age-associated Defects in the Adaptive Immune Response to Clostridium difficile Infection Impair the Development of a Protective Immune Response in the Elderly
Speaker/Institution: Matthew Bell, Drexel University
Host: Michele Kutzler, PhD

February 17, 2021: Metabolism at the Host-Bacteria Interface
Speaker/Institution: Jason Crawford, PhD, Yale University
Host: Joris Beld, PhD

March 3, 2021: Tuberculosis, Neuroendocrine System, and the Mathematics of Chaotic Systems: Towards Therapeutics
Speaker/Institution: Tawanda Gumbo, MD, Texas Tech University, HSC
Host: Sandhya Kortagere, PhD

March 10, 2021: Hepatitis B Virus Integration and Its Impact on Human Genome
Speaker/Institution: Yih-Ping Su, Drexel University
Host: Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD

March 17, 2021: The Ins and Outs of Antifungal Drug Resistance
Speaker/Institution: Ted White, PhD, University of Missouri at KC
Host: Santosh Katiyar, PhD

March 24, 2021: Plasma Redox Processes in Biomedicine
Speaker/Institution: David B. Graves, PhD
Host: Vandana Miller

April 7, 2021: Role of Macrophage Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Attenuation of Chronic Inflammatory Pain
Speaker/Institution: Richa Pande, Drexel University
Host: Seena Ajit, PhD

April 14, 2021: Malaria Drug Discovery at H3D: Phenotypic and Molecular Target-Based Approaches
Speaker/Institution: Kelly Chibale, PhD, University of Cape Town
Host: Akhil Vaidya, PhD

April 21, 2021: The Ins and Outs of Malaria Parasite Egress from Its Host Cell
Speaker/Institution: Michael Blackman, Francis Crick Institute
Host: Akhil Vaidya, PhD

May 5, 2021: Extracellular Vesicles: The Key to Further Understanding Infectious Diseases
Speaker/Institution: Daniel O. Pinto, PhD, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Host: Pooja Jain, PhD and Julie Joseph

May 13, 2021: T.B.D.
Speaker/Institution: Elijah Davis, Drexel University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD

August 25, 2021: Cobamide specificity: biosynthesis and utilization of vitamin B12 analogs
Speaker/Institution: Amy Ma, PhD, Drexel University
Hosts: Jim Burns and Garth Ehrlich

September 8, 2021: Biological Parallels of the HIV and SARS-CoV2 Pandemics: Discovering Vulnerabilities for Intervention
Speaker/Institution: Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine
Host: Pooja Jain

September 22, 2021: Characterizing the Novel SARS-CoV-2 Accessory Protein ORF8
Speaker/Institution: Doug Krauth, Drexel University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

October 6, 2021: Mitochondrial alterations in HIV- and ART-induced neurotoxicity
Speaker/Institution: Jerel Adam Fields, PhD, UC-San Diego
Host: Michael Nonnemacher

October 13, 2021: Natural versus laboratory world: Mice with wild-derived microbiota in preclinical models of inflammation and metabolism
Speaker/Institution: Barbara Rehermann, MD, NIDDK, NIH
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

October 20, 2021: Histone Acetyltransferase targeting impairs Treg function and promotes anti-tumor immunity
Speaker/Institution: Yujie Liu, PhD, Glaxo Smith Kline
Host: Michael Nonnemacher and Sandhya Kortagere

November 3, 2021: T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Rodney Russell, PhD, McGill University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

November 10, 2021: The immunomodulatory functions of IL-27 in HIV specific T cells
Speaker/Institution: Marta Catalfamo, PhD, Georgetown University
Hosts: Elias El Haddad and Jennifer Connors

November 17, 2021: Role of IDO1 in Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy
Speaker/Institution: Dema Ghaban, Drexel University
Host: Alexander Muller

December 8, 2021: Circadian regulation of lung injury and inflammation: About time!
Speaker/Institution: Shaon Sengupta, MBBS, MPH, Children’s Hosp. of Phila.
Host: Alison Carey

2022

January 5, 2022: To Colonize or Infect? The Genetics and Natural History of the Bacterium Haemophilus influenzae
Speaker/Institution: Josh Mell, PhD, Drexel University
Hosts: Garth Ehrlich & Jim Burns

