One Health Seminar Department of Veterinary Medicine
Join us for our One Health Seminar Series (VMSC698 - 1 credit) - This course incorporates presentation and discussion of scientific publications, current topics and new methodologies related to veterinary medical sciences by guest speakers from around the world.
Seminars will be held every Thursday from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm in person at 1216 Gudelsky Building, streaming live via Zoom when applicable.”
Course leader: Dr. Utpal Pal, 301-314-2118- upal@umd.edu , Course Coordinator: Ms. Bonnie Ginsberg, bginsbe1@umd.edu, +1 301- 314-6480
Seminar Date | Presenter | Title | Host & Recordings |
| 9/19/24 | Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall (V Tech) | Discovery of novel protein: protein interactions for emerging viral countermeasure development | Zhang |
| 9/26/24 | Dr. Nykia Walker (UMBC) | Mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy to promote tissue repair | Berglund |
| 10/3/24 | Dr. Jessica Hargarten (NIH) | Probing the breadth of the Parabola: Pathway analysis identifies a requirement for MTOR and JAK/STAT signaling in cryptococcal disease. | Shi |
| 10/10/24 | Dr. Erika Moore (UMD) | Berglund | |
| 10/17/24 | Dr. Rebecca Christofferson (LSU) | Riley | |
| 10/24/24 | Dr. Ying Zhang (NIH) | Berglund | |
| 10/31/24 | Dr. Katharina Maisel (UMD) | Ghanem | |
| 11/7/24 | Kruthi Vavilikolanu RIP | ||
| 11/14/24 | Dr. Leon Grayfer (GWU) | Berglund | |
| 11/21/24 | Dr. Greg Gromowski (Walter Reed) | Zhu | |
| 11/28/24 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 12/52024 | Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio) | Dickey | |
| 5/9/2024 | Dr. Youssef A. Kousa, Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus | Evaluating genetic susceptibility to prenatal viral infection and brain injury | Dr. Park |
| 5/2/2024 | Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar - Iowa State University | The Connection between Clinical Poultry Medicine and Research | Dr. Ghanem |
| 4/25/2024 | Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar - Iowa State University | Sequential dengue virus infection and induction of broad protective immunity | Dr. Park |
| 4/4/2024 | Dr. Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Johns Hopkins University) | The ballad of a peptide/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II complex formation | Dr. Berglund |
| 3/14/2024 | Dr. Isaura Simões (Old Dominion University) | Rickettsial subversion tactics to escape host immune defenses | Dr. Riley |
| 3/7/2024 | Dr. Marulasiddappa Suresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | Mechanisms of T-Cell Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 | Dr. Belov |
| 2/29/204 | Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio University) | The hidden world of RNA regulation in Staphylococcus aureus | Dr. Seth Dickey |
| 12/07/204 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed | |
| 11/30/2023 | Dr. Scott Hensley, Professor Department of Microbiology, Perelman University of Pennsylvania | Immune imprinting affects influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility
| Dr. Park |
| 11/23/2023 | Thanksgiving Holiday | Thanksgiving Holiday | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| 11/16/2023 | Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, Senior Research Scientist Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA, ARS | My 40 years at USDA: Challenges and progresses in developing antibiotic alternative strategies to mitigate avian coccidiosis | Dr. Park |
| 11/09/2023 | Dr. Sutton, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine - The George Washington University | Pandemic Risk Assessment of Emerging Influenza Viruses | Dr. Park |
| 11/02/2023 | Dr. Imtiaz Khan Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine School of Medicine and Health Services George Washington University | Seminar Canceled | Dr. Shi |
| 10/26/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed | |
| 10/19/2023 | Dr. Benjamin Larman, Associate Professor Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology John Hopkins University School of Medicine | Reading the serum antibody reactome at population scale | Dr. Park |
| 10/12/2023 | Dr. Kristen Coleman, Assistant Professor, UMD Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, SPH, UMD | A One Health Approach to Understanding Pandemic Respiratory Virus Transmission | Dr. Park |
| 10/05/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed |
| 9/28/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed |
