CBID/CEZID Seminar Series 2023-24

The CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is presented as a joint effort between by the KU CoBRE Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (CBID) and the KSU CoBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).

Friday, April 26, 2024

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005 (virtual)

Contact Shelley Sandberg at sandberg@ku.edu to get the Zoom meeting information.

Speaker

Benhur LeeBenhur Lee, MD
Professor of Microbiology 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS)

Presentation Title

 "Emerging Paramyxoviruses: Targeting the Knowns and Unknowns"


Friday, March 22, 2024

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005

Speaker

Stanley PerlmanStanley Perlman, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa

Presentation Title

"Long term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients and mice"


Friday, March 1, 2024

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Mehul SutharMehul Suthar, PhD
Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Presentation Title

"Immune control of SARS-CoV-2 infection"


Friday, January 26, 2024

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Adam DuerfeldtAdam Duerfeldt, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Minnesota

Presentation Title

"The Next Frontier in Medicinal Chemistry: Guiding Principles for Small Molecule Penetration and Accumulation In Gram-Negative Bacteria"


Friday, December 15, 2023

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Tony GoldbergTony Goldberg, PhD
Professor of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Professor of the School of Veterinary Medicine
Director of Ki bale EcoHealth Project Global Virus Network
University of Wis­consin - Madison

Presentation Title

"Mixed Methods Research for Preventing Disease Emergence: Virology meets Anthropology"


Friday, November 10, 2023

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Thomas Griffith,Thomas Griffith, PhD
Professor
Department of Urology
University of Minnesota

Presentation Title

"Investigating sepsis-induced immune dysfunction"


Friday, October 27, 2023

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Gavin SmithGavin Smith, PhD

Director, Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 
Co-Director, Infectious Diseases Research Institute, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore 
Member, Centre for Outbreak Preparedness, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 
Member, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Sing­Health Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore Member, NIAID/NIH Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN,USA 

Presentation Title

"The genomic diversity and pandemic risk of swine influenza A viruses in Southeast Asia"


Friday, September 29, 2023

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth 1005

Speaker

Donna GintherDonna Ginther, PhD
Roy A. Roberts and Regents Distinguished Professor, Economics
Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research
Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
University of Kansas

Presentation Title

"Workforce Trends: The Future of Microbial Sciences"


The CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is presented by Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (CBID) and COBRE Centers on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).