Events Archive

Final meeting of the semester! Newly arrived faculty, Dr. Rafael Kroon Campos will present, “Shifts in receptors during submergence of an encephalitic arbovirus.” The Cornell Virology Journal Club meets on Fridays from 9:00am to 10:00am and is led by Dr. Colin Parrish. We discuss papers that have been published...

Title: “Innate Immunity to Yersinia” By: Dr. Igor Brodsky, University of Pennsylvania

Sharon Thompson (Johnson Lab) will present, “Early intestinal microbiome composition in human infants.” Next meeting: Jan 21, 2025 at 1pm.  This fall, the Microbiome Supergroup is led by Prof. Liz Johnson, and Prof. Ilana Brito. To receive announcements about this groups meetings by email, subscribe to the CIHMID...

Abstract:  Brandy is a research associate in Courtney Murdock’s lab. She will discuss her previous work investigating different aspects of malaria transmission Southeast Asia, including the transmissibility of drug-resistant malaria parasites and the feeding ecology of diverse vector species. Global malaria elimination efforts are now...

Britny Johnson will present the preprint, “Complex interactions in the life cycle of a simple parasite shape the evolution of virulence.” Weekly meeting to discuss topical papers about ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, drawn from both new and older literature. The topics could include:...

Dr. Marc Dionne (Imperial College London) will be on campus to present his talk, “Costs and consequences of peptide-based immunity”

This week, Courtney Murdock will present, “Phenotypic adaptation to temperature in the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti” Weekly meeting to discuss topical papers about ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, drawn from both new and older literature. The topics could include: Pathogen/parasite and/or host evolution, immunity,...

Dr. Andrea Graham (Princeton) will be on campus to present her talk, “We are whom we house:  when mammalian immune phenotypes hinge more upon our symbionts than upon our own genotypes“

Dr. Joanne Engel (UCSF), will be on campus to present her talk, “Bacterial Mimicry of Viruses: How Chlamydia Incs employ SLiMs to Reprogram the Host”

This week, Louie Gold will present, “SARS-CoV-2 virulence evolution: Avirulence theory, immunity and trade-offs.” Weekly meeting to discuss topical papers about ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, drawn from both new and older literature. The topics could include: Pathogen/parasite and/or host evolution, immunity, virulence Pathogen/parasite...