| 9/21/2023 | Dr. Juan Martinez, Professor Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University | Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia-mammalian target cell interactions: examination of mammalian signaling pathways involved in rickettsial proliferation and survival | Dr. Riley |
| 9/14/2023 | Dr. Richard Zhao, Professor Department of Pathology UMD School of Medicine | From Fission Yeast to Mammalian Cells: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Human Virology | Dr. Zhang |
| 9/7/2023 | Dr. Nevil Singh Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine | Course Introduction And Preparing for battle: Calibration of pre-immune signaling potency in peripheral T cells | Dr. Park |
| Fall Semester | Fall Semester | ||
| 05/04/2023 | Research in Progress (No Zoom) | Research in Progress (No Zoom) | VetMed |
| 4/27/2023 | Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, MSc Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA | Utilizing a mouse model of Yersinia infection to study antibiotic persistence | Dr. Park |
| 4/20/2023 | Anthony P. Schmitt, PhD Professor of Molecular Virology Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA | Manipulation of paramyxovirus genome packaging interactions to create new protein delivery tools | Dr. Zhang |
| 4/13/2023 | Anupama Khare, PhD Head (Earl Stadtman Investigator) Systems Biology Unit, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA | Evolutionary trajectories of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus | Dr. Dickey |
| 04/06/2023 | Helen Dooley, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA | What sharks are teaching us about the evolution of immunity | Dr. Park |
| 03/30/2023 | Alison J. Carey, MD Division Chief Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Associate Professor of Pediatrics Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA | Drivers of Type I Interferon Toxicity in the Neonate | Dr. Park |
| Spring Break | Spring Break | ||
| 03/16/2023 | Martin Meier-Schellersheim, PhD Chief Computational Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA | Computational models that can handle cell-biological complexity | Dr. Park |
| 03/09/2023 | Joshua Tan, PhD Chief (Earl Stadtman Investigator) Antibody Biology Unit, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, USA | Dissecting the antibody response to infectious pathogens | Dr. Park |
| 03/02/2023 | Benjamin M. Liu, MBBS, PhD Assistant Director Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA Assistant Professor Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, and Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA | TRIM56: a novel player in innate antiviral immunity | Dr. Ghanem |
| 02/16/2023 | Alberto Bosque, PhD, MBA Associate Professor Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA | Characterization of a dual PTPN1/PTPN2 inhibitor to target latent HIV reservoirs | Dr. Zhang |
| 02/09/2023 | Job Seminar (no zoom) | Job Seminar (no zoom) | VetMed |
| 02/02/2023 | David L. Suarez, DVM, PhD Research Leader Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, ARS/USDA, Athens, GA, USA | Seminar Canceled | Dr. Park |
| 01/26/2023 | Jaekeun Park | Course Introduction | |
| Seminar Date ( old to new ) | Presenter | Title | Host & Recordings |
| 02/02/2023 | David L. Suarez, DVM, PhD Research Leader Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, ARS/USDA, Athens, GA, USA |
Seminar Canceled |
Dr. Park |
| 02/09/2023 | Job Seminar (no zoom) | VetMed | |
| 02/16/2023 | Alberto Bosque, PhD, MBA Associate Professor Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
|
Characterization of a dual PTPN1/PTPN2 inhibitor to target latent HIV reservoirs |
Dr. Zhang |
| 03/02/2023 | Benjamin M. Liu, MBBS, PhD Assistant Director Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA Assistant Professor Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, and Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA |
TRIM56: a novel player in innate antiviral immunity
|
Dr. Ghanem |
| 03/09/2023 | Joshua Tan, PhD Chief (Earl Stadtman Investigator) Antibody Biology Unit, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD, USA |
Dissecting the antibody response to infectious pathogens |
Dr. Park |
| 03/16/2023 | Martin Meier-Schellersheim, PhD Chief Computational Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA |
Computational models that can handle cell-biological complexity |
Dr. Park |
| 03/03/2023 | Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| 03/30/2023 | Alison J. Carey, MD Division Chief Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Associate Professor of Pediatrics Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Drivers of Type I Interferon Toxicity in the Neonate |
