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SPRING 2008 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
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| January 7 |
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Eric Long, Ph.D. Laboratory of Immunogenetics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Health (Jaso-Friedmann) |
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"Regulation of natural killer cell activation" |
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| January 14 |
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Chris Sassetti, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology University of Massachusetts (Hondalus) |
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"Living within (and without) the mycobacterial phagosome" |
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| January 21 |
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MLK Day—No Seminar |
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| January 28 |
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Parasitology Faculty Candidate Adrian Wolstenholme, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biology and Biochemistry University of Bath (Quinn) |
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"Anthelmintics, ion channels and resistance: Excitement and depression" |
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| February 1 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Donald Harn, Ph.D. Professor Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Paul Coverdell, Room S175 at noon "Will new generation vaccines work in developing country populations? Making a case for zoonotic vaccines" |
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| February 4 |
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Parasitology Faculty Candidate George A. Punkosdy, Ph.D. Laboratory of Immunology National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National I |
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"The role of regulatory T cells in chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection in mice" |
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| February 11 |
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Parasitology Faculty Candidate Stephen J. Davies, BVsc, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology and Immunology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Quinn) |
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"Catching the early worm: Immune regulation and exploitation by blood flukes" |
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| February 19 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Alison Criss, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University Medical School (Microbiology) |
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Special seminar 11AM in Biological Sciences Room 404D "Subversion of host immune responses by Neisseria gonorrhoeae" |
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| February 25 |
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Pejman Rohani, Ph.D. Department of Ecology University of Georgia (Peterson) |
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"The ecological and immunological determinants of dengue epidemics" |
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| March 3 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Jorge Benitez, Ph.D. Associate Professor Morehouse University School of Medicine (Quinn) |
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"Integration of signal transduction pathways regulating bacterial virulence and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis" |
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| March 7 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Thomas Morrison, Ph.D. University of North Carolina (Quinn) |
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Special seminar 12PM in Paul Coverdell Building Room S175 "Pathogenesis of alphavirus-induced arthritis and myositis: Viral interactions with the host innate immune response" |
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| March 17 |
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Eric Pearlman, Ph.D. Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Momany, Plant Biology) |
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"Innate immunity in Fusarium solani corneal infection" |
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| March 18 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Phil Hardwidge, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Veterinary Science, Biology, and Microbiology Departments South Dakota State University (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Paul Coverdell, Room S175 at 2:00 pm "The heat-labile enterotoxin promotes enterotoxigenic E. coli adherence to intestinal epithelial cells" |
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| March 19 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Les Real, Ph.D. Department of Biology Emory University (Ecology and Infectious Diseases) |
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Special seminar at 12:20 pm in the Ecology Auditorium "Integrating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious disease emergence: From rabies to Ebola" |
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| March 21 |
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Board of Regents Infectious Diseases Initiative Candidate Steve Smiley, Ph.D. Associate Member Monoclonial Antibody Core Facilty Trudeau Institute, Inc. (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Paul Coverdell, Room S175 at 12:00 pm "Plague, sepsis and coagulation" |
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| March 24 |
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Bernhard Dietzschold, Ph.D. Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thomas Jefferson University (Fu) |
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"Evolving concepts in the pathogenesis of rabies" |
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| March 25 |
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Immunology Faculty Candidate Tim Denning, Ph.D. Emory Vaccine Center (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 12:30 pm "Regulation of immune responses by intestinal antigen-presenting cells" |
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| March 28 |
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Immunology Faculty Candidate Joao Pedra, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases Department of Internal Medicine (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 11:00 am "Anaplasma phagocytophilum: Mechanisms of host innate immunity and tick colonization" |
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Ronald D. Schultz, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pathobiological Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sylte) |
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"What everyone should know about the immune response to various types of vaccines" |
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| April 7 |
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Canceled Lauren O. Bakaletz, Ph.D. Professor Columbus Children's Research Institute College of Medicine Ohio State University (Lafontaine) |
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"The role of the type IV pilus of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in the pathogenesis of Otitis Media and protective efficacy of novel PilA-derived vaccine candidates" |
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