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2008-2009 IAG SEMINAR SERIES SCHEDULE

Seminars are held Thursdays from 12:00-1:00 in The Committee Lecture Hall of the Molecular Biology Building at TSRI, unless otherwise noted.

Students, Post-docs and TSRI scientists can reserve a space for lunch with the speaker by calling Nancy Delaney at x4-2076 or ndelaney@scripps.edu.

FALL / WINTER 2008

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September 11, 2008

Dwight H. Kono, MD
 Professor of Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: Inheritance of systemic autoimmunity in mouse models of lupus.

For more information about Dr. Kono's work, click here.




September 18, 2008

Hugh Rosen, MD, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemical Physiology
The Scripps Research Institute
 La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: Fatty links between innate immunity, adaptive responses and coagulation.

For more information about Dr. Rosen's work, click here.




September 25, 2008

Bryan R. Cullen, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
Director, Center for Virology
 Durham, N.C.

Seminar Title: Viruses, microRNAs and RNA interference

For more information about Dr. Cullen's work, click here.



October 16, 2008

Cynthia J. Guidos, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Toronto
Department of Immunology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada

Seminar Title: Function of Notch Fringe Interactions in Lymphocyte Development

For more information about Dr. Guidos work, click here.



October 30, 2008

Dennis L. Kasper, MD
Director,
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Seminar Title: "Intestinal microflora in immunologic health and disease"

For more information about Dr. Kasper's work, click here.




November 6, 2008

Dario AA Vignali, Ph.D.
Associate Member / Professor
St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
Dept. of Immunology
Memphis, TN

Seminar Title: "Molecular Control of T Cell Development and Regulatory T Cell Function" 

For more information about Dr. Vignali's work, click here.



November 13, 2008

Michael McHeyzer-Willams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
Dept. of Immunology and Microbial Science
La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: "Regulating Antigen-Specific Adaptive Immunity"

For more information about Dr. McHeyzer-Willams's work, click here.



November 20, 2008

Peter Mundel, MD
 Professor of Medicine & Nephrology
Director, Miami Institute of Renal Medicine Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Seminar Title: "Regulation of actin dynamics by calcineurin initiated proteolysis"

For more information about Dr. Mundel's work, click here.




December 4, 2008

Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Ph.D.
 Professor, Department of Immunology
University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Cntr.
Toronto, Ontario

Seminar Title: Signaling inputs controlling αβ vs γδ T-lineage decisions

For more information about Dr. Zuniga-Pflucker's work, click here.




December 11, 2008

David Artis, Ph.D.
 Assitant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Seminar Title: Regulation of immunity and inflammation in the gut

For more information about Dr. Artis' work, click here.




December 18, 2008

Christopher Chang , Ph.D.
 Assitant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of CA, Berkely

Seminar Title: New Chemical Approaches to Studying Oxidation Biology in the Brain

For more information about Dr. Chang's work, click here.



WINTER / SPRING 2009

January 8, 2009

Dennis Burton, Ph.D.
Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Immunology
La Jolla, CA

Dennis Burton

Seminar Title: Can antibody contribute to an HIV vaccine protection?

For more information about Dr. Burton's work, click here.




January 15, 2009

Ellen Rothenberg, Ph.D.
 Professor
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA

Seminar Title: Stem cell to T cell: pathway to commitment

For more information about Dr. Rothenberg' s work, click here.




January 22, 2009

Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
 Professor
University of California, San Francisco/HHMI
San Francisco, CA

Seminar Title: The initiation and regulation of TCR signaling

For more information about Dr. Weiss' s work, click here.




January 29, 2009

Charles Weissman, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Scripps Florida
Jupiter, FL

Seminar Title: The Secret Life of Prion Strains

For more information about Dr. Weissman' s work, click here.



February 5, 2009

Michael Croft, Ph.D.
Member
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
Div of Molecular Immunology
La Jolla, CA 


Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Croft's work, click here.

