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.
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| SPRING 2012 SEMINAR SERIES | |||
| Thursday, Jan. 6 | Mehul S. Suthar, Ph.D. University of Washington |
“RIG-I Like Receptor Regulation of Viral Infection and Immunity” | Ronald Corley |
| Tuesday, Jan. 17 | Hideki Ebihara, Ph.D. NIAID, NIH |
“Molecular Determinants of Filovirus Virulence in Small Animal Models” | Elke Mühlberger |
| Jan. 23 | TBA | ||
| Jan. 30 | Student Qualifying Exam Seminars Kristie Hilliard and Emily Nelson |
”The Hepatic Acute Phase Response Regulates Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury During Pneumonia” and “Regulation of mRNA Stability by Ebola Virus VP30″ |
Gregory Viglianti |
| Thursday, Feb. 2 | Hai-Hui (Howard) Xue, M.D., Ph.D. University of Iowa |
“Back with the Wnts: Their Novel Roles in T Cell Biology | Ronald Corley |
| Feb. 6 | Student Qualifying Exam Seminars Fadie Coleman and Suzanne Geer |
”Influence of Macrophage NF-kB Activation on the Outcome of Pneumococcal Pneumonia” and “HIV Appropriates Host Lectins to Facilitate Capture and Dissemination by DCs” |
Gregory Viglianti |
| Feb. 13 | No Seminar | ||
| Wednesday, Feb. 15, in L201/203 |
Louise D’Cruz, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego |
“Transcriptional Regulation of Natural Killer T Cell Development and Homeostasis” | Ronald Corley |
| Feb. 20 | No Seminar | ||
| Feb. 27 | TBA | ||
| Mar. 5 | Dorian McGavern. Ph.D. NINDS, NIHI |
“Dynamics of Immunity to Acute and Persistent Viral Infection” | Paul Duprex |
| Mar. 12 | Matthew Jones, Ph.D. Boston University School of Medicine |
“Widespread Uridylation of microRNA is Governed by Zcchc11 in vivo“ | Elke Mühlberger |
| Wednesday, Mar. 14, in L201/203 | Janelle Ayres, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley |
“Friend or Foe? Host Tolerance of Pathobionts in Health and Disease” | Ronald Corley |
| Mar. 19 | Student Seminar | Gregory Viglianti | |
| Mar. 26 | Jonathan Towner, Ph.D CDC |
Elke Mühlberger | |
| Apr. 2 | TBA | ||
| Apr. 9 | Ronald Iorio, Ph.D. UMass Medical Center |
Gregory Viglianti | |
| Apr. 16 | No Seminar | ||
| Apr. 23 | Christopher Aiken, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University |
Rahm Gummuluru | |
| Apr. 30 | Student Debate | Gregory Viglianti | |