January 12, 2022: Co-immunization with adenosine deaminase-1 as a molecular adjuvant supports robust and durable protective anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunity in vivo
Speaker/Institution: Gina Cusimano, Drexel University
Host: Michele Kutzler

January 19, 2022: Deep Learning by Analogy: Applying natural language processing & speech recognition techniques to HIV sequence analysis
Speaker/Institution: William Dampier, PhD, Drexel University
Hosts: Mike Nonnemacher & Jim Burns

February 2, 2022: Immune responses to Staphylococcus aureus in the skin
Speaker/Institution: Nathan Archer, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Host: Garth Ehrlich

March 2, 2022: Circadian regulation of lung injury and inflammation: About time!
Speaker/Institution: Shaon Sengupta, MBBS, MPH, Children’s Hosp. of Phila.
Host: Alison Carey

March 9, 2022: Pathogen-microbiota cooperation during Clostridioides difficile infection
Speaker/Institution: Joseph P. Zackular, PhD, UPenn
Host: Michele Kutzler

March 16, 2022: T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Giel van Dooren, PhD, Australian National University
Host: Hangjun Ke

March 23, 2022: T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Karine Le Roch, PhD, UC-Riverside
Host: Hangjun Ke

April 6, 2022: T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Robert T. Wheeler, PhD, University of Maine
Host: Sandhya Kortagere

April 13, 2022: T.B.D.
Speaker/Institution: T.B.D.
Host: Joris Beld

April 21, 2022: Medicines for Malaria Venture and Drug Discovery for Malaria
Speaker/Institution: Steve Brand, PhD, Medicines for Malaria Venture
Hosts: Akhil Vaidya & Sandhya Kortagere

May 4, 2022: Phenotypic Effects of Resistance Associated Mutation of the Plasmodium Sodium-Proton Pump, PfATP4
Speaker/Institution: Swaksha Rachuri, Drexel University
Host: Akhil Vaidya

May 11, 2022: Role of TLRs following Influenza A virus infection in neonates
Speaker/Institution: Abhishek Rao, Drexel University
Host: Alison Carey

August 10, 2022: Genomic epidemiology and host invasion mechanisms of malaria in Africa
Speaker/Institution: Eugenia Lo, PhD, UNC-Charlotte
Host: Akhil Vaidya

August 24, 2022: Biomolecular condensates in hepatocellular carcinoma
Speaker/Institution: Hien Dang, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
Host: Michael Nonnemacher

September 7, 2022: Immunoglobulin N-glycosylation Discriminates Acute Lyme disease from Endemic Healthy Controls and Mimic Diseases – A Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic
Speaker/Institution: Benjamin Haslund-Gourley, Drexel University
Host: Mary Ann Comunale

September 14, 2022: Plasma Technology for Decontamination and Health Care
Speaker/Institution: Peter Bruggeman, PhD, University of Minnesota
Host: Fred Krebs

September 21, 2022: T.B.D.
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Sander Bekeschus, PhD, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology
Hosts: Vandana Miller and Fred Krebs

October 5, 2022: T.B.D.
Virology

October 12, 2022: T.B.D.
Virology
Speaker/Institution: Jacqueline Barker, PhD, Drexel University
Host: Michael Nonnemacher

October 19, 2022: SCARF1 in the regulation of autoimmunity
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Zaida G. Ramirez-Ortiz, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

November 2, 2022: Elucidating the role of the HIV-1 antisense gene asp in viral latency and replication
Virology
Speaker/Institution: Fabio Romerio, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Host: Pooja Jain

November 9, 2022: Investigating the role of toll-like receptor signaling during betacoronavirus infection of macrophages
ImmunoVirology
Speaker/Institution: Adam Glass, Drexel University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

November 16, 2022: Protective immunity against Staphylococcus aureus infection
Speaker/Institution: Christopher Montgomery, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Host: Garth Ehrlich

December 7, 2022: Astrocytic HIV-1 Nef – a potent neurotoxin that goes the extra mile on the brain-body highway
Virology
Speaker/Institution: Richard J. Noel Jr., PhD, Ponce Health Sciences University
Host: Michael Nonnemacher

