“HRI and the cytosolic unfolded protein response (cUPR): From innate immunity to proteostasis”

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About our speaker:
Dr. Stephen Girardin’s research program aims to establish a strong footprint in the fields of innate immunity and intestinal inflammation, studying the host innate immune responses to pathogenic microbes using cellular and in vivo models of infection. A major focus of the lab is the intestinal epithelium, which serves as a fundamental interface between, on the one hand, enteric pathogens and the microbiota and, on the other hand, our immune defenses. Together, the Girardin team’s ultimate goal is to understand what drives intestinal inflammation, which can cause such chronic diseases Crohn’s and colorectal cancer.

Dr. Girardin completed undergraduate studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure and his PhD at the Pasteur Institute, both in Paris. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP) at the University of Toronto, where he held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Innate Immunity and Microbial Pathogenesis from 2007 to 2016.

Visit the Girardin Lab website for more information on Dr. Girardin’s research.  

I3V host: Dr. Craig McCormick