Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Michael Boyce, PhD
2024-05-31 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Michael Boyce, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University. Dr. Boyce’s presentation is entitled “’Inside/Out: Extracellular and intracellular glycosylation in mucin biosynthesis and vesicle trafficking.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Silvia Kreda, PhD
2024-09-20 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Silvia Kreda, PhD, Associate Professor in the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Kreda’s presentation is entitled “Novel therapeutic strategies for cystic fibrosis and primary ciliary dyskinesia, Part 2.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Scott Magness, PhD
2024-10-18 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Scott Magness, PhD, Associate Professor in the UNC Departments of Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology and NC State University Joint Departments of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Magness’s presentation is entitled “BEST4+ cells: A newly identified intestinal cell type with implications for Cystic Fibrosis.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

The Annual John K. Sheehan Lecture in Mucin Biology: Sandra J. Gendler, PhD
2024-10-25 09:00 - 10:30 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for the annual John K. Sheehan Lecture in Mucin Biology, featuring a presentation by Sandra J. Gendler, PhD, Professor of Immunology and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Gendler’s presentation is entitled “A Mucin Odyssey – Tales of MUC1 and Other Transmembrane Mucins.” This lecture will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Larry Johnson, MD
2024-12-13 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Larry Johnson, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Johnson’s presentation is entitled “A Bird’s Eye View of Gene Therapy for Lung Disease.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Brian Chan, PhD
2025-01-31 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Brian Chan, PhD, from the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. Dr. Chan’s presentation is entitled “Nonequilibrium Active Loop Extrusion Model of Chromatin Organization in Interphase.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Patrick Flume, MD
2025-02-07 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Patrick Flume, MD, the Director of the Medical University of South Carolina Cystic Fibrosis Program. Dr. Flume’s presentation is entitled “The Promise and Perils of AI in Interpretation of Thoracic Radiology.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Raymond Penn, PhD
2025-02-14 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Raymond Penn, PhD, the Director of the Center for Translational Medicine, Director of Pulmonary Research, and the Robley Dunglison Professor in Pulmonary Research at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Penn’s presentation is entitled “Compartmentalized GPCR signaling in airway smooth muscle.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: John Hickey, PhD
2025-03-07 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by John Hickey, PhD, Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. Dr. Hickey’s presentation is entitled “Transforming pixels to pathways: spatial-omics across biological scales.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Katherine Barnett, PhD
2025-03-21 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Katherine Barnett, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate in UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Barnett’s presentation is entitled “Cell death, damage, and inflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infection.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Jane Gross, MD, PhD
2025-03-28 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Jane Gross, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatric Pulmonology at UNC. Dr. Gross’s presentation is entitled “Healthcare-associated links in transmission of nontuberculous mycobacteria.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Timothy Corcoran, PhD
2025-04-04 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Timothy Corcoran, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering, and Chemical Engineering; Director of Faculty Development; Co-Director, Pulmonary Translational Research Core; and Vice Chair of the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board. Dr. Corcoran’s presentation is entitled “Aerosol based imaging of the human lung using multi-probe methods.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD
2025-04-11 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Stephen Schworer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology at UNC. Dr. Schworer’s presentation is entitled “Origins of goblet cell metaplasia and mucus plugging in asthmatic small airways.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Ankit Malik, PhD
2025-04-25 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Ankit Malik, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at UNC. Dr. Malik’s presentation is entitled “Novel triggers and functions of Interferons in mucosal immunology.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Burton Dickey, MD
2025-09-12 09:00 - 10:00 | G10 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Burton Dickey, MD, Professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
This session will be held in G10 Bondurant Hall. Note, this is a change from the room in which the seminar is normally held. To find G10: When you enter the main doors of Bondurant, go past the stairs, turn right, and the G10 conference room will be directly in front of you. If you are coming in through MacNider, then you will need to go to the Bondurant lobby near the main door; before you get to the stairs, make a left and you will see the G10 conference room.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Jacob Witten, PhD
2025-09-19 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Jacob Witten, PhD, from MIT. Dr. Witten’s presentation is entitled “Artificial Intelligence for State-of-the-Art Pulmonary Gene Therapy.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004. Note, this is a change from the room in which the seminar is normally held.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Liudmila Cebotaru, MD, JD, LLM
2025-10-10 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Liudmila Cebotaru, MD, JD, LLM, Associate Professor of Medicine and Physiology from the Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center. Dr. Cebotaru’s presentation is entitled “Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis.” Dr. Cebotaru’s research focuses on advancing gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF) with AAV vectors using CF ferret, rhesus macaque, and human enteroid models. She is developing innovative strategies for airway and gastrointestinal delivery of CFTR, including shortened constructs, tailored promoters, and optimized dosing.
