Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Seminars

Woodruff Theatre, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Research Seminars: Tuesday 12 noon

PhD Completion Seminars: Friday 3.15pm

Special Seminars: Times as indicated

Everyone welcome.
For visitors wishing to have further discussions with the speaker after the seminar, light refreshments will be provided. PhD completion seminars will be followed by celebratory drinks.


Wednesday 6 February 12.00pm - Special Seminar

A/Professor E. John Wherry
Department of Microbiology and Institute for Immunology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

"Dynamics and regulation of T cell exhaustion during chronic infection"

Host: Dr Scott Mueller


Monday 18 February 12.00pm - Special Seminar

Professor Victor Nizet
University of California
San Diego

"Molecular Pathogenesis of Invasive Group A and B Streptococcal Infections"

Host: Dr Sammy Bedoui


Tuesday 12 March 12.00pm - Special Seminar

Professor Baek Kim
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

"SAMHD1 and RNase H2: Unexpected Molecular Encounters between HIV Replication and Immune-mediated Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome"


Tuesday 19 March 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Paul McMillian
Biological Optical Microscopy Platform
The University of Melbourne

"Introducing the Biological Optical Microscopy Platform & Multi-modal imaging of virulence factors in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum"

Host: Dr Scott Mueller


Tuesday 26 March 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Daniel Andrews
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

"Probing the mouse non classical MHC to identify important regulators of NK cell function"

Host: Professor Andrew Brooks


Tuesday 2 April - No Seminar (Easter Tuesday - University Holiday)


Tuesday 9 April 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Nick Huntington
Molecular Immunology Division
WEHI

"Regulation of natural killer cell homeostasis in man and mouse"

Host: Professor Dale Godfrey


Tuesday 16 April 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Stephen Daley
John Curtin School of Medicine
ANU, Canberra

"A new view of T cell clonal deletion in the thymus: how many, where and how?"

Host: Professor Dale Godfrey


Friday 19 April 4.15pm - PhD Completion Seminar

Leia Wren
(Kent Lab)

"The potential role of Antibody-dependant cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in protection from HIV-1"


Tuesday 23 April 12noon - Research Seminar

Professor Paul Johnson
Department of Infectious Diseases
Austin Health

"Understanding vanB Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci"

Host: Associate Professor Tim Stinear


Tuesday 30 April 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Steve Nutt
Molecular Immunology Division
WEHI

"Programming of dendritic cell and lymphocyte differentiation"

Host: Dr Thomas Gebhardt


Monday 6 May 2.00pm - Special Seminar

Prof. Leif Kirsebom
Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology
Uppsala University, Sweden

"Stress response in mycobacteria: Cell shape and Survival"

Host: Associate Professor Tim Stinear


Tuesday 7 May 12noon - Research Seminar

Associate Professor David Tarlinton
Immunology Division
WEHI

"Plasma cell differentiation from beginning to end"

Host: Dr Sammy Bedoui


Tuesday 14 May 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Greg Mosley
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The University of Melbourne

"Mechanisms of lethal rabies disease"

Host: Associate Professor Tim Stinear


Tuesday 21 May 12noon - Research Seminar

Professor Geoff Hill
Australia Fellow, Head, Division of Immunology
Queensland Institute of Medical Research

"Modulating cellular and cytokine-dependent graft versus host responses after transplantation"

Host: Dr Sammy Bedoui


Tuesday 28 May 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Marc Pellegrini
Division of Infection and Immunity
WEHI

"Microbial wars: The host strikes back"

Host: Dr Thomas Gebhardt


Tuesday 4 June 12noon - Research Seminar

Dr Hayley Newton
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Melbourne

"Coxiella burnettii: creating a comfortable home through lysosomal renovation"

Host: Associate Professor Tim Stinear


Please check for late amendments or cancellations