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Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group


2007-2008 Gene Therapy and Vaccines Seminar Series

All seminars will be held in the
BRB Auditorium from 4:00-5:00PM
unless otherwise noted.

Refreshments will be available 15 minutes prior.

October 15, 2007

Robert Siliciano, Professor

Departments of Medicine and Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"New approaches to evaluating the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs"

November 5, 2007

George Lewis, Professor

University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute; Director of Division of Vaccine Research of the Institute of Human Virology

"The Co-Receptor Binding Site and Protective Immunity Against HIV-1: Old Ideas and New Data"

December 3, 2007

Co-Hosted with CHOP Research Affinity Group Seminar

Elaine Fuchs, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University

"Skin Stem Cells. Morphogenesis and Cancer"

January 7, 2008

Kyong-Mi Chang, Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania

"Immune regulatory mechanisms in hepatitis C virus infection: a growing entourage"

February 4, 2008

Malcolm Brenner, Professor

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Director, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, The Methodist Hospital

"Increasing the practicality of cell and gene therapy for childhood cancer"

March 3, 2008

Yosef Refaeli, Assistant Professor

Departments of Pediatrics and Immunology, Division of Cell Biology National Jewish Medical and Research Center

"Conditionally immortalized hematopoietic stem cells for targeted gene therapy"

April 7, 2008

Hana Golding, Chief

Lab of Retrovirus Research, Division of Viral Products
Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research, FDA

"Influenza genomic phage display libraries for analyses of antibody repertoires in infected and vaccinated individuals"

May 5, 2008

Student invited speaker

Mark Kay, Professor

Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics;
Director, Program in Human Gene Therapy, Stanford University School of Medicine

"RNAI, microRNAs, and Gene Transfer for treating human disease"

June 2, 2008
Canceled
This series is part of the Gene Therapy & Vaccines Graduate Program of CAMB. Funding is from NIDDK training and program grants, the NHLBI, and VGX Pharmaceuticals. For additional information regarding this seminar, please contact Anna Kline at (215)898-3918.

last updated 3/25/08

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