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Institute for Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease International Symposium

Drexel University College of Medicine presents:
5th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine & Infectious Disease

Promoting Innovation Through Collaboration

November 14–16, 2017

245 N. 15th Street • Philadelphia, PA 19102


Major areas of focus:

  • Genomics/bioinformatics and microscopy in infectious disease
  • Fibrotic disease and cancer
  • HIV disease, vaccines and therapeutics
  • Temple/Drexel city-wide neuroAIDS workshop

View the Agenda [PDF]      View the Event Guidebook


The following prizes and lectures were presented during the symposium. Learn more about the prize winners.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Ed Boyden, PhD

Drexel Prize in Biotechnology

Ed Boyden, PhD

Associate Professor, Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences
MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Optical Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems"

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD

Drexel Prize in Immunology

Dan Barouch, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
"A Tale of Two Viruses: HIV and Zika"

Kevin Marsh, PhD

Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease

Kevin Marsh, PhD

Professor of Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Senior Advisor, African Academy of Sciences
"Malaria – Always With Us?"

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Richard Hynes, PhD, FRS

Drexel Prize in Cancer Biology

Richard Hynes, PhD, FRS

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
"Cancer Cells Need Lots of Help to Complete Metastasis"

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Lynn Pulliam, PhD

Drexel's Hilary Koprowski Prize in Neurovirology

Lynn Pulliam, PhD

Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
"Tiny Bubbles and Neurovirology"

Peter Palese, PhD

Special Lecture: Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine

Peter Palese, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai University
New York, New York
"Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine"


For information, call 215.762.7598 or email Betty Condran at bjc42@drexel.edu.
 


2016 International Symposium

Symposium Highlights

  • "Synthetic Lethal Approaches to Cancer Therapy"
    Drexel Prize in Cancer Biology Lecture: Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS
  • "The Molecular Basis for a Future HIV Cure: The Ins and Outs of HIV Latency"
    Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine Lecture: Jonathan Karn, PhD
  • "HIV infection and Mucosal Immunity: Siege and Defense"
    Drexel Prize in Immunology Lecture: Satya Dandekar, PhD
  • "Selectively Non-selective Inhibition of Innate Immunity: Treatment for End Organ Diseases of Infectious and Non-infectious Etiologies"
    Drexel's Hilary Koprowski Prize in Neurovirology Lecture: Harris A. Gelbard, MD, PhD
  • "Next Generation Sequencing, Climate, and Cholera"
    Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease Lecture: Rita Colwell, PhD

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2014 International Symposium

Symposium Highlights

  • "Blocking Interleukin-1-Mediated Inflammation: From Basic Biology to Clinical Benefits"
    Immunology, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity | Drexel Prize in Immunology Lecture
  • "The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease"
    Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccines | Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease Lecture
  • "Cancer Metabolism Comes of Age"
    Cancer Biology and Neoplastic Disease | Drexel Prize in Cancer Biology Lecture
  • "Translational Research in Brain and Spinal Cord Injury: Accomplishments and Future Directions"
    Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury | Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine Lecture
  • "Varicella zoster Virus and Giant Cell Arteritis"
    HIV CNS Disease, Reservoirs, and Eradication | Drexel's Hilary Koprowski Prize in Neurovirology Lecture

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2013 International Symposium

Symposium Highlights

  • "MYC: Targeting Metabolism in Cancer"
    Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD
  • "T Cell Memory and Exhaustion"
    Rafi Ahmed, PhD | Drexel Prize in Immunology
  • "Small Game Hunting"
    W. Ian Lipkin, MD | Drexel Prize in Translational Medicine
  • "A Worm's Tale: RNA Memories and Secrets of Inheritance and Immortality"
    Craig Mello, PhD | Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease
  • "SIV model of HIV CNS disease: Macrophages as latent viral reservoirs"
    Janice Clements, PhD | Hilary Koprowski Memorial Lecture in Neurovirology

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2012 International Symposium

Symposium Highlights

  • "The rotavirus vaccine: From bench to bedside"
    Paul Offit, MD | Drexel Prize in Translational Research
  • "A view to a kill: Molecular and cellular interactions in pathogenesis"
    John Mekalanos, PhD | Drexel Prize in Infectious Disease
  • "How mammals sense infection"
    Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler, MD | Drexel Prize in Immunology

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