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January 13
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Dr. Morrie Potter, CDC
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"A Review of Johne's Disease"
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January 20
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Dr. Angela Fritzinger, Health Sciences Center, Virginia Commonwealth University
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"Characterization of a human 'CD59-like' protein in Naegleria fowleri amoebae"
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January 27
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Manuela Mura, PhD
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"The Battle of Retroviruses During Evolution: A Novel Post-Assembly Interference Mechanism Exhibited by an Endogenous Retrovirus"
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February 3
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Student Presentations: Jennifer Pfeiffer, MS Candidate and Naomi Lucchi, PhD Candidate
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"The use of CpG Motif to Improve Vaccines" and "Receptors, Mediators and Mechanisms Involved in Bacterial Sepsis and Septic Shock"
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February 10
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No Seminar
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February 17
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Dr. Timothy G. Geary
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"Nematode neuropeptides: pharmacology of novel targets for drug intervention"
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February 24
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Student Presentations: Pablo Murcia, PhD Candidate and Trish Moyer, MS Candidate
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"Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Tumorigenesis" and "Moraxella bovis: On the road to protection"
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March 2
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Student Presentation: Jayakumar Poovasserry, PhD Candidate
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"Brucella Pathogenesis: Current Understanding and Future Trends"
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March 8
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Spring Break
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No Seminar
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March 16
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Michael Yabsley, PhD Candidate
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PhD Defense: "Geographic Distribution, Molecular Variability, and Landscape Epidemiology of Ehrlichia chaffeensis from White-tailed Deer in the Southeastern United States"
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March 23
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Praveen Nair, PhD Candidate
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"Microbial Biofilms: Pathogenesis and Beyond"
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March 30
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Dr. D.J. Perkins (Dr. Julie Moore, Sponsor)
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"Genetic regulation of nitric oxide synthase type 2 and susceptibility to childhood malaria"
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April 6
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Dr. Paul Rota, Supervisory Microbiologist, Measles Virus Section, MS-C-22, CDC
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"The Emergence of a New Zoonotic Paramyxovirus, Nipah Virus"
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April 13
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Dr. T. V. Rajan, University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Pathology
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"Host defense against large extra-cellular metazoan parasites"
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April 16
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Student Presentation: Brian McNeill, PhD Candidate
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PhD Defense: "Adenosine Receptor Mediated Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Human Monocytic Cells"
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April 20
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Dr. Joe Falkinham (Dr. Fred Quinn, Sponsor)
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"Physiological Ecology of Mycobacterium avium"
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April 27
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Student Presentation: Ivan Alvarado, PhD Candidate
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"Evaluations of the Pathogenicity of an In Vivo E In Vitro Intestine Passaged Infectious Bronchitis Virus"
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May 4
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Student Presentations: Ritesh Tandon, PhD Candidate and Lilian Orciari, PhD Candidate
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"Ion Channels: an open and shut case" and TBA
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May 11
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Dr. Russell Karls, Assistant Research Scientist
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"Secondary sigma factors and their roles in Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence"
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May 18
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Student Presentations: Cynthia Tate, PhD Candidate and Vivien Dugan, PhD Candidate
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TBA and "White-tailed deer and racoons as hosts for the causative agents of human ehrlichioses"
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