Events Archive

Title: “Characterizing the Molecular Mechanisms of Ebola Virus Budding” By: Dr. Will Wan, Vanderbilt University

This week’s discussion is of the following paper: “Evolutionary adaptation under climate change: Aedes sp. Demonstrates potential to adapt to warming”  This journal club will explore concepts in the field of ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. This exciting field is an area of study...

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 recently, historical papers, or people can present research findings or new methods. Feel free to be creative! To receive each week’s paper by...

This journal club will explore concepts in the field of ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. This exciting field is an area of study that has developed rapidly over the past four decades and addresses some of the most significant challenges to human health and...

Title: “Role of Nociceptor Neurons in Host Defense and Inflammation” By: Dr. Isaac Chiu, Harvard Medical School

This journal club will explore concepts in the field of ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. This exciting field is an area of study that has developed rapidly over the past four decades and addresses some of the most significant challenges to human health and...

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

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:...