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　　报告题目：Triggering and control of innate immunity by RNA viruses

　　报告人：Michael Gale, Jr., Ph.D.

　　Professor with tenure, Dept of Immunology

　　Adjunct Professor, Dept of Microbiology

　　Adjunct Professor, Dept of Global Health,

　　University of Washington

　　时间：2011年 6月 22日(星期三) 上午10:00

　　地点：医学部会议中心206

　　主持人：罗光湘教授

　　 报告人简介：

　　Dr. Michael Gale Jr. is Professor in the Department of Immunology, Adjunct Professor in Departments of Microbiology and Global Health at University of Washington, Seattle. He received his PhD in Pathobiology at University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine in 1994.  He completed his postdoctoral training in virology, innate immune regulation, and interferon-virus interactions in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Katze at University of Washington (10/94-7/99). He became Assistant Professor and Nancy C. and Jeffrey A. Marcus Endowed Scholar in Medical Research in 1999 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2004 in the department of microbiology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). In 2004, he joined the faculty of the department of immunology with adjunct appointment in the departments of Microbiology and global health at University of Washington (Seattle). He has been a full professor with tenure at University of Washington since 2010 and also Affiliate Member in Clinical Research Division ay Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. His research mainly focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying triggering of host antiviral immune response and viral evasion of host immunity. He serves as editors of J Interferon Cytokine Research (Senior Associate Editor) and PLoS Pathogens (Editor in Charge, Virology Section) as well as editorial board member of Journal of Virology, Virology, Antiviral Therapy, Virology: Research and Treatment, and EMBO Reports. His research is recognized by numerous honors. Dr. Gale has published nearly 100 scientific papers in prestigious journals including JBC, Journal of Virology, Journal of Immunology, Hepatology, PLoS Pathogens, PNAS, Molecular Cell, Nature Biotechnology, Science, and Nature.