DartCF Seminar Series
2023-2024
If a zoom link is required, please contact Rosemary.A.White@Dartmouth.edu
Note: seminars are held on Wednesdays from 8:30-9:30 AM, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Title/Notes |
| September 27 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Chris Kestheley (O’Toole Lab) | “Biofilm maintenance: The overlooked stage of the biofilm cycle” |
| October 4 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner | “Kidney disease in Cystic Fibrosis” |
| October 11 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Daniel Aridgides | “Analyzing the Impact of CFTR Modulators on Macrophage-Pseudomonas Interactions” |
| October 18 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Mark Sundrud | “Bile acids in intestinal immune regulation” |
| October 25 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Daniel Murante Dhanabala Subhiksha (Hogan Lab) |
“Evolution in Chronic CF Fungal Infections” |
| November 1 | – | – | No Seminar | NACFC |
| November 8 | – | – | No Seminar | BCB Retreat |
| November 15 | 8:30AM | Chilcott Aud | Bassam El Hafi Melissa Carmichael (O’Toole Lab) |
“Microbial Interaction in CF” |
| November 22 | – | – | No Seminar | Thanksgiving |
| November 29 | 8:30AM | Kellogg 100 | Josh Obar | “Mda5/MAVS Signaling: Going non-viral or not?” |
| December 6 | 8:30AM | LSC 200 | Roland and Amanda Merullo (Bruce Stanton) | “On raising a child with rare cystic fibrosis mutations” |
| December 13 | 8:30AM | Kellogg 100 | Laura Paulin | “Environmental exposures and CF morbidity” |
| December 20 | – | – | No Seminar | Winter Break |
| December 27 | – | – | No Seminar | Winter Break |
| January 3 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Sharanya Sakar (Stanton Lab) | “Harnessing Extracellular Vesicles from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to aid in infection and inflammation resolution in Cystic Fibrosis” |
| January 10 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Julie Sanville | “Pre-Modulator Microbiome Alterations Associated with Post-Modulator Growth Outcomes in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis: Can we Predict Outcomes?” |
| January 17 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Jane Jones (Cramer Lab) |
“Impact of Trikafta on Aspergillus fumigatus persistence in the setting of Cystic Fibrosis” |
| January 24 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | canceled | |
| January 31 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Carey Nadell | “Spatial propagation of temperate phages within and among biofilms” |
| February 7 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Ryan Little | “Exploring phenotypes, endotypes and systemic disease in chronic rhinosinusitis” |
| February 14 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Ben Ross | “Consequences of altered gut microbiota in infants with cystic fibrosis” |
| February 21 | – | – | No Seminar | Dresden Vacation |
| February 28 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Jim Bliska | “Pathogenic mechanisms of Burkholderia and Pseudomonas effectors in CF phagocyte infections” |
| March 6 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | BBC Core
1)Tom Hampton |
BBC Core
1)Overview of DartCF BBC |
| March 13 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Jen Bomberger | “Interspecies interactions in the CF respiratory tract during co-infection” |
| March 20 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Mark Pittenger |
“Mesenchymal Stem Cell Biology and Clinical Considerations” |
| March 27 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | ||
| April 3 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Katie Hixon | “Electrosprayed Nanoparticle Fabrication and Optimization in the Context of CF” |
| April 10 | – | – | No Seminar | Dresden Vacation |
| April 17 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Benjamin Kopp (Daniel Aridgides) | Modulating Chronic Lung Diseases: Insights into Cystic Fibrosis |
| April 24 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Martha Graber | “Kidney Transplant in Cystic Fibrosis” |
| May 1 | 8:30 AM | Remsen 512 | Ariana Reuven (Bliska Lab) |
“Studies of Neutrophil Interactions with Cystic Fibrosis Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa” |
| May 8 | – | – | No Seminar | DartCF Retreat |
| May 15 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Daniel Schultz | “Evolution of multidrug resistance during P. aeruginosa adaptation to the CF lung” |
| May 22 | 8:30AM | Remsen 512 | Agnes Urban (Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner invited speaker) | “Is CFTR dysfunction the kidneys’ nemesis?” |