 

February 12, 2009

Dorian McGavern
Associate Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
Immunology and Microbial Science
La Jolla, CA



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Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. McGavern's work, click here.

 

February 19, 2009

Gwendalyn J. Randolph , Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Gene and Cell Medicine
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Randolph's work, click here.



February 26, 2009

Jonathan Yewdell, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Cellular Biology Section
Laboratory of Viral Diseases
NIH, NIAID
Bethesda, MD
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Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Yewdell's work, click here.



March 5, 2009

James P. Allison, Ph.D.
Chairman, Immunology Program
HHMI, Memorial Sloan-ettering Cancer Cntr.
New York, NY

Seminar Title: TBA


For more information about Dr. Allison's work, click here.



March 12, 2009

Christopher Wilson, M.D.
Professor
University of Washington
Department of Immunology
Seattle, WA

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Wilson's work, click here.




March 19 , 2009

Alexander Tarakhovsky, Ph.D.
Irene Diamond Professor of Immunology
The Rockefeller University
New York, NY

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Tarakhovsky's work, click here.




March 26, 2009

Leo Lefrancois, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Connecticut Health Cntr.
Department of Immunology
Farmington, CT

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Lefrancois work, click here.




April 2, 2009

Lindsay J. Whitton, MD, Ph.D
Professor
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Immunology
La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Whitton' s work, click here.

 

April 9, 2009

Hilde Cheroutre, Ph.D.
 Full Member
Division of Develpmental Immunology
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
La Jolla, CA

Hilde Cheroutre

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Cheroutre' s work, click here.

 

April 16, 2009

Ananda Goldrath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Biological Sciences
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Goldrath' s work, click here.

 

April 30, 2009

Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.
 President and Scientific Director
La Jolla Inst for Allergy & Immunology
La Jolla, CA

Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Kronenberg' s work, click here.

 

May 7, 2009

Klaus Ley, M.D.
Head and Member
Autoimmune Research; Inflammation Biology
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
La Jolla, CA



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Seminar Title: TBA

For more information about Dr. Ley' s work, click here.



May 21 , 2009

Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
NYU School of Medicine, HHMI
Skirball Institute
New York, NY

Seminar Title: TBA
For more information about Dr. Littman' s work, click here.

 

 

 


 

 








 



 




 



 

 
























 

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SERIES AT A GLANCE
FALL\/ WINTER 2008
9/11
 Dr. Dwight H. Kono
9/18
 Dr. Hugh Rosen
9/25
 Dr. Bryan R. Cullen
10/02
10/16 Dr. Cynthia J. Guidos
10/23 LJIC Conference
10/30 Dr. Dennis L. Kasper
11/6 Dr. Dario A. Vignali
11/13 Dr. McHeyzer-Williams
11/20 Dr. Peter Mundel
12/04 Dr. Juan Carlos Zuniga- Pflucker
12/11 Dr. David Artis
12/18 Dr. Christopher Chang
WINTER / SPRING 2009
1/08 Dr. Dennis Burton
1/15 Dr. Ellen Rothenberg
1/22 Dr. Arthur Weiss
1/29 Dr. Charles Weissmann
2/05 Dr. Michael Croft
2/12 Dr. Dorian McGavern
2/19 Dr. Gwendalyn J. Randolph
2/26 Dr. Jonathan Yewdell
3/05 Dr. James P. Allison
3/12 Dr. Christopher Wilson
3/19 Dr. Alexander Tarakhovsky
3/26 Dr. Leo Lefrancois
4/02
Dr. Lindsay J. Whitton
4/09 Dr. Hilde Cheroutre
4/16 Dr. Ananda Goldrath
4/23 Dr. Michel Nussenzweig
4/30 Dr. Mitchell Kronenberg
5/07 Dr. Klaus Ley
5/14  
5/21 Dr. Dan Littman
5/28