Jonathan Wilson Yewdell, Ph.D.
Chief, Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID
Education:
1975 A.B. (Biochemistry), Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University,
1981 M.D. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Ph.D. (Immunology), University of Pennsylvania
Brief Chronology of Employment:
1981-1982 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA,
1982-1983 Post-Doctoral Fellow , Imperial College, London, England
1983-1987 Assistant Professor, Wistar Institute
1987-1993 Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID,
1993-Present Chief, Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID
2006 Senior Biomedical Research Service (SBRS)
2008 Senior Investigator
Title: Influenza Adrift: Rethinking Influenza A Virus Evolution
Abstract:
Year in and year out, influenza viruses exact a deadly and expensive toll on humanity. Current vaccines simply do not keep pace with viral immune evasion, providing partial protection, at best, among various age groups. I will discuss recent advances in immunology and virology that offer the very real possibility of radically improving the effectiveness of influenza A virus vaccines, but also raise the essential question of how the virus will evolve in response.
Venue: Room143, New Biology Building, THU
Time: May 28 (Tuesday), 2013; 16:30
Host: Prof. Babak Javid
