Seminars
The Department of Microbiology and Section of Infectious Diseases holds a weekly Research Seminar Series on Mondays at 12:00 noon in L504 unless other wise noted.
The Immunology Training Program holds a weekly Seminar Series on Wednesdays at 12:00 noon in L504 unless otherwise noted.
Click here for previous seminars.
| FALL 2009 SEMINAR SCHEDULE |
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Speaker |
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Friday, Keefer |
The Eighth Annual Sue Kim Hanson Luke O’Neill, Ph.D. |
Immunology |
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Sept. 16 |
Leslie Berg, Ph.D. |
“Signaling Pathways That Regulate T Cell Development and Differentiation” |
Immunology |
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Sept. 21 |
Microbiology Student Invited Speaker |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Sept. 23 |
Evelyn Kurt-Jones, Ph.D. |
“Toll-like Receptors in Viral Immunity” |
Immunology |
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Sept. 28 |
Tom Tullius, Ph.D. |
“The Role of DNA Shape in the Workings of the Human Genome” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Tuesday |
Dissertation Defense Seminar |
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Sept. 30 |
No Seminar |
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Oct. 5 |
Daniel G. Bausch, M.D., M.P.H.&TM |
“Research and Control of the African Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Oct. 7 |
Leo LeFrancois, Ph.D. |
“Regulation of Memory T Cell Development” |
Immunology |
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Oct. 12 |
No Seminar |
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Oct. 14 |
Paula Pitha-Rowe, Ph.D. |
“TBA” |
Immunology |
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Friday |
Alan Rothman, M.D. |
“Clinical and Immunologic Studies of Dengue- Implications for Management and Prevention of Infection and Disease” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Oct. 19 |
Gary Guy Bushkin |
“Similarities Between the Walls of Toxoplasma oocysts and Saccharomyces asci” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Oct. 21 |
Training Seminar for Flow Cytometry Core |
“TBA” |
Immunology |
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Oct. 26 |
Esther Bullitt, Ph.D. |
“Hanging on by a Thread: The Assembly and Structure of Adhesion pili on Bacteria that Cause Traveler’s Diarrhea” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Oct. 28 |
David Wiest, Ph.D. |
“Role of Rpl22 in T Cell Development and Transformation” |
Immunology |
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Friday, |
Carolina Lopez, Ph.D. |
“Unraveling Host’s Mechanisms to Control Viral Infections: From Intracellular Virus Detection to Systemic Responses” |
Microbiology / Immunology |
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Nov. 2 |
Jon Goguen, Ph.D. |
“Yersinia pestis and Innate Immunity: Keys and Mysteries in Understanding the Molecular Basis of Extreme Virulence” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Nov. 4 |
Paul Anderson, Ph.D. |
“Post-Transcriptional Control of Immune-Mediated Inflammation” |
Immunology |
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Monday |
Ulf Klein, Ph.D. |
“Molecular Analysis of Post-Germinal Center B-Cell Differentiation: Physiology and Disruption” |
Immunology |
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Nov. 11 |
No Seminar |
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Nov. 16 |
Beth McCormick, Ph.D. |
“The ABC’s of Salmonella enterica Subspecies Typhimurium Pathogenesis” |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Nov. 18 |
Anne Goldfeld, M.D. |
“Checkpoints of TNF Gene Regulation” |
Immunology |
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Nov. 23 |
No Seminar |
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Nov. 25 |
No Seminar |
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Nov. 30 |
Wayne Lencer, M.D. |
”Lipid Trafficking in Epithelial Cells: Structure-Function Studies on the Cholera Toxin Receptor Ganglioside GM1 and Reverse Genetics of Flotillin 1/2 and Derlin 1″ |
Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Dec. 2 |
Nathaniel Green |
“TBA” |
Immunology |
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Dec. 7 |
Igor Kramnik, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Microbiology / Infectious Diseases |
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Dec. 9 |
Eric Meffre, Ph.D. |
“The Impact of Single Gene Mutations and Polymorphisms on Human B Cell Tolerance” |
Immunology |
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END OF SEMESTER |
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