Penn CFAR Seminar Series
2009-2010 Academic Year

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Monday
Sept 21, 2009
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Miles P. Davenport, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Complex Systems in Biology Group,
Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences
The University of New South Wales, Australia

Room 252,
BRB II/III

CD8 T cells in chronic viral infection

Tuesday
Oct 13, 2009
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

**Galit Alter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard

Austrian Auditorium,
CRB

NK cells in HIV-1 infection

Wednesday
Oct 21, 2009
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Paula Cannon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Austrian Auditorium,
CRB

Viral proteins that counteract tetherin restriction of virus release

Monday
Dec 7, 2009
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

***Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Chief, Clinical Trials Core
Chief, Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory
Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Auditorium, BRB II/III

Rational vaccine design for RSV and other difficult viruses

Thursday
Dec 17, 2009
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Charles W. Flexner, M.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, and International Health
Johns Hopkins University

Auditorium, BRB II/III

Zeptotechnology and the future of HIV drug development

Wednesday
Jan 20, 2010
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*David T. Evans, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
New England Primate Research Center

Austrian Auditorium,
CRB

Mechanisms of lentiviral resistance to tetherin BA

Thursday
Feb 25, 2010
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

David R. Bangsberg, M.D., M.P.H
Director, MGH Center for Global Health
Director, International Programs, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard
Director, Global Health Scholars, Harvard Initiative for Global Health
Director, International Programs, Harvard University CFAR
Associate Professor, Partner AIDS Research Center, MGH
Visiting Professor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

Auditorium,
BRB II/III

International perspectives on adherence and resistance to HIV antiretroviral therapy

Thursday
March 11, 2010
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Auditorium,
BRB II/III

HIV Care in the US and Africa: From Cohorts and Trials to Policy

Thursday
March 18, 2010
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Grace Aldrovandi, M.D., C.M.
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Division
University of Southern California, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Auditorium,
BRB II/III

What breasts and babies can teach us about HIV pathogenesis

Wednesday
April 21, 2010
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Bill Schief, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington, Seattle

Austrian Auditorium,
CRB

Immunogen design to elicit broadly-neutralizing antibodies against HIV

Wednesday
May 19, 2010
12:00 to 1:00 p.m

*Harmit Malik, Ph.D.
HHMI Early Career Scientist and Associate Member, Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Genome Sciences
University of Washington School of Medicine

Austrian
Auditorium,
CRB

Molecular arms races between primate genomes and viruses

Tuesday
May 25, 2010
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

**Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D.
Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine

TBA

Immunological memory