The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host a seminar on Thursday, October 4 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. Eckhard Podack, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology and Sylvester Distinguished Professor of Medicine, will present “The AK47/Kalashnikov of All Cells: Perforin-2.”

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host a seminar on Monday, September 24 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. Bonnie Blomberg, professor of microbiology and immunology, will present, “B Cell Biomarkers and Inflammation Predict Lower B Cell/Antibody Response Including to the Influenza Vaccine in the Elderly.” For further information, please contact Sheldon B. Greer, emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology, at 305-243-6750.

Thomas R. Malek, professor and vice chair of microbiology and immunology, will present “Amplifying CD8 T Memory Cells to Protect against Infectious Diseases” on Monday, September 17 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information, please contact Sheldon Greer, emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology, at 305-243-6750.

Wei Li, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, will present “Toward Global Analysis of Phagocytosis Pathways and Their Functional Activities” on Monday, September 10 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information, please contact Sheldon Greer, emeritus professor of microbiology and immunology, at 305-243-6750.

Omid Akbari, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, will present “Dendritic Cell Subsets and Immune Regulation in the Respiratory Tract” on Tuesday, July 24 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information, contact Mitzi Tanaka at 305-243-6694.