Special Summer Seminar: Speaker Ho Namkoong
2019-07-19 09:00 (America/New_York) | 7004 Marsico Hall
Please join us on Friday, July 19th, for a special summer seminar presentation by Ho Namkoong MD, PhD, Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Research Associate from Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo. Dr. Namkoong’s presentation is entitled “Host Susceptibility to Pulmonary NTM Infection and Bronchiectasis.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in 7004 Marsico Hall.

Dr. Jeffrey Whitsett's UNC Visit
2019-08-05 12:00 | MBRB G202 Auditorium
Jeffey A. Whitsett, MD, Co-Director of the Perinatal Institute and Chief of the Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, will speak on Monday, August 5th, at UNC. His presentation is entitled “Preparing for the First Breath a Single Cell at a Time,” and it will begin at 12:00 pm in the MBRB G202 Auditorium . The host for this visit is Dr. Scott Randell.

Children's Research Institute Seminar Series: Speaker Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc
2019-09-10 12:15 | Bioinformatics 1131
Please join us on Tuesday, September 10th, for a special joint lecture, “Rapid Precision Medicine for Infants in ICUs,” delivered by Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc, President and CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Children’s Research Institute, Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care and the Program for Rare and Interstitial Lung Disease. This session will begin at 12:15 p.m. and be held in Bioinformatics 1131.
About Dr. Kingsmore: Stephen F. Kingsmore, MD, DSc is President/CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), where he leads a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, physicians, and researchers who are pioneering the use of rapid Whole Genome Sequencing to enable precise diagnoses for critically-ill newborns. Dr. Kingsmore and RCIGM are advancing precision healthcare for infants and children through genomic and systems medicine research. Discoveries at the Institute are enabling rapid diagnosis and targeted treatment of critically ill newborns and pediatric patients at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and partnering hospitals. The vision is to expand delivery of this integrated translational research process to enable the practice of precision pediatric medicine at children’s hospitals across California, the nation and the world. Project Baby Bear is a pilot program in California that provides whole genome sequencing to babies hospitalized in intensive care. In the past year, more than 100 infants have received whole genome sequencing, and half of these children have been diagnosed with rare genetic diseases. Also among his achievements, Dr. Kingsmore holds the world speed record for achieving the fastest molecular diagnosis using whole genome sequencing in just 19.5 hours.

Richard C. Boucher, MD: State of the Marsico Lung Institute/CF Research Center
2019-09-13 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
The Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology series will kick off with Dr. Richard C. Boucher’s “State of the Marsico Lung Institute/CF Research Center.” The talk will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 13, 2019, in G100 Bondurant Hall.
Richard C. Boucher, MD, is the Director of the Marsico Lung Institute/UNC CF Research Center.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Elena Batrakova
2019-09-20 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, September 20th, for a presentation by Elena Batrakova, PhD, Research Associate Professor in the UNC Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. Dr. Batrakova’s presentation is entitled “Back to Nature: Harnessing the Power of Exosomes for Anticancer Therapy.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Adam David Gracz
2019-10-04 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, October 4th, for a presentation by Adam David Gracz, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Genetics. Dr. Gracz’s presentation is entitled “Dissecting Cellular Heterogeneity in the Bile Ducts.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Katherine Tuggle
2019-10-11 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, October 11th, for a presentation by Katherine Tuggle, PhD, Director of Research at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Tuggle’s presentation is entitled “CF Research and Funding Priorities.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

UNC Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser and Cornhole Tournament
2019-10-20 12:00 - 16:00 | Southern Village Green, 400 Market Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
Join us for the 3rd Annual UNC Adult Cystic Fibrosis Fall Fundraiser and Cornhole Tournament for our Patient Assistance Fund! The University of North Carolina’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center will host the cornhole tournament complete with local food trucks and raffles, too. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon than raising money for our patients in the most fun way?
For more information and to register, click here.

