New Frontiers in Immunology
Description
This event is being co-sponsored by PI4D and Purdue University Center for Cancer Research.
The Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease is proud to partner with the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research to present a mini-symposium in immunology with special guests Claudia Kemper and Ben Afzali. Dr. Kemper is Senior Investigator Laboratory of Complement and Inflammation Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and Dr. Afzali is Clinical Fellow in the Department of Immunoregulation & Immune Intervention at King’s College, London. They will be joined by some of our newest faculty members who will cover various aspects of research and technological advances in the field of immunology.
DATE – October 27th
TIME – 1:00pm to 4:00pm
LOCATION – MRGN 121
Agenda
1:00-1:20pm |
Rob Stahelin (MCMP) |
“Ebola virus and Marburg virus use different mechanisms of lipid gymnastics to assemble and exit the host cell” |
1:25-1:45pm |
Gaurav Chopra (CHEM) |
“Chemical perturbation of immune microenvironments” |
1:50-2:10pm |
Elsje Pienaar (BME) |
“Systems biology approaches in tuberculosis disease and treatment” |
2:15-2:35pm |
Majid Kazemian (BIOCHEM) |
“Pan-cancer analysis of EBV-host interaction” |
2:40-3:15 pm |
Ben Afzali, King’s College, London |
“BACH 2 basics: from transcription factors to cell biology” |
3:20-3:55pm |
Claudia Kemper, NHLBI, NIH |
“An unexpected Force from within: key roles for complement in normal cell physiology” |
Reception Immediately following event in MRGN cafe.
This event is open to everybody. Please help us spread the word!
Contact Details
- Melanie Lindsay
- lindsay@purdue.edu
- 765-494-0238