Bi-weekly Virology Seminar Series
It is essential for researchers to keep abreast of the work being done by colleagues in a variety of disciplines. To facilitate this, the UCLA-CDU CFAR and the UCLA AIDS Institute sponsors a bi-monthly conference featuring presentations made by researchers working in both basic and translational sciences, clinical therapeutics and biomedical prevention. The topics covered include, among many others, host-virus interactions, novel therapeutics, vaccines, stem-cell research, aging, and viral pathogenesis. The Bi-monthly Multidisciplinary Virology Seminar Series is an in-person meeting from 9:00am to 10:00am in the Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) 154 every other Tuesday (see schedule below). A light breakfast will be available during the meeting.
Whether you’re a long-time attendee or joining us for the first time, we can’t wait to dive back into the latest breakthroughs and discussions in the field of virology.
| Date | Room | Presenter 1 | Title | Presenter 2 | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/10/24 | BSRB 154 | Arjit Vijey Jeyachandran | “Mpox antiviral development and mouse model” | Jian Zhang | “Modeling HSPC based anti-HIV-1 gene therapy in NHP” |
| 09/24/24 | BSRB 154 | Xiaoyu Liu | “Molecular Sociology of Cellular Condensates Enabling Reovirus Assembly and Replication” | Pablo Alvarez | “Unraveling alphavirus neuroinvasion: Molecular insights from a stem cell derived blood brain barrier model” |
| 10/08/24 | BSRB 154 | William Mu | “Rapamycin treatment improve anti-HIV CAR T cell functions” | ||
| 10/22/24 | BSRB 154 | Justin Meyer, UCSD; Sponsoring faculty: Jamie Lloyd-Smith | “Unfolding Evolution: How Destabilizing Mutations Enable Viruses to Adapt to New Receptors” | ||
| 11/19/24 | BSRB 154 | Zheng Cao | "Glycolysis Responsive Nanocapsules for Inflammation-site Targeting" | Margaret Wang | "Engineering enhanced anti-HIV CAR T-cells using CRISPR/Cas9" |
| 12/03/24 | BSRB 154 | Bala Arumugam | “Targeting HIV-1infection with bNAb-based mono-specific and bi-specific Chimeric Antigen Receptor” | Shallu Tomer | "Development of an Advanced Glia-Immune Humanized Mouse Model for Investigating HIV-CNS Infection and Neuroinflammation" |
| 12/17/24 | NO MEETING | ||||
| 12/31/24 | NO MEETING | ||||
| 01/14/25 | BSRB 154 | Yennifer Delgado | Mayra Carrillo | ||
| 01/28/25 | BSRB 154 | Anne Zaiss | Eva Segura | ||
| 02/11/25 | BSRB 154 | Wenting Chen | Jeff Harding |