2024 - 2025 Infectious Diseases & Immunity Colloquium

The Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (CBEID), the Center for Tropical Diseases (CTD), and the Departments of Microbiology & Immunology (M&I) and Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas, jointly sponsor this annual colloquium.

Designed to benefit students, faculty, and others interested in infectious diseases and immunity, the colloquium features distinguished speakers from the U.S. and around the world who present their latest research. Seminars are held every Tuesday from 12:00 to 1:00 PM in the Basic Science Auditorium (Room 2.212).

We invite you to join us for these engaging and insightful discussions.

If you have any questions regarding an upcoming seminars, please contact the hosting Center/Department: Angela Culler (CBEID), and Tina Brasher (M&I).

Upcoming Events

 

December 17 (M&I)

“Studying virus-host interactions using human

stem cell-based models”

Hengli Tang, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biological Science Florida State University

https://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty.php?faculty-id=tang

 

January 14 (CBEID)

“Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness”

Jeffrey S. Glenn, MD, PhD

Joseph D. Grant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Director, Center for Hepatitis and Liver Tissue Engineering

Director, ViRx@Stanford--Stanford Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Initiative

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, CA

https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/jeffrey-glenn

 

January 21 (M&I)

TBD

 

January 28 (CTD)

Luis Martinez-Sobrido, PhD

Professor

Texas Biomedical Research Institute

San Antonio, TX

https://www.txbiomed.org/scientists/luis-martinez-sobrido-ph-d/

 

February 4 (CBEID)

Kevin R. Macaluso, PhD

Chair & Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/com/departments/microbiology/macaluso.html

 

February 11 (M&I)

Prosper N. Boyaka, PhD

Stanton Youngberg Professor in Veterinary Medicine

Professor and Chair, Department of Veterinary Biosciences

College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University

https://vet.osu.edu/people/prosper-boyaka

 

February 18 (CTD)

TBD

 

March 11 (CBEID)

Girish Neelakanta, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical & Diagnostic Sciences

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

http://neelakantalab.org/director.shtml

 

March 25 (M&I)

Blocked for Alberto Aparicio, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics and

Health Humanities; UTMB

 

April 1 (CTD)

TBD

 

April 8 (CBEID)

Robert Davey, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)

Boston University

Boston, MA

https://www.bumc.bu.edu/virol-immunol-microbio/people/faculty/robert-davey-ph-d/

 

April 15 (M&I)

Namal Liyanage, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbial Infection and Immunity

Assistant Professor, Veterinary Biosciences

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

https://medicine.osu.edu/find-faculty/non-clinical/microbial-infection-and-immunity/namalliyanage

 

April 22 (CTD)

Anita K. McElroy, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

https://www.pediatrics.pitt.edu/people/anita-k-mcelroy-md-phd