Current Topics in Virus-Host Interactions Fall 2026 Seminar Series Schedule
Join us every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in room 165 of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) or via Zoom (see link below) for this recurring seminar series. This seminar series is offered as MEDMCIM 7400: Current Topics in Virus-Host Interactions.
Meeting for students enrolled in class.
Speaker: Dr. Jacob Yount's laboratory
Topic: Unexpected innate immune regulation of acute and long COVID cardiac arrhythmia risk
Speaker: Christina Rau, PhD, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
Topic: Gammaherpesvirus infection promotes CNS-autoimmunity in a novel model of Multiple Sclerosis
Speaker: Craig B. Wilen, MD, PhD, associate professor of Laboratory Medicine; and Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine
Topic: Host-virus interactions of noroviruses and coronaviruses
Speaker: Dr. Jianrong Li's laboratory
Topic: Turning an enemy into a friend: development of a highly attenuated, recombination resistant SARS-CoV-2 as a safe and effective viral vector
Speaker: Christopher M. Robinson, PhD, associate professor of Microbiology & Immunology; and Medicine, School of Medicine, Indiana University
Topic: Sex differences in immune responses to enteroviruses
Speaker: Marta Gaglia, PhD, associate professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology; and Institute for Molecular Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Topic: Influenza and KSHV biology and immunity
Speaker: Moriah L. Szpara, PhD, professor of Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University
Topic: The prevalence and impacts of sequence diversity in alpha-herpesvirus infections: human herpes simplex virus and avian Marek’s disease virus
Speaker: Cody Warren, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
Topic: Spillover biology
Speaker: Alison J. Carey, MD, associate professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; and Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
Topic: Differential role of type I and III interferons in the infant response to respiratory viral infection
Speaker: Susan R. Weiss, PhD, vice chair; and professor, Department of Microbiology; and director, Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Coronavirus biology and immunity
Speaker: Camila Coelho, PhD, assistant professor, Microbiology Department, Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai - New York
Topic: Antibody protection against emerging viruses
Speaker: Elke Mühlberger, PhD, professor of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University
Topic: Filovirus replication and host-pathogen interactions
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Bowman's laboratory
Topic: Zoonotic Influenza
Speaker: Dr. Jian Zhu's laboratory
Topic: Antiviral immune sensing and phagocytosis
Speaker: Adriana Forero Rueda, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
Topic: Non-canonical regulators of interferons
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In-person attendance is encouraged. For those unable to attend in person, the seminar series is also available via Zoom.
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