When:
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Derek Walsh
(312) 503-4292
Group: Department of Microbiology-Immunology Seminars/Events
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Microbiology-Immunology Seminar Series
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic human herpesvirus that is linked to three different cancers in the human population. Like other herpesviruses, KSHV is able to establish life long latency in the human host with periodic bouts of reactivation and lytic replication. The ability of KSHV to drive oncogenesis is intimately linked with its ability to evade host immunity. My talk will focus on how KSHV evades host innate immune signaling pathways
and promotes cell proliferation.
Blossom A. Damania, PhD
University of North Carolina
Host: Derek Walsh, PhD