Dr. Park |
| 04/06/2023 | Helen Dooley, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA |
What sharks are teaching us about the evolution of immunity |
Dr. Park |
| 04/13/2023 | Anupama Khare, PhD Head (Earl Stadtman Investigator) Systems Biology Unit, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA |
Evolutionary trajectories of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus |
Dr. Dickey |
| 04/20/2023 | Anthony P. Schmitt, PhD Professor of Molecular Virology Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA |
Manipulation of paramyxovirus genome packaging interactions to create new protein delivery tools |
Dr. Zhang |
| 0427/2023 | Kimberly M. Davis, PhD, MSc Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA |
Utilizing a mouse model of Yersinia infection to study antibiotic persistence
|
Dr. Park |
| 05/04/2023 | Research in Progress (No Zoom) | VetMed | |
| Fall Semester | Fall Semester | ||
| 9/7/2023 | Dr. Nevil Singh Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine | Course Introduction And Preparing for battle: Calibration of pre-immune signaling potency in peripheral T cells | Dr. Park |
| 9/14/2023 | Dr. Richard Zhao, Professor Department of Pathology UMD School of Medicine | Dr. Zhang | |
| 9/21/2023 | Dr. Juan Martinez, Professor Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University | Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia-mammalian target cell interactions: examination of mammalian signaling pathways involved in rickettsial proliferation and survival | Dr. Riley |
| 9/28/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed | |
| 10/5/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar |
| VetMed |
| 10/12/2023 | Dr. Kristen Coleman, Assistant Professor, UMD Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, SPH, UMD | A One Health Approach to Understanding Pandemic Respiratory Virus Transmission | Dr. Park |
| 10/19/2023 | Dr. Benjamin Larman, Associate Professor Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology John Hopkins University School of Medicine | Dr. Park | |
| 10/26/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | VetMed | |
| 11/02/2023 | Dr. Imtiaz Khan Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine School of Medicine and Health Services George Washington University | Seminar Canceled | Dr. Shi |
| 11/09/2023 | Dr. Sutton, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine - The George Washington University | Dr. Park | |
| 11/16/2023 | Dr. Hyun Lillehoj, Senior Research Scientist Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA, ARS | My 40 years at USDA: Challenges and progresses in developing antibiotic alternative strategies to mitigate avian coccidiosis | Dr. Park |
| 11/23/2023 | Thanksgiving Holiday | Thanksgiving Holiday | Holiday |
| 11/30/2023 | Dr. Scott Hensley, Professor Department of Microbiology, Perelman University of Pennsylvania | Immune imprinting affects influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility | Dr. Park |
| 12/07/2023 | Research in Progress (RIP) Seminar | ||
| 2/29/2024 | Dr. Ronan Carroll (Ohio University) | The hidden world of RNA regulation in Staphylococcus aureus | Dr. Seth Dickey |
3/7/2024
| Dr. Marulasiddappa Suresh (University of Wisconsin-Madison) | Mechanisms of T-Cell Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 | Dr. Belov |
| 3/14/2024 | Dr. Isaura Simões (Old Dominion University) | Rickettsial subversion tactics to escape host immune defenses | Dr. Riley |
| 4/4/2024 | Dr. Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri (Johns Hopkins University) | The ballad of a peptide/Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II complex formation | Dr. Berglund |
| 4/25/2024 | Dr. Leah Katzelnick NIAID/National Institutes of Health | Sequential dengue virus infection and induction of broad protective immunity | Dr. Park |
| 5/2/2024 | Dr. Mohamed Medhat El-gazzar - Iowa State University | The Connection between Clinical Poultry Medicine and Research | Dr. Ghanem |
| 05/09/2024 | Dr. Youssef A. Kousa, Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus | Evaluating genetic susceptibility to prenatal viral infection and brain injury | Dr. Park |
Note: This is a tentative schedule, and subject to change as necessary – monitor the course ELMS page for current deadlines. In the unlikely event of a prolonged university closing, or an extended absence from the university, adjustments to the course schedule, deadlines
Interested in becoming a guest speaker?
Please contact our One Health Seminar Coordinator:
Dr. Utpal Pal, Ph.D.
Phone: 301-314-2118
Email: upal@umd.edu
