In Brief

Ray Welsh Scientific Symposium

A symposium for Dr. Raymond Welsh is scheduled for October 6, 2017, from 1-6 pm in the Committee Lecture Hall in the Molecular Biology Building. Ray spent 1973-1980 at Scripps before being recruited for a tenure position at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His faculty work at Scripps, joined independently with that of Rolf Kiessling (Karolinska Institute), helped open and established the field of Natural Killer (NK) cell research by providing major insights into the traits and biology of these cells. Both investigators, assisted by their postdoctoral fellows, are considered major founders of this area in immunology. The symposium is organized by the colleagues of Ray's during his time at Scripps to honor his scientific contribution in the field of NK cells and his later work on heterologous immunity. The lecturers and lectures are given below.

Opening Remarks
Michael B.A. Oldstone, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute

Armed Robbery: How SARS Coronaviruses Takes Over the Infected Cells
Michael J. Buchmeier, Ph.D., UC Irvine

Infiltrating Macrophages Contribute to Seizures and Epilepsy Following Viral Encephalitis
Robert S. Fujinami, Ph.D., University of Utah

Experience Matters
Christine Biron, Ph.D., Brown University

Reverse Genetics to Foster Arenavirus Basic & Translational Research
Juan Carlos de la Torre, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute

Early In Vivo Responses of Virus-Specific T Cells
Lindsay Whitton, M.D., Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute

From Memory to Exhaustion and Back
Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D., Emory University

The Virus Roared, the Mouse Danced, and Humans Took Notice
Michael B.A. Oldstone, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute

How Natural Killer Cells and Heterologous Immunity Regulate Viral Pathogenesis
Ray Welsh, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

FACULTY LECTURE SERIES

Gabriel Lander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology

The 2017-2018 Faculty Lecture Series kicks off on Wednesday, October 11 at 4:00 pm with Gabriel Lander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, who will discuss “Investigating molecular motors at a range of resolutions using Cryo-EM.”

Date: October 11th, 2017 at 4:00 pm

Location: The Committee Lecture Hall, MBB2N

For the full list of speakers and lecture dates, please visit: http://intranet.scripps.edu/california/facultylectureseries/2017_2018.html

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In Brief

Ray Welsh Scientific Symposium

FACULTY LECTURE SERIES