RGE Murray Seminar Series 2025-2026


October November December January February March April May June July


October 16

"Next generation approaches to active and passive mucosal immunization"
Dr. Matthew Miller, McMaster University


November 6

"Fault line for  failure emerging malaria drug and diagnostic resistance along the African Great Rift Valley"
Dr. Jeff Bailey, Brown University

November 11

"Rare genetic diseases illustrate mechanisms of human immunity"
Dr. Janet Markle, Vanderbilt University

November 13

"From cold to complex: rethinking the immune landscape of EBV-positive pediatric Burkitt lymphoma within the context of malaria"
Dr. Ann Moorman, University of Massachusetts

November 20 - Burnett Chair Candidate

"Investigating immune-microbe interactions in urogenital health and disease"
Dr. Christina Farr, Case Western Reserve University


December 4

"Rewriting Immunity in Red: Inside the Immune Lives of Erythroid Progenitors"
Dr. Shokrollah Elahi, University of Alberta


January 8 - Burnett Chair Candidate

"The microbiome-urology axis: a driver of disease and discovery"
Dr. Kait Al, Western University

January 15

"Viral Assembly: A Blueprint for Broadly Active Pandemic Countermeasures"
Dr. Michael Norris, University of Toronto

January 22

"Virus–Host Interactions with DNA Repair Machinery: An Exploitable Vulnerability"
Dr. Amélie Fradet-Turcotte, Université Laval

January 29

"Immune Cell Aging in the Chronically Stressed Brain"
Dr. Chao Wang, University of Toronto


February 26

"Bone appétit: Host-pathogen interactions in Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis"
Dr. James Cassat, Vanderbilt University Medical Center


March 5

"Development of Preclinical Models to Study HPV Pathogenesis and Cancer Development"
Dr. Megan Spurgeon, University of Madison-Wisconsin


April 23

"TBA"
Dr. Lindsay Kalan, McMaster University


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July