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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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.
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.
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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.