Visiting Pulmonary Scholar Seminar: Speakers Stephanie Shore & Colette Miller
2019-10-23 16:30 | Friday Center
Please join us on Wednesday, October 23rd, for the first Visiting Pulmonary Scholar seminar of the 2019-2020 season. Stephanie Shore, PhD, a Senior Lecturer in the Physiology Program at the Harvard School of Public Health, will speak on “Obesity, Asthma, and the Gut Microbiome.” The local speaker to follow will be Colette N. Miller, MS, PhD, from the US EPA. She will speak about “Acute Exposures, Lifelong Consequences: Metabolic Effects of Early-Life Ozone Exposure.”
This session will begin at 4:30 p.m. and be held at the Friday Center.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speakers Phillip Clapp & William Bennett
2019-10-25 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, October 25th, for a presentation by the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology’s Phillip Clapp, PhD, and William Bennett, PhD. Their presentation is entitled “The Effects of E-cigarettes on Mucociliary Clearance: Data from In Vitro and Human In Vivo Studies.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Sally E. Wenzel
2019-11-08 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, November 8th, for a presentation by Sally E. Wenzel, MD, Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC. Dr. Wenzel’s presentation is entitled “At the Crossroads of Cell Differentiation and Cell Death.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker James Bonner
2019-11-22 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, November 22nd, for a presentation by James Bonner, PhD, Professor in the Toxicology Program at North Carolina State University. Dr. Bonner’s presentation is entitled “Immunotoxicology of Inhaled Nanoparticles and the Implications for Lung Disease Susceptibility.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Special Seminar: Speaker Dr. Steven Rowe
2019-12-04 14:00 | Bioinformatics 1131
Please join us on Wednesday, December 4th, for a special seminar by Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH, of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Dr. Rowe will speak on “The Transformation of Cystic Fibrosis Therapy (and Other Opportunities in Diseases of Mucus).” This special seminar will begin at 2:00 p.m. and be held in 1131 Bioinformatics Hall.
For more information, please see the flyer attached below:
Steven Rowe_flyer

Visiting Pulmonary Scholar Seminar: Speakers Jayaraj Rajagopal & Kenichi Okuda
2019-12-04 16:30 | Friday Center
Please join us on Wednesday, December 4th, for the next Visiting Pulmonary Scholar seminar of the 2019-2020 season. Jayaraj Rajagopal, MD, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “New Insights into the Airway Epithelial Ensemble.” The local speaker to follow will be Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD, Research Associate at the UNC Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center. He will speak about “CFTR-expressing Cell Types in Normal Human Airways.”
This session will begin at 4:30 p.m. and be held at the Friday Center.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Camille Ehre
2019-12-06 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, December 6th, for a presentation by Camille Ehre, PhD, Research Assistant Professor at the UNC Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center. Dr. Ehre’s presentation is entitled “Role of CFTR on Mucus Properties.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speakers Saira Ahmad & Arunava Ghosh
2019-12-13 09:00 | 321 MacNider, 333 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Please join us on Friday, December 13th, for presentations by Saira Ahmad, PhD, and Arunava Ghosh, PhD.
Dr. Ahmad is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research & Treatment. Her presentation is entitled “Novel Peptides Inhibit Orai1 to Reduce Pulmonary Inflammation.”
Dr. Ghosh is a Research Associate in Cystic Fibrosis / Pulmonary Research & Treatment. His presentation is entitled “E-Cigarette Use Increases Protease Levels in the Lungs of Vapers.”
This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in 321 MacNider Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Kym Gowdy
2019-12-20 09:00 | 321 MacNider, 333 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Please join us for a presentation by Kym Gowdy, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology at East Carolina University. Dr. Gowdy’s presentation is entitled “A Fishy Story: Uncovering the Molecular Interactions Between Pulmonary Lipid Metabolism and Environmental Lung Diseases.” This session will be held in 321 MacNider Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Stavros Garantziotis
2020-01-10 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Stavros Garantziotis, MD, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Garantziotis’s presentation is entitled “TLR5 Protects Aagainst Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Reducing Lung Dysbiosis.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Don Cook, PhD
2020-01-17 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Don Cook, PhD, Senior Investigator of the Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory Immunogenetics Group (NIEHS). Dr. Cook’s presentation is entitled “Digging up the roots of asthma endotypes.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

