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The Winter seminar schedule will be in-person in room 2268 or via Zoom (if noted) (in-person seminars will not have a Zoom option)

Date	Seminar Schedule, Winter 2024 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology School of Medicine, WSU 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
1/09/2024	Immunology Focus Group
1/16/2024	ZOOM SEMINAR. 3 PM EST. NOTE CHANGE IN TIME!!! Speaker: Dr. Maureen O’Malley, Sydney, Australia Title: The Concept of Balance in Microbiome Research Host: Dr. Matthew Jackson
1/23/2024	Speaker: Dr. Chelsey Spriggs, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, and Cell & Developmental Biology, U-M Medical School, Univ. of Michigan Title: TBA Host: Dr. Phil Pellett
1/30/2024	ZOOM SEMINAR Speaker: Dr. Briana Bibel, Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, St.Mary’s College of California Title: Developing and Teaching a Biochemical Intuition Host: BMB graduate students
2/6/2024	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP Speaker: Dr. Katie Kokolus Title: Chemokine Modulation as an aPD-1 Sensitizing Strategy Host: Jennifer Jacob, PhD, Oncology
2/13/2024	Speaker: Dr. Denise Kirschner, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School Title: A Systems Biology Approach to Understanding the Immunobiology of Tuberculosis Infection and Treatment Host: Bhavita Bhaya and Microbiology and Immunology students
2/20/2024	Speaker: Dr. Roger Lippe, University of Montreal Title: TBA Host: Pellett lab and Taylor Vensko
2/27/2024	Speaker: Dr. Chelsey Spriggs, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, and Cell & Developmental Biology, U-M Medical School, Univ. of Michigan Title: Deciphering the Mechanisms of DNA Viral Entry Host: Dr. Philip Pellett
3/5/2024	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP Speaker: Alex Huang, M.D., Ph.D. Title: Exploring Vulnerabilities in Tumor-Immune Crosstalk Leading to Clinical Translation Opportunities Host: Dr. Jennifer Jacob and Dr. Wei-Zen Wei
3/12/2024	SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR
3/19/2024	Speaker: Dr. Charles Ofria, Michigan State University Title: The Theory and Practice of Digital Evolution: Biological Complexity, Artificial Intelligence, and Evolutionary Medicine Host: Dr. Kevin Theis
3/26/2024	Zoom Seminar Speaker: Dr. Hu Ying Shen, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Sporadic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections Host: Dr. Li Li
4/2/2024	IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP Speaker: Dr. Dohun Pyeon Title: Human Papillomavirus-Driven Cancer Immune Evasion in Head and Neck Cancer Host: Dr. Jennifer Jacob
4/9/2024	Speaker: Dr. Jason Perry, Gilead Sciences Title: TBA Host: BMB graduate students
4/16/2024	Speaker: Dr. Richard Pilsner, Obstetrics and Gynecology, WSU School of Medicine Title: TBA Host: BMB Graduate Students
4/23/2024	Speaker: Dr. Britney Winterberger, Senior Project Director, International Business Unit of Innovative Drugs, Tigermed America LLC., Colorado Title: TBA Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang
4/30/2024	Speaker: Dr. Karl Klose, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas at San Antonio Title: TBA Host: Ravipaul Singh and Dr. Jeff Withey
	April 22, 2024 LAST DAY OF CLASSES April 23, 2024 STUDY DAY April 24 – April 30, 2024 FINAL EXAMS

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