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Erin Plosa, MD
2025-11-07 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Erin Plosa, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UNC. Dr. Plosa’s presentation is entitled “Laminin-Epithelial Interactions: Key Drivers of Alveolar Basement Membrane Formation.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Nathanial Chase Stevens, PhD
2025-11-14 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Nathanial Chase Stevens, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate in Kenichi Okuda’s lab. Dr. Stevens’ presentation is entitled “Altered Regional Oxylipin Metabolism as A Mechanism of Susceptibility to Muco-obstructive Lung Disease.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Amjad Horani, MD
2025-11-21 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Amjad Horani, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine and Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology at Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Horani’s presentation is entitled “Understanding motile cilia biology: A journey from the patient to the lab, and everything in-between.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Andrew Ghio, MD
2025-12-05 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Andrew Ghio, PhD, a consultant for Occupational and Environmental Pulmonary Medicine-US EPA and an adjunct faculty member at UNC. Dr. Ghio’s presentation is entitled “Iron, tuberculosis, and smoking.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Kelly Eick, BS
2025-12-12 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Kelly Eick, BS, a PhD student in UNC’s Microbiology & Immunology Department in the Liu Lab. Ms. Eick’s presentation is entitled “Mycobacterium abscessus Infections in Transplant Recipients Genomically Linked to Environmental Sources.”
This session will be held in Marsico Hall, Seminar Room 6004.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Blair Dodson, PhD
2026-01-09 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Blair Dodson, PhD, a Senior Respiratory Scientist at RTI International. Dr. Dodson’s presentation is entitled “Reconstructing the Developmental Vascular Microenvironment: Lessons for Regenerative Lung Biology.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Tim Smyth, PhD
2026-02-13 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Tim Smyth, PhD, a postdoc in Inhalation Toxicology, Immunotoxicology, Bioinformatics, & Epithelial Biology. Dr. Smyth’s presentation is entitled “ Large Scale RNA-seq Datasets Demonstrate Distinct Gene Expression Profilers in Airway Tissue Compartments and Common Ex Vivo Culturing Methods.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Taro Ishimori, MD, PhD, & Hiroaki Murano, MD, PhD
2026-03-06 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by postdocs Taro Ishimori, MD, PhD (UNC Department of Pediatrics), and Hiroaki Murano, MD, PhD (Marsico Lung Institute). Dr. Ishimori’s presentation is entitled “How to Make PCLS,” and Dr. Murano’s presentation is entitled “Small airway pathophysiology in CF.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Rosemary Bayless, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (LAIM)
2026-03-13 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Rosemary Bayless, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (LAIM), Assistant Professor in the Translational Predictive Biology cluster at North Carolina State University. Dr. Bayless’s presentation is entitled “Targeting neutrophils to treat respiratory disease.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Katie Sheats, DVM, PhD
2026-03-20 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Katie Sheats, DVM, PhD, Professor of Equine Medicine and Primary Care and Associate Dean of Professional Education and Admissions at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Sheats’ presentation is entitled “Equine asthma is a naturally occurring and translational large animal model.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: John F. Engelhardt, PhD
2026-04-10 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by John F. Engelhardt, PhD, Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine and Director of the National Therapeutics Resource Institute at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Engelhardt’s presentation is entitled “Unraveling Cellular Functions of CFTR in the Airway: Insights from Transgenic Ferret Models.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Stavros Garantziotis, MD
2026-04-17 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Stavros Garantziotis, MD, Medical Director of the NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) and Head of the Matrix Biology Group at NIEHS, as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at Duke University. Dr. Garantziotis’s presentation is entitled “Role of flagellin-Tlr5 axis in lung disease.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Jane Gross, MD, PhD
2026-05-01 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Jane Gross, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the NTM Isolate Biobank, and Associate Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center. Dr. Gross’s presentation is entitled “Expanding understanding of healthcare-associated NTM acquisition and transmission.”
This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