EIGHTH ANNUAL JOHN K. SHEEHAN LECTURE IN MUCIN BIOLOGY: Speaker Burton Dickey, MD
2020-01-24 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, January 24th, for the Eighth Annual John K. Sheehan Lecture In Mucin Biology and a presentation by Burton F. Dickey, MD. Dr. Dickey is a Professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. His presentation is entitled “Airway Mucin Secretion: Molecular Mechanism and Pathobiologic Consequences.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Seminar: Speaker Thomas Barker, PhD
2020-01-24 12:00 | Duke University, Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103
Please join us at Duke University on Friday, January 24th, for Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Seminar speaker Thomas Barker, PhD. Dr. Barker is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology and the Director of the University of Virginia Fibrosis Institute, and his presentation is entitled “Mechanotransduction In Disease: More Than Just Stiffness.” More information can be found here and in the attached flyer.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Dean Staus, PhD
2020-01-31 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Dean Staus, PhD, a Research Specialist in the Lefkowitz Lab at Duke University. Dr. Staus will talk about stabilizing receptors using nanobodies and other tools, technology that has been utilized to stabilize CFTR for conformational and functional studies. His presentation is entitled “Structural and Molecular Insights into G Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Seminar: Speaker Carla Kim, PhD
2020-02-04 12:30 | Duke University, Nanaline Duke Building, Room 147
Please join us at Duke University on Tuesday, February 4th, for Kaganov Research Initiative in Pulmonary Medicine and Engineering Seminar speaker Carla Kim, PhD. Dr. Kim is a Professor of Genetics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and her presentation is entitled “Regulation of Lung Progenitors and their Microenvironment.” More information can be found here and in the attached flyer.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Stephanie London, MD, DrPH
2020-02-07 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Stephanie London, MD, DrPH, a Principal Investigator at NIEHS with a dual appointment in the Epidemiology Branch and Laboratory of Respiratory Biology. Dr. London’s presentation is entitled “Epigenome-Wide Association Studies of Smoking and Respiratory Illness Across the Life-Course.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Children's Research Institute Seminar Series: Speaker Stephanie Davis, MD
2020-02-11 12:15 | Bioinformatics 1131
Please join us for a Children’s Research Institute Seminar presentation by Stephanie Davis, MD. Dr. Davis is Chair of UNC’s Department of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief at the NC Children’s Hospital, and the Charles Everett & Katherine M. Brewer Professor of Pediatrics. Her presentation is entitled “Unmasking the Face of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.” More information can be found in the attached flyer.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Ray Pickles, PhD
2020-02-14 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Ray Pickles, PhD, Associate Professor at the UNC Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research and Treatment Center. Dr. Pickles’ presentation is entitled “Sendai Virus: A Biological Tool for Probing the Biology of the Airway Epithelium.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

RESCHEDULED FOR 10:30AM: Marsico Lung & Children's Research Institute Seminar: Speaker Judith A. Voynow, MD
2020-02-21 10:30 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Judith A. Voynow, MD, the Edwin L. Kendig Jr. Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research interests include cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and interactions between host factors and pulmonary susceptibility to ozone. Dr. Voynow’s presentation is entitled “Neutrophil Elastase and Macrophage Function in CF.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
2020-02-28 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Edwin K Silverman, MD, PhD, Chief of the Channing Division of Network Medicine and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Silverman’s clinical interests include alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). His research uses a variety of genetic analysis approaches to investigate the genetic influences of complex lung diseases, including integrative genomics, linkage analysis, familial aggregation analysis, rare variant analysis and epigenetic studies. His presentation is entitled “From Genetics to Network Medicine in COPD.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Dept. of Pediatrics, Div. of Gastroenterology Research Seminar for Faculty Candidate: Speaker John Eisses, MD, PhD
2020-03-03 14:00 | 321 MacNider, 333 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Please join us for The Department of Pediatrics & Division of Gastroenterology Research Seminar for Faculty Candidate speaker John Eisses, MD, PhD. Dr. Eisses is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Children’s Pancreas Center in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His presentation is entitled “Drug-Induced Pancreatitis: A Clinical Clue to Understanding Recovery from Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis.” More information can be found in the attached flyer.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Vance Fowler, MD
2020-03-06 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Vance Fowler, MD, Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University. Dr. Fowler’s presentation is entitled “You’re Part of the Problem: Host Genetic Susceptibility to Staphylococcus aureus.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
