FALL 2024 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Seminar information will be added regularly; please check back often.
All SVMBS seminars are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, the seminars will be held at 4 p.m. in VBS 145 on East Campus and streamed on Zoom.
| Sept. 9 | Meghna Sur Ph.D. Student, UNL School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Establishment of T cell receptor transgenic mice to dissect the role of antigen-specific T cells in cardiac autoimmunity Host: Jay Reddy |
| Sept. 16 | Ruth Woiwode Join Zoom Meeting |
| Sept. 23 | Dr. Sunil Sukumaran Assistant Professor, UNL Nutrition and Health Sciences Explorations at the Intersection of Taste and Immunity Host: Jay Reddy |
| Sept 30 | Taejoon Won Assistant Professor of pathobiological sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: T cells targeting the heart Host: Jay Reddy |
| Oct. 7 | Christian Eaton Ph.D. Student, UNL School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Title: Generation of Gene Edited Models for ASFV and BVDV-1 Infection Host: Dan Ciobanu |
| Oct. 14 | Mary Drozd Assistant Professor, UNL School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Title: Wild and zoo-y: diagnostic pathology cases and research projects from the past few years |
| Oct. 21 | Alex Hicks-Nelson Clinical Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine, Fred Hutch Cancer Center Title: Research in humane rodent euthanasia Host: Mary Drozd |
| Oct. 28 | Taylor Yaw Director and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium Title: Zoological Medicine at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, A Comparative Journey Host: Scott McVey |
| Nov. 4 | Sushmita Kumari Graduate Student, UNL School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Title: Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) based vaccine against avian influenza virus Host: Hiep Vu |
| Nov. 11 | Chandan Krishnamoorthy Graduate Student, UNL Nutrition and Health Sciences Title: Palmitoleate Protects against Zika virus infection-induced Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis in Neurons Host: Satish Natarajan |
| Nov. 18 | Som Nanjappa Assistant Professor, Pathobiological Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: Sialophorin is an essential costimulatory molecule for T17 responses and fungal immunity Host: Jay Reddy |
| Nov. 25 | Michael Chaussee Professor, University of South Dakota School of Medicine Title: TBD Host: Jay Reddy |
| Dec. 2 | Christian Agatemor Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biology, University of Miami Title: TBD Host: Jay Reddy |
| Dec. 9 | Matt Hille Assistant Professor, UNL School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Title: Dairy Cattle Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Response in Nebraska |