PATHOBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Thursdays, 11:00 am, Atwater 001
Join virtually at:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m5f1c81b4c3d68d4d59e41c277a7273ee
Fall 2023
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| August 31, 2023 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| September 7, 2023 | Elsio Wunder, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor Pathobiology and Veterinary Science University of Connecticut |
From the field to the bench, and back? Translational research on leptospirosis |
| September 14, 2023 | Mary Beth Genter, PhD
Professor University of Cincinnati Hosted by Dr. Mishra |
Intranasal (IN) Drug Delivery: IN Carnosine in the Thy1-aSyn Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease |
| September 21, 2023 | Arlind Mara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Hosted by Dr. Szczepanek |
How we recognize damage: A critical role for B1 B cell produced Natural Antibodies in the induction of immune responses adjuvanted by DAMPs but no PAMPs |
| September 28, 2023 | Stephen M. Rich, PhD
Professor of Microbiology University of Massachusetts Amherst Hosted by Dr. Verardi |
The New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases: operational research, training, and practice |
| October 5, 2023 | Chun Kuen Mak, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACT
Assistant Professor College of Veterinary Medicine Long Island University Hosted by Dr. Kerr
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Equine Endometrial Biopsy: Evaluation and Application |
| October 12, 2023 | Elise Schieck, Dr. rer. nat.
Senior Scientist - Mycoplasma International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya Hosted by Dr. Geary |
Tackling Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Africa - Current Efforts at ILRI |
| October 19, 2023 | Jim Adelman, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Memphis Hosted by Prof. Tulman |
Understanding host competence in a wild songbird: potential mechanisms and consequences for disease dynamics |
| October 26, 2023 | Meghana Parikh, VMD, MPH
Research Veterinary Medical Officer NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Hosted by Dr. DeGuise |
A One Health approach to oyster disease and restoration in Long Island Sound |
| November 2, 2023 | Caroline Zeiss, DACVP, DACLAM
Chief of Pathology, Comparative Medicine Yale Univerity Hosted by Dr. Risatti |
Modeling Endemic Patterns of Coronaviral Transmission Across Species |
| November 9, 2023 | Wendy Blay Puryear, PhD
Infectious Disease and Global Health Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University Hosted by Dr. Levin |
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza: Rewriting the Book on Viral Spillover and Dissemination |
| November 16, 2023 | Raman Bahal, PhD
Associate Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. Garmendia |
Developing Next Generation Therapeutic Modalities at the Interface of Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Delivery Platforms |
| November 23, 2023 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 30, 2023 | Jianping Li, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD Hosted by Dr. Khan |
Sex-Based Immunogenicity of the Mucosal Subunit Vaccine Against SARS-COV2 in Mice. |
| December 7, 2023 | Maria Rodgers, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science North Carolina State University Hosted by Dr. Reinhardt |
Examining Health and Disease in Aquatic Environments |
Spring 2024
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| January 18, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| January 25, 2024 |
Glen Browning Hosted by Dr. Geary |
TBD |
| February 1, 2024 | Maggie Martinez, DVM, M.S., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
Hosted by Dr. Reinhardt |
TBD |
| February 8, 2024 | Albert Ko, MD
Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Yale University Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
TBD |
| February 15, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| February 22, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| February 29, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| March 7, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| March 14, 2024 | Spring Recess | Spring Recess |
| March 21, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| March 28, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| April 4, 2024 | Jessica Brandt, PhD
Assistant Professor Natural Resources & the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. De Guise |
Environmental Contaminants and Ecological Fitness |
| April 11, 2024 | Lucas Tirloni, PhD
Chief, Tick-Pathogen Transmission Unit NIH/NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories Hosted by Dr. Verardi |
TBD |
| April 18, 2024 | Alessandra Orfano
Associate Research Scientist Epidemial and Microbial Diseases Yale School of Public Health Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
TBD |
| April 25, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR SERIES
FALL 2023
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm, Atwater 001
Join virtually at:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m4d4d52095451c965df722169fd761f47
| Date | Speaker (Faculty Advisor) | Title |
| September 27, 2023 | Elizabeth Ramirez Medina (Dr. Risatti) | Assessment of the biological function of African Swine Fever Virus genes. |
| October 4, 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| October 11, 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| October 18, 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| October 25, 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| November 1, 2023 | TBD | TBD |
| November 8, 2023 | Arashi Nakashima (Dr. Mishra) | Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Epidemiology, Pathology, Prevention |
| November 15, 2023 | Aishwarya Mogulothu. (Dr. Szczepanek) | Characterization of the role of ISG MCL1 in the context of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus infection. |
| November 22, 2023 | THANKSGIVING BREAK | |
| November 29, 2023 | Chesney Romer (Dr. Garmendia) | Assay Development for PRRS Virus Vaccine Studies |
| December 6, 2023 | Rosemary Ozyck (Dr. Geary) | Modulating Immune Response to Live-Attenuated Vaccines Using siRNA Polyfunctional Nanoparticles |