Penn CFAR Seminar Series 2011 - 2012
| Thurs, Oct 20 | Randomized Trials of Early Treatment for HIV: Rationale, Design and Implementation Issues |
| 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Class of '62 Auditorium John Morgan Building |
James D. Neaton, PhD Professor, Division of Biostatistics University of Minnesota School of Public Health Co-Sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds |
| Tues, Nov 01 | Human antibody response against HIV |
| 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Austrian Auditorium Clinical Research Building |
Michel C. Nussenzweig, MD, PhD Sherman Fairchild Professor; Investigator, HHMI; Laboratory of Molecular Immunology The Rockefeller University Co-Sponsored with the Immunology Graduate Group and HIV Grand Rounds |
| Wed, Nov 16 | Isolation and Deep Sequencing Analysis of HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies |
| 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Austrian Auditorium Clinical Research Building |
John Mascola, MD Deputy Director and Chief of BSL-3 Core Virology Section Vaccine Research Center, NIAID Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology |
Wed, Dec 07 |
Evasion of innate immunity by HIV-1: the Vpu/BST-2 Relationship |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
John Guatelli, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology |
Thurs, Jan 12 |
The feasibility of modulating cellular DNA mutating enzymes as next-generation HIV/AIDS therapeutics |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Reuben S. Harris, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics University of Minnesota Co-Sponsored with HIV Grand Rounds |
| Wed, Feb 15 |
Evolution and Function of Restriction Factors Against HIV and Related Viruses |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Michael Emerman, PhD Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology |
| Mon, Feb 20 | HIV-1 Envelope IgA Antibodies in Vaccination and Infection |
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Georgia Tomaras, PhD Assistant Professor; Associate Director of Research Duke Human Vaccine Institute Co-Sponsored with the Gene Therapy and Vaccine Program and the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at CHOP |
| Thurs, Mar 15 | Natural cytotoxicity receptors: new insights on their role in the context of g/d T cell responses |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Domenico Mavilio, MD, PhD |
Thurs, Apr 12 |
Penn CFAR Developmental Pilot Awardees Seminar |
1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
"Progress in development of a HSV-2/HIV-1 genital co-infection model in humanized mice" |
Mon, Apr 16 |
Control of HSV Infection: The Action is in the Mucosa |
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Lawrence Corey, MD Principal Investigator, HIV Vaccine Trials Network President and Director, Fred Hutichinson Cancer Research Center Co-Sponsored with the Gene Therapy and Vaccine Program, the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at CHOP, and HIV Grand Rounds |
Wed, May 16 |
Using nonhuman primate models to understand HIV-1 transmission |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
Brandon Keele, PhD Senior Scientist, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program; Head of Viral Evolution Core SAIC-Frederick at the National Cancer Institute Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology and HIV Grand Rounds |
| Wed, May 30 | Mentoring for success in academic medical careers |
| 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Austrian Auditorium Clinical Research Building |
James Kahn, MD Chief of the Medical Service VA Palo Alto Health Care System Co-Sponsored with the Department of Microbiology and HIV Grand Rounds |
| Wed, May 30 | Deriving value from mentoring to advance your academic research career |
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. |
James Kahn, MD |
| Fri, June 8 | New tools for tuberculosis: a tale of repurposing and remodeling |
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
William R. Bishai, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Medicine Co-Director, Center for Tuberculosis Research John Hopkins School of Medicine |