Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Wolfgang, Franklin, Gray, & Livraghi-Butrico
2023-11-17 09:00 (America/New_York) | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Matthew Wolfgang, PhD; Taylor Franklin, MPH; Tyler Gray, BS; and Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico, PhD, all of the Marsico Lung Institute. Their presentation is entitled “NIH Animal Models Contract: Development of a Chronic Infection Models with Clinical Isolates of P. aeruginosa.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Kenneth Olivier, MD, MPH
2024-01-05 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Kenneth Olivier, MD, MPH, of the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Olivier’s presentation is entitled “Pre-clinical and clinical drug development for nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Deborah Cholon, PhD: updated location: 4008-Old Clinic Auditorium
2024-01-12 09:00 - 10:00 | 4008-Old Clinic Auditorium
Please join us for a presentation by Deborah Cholon, PhD, of the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Cholon’s presentation is entitled “CFTR: The Endless Enigma – Deciphering Its Rescue and the Impact of Bacterial Infection.”
UPDATE: This session will be held in 4008-Old Clinic Auditorium.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Scott Palmer, MD
2024-01-26 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Scott Palmer, MD, of Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Palmer’s presentation is entitled “New Insights into Lung Transplant Chronic Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD).” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Takanori Asakura, MD, PhD
2024-02-09 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by MLI Research Collaborator Takanori Asakura, MD, PhD, of Kitasato University, Tokyo. Dr. Asakura’s presentation is entitled “Characterization of Bronchioles in the Pathogenesis of Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Janelle Arthur, PhD
2024-02-23 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Janelle Arthur, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UNC. Dr. Arthur’s presentation is entitled “Gut microbiome influence on fibrosis and cancer.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Glenn Cruse, PhD
2024-03-15 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Glenn Cruse, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences at NCSU. Dr. Cruse’s presentation is entitled “Regulation of FcεRI function by the MS4A gene cluster.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Carla Ribeiro, PhD
2024-03-22 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Carla Ribeiro, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care and Marsico Lung Institute at UNC. Dr. Ribeiro’s presentation is entitled “From the ER to the Apical Membrane: Airway Inflammation Enhances CFTR Modulator Efficacy.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Antoine Dufour, PhD
2024-04-05 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Antoine Dufour, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Dr. Dufour’s presentation is entitled “Keep up with the TEMPO in the omics era.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Jason Mock, MD, PhD
2024-04-12 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Jason Mock, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UNC. Dr. Mock’s presentation is entitled “Regulatory T Cells: Supporting Lung Homeostasis and Promoting Resolution and Repair After Lung Injury.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Ling Sun, PhD, & Koichi Hasegawa, MD, PhD
2024-04-19 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for presentations by Ling Sun, PhD, and Koichi Hasegawa, MD, PhD, both Postdoctoral Research Associates in the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Sun’s presentation is entitled “Epithelial Xbp1S Expression Leads to Distal Lung Muc5b Hyperproduction and Progression of Pulmonary Fibrosis Following Injury,” and Dr. Hasegawa’s presentation is entitled “Airway epithelial cell-specific expression of SOX9 ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis in mice.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD
2024-04-26 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Kenichi Okuda, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Okuda’s presentation is entitled “Update on Small Airway Epithelial Biology and Physiology.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Christina Graves, PhD
2024-05-10 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Christina Graves, PhD, Assistant Professor in UNC’s Adams School of Dentistry. Dr. Graves’ presentation is entitled “’The Body Keeps the Score’: Mechanisms Mediating Mucosal Stress Responses Across the Lifespan.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Michael Boyce, PhD
2024-05-31 09:00 - 10:00 | 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.
