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Autumn
Seminar 2009
All seminars are at 4:00 PM in T-733 Health Sciences Center, University of Washington, except as noted.Thursday, October 15, 4:00 p.m.
Christoph Grundner, Ph.D
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
"Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Microbial Pathogens: Rewiring Self and Host"
Dr. Grundner joined SBRI as Principal Investigator in 2009, and is the latest addition to the Institute's tuberculosis (TB) program. The TB program focuses on the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the basis for discovering new drugs. Grundner's lab is working toward a better understanding of virulence factors and their implications for immunity and infection. Dr.Grundner comes to SBRI from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a postdoctoral fellow. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Thursday, October 29, 4:00 p.m.
Ian Nicholas Crispe, MD, PhD
Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
"T Cell Immune Responses in the Liver"
Dr Crispe joined SBRI full time in 2009. A member of the Malaria Research Program, he also heads the Institute's new Infectious Disease Immunology Initiative. He is one of the foremost experts in liver cell immunology with international stature in the field. His specific interest is how immune responses develop to foreign antigens presented in the liver, and his current research spans liver transplantation, hepatitis and gene therapy. Previously, he was the Associate Director, Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and of Medicine at the University of Rochester. Prior to joining the University of Rochester, Nick was an Associate Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. in immunology, as well as an MB.BS. in medicine, from the University of London.
Thursday, November 12, 4:00 p.m.
William C. Nierman, PhD
Professor and Director, Infectious Diseases Program
J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD
"Burkholderia Pseudomallei and Burkholderia Mallei; Evolution, Virulence, and Global Health"
Winter Seminar 2010
Thursday, January 28, 4:00 p.m., Room to be announced
Brad Cookson
Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Microbiology
Head, Clinical Microbiology Division, Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington
Topic TBA
