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SPRING 2001 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

January 8
Dr. Jerry McGhee, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Alabama
"Peyer's Patches Revisited: Is GALT Really Necessary for Mucosal Immunity or Oral Tolerance?"
January 15
Dr. Duncan Krause, Microbiology Department, UGA
"Structure, Function, and Assembly of the Terminal Organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae"
January 22
Dr. Lawrence Dreyfus, Professor, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Missouri, Kansas City
"Cytolethal Distending Toxin: A Radiomimetic Antiproliferative Bacterial Product"
January 29
Dr. William Shafer, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
"Resistance of Gonococci to Antimicrobial Agents Through Efflux Pumps"
February 5
Dr. Thomas F. Murray, Professor and Head, Physiology and Pharmacology Department, UGA
"On the Pharmacology of 'Roboing': the NMDA Receptor as Molecular Target for Dextrorotatory Opioids"
February 12
Dr. Katrin Hartmann, Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
"Treatment of Feline Retrovirus Infections"
February 15
Dr. David T. Curiel, Director Gene Therapy Center, University of Alabama
"Strategies to Adapt Adenoviruses for Cancer Therapy Applications"
February 19
Dr. Ralph Tripp, Supervisor, Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"The Immune Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is Altered by RSVG Glycoproteins"
February 26
Dr. Brian W.J. Mahy, Senior Scientist, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Global Experience with Cross-Species Infections"
March 5
Dr. Harriet Robinson, Dr. Asa Griggs Candler, Chief, Divison of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes Primate Center of Emory University
"Clear Forks in the Path to an AIDS Vaccine"
March 12
Dr. Jerry McGhee, Special Guest Speaker for Research Day
 
March 19
Spring Break
No Seminar
March 26
Brian McNeil, PhD Candidate (Major Professor Liliana Jaso-Friedmann, Laboratories of Drs. James Moore and Michel Vandenplass)
"Adenosine A2A and A3 Receptors Differentially Modulate LPS-Induced Activation of ERK1/2 in Human Monocytes"
April 2
Dr. Daniel Colley, Microbiology, Director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, UGA
"Longitudinal Studies of Schistosomiasis/HIV Co-Infections in Western Kenya"
April 9
Cynthia Tate, PhD Candidate (Major Professor Randy Davidson)
"Experimental Infection in White-Tailed Deer with the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, and Attempted Transmission via Ixodes scapularis Ticks"
April 16
Joanne Maki, PhD Final Defense (Major Professor Harry Dickerson)
"Elements of Mucosal Immunity in the Channel Catfish"
April 23
Jarred Williams, Exit Seminar for MS degree (Major Professor Liliana Jaso-Friedmann, Laboratories of Drs. James Moore and Michel Vanderplass)
"CD14 in Bovine and Equine Colostrum"
April 30
Andrea Varela, PhD Candidate (Major Professor Susan Little)
"Infection Dynamics of the Tick-Borne Agent Ehrlichia chaffeensis"

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