Lectures and Seminars
Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars are held at the Griffin Conference Center, South Campus Research Building Floor 1.
2011 and 2012 Seminars
"Frontiers in Therapeutic Manipulation of the Tumor Microenvironment: The Case of the PD1 Pathway"
November 10, 2011, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Cancer Immunology and professor in the Department of Oncology
Johns Hopkins University
Hosted by Jeffrey Molldrem, M.D.
"Deconstructing Cancer Immunoediting"
December 8, 2011, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Robert Schreiber, Ph.D.
Alumni Endowed Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
Hosted by Tomasz Zal, Ph.D.
"Generating and Maintaining Memory CD8 T Cells"
January 5, 2012, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
John Harty, Ph.D.
Mark Stinski Chair in Microbial Immunology and professor in the Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa
Hosted by Kim Schluns, Ph.D.
"Taking T Cell Therapies to Phase 3 and Licensure"
February 15, 2012, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cliona Rooney, Ph.D.
Professor, departments of Immunology & Pathology and Pediatrics (Hematology & Oncology)
Baylor College of Medicine
Hosted by Laurence Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
"Alternative Pathways for Memory CD8 T Cell Generation"
March 1, 2012, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Stephen Jameson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota
Hosted by Kim Schluns, Ph.D.
"T Cell Traffic and Retention: Challenges and Opportunities for Immune Therapy of Melanoma"
April 5, 2012, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Craig Slingluff, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
Hosted by Willem Overwijk, Ph.D.
"Targeting Foxp3+ Treg Cells to Promote Host Anti-tumor Immune Responses"
May 3, 2012, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Wayne Hancock, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Hosted by Chen Dong, Ph.D.
"Roles of TRAFs in the Regulation of B-cell Function and Malignancy"
June 7, 2012, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Gail Bishop, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa
Hosted by Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D.
"Origins of CD4+ Memory T Cells"
October 31, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Marc Jenkins, Ph.D.
Distinguished McKnight Professor
University of Minnesota Medical School
Hosted by Kim Schluns, Ph.D.