Seminar Series
An annual Seminar Series is co-sponsored by the Institute for Hepatitis and Virus Research (IHVR), the Hepatitis B Foundation, and the Drexel Institute to promote scientific exchange at the national and international level.
January 8 - 11:00 AM - Chuck Reynolds, PhD (Johnson & Johnson)
"Application of Computer Modeling in Drug Discovery"
January 30 - 11:00 AM - Yvonne Paterson, PhD (Dept. of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"A Multi-pronged Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy Using Listeria Monocytogenes as an Antigen Delivery Vehicle"
February 13 - 11:00 AM - Sandhya Kortagers, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine)
"Hybrid Structure Based Method and its Application to Design New Lead Compounds"
March 3 - 11:00 AM - Brian Haab, PhD (Laboratory of Cancer Immunodiagnostics, Van Andel Institute)
"The Prevalence and Nature of Glycan Alterations on Specific Proteins in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Revealed Using Antibody-Glycan Sandwich Arrays"
March 11 - 11:00 AM - Wai Law, PhD (PortaScience, Inc.)
"Point-of-Care Testing for WBCs"
March 11 - 3:00 PM - Nathalie Scholler, MD, PhD (Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"Biobody Technology"
March 16 - 11:00 AM - Raj Mutharason, PhD (Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University)
"Piezoelectric-Excited Millimeter-Sized Cantilever (PEMC) Sensors for Detecting Pathogens and Biomarkers at Femtogram Levels"
March 19 - 4:00 PM - Dr. Stephen Locarnini (Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory / WHO Collaborating Centre for Virus Reference & Research)
The Virology of Hepatitis B Immunomodulation and Therapy"
Hepatitis B Foundation's 2009 Bruce Witte Lecturer
March 25 - 11:00 AM - Dr. Wolfram Gerlich (Institute for Medical Virology, Geissen, Germany)
"Escape Mutants in Occult and Reactivated Hepatitis B Virus Infection"
April 8 - 11:00 AM - Dr. Harvey Friedman (Infectious Disease Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"Translating Basic Discoveries of HSV-2 Pathogenesis Into an HSV-2 Vaccine"
April 16 - 11:00 AM - Paul Ahlquist, PhD (Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin)
"Viral and Host Functions in RNA and Reverse-Transcribing Virus Replication"
April 27 - 11:00 AM - Raymond Dwek, FRS (Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford)
"Glycobiology - Leading to Novel Therapies for Hepatitis and HIV"
May 14 - 11:00 AM - Arul Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD (University of Michigan Center for Translational Pathology)
"TBA"
May 20 - 11:00 AM - Dr. David Kaplan (Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"Dysfunctional Tumor Antigen-Specific T-Cell Responses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
June 17 - 11:00 AM - Terry Butters, PhD (Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford)
"TBA"
*Regional Biotech Council (RBC) Seminar Speakers (Registration may be required)
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