Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Katherine Tuggle
2019-10-11 09:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

Richard C. Boucher, MD: State of the Marsico Lung Institute/CF Research Center
2023-09-15 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 15, 2023, in G100 Bondurant Hall.
Richard C. Boucher, MD, is the Director of the Marsico Lung Institute/UNC CF Research Center.

MLI Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speakers Dr. Tuggle, Dr. Thibodeau, & Dr. Sheridan of CFF
2023-09-22 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Dr. Katherine Tuggle, Senior Director of Research; Dr. Patrick Thibodeau, Vice President of Basic Science Research; and Dr. John Sheridan, Director of Research. Their presentation is entitled “Looking Forward: New Landscapes for CF Research.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Yu Mikami, MD, PhD
2023-09-29 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Yu Mikami, MD, PhD, of the Marsico Lung Institute and the University of Tokyo Hospital in Japan. Dr. Mikami’s presentation is entitled “Chronic Hypoxia: A Key Player in Airway Mucus Hyperconcentration.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Mini-Symposium – Cystic Fibrosis: Precision Treatment of a Rare Monogenic Disease
2023-10-04 15:00 - 17:00
The UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) is co-hosting a free virtual mini-symposium on October 4 from 3-5pm. The theme will be Cystic Fibrosis: Precision Treatment of A Rare Monogenic Disease. One of the speakers is Rhianna Lee, PhD, a recent UNC graduate working with Scott Randell, PhD.The symposium will be held virtually, and more information about speakers and registration can be found here.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Kaitlyn Rouillard, PhD
2023-10-06 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Kaitlyn Rouillard, PhD, of the Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Rouillard’s presentation is entitled “Mucus Matters: Changes in Mucus Properties Affect Infection and Drug Delivery.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Juan Carlos Cardet, MD
2023-10-20 08:30 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us for a presentation by Juan Carlos Cardet, MD, of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of South Florida. Dr. Cardet’s presentation is entitled “The impact of social determinants of health on asthma morbidity: Results from the PREPARE trial and its ancillary studies.” This session will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall at 8:30 a.m.