August 10, 2022: Genomic epidemiology and host invasion mechanisms of malaria in Africa
Speaker/Institution: Eugenia Lo, PhD, UNC-Charlotte
Host: Akhil Vaidya

2023

January 11, 2023: Sex differences in vaccine-induced immunity and protection
Speaker/Institution: Sabra Klein, PhD, Johns Hopkins
Host: Amy Ott / Jim Burns

January 18, 2023: Microbial Genomics Big-Data Mining and its Applications in Understanding Infectious Diseases
Speaker/Institution: Ahmed Moustafa, PhD, UPenn/CHOP
Host: Joshua Mell

February 1, 2023: Novel therapeutic approaches to treat and prevent infectious diseases
Bacteriology/Pathogenesis
Speaker/Institution: Gill Diamond, PhD, University of Louisville
Host: Garth Ehrlich

February 15, 2023: Gut bladder axis of recurrent urinary tract infections
Bacteriology/Pathogenesis
Speaker/Institution: Ashlee Earl, PhD, Broad Institute/MIT
Host: Garth Ehrlich

March 1, 2023: The Ins and Outs of Natural Transformation
Bacteriology/Pathogenesis
Speaker/Institution: Briana Burton, PhD, UW-Madison
Host: Joshua Mell

March 8, 2023: t.b.d. (postponed)
Eukaryotic Pathogens
Speaker/Institution: De’Broski Herbert, PhD, UPenn
Host: Jim Burns

March 15, 2023: Characterization of B and T-cell responses following COVID-19 infection and vaccination
Speaker/Institution: Kyra Woloszczuk, Drexel University
Host: Elias Haddad

March 22, 2023: Interrogating the complex dynamics between Plasmodium parasites and their mammalian host
Eukaryotic Pathogens
Speaker/Institution: Alexis Kaushansky, PhD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Host: Hangjun Ke

April 5, 2023: Nonthermal plasma as the basis for an antiviral and immunomodulatory therapy against HSV-1 infection
Speaker/Institution: Julia Sutter, Drexel University
Host: Fred Krebs / Vandana Miller

April 12, 2023: t.b.d.
Eukaryotic Pathogens
Speaker/Institution: Erik Debler, PhD, Thomas Jefferson
Host: Akhil Vaidya

April 19, 2023: Deep Learning Vignettes Series ChatGPT
Speaker/Institution: Willian Dampier, PhD, Drexel University
Host: Jim Burns

May 3, 2023: Extracellular Vesicles in Immune Suppression and Tumor progression
Speaker/Institution: Wei Guo, PhD, UPenn
Host: Pooja Jain / Julie Joseph

May 10, 2023: t.b.d.
Eukaryotic Pathogens
Speaker/Institution: Ali Afify, PhD, Drexel University
Host: Sandhya Kortagere / Jim Burns

September 6, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Jennifer Hope, PhD, Drexel University
Host: Alison Carey/Jim Burns Jr.

September 13, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: George Buchlis, PhD, UPenn
Host: Brian Wigdahl/Jim Burns Jr.

September 20, 2023: Role of intracellular DNA sensors in innate immune priming and genome stability
Virology
Speaker/Institution: Nelson Gekara, PhD, Stockholm University
Host: Sonia Navas-Martin

October 4, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Lindsay Barger, Drexel University
Host: Gabriele Romano

October 11, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: T.B.A.
Host: T.B.A.

October 18, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Virology
Speaker/Institution: Abigail Onufer, Drexel University
Host: Alison Carey

November 1, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Alumni Fellow
Speaker/Institution: E. Scott Halstead, MD, PhD, Penn State University, COM
Host: Michael Nonnemacher

November 8, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Donald J. Hall, PhD, Drexel University (tentative)
Host: Garth Ehrlich/Jim Burns

November 15, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: T.B.A.
Host: T.B.A.

December 6, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Immunology
Speaker/Institution: Jason Stadanlick, PhD, Cabaletta Bio
Host: Abigail Onufer/MIIM Students

December 13, 2023: Topic T.B.A.
Speaker/Institution: Kenneth Kim, Drexel University (tentative)
Host: Christopher Rodell/Michael Nonnemacher