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Research In Progress SEminar Series
Light lunch provided for in-person attendees (no registration necessary!)
Recurring meeting link: https://bit.ly/4fl35Fa
Friday, November 15, 2024
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Kevin Urdahl
Sara Cohen, Research Scientist, Urdahl Lab, SCRI
Assessing the efficacy of novel mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines in the ultralow dose mouse model of tuberculosis
Eleanor Lamont, PhD Student, Sherman Lab, UW
The activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo and transcript capture sequencing
Friday, December 6, 2024
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Christoph Grunder
Talia Himmelfarb, MD, Clinical Researcher, Hawn Lab, UW
Maternal mycobacterial-specific T-cell signatures and infant risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Friday, January 17, 2025
850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Javeed Shah
Fernanda Rodrigues da Costa, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Parish Lab, SCRI
Disrupting pH homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Potential for Novel Therapies
Khai Tram, MD, Clinician Researcher, Infectious Diseases, UW
Talk Title TBD
Friday, February 14, 2025
Presented with: CERID (Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases)
850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Paul Drain
Adrienne Shapiro, MD PhD, UW
Talk title TBD
Chandler Church, MD, Acting Instructor, Kublin Lab, Fred Hutch
BCG challenge models for evaluation of novel vaccines and therapies for MTB
Friday, March 21, 2025
850 Republican St
SLU Building C, 123 A&B
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. David Sherman
Ben Gern, MD, Assistant Professor, SCRI
Dissecting the determinants of tuberculous lesion structure
Friday, April 18, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Shuyi Ma
Engi Attia, PhD, Assistant Professor, UW
Post-TB lung disease in among children and adolescents with HIV
Braden Carroll, Graduate Student, Ma Lab, SCRI
Using kinome regression to identify novel host kinases that impact tuberculosis infection outcome
Friday, May 16, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Rhea Coler
Coler Lab, SCRI
Talk Title TBD
Blair Armistead, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, SCRI
The role of inherited maternal cells in infant BCG-specific T cell responses
Friday, June 6, 2025
750 Republican St
SLU Building F, 106
12:00-1:00pm
Moderator: Dr. Heather Jaspan
Mark Fajans, PhD Candidate, Drain Lab, UW
Improving diagnosis of tuberculosis in children
Melanie Gasper, Research Scientist, Jaspan Lab, SCRI
TBD
Special Guests
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Faculty Talks
Thursday, December 12, 2024
UW Seattle Campus, Hans Rosling Center, Rm HRC 155
4:00-5:00pm, PT
Register for in-person attendance: in-person registration
Register for virtual attendance: zoom registration
Presented with CFAR (UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research)
Richard E. Chaisson, MD
TB Elimination: Aspiration or delusion?
Monday, June 16, 2025
Seattle Children's Research Institute, Building Cure
11:00-12:00pm PT
Presented with CGIDR (Center for Global Infectious Disease Research at Seattle Children's)
Bonnie Gunn, PhD, Assistant Professor WSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Talk Title TBD