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