PCB | Nacev: Decoding the Epigenome in ATRX-Deficient Sarcomas: Can We Move Towards Precision Therapies?
Sponsor(s):
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Molecular Cancer Biology (MCB), and School of Medicine (SOM)
Wednesday, May 07, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Benjamin Nacev, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Member, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
PCB | Kappei: Hyperactivation of the ALT pathway causes persistent chromatin bridge formation and telomere-driven genomic instability
Sponsor(s):
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Molecular Cancer Biology (MCB), and School of Medicine (SOM)
Friday, May 09, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dennis Kappei, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series - Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD: "Mechanisms that govern the dissemination of inflammatory mediators from the intestine to distal and surrounding tissues"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Gwendalyn J. Randolph, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Ru-Rong Ji, PhD - “Neuroimmune interactions in pain”
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Stacy Horner, PhD - "Regulation of RNA virus infection and the antiviral response"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Stacy Horner, PhD
Synonymous codon usage: Regulator of mRNA stability & translation initiation
Thursday, May 22, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Dr. Chloe Barrington
Integrative Immunobiology Dissertation Defense: Skye Tracey
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Wednesday, June 04, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Skye Tracey
Immunology Seminar Series: David Easterhoff, PhD - "Preclinical development of mRNA medicines for autoimmunity"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
David Easterhoff, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Sara Suliman, PhD - "Host determinants of heterogeneity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sara Suliman, PhD
RNHD | Gu: Catching transcription factors for proteasomal degradation
Wednesday, September 03, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Xin Gu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Immunology Seminar Series: Natalie Stanley, PhD - "Decoding immune control of aging and neurodegeneration"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Natalie Stanley, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Chandrashekhar Pasare, DVM, PhD - “T cells as surrogate microbes: Implications for innate inflammation and protective Immunity”
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Chandrashekhar Pasare, DVM, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Victor Nizet, MD - "Novel Biomimetic Cell Membrane-Coated Nanotherapies and Nanovaccines for Bacterial Pneumonia and Sepsis"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Victor Nizet, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Allan Kirk, MD, PhD - "Costimulation Blockade in Organ Transplantation"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Allan Kirk, MD, PhD
MGM Monday Works In Progress Meeting
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)
Monday, October 13, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Chi Lab and Steve Haase
Immunology Seminar Series: Ankit Malik, PhD - "Novel triggers and functions of Interferons in mucosal immunity"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ankit Malik, PhD
RNHD | Tamir: Evaluating the convergence of signaling and metabolism in diet induced obesity
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Tigist Tamir, PhD, Assistant Professor, Systems Metabolism and Signaling Lab, Departments: Biochemistry and Biophysics | Nutrition Computational Medicine Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC School of Medicine
Special Immunology Seminar: Feng Shao, PhD - "Pyroptosis & innate immunity: mechanisms & therapeutics potentials"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Thursday, October 16, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Feng Shao, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD - "Determinants of B cell function in cancer"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta, PhD
RNHD | Sheltzer: Leveraging mischaracterized drugs to uncover new cancer vulnerabilities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jason Sheltzer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University
Dissertation Announcement: Christian Richardson
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), and School of Medicine (SOM)
Friday, October 24, 2025
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Jones, room 143
Christian Richardson
Immunology Seminar Series: Jung-Hyun Park, PhD - "Integrin CD103 promotes cytokine-driven acquisition of memory phenotype and effector function of naïve CD8 T cells"
**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jung-Hyun Park, PhD
RNHD | Tsvetanova: Specification of divergent signaling responses by GPCR localization
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Nina Tsvetanova, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series: Toni Darville, MD - "Immunology in Translation: A T Cell Roadmap to Chlamydia Vaccine Success"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, November 04, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Toni Darville, MD
RNHD | Feng: Deciphering the anti-oncogenic effect of oncoproteins
Friday, November 07, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD, Senior Investigator and Director, Institute of Cancer Research, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
MGM Works In Progress Seminar Presentations
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)
Monday, November 10, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Bohorquez and Heitman lab with Lawrence David hosting
Immunology Seminar Series: Xinzhong Dong, PhD - "The role of the Mrgpr GPCR family in inflammation and innate immunity”
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Xinzhong Dong, PhD
RNHD | Palmer: The impact of patient heterogeneity and treatment sequence in combination cancer therapy
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Adam Palmer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Immunology Seminar Series: Justin Milner, PhD - "Molecular programming of T cell activity in infection and cancer"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Justin Milner, PhD
Dissertation Announcement: Allyson Caldwell
Tuesday, December 02, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Allyson Caldwell
RNHD | Pecot: New Frontiers in RNA Structure and Therapeutics to Combat Cancer
Wednesday, December 03, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Chad Pecot, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, UNC RNA Discovery Center, Co-Leader, UNC Lineberger Cancer Therapeutics Program
MGM Works In Profress Seminar Presentations
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)
Monday, December 08, 2025
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Derbyshire and Luftig lab with Nick Heaton as host
RNHD | Tuveson: Pancreatic Cancer Biology and Medicine
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
David Tuveson, MD, PhD, Roy J. Zuckerberg Professor of Cancer Research, Cancer Center Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
PCB Works in Progress
Friday, January 09, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jude Raj (Wood Lab) & Ajinkya Kawale, PhD (Zou Lab)
RNHD | Rajagopal: Spatiotemporal Organization of G protein-coupled receptor signaling
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
RNHD | Dessauer: Spatial Landscape of Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Carmen W. Dessauer, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX
PCB Works in Progress
Friday, January 23, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Joshua Silva (Fox Lab) & Margaret Weber Barbier (Oliver Lab)
Immunology Seminar Series - Ashley Harms, PhD: "The role of the immune system in alpha-synucleinopathies"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ashley Harms, PhD
Immunology Seminar Series - Stuart Knechtle, MD: "Translational immunobiology lessons from large animal transplant models"
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stuart Knechtle, MD
RNHD | Stockwell: Ferroptosis and metabolism—mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Brent R. Stockwell, PhD, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences; Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University; and Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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