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Infection and Immunity Seminar Series are offered as the Current Topics in Microbiology course. The Department invites guest speakers to talk about their current research.Ìý
The seminars are a compulsory part of our graduate program* andÌýareÌýopen to all interested participants. If you would like to attend, please info.microimm [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Seminar%20series-%20registration) (contact us)Ìýto register.ÌýÌý
Seminar Time: Thursdays, 11:30am-12:30pm (unless otherwise indicated)
NOTE: seminar times have been changed for the winter semester 2022: from 11am to 11:30am
​Location:ÌýZoom (will be sent via email)
Additional dates may be added throughout the academic year.
The seminars are not recorded (unless otherwise mentioned).Ìý
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DATE |
SPEAKER |
PICTURE |
AFFILIATION |
TITLE |
HOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tuesday, September 7 2021 12±è³¾-1±è³¾Ìý Ìý |
Dr. Thomas Vogl | Ìý |
Ìý |
Deciphering human antibody repertoires against the microbiome in health and disease. | *This is a recruitment Seminar (MIMM/GCI) and will be recorded |
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Wednesday, September 8Ìý2021 12pm-1pm Ìý |
Dr. Zakia Djaoud | Ìý | Ìý |
γδ T cells in cancer and infectious diseases |
*This is a recruitment Seminar (MIMM/GCI) and will be recorded |
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Thursday, September 16Ìý2021 12pm-1pm Ìý |
Dr. Joshua Moreau | Ìý | Ìý | Sticking around and calling for help: lymphocyte strategies for augmenting tissue immunity | *This is a recruitment Seminar (MIMM/GCI) and will be recorded |
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Friday, September 17Ìý2021 12pm-1pm Ìý |
Dr. Hannah Garner | Ìý | Ìý | TBC | *This is a recruitment Seminar (MIMM/GCI) and will be recorded |
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Thursday, October 21 2021 11-12pm |
Dr. Lisa Osborne |  |
Assistant Professor University of British Columbia |
Environmental regulators of neuroinflammation | Dr. Irah King |
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Thursday, November 11 2021 11-12pm |
Dr. Ajitha Thanabalasuriar |  |
Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Â鶹AV |
Alveolar Macrophages: moving to maintain lung homeostasis | Dr.ÌýIrah King |
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Thursday, February 3 2022 11:30-12:30pm |
Dr. Kim Seed |  |
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
Fighting with phages: how epidemic Vibrio cholerae defends against viral attack |
Dr. Jesse Shapiro |
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Thursday, February 17Ìý2022 11:30-12:30pm |
Dr. Jennifer Ronholm |  |
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Â鶹AV |
Optimizing the Bovine Microbiome to Prevent Mastitis and Reduce Dependence on Antibiotics |
Dr. Irah King |
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Thursday, February 24Ìý2022 11:30-12:30pm |
Dr. Helen Vuong |  |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. | Towards understanding the role of the microbiome in neurodevelopment | Dr. Corinne Maurice |
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Thursday, March 3 2022 Ìý |
No seminars- Spring break | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
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Thursday, March 24 2022 11:30am-12:30pm |
Dr. Jo Anne Stratton |  |
Assistant Professor Montreal Neurological Institute |
Ependymal Cell Function in Health and Disease |
Dr. Irah King |
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Thursday, March 31 2022 11:30am-12:30pm |
Dr. NatalieÌýZeytuni |  |
Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Â鶹AV |
Structural insights into the cytotoxic peptides ATP-driven exporter essential to pathogenicity of drug resistant Staphylococcal aureus by hybrid approaches. |
Dr. Sam Gruenheid |
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Thursday, April 7 2022 11:30am-12:30pm |
Dr.Ìý
P’ngÌýLoke |
 |
Senior Investigator and Chief, Type 2 Immunity Section
|
Heterogeneity in Type 2 immune responses to helminth infections. |
Dr. Mary Stevenson |
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*Attendance forms for MIMM graduate students: