UPDATE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. McHeyzer-Williams' visit has been canceled. In December, the medical school will welcome Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
The medical school will welcome Michael McHeyzer-Williams, PhD, in November as the latest speaker for Seminars in Investigative Medicine.
Dr. McHeyzer-Williams will present “ReProgramming B Cell Memory: One Cell at a Time” from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7, in TBL 2 at the W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus in downtown Kalamazoo.
A free lunch will be available from 11:45 a.m. to noon and Dr. McHeyzer-Williams’ presentation will begin promptly at noon. The event is free and open to the public and CE and MEDU credit is available.
If you’re interested in attending the event, please register here: http://bit.ly/2AgECji
Dr. McHeyzer-Williams is a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research's California Campus. He earned his PhD in Immunology at The University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
Dr. McHeyzer-Williams' area of expertise is in Helper T cells. Helper T cells are the master regulators of adaptive immunity that control the development of antigen-specific B cell immunity. His research seeks to define the cellular and molecular details of the major developmental checkpoints that regulate these cell fate decisions in vivo. His lab has recently extended their studies into the earliest innate immune events that initiate and shape this adaptive immune response. If we can understand the rules that control adaptive immunity, it will be possible to design safe and effective protein sub-unit vaccines.
Dr. McHeyzer-Williams is part of an impressive slate of speakers for Seminars in Investigative Medicine for the 2018-2019 academic year.
In October, Bonnie B. Blomberg visited WMed for Seminars in Investigative Medicine and presented “Contributors to Vaccine Response: Aging, Obesity, and Inflammation.”
In December, the medical school will welcome Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.