UNC Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser and Cornhole Tournament
2019-10-20 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Special Summer Seminar: Speaker Ho Namkoong
2019-07-19 09:00 | 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.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Max A. Seibold
2019-06-14 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, June 14th, for a presentation by Max A. Seibold, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at National Jewish Health. Dr. Seibold’s presentation is entitled “Defining the Cellular and Functional Diversity of Human Airway Epithelium and Its Modification by Smoking.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Jennifer Goralski
2019-05-24 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, May 24th, for a presentation by Jennifer Goralski, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at UNC. Dr. Goralski’s presentation is entitled “19F MRI Detects Abnormal Ventilation Despite Normal FEV1 in CF Adults.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Maimoona Zariwala
2019-05-10 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, May 10th, for a presentation by Maimoona Zariwala, PhD, Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UNC. Dr. Zariwala will be speaking on “Insights into the Genetics of PCD.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Hong Yuan
2019-05-03 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, May 3rd, for a presentation by Hong Yuan, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology at UNC. Dr. Yuan will be speaking on “Preclinical Imaging of Lung in Animal Models: Challenges and Developments.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Isabelle Baconguis
2019-04-26 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, April 26th, for a presentation by Isabelle Baconguis, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University’s Vollum Institute. Dr. Baconguis will be speaking on “Architecture of the Gating Domains in the Epithelial Sodium Channel.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Christine Vigeland
2019-04-12 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, April 12th, for a presentation by Christine Vigeland, MD, on “Immune Cell Metabolism and Glutamine-Mediated Pathways in Acute Lung Injury.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Dr. Mark Krasnow's Seminar at Duke University
2019-04-10 16:00 | Duke University, Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103
Mark Krasnow, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry at Stanford University, will speak on Wednesday, April 10th, on “Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration.” This seminar is part of Duke’s Developmental & Stem Cell Biology (DSCB) Colloquium, and it will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Duke University in the Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103.

Genetics and Molecular Biology Seminar: Speaker Carole Ober, PhD
2019-04-05 12:00 | Bioinformatics 1131
Carole Ober, PhD, Professor of Genetics at the University of Chicago, will speak on Friday, April 5th, on “Asthma in the Post-GWAS Era: Searching for the Mid-Hanging Fruit.” This seminar will begin at noon and be held in 1131 Bioninformatics.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speakers Jason Mock & Dustin Norton
2019-04-05 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, April 5th, for a presentation by Jason Mock, MD, PhD, and Dustin Norton, MD, on “Regulatory T Cells and ARDS.” 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 Wellington Cardoso, MD, PhD
2019-03-26 16:30 | Duke University, Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103
Wellington Cardoso, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University, will speak on Tuesday, March 26th, on “Ontogeny and Regulation of the Airway Stem Cell Pool in the Lung.” This seminar will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Duke University in the Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103.

Visiting Pulmonary Scholar Dr. Mark R. Looney
2019-03-20 16:30 | Friday Center
Mark R. Looney, MD, will be our Visiting Pulmonary Scholar on Wednesday, March 20th, at 4:30 PM, in the Friday Center. Dr. Looney is Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSF, and he will be speaking about “Platelet Biogenesis in the Lung.”

Dr. Alan Fine's Seminar at Duke University
2019-03-19 16:30 | Duke University, Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103
Alan Fine, MD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University, will speak on Tuesday, March 19th, on “Ciliated Cell Heterogeneity in the Lung.” This seminar will begin at 4:30 p.m. and be at Duke University in the Bryan Research Auditorium, Room 103.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Jonathan L. Koff
2019-03-15 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, March 15th, for a presentation by Yale University’s Jonathan L. Koff, MD, titled “Reengineering Bacteriophages to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infections.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Ronit Freeman
2019-03-01 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, March 1st, for a presentation by Ronit Freeman, PhD, titled “Programmable Assembly of Artificial Extracellular Matrix and Mucus 3D Architectures.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Microbiology & Immunology Seminar: Speaker Ryan Hunter
2019-02-26 09:30 | Bioinformatics 1131
Ryan Hunter, PhD, Assistant Professor from the University of Minnesota, will speak on Tuesday, February 26th, on “When Good Bugs Go Wild: Bacterial Mucus Degradation in Chronic Airway Disease.” This seminar will begin at 9:30 a.m. and be held in 1131 Bioninformatics.

Visiting Pulmonary Scholar Dr. Theodore J. Standiford
2019-02-20 16:30 | Friday Center
Dr. Theodore J. Standiford will be our Visiting Pulmonary Scholar on Wednesday, February 20th, at 4:30 PM in the Friday Center. Dr. Standiford is Professor and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan, and he will be speaking about “Novel IL-1 Family Cytokines in Lung Innate Mucosal Immunity.” A short talk by Dr. Wan-Chi Lin about “Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 Governs Trans-epithelial Migration of Neutrophils into the Airspace” will follow, and then a reception.

Microbiology & Immunology Seminar: Speaker Jennifer Bomberger
2019-02-19 09:30 | Bioinformatics 1131
Jennifer Bomberger, PhD, Associate Professor from the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on Tuesday, February 19th, on “Complex Communities: Decoding Viral-Bacterial Interactions in the Cystic Fibrosis Respiratory Tract.” This seminar will begin at 9:30 a.m. and be held in 1131 Bioninformatics.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Finn Hawkins
2019-02-08 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, February 8th, for a presentation by Boston University’s Finn Hawkins, MB BCh, titled “Modeling Human Lung Development and Disease Using iPSCs.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

SEVENTH ANNUAL JOHN K. SHEEHAN LECTURE IN MUCIN BIOLOGY: Speaker Mehmet Kesimer
2019-02-01 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, February 1st, for the Seventh Annual John K. Sheehan Lecture In Mucin Biology and a presentation by Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, titled “It Is the Mucins That Matter: A Gel of a Journey.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Mitchell Drumm
2019-01-25 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us on Friday, January 25th, for a presentation by Mitchell Drumm, PhD, titled “Cystic Fibrosis: not just a Pulmonary Disorder.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Rabindra Tirouvanziam
2019-01-18 09:00 | 321 MacNider, 333 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Please join us on Friday, January 18th, for a presentation by Emory University’s Rabindra Tirouvanziam, PhD, titled “Immune imbalance in Cystic Fibrosis: Pediatric cohort studies and ex vivo models.” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in 321 MacNider Hall (please note the changed location).

Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology: Speaker Jim Hagood
2019-01-11 09:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Please join us this Friday, January 11th, for a presentation by Jim Hagood, MD, titled “Intro to Hagood Lung Repair Lab: Fibroblasts in Focus, or All Over the Map?” This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
