Gene Therapy & Vaccines Seminar Series 2005-2006

First Mondays (*2 exceptions), CRB Austrian Auditorium (**2 exceptions)
  

*Monday, October 10, 2005

Michael Betts, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology,

University of Pennsylvania

"Measuring human antiviral T cell responses by polychromatic flow cytometry"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

Monday, November 7, 2005

Woo-Suk Hwang, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Posco Chair Professor, Dept. of Theriogenology and Biotechnology,

College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University

"Patient-specific human embryonic stem cells and their
potential application"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

**Harrison Auditorium, University of Penn Museum**

Meet & Greet Reception, 3:00-4:00pm
Chinese Rotunda, UPenn Museum

Monday, December 5, 2005

Daniel Meruelo, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology, Director Gene Therapy Center,

President NYU School of Medicine Faculty Council, NYU School of Medicine

"Sindbis vectors for targeted in vivo tumor therapy"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

*Monday, January 9, 2006

Genoveffa Franchini, M.D.

Chief, Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccines Section,

National Cancer Institute, NIH

"Smallpox vaccine protective immunity provides clues for the development of safer subunit-based vaccines"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

Monday, February 6, 2006

Kristen Hege, M.D.

Vice President, Clinical Research, Cell Genesys

"GVAX Cancer Immunotherapies: Clinical Development"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

Monday, March 6, 2006

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D.

Professor of Oncology, Immunology, and Cell and Molecular Medicine,
The Dana and Albert Broccoli Professor of Oncology,
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

"From Genes to Vaccines: How The Molecular Revolution Is Changing Cancer Immunotherapy"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

Monday, April 3, 2006

Dr. Peter D. Katsikis

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine

"Survival and differentiation of SIV-specific CD8 + T cells"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

Monday, May 1, 2006

Dr. R. Jude Samulski

Director, UNC Gene Therapy Center
Professor, UNC Dept. Pharmacology & Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies

"Evolution of a viral vector; Mother Nature vs Rational Design"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

**Reunion Auditorium, John Morgan Building**

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45 - 4:00pm
outside of Reunion Aud.

Monday, June 5, 2006

Barbara Rehermann, MD

Chief, Immunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK
National Institutes of Health, DHHS

"Immunity and immune evasion in hepatitis C virus infection"

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Austrian Auditorium, CRB

Reception prior to seminar, 3:45– 4:00 pm

This seminar series is part of the Gene Therapy & Vaccines Graduate Program of CAMB and The Cell and Gene Therapy Research Affinity Group of CHOP.
(To view the RAG schedule as a PDF, click here.)

If you have any questions, please contact Emily Geib, CAMB Coordinator, at 215-898-3918 or edd2@mail.med.upenn.edu.

 

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