RGE Murray Seminar Series 2024-2025
| September | October | November | January | February | March | April | June | July |
September 12
"'To kill or not to kill' - Opportunistic bacteria lifestyles in human macrophages"
Dr. Miguel A. Valvano, Queen's University of Belfast, UK
October 10
"Smart lattice light-sheet microscopy for imaging rare and complex cellular events"
Dr. Yu Shi, Western University
November 7
"Staphylococcus aureus and fatty acids: Navigating a complex relationship on human skin"
Dr. Robert Kuiack, Western University
November 14
"MARCH2, a host factor that inhibits HIV-1 infection in a T cell dependent manner"
Dr. Spyridon Stavrou, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Scienes
November 21
"Rethinking what B cells do"
Dr. Steven Kerfoot, Western University
January 23
"Viral reservoirs: where does HIV hide?"
Dr. Nicolas Chomont, University of Montreal
January 30
"Genomic approaches to drug resistance and pathogenicity in Candida albicans"
Dr. Patrick Lajoie, Western University
February 6
"Host Manipulation by Epstein-Barr Virus"
Dr. Lori Frappier, University of Toronto
February 13
"Bacteria to the Rescue of the Ocean: Design and Genomic Study of a Consortium for Hydrocarbon Degradation"
Dr. Rojas Vargas, Western University
February 20 - Recruitment Seminar
"Optimizing Blood Culture Efficiency: Shortened Incubation and Rapid AST Results."
Dr. Fatimah AlMutawa, Western University
February 27
"'Pharmacoecology’: Measuring and manipulating human microbiomes in infectious and non-infectious diseases"
Dr. Bryan Coburn, University Health Network and University of Toronto
March 6
"Metabolic Warfare Within the Animal Microbiota"
Dr. William Navarre, University of Toronto
April 3 - Annual Lecturer
"Microbial Triggers of Autoimmunity: EBV in multiple sclerosis and oral mucosal breaks in rheumatoid arthritis"
Dr. William Robinson, Stanford University
April 10
"Uncovering the metabolic underpinnings of sexually transmitted infections in complex biological
systems"
Dr. Stephanie Bishop, Western University
April 17
"Mouse Models of Autoimmune Rheumatic Heart Disease by Streptococcus pyogenes."
Dr. Manuel Diaz Villasenor, Western University
April 24
"Targeting Immune Evasion Mechanisms to Improve Immunotherapy for Ovarian Cancer"
Dr. Andrew Craig, Queens University
Tuesday, June 3
"Understanding the interactions between sex hormones, microbiome and mucosal immunity to
decrease HIV susceptibility in female genital tract: From Bench to Bedside"
Dr. Charu Kaushic, McMaster University
June 12
"Ending the HIV Epidemic: Next Steps and Innovations"
Dr. Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza, Physician and Executive Director of the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Uganda
Friday, July 11
"The unexpected complexity of bacterial chromosomes"
Dr. David Grainger, Professor, School of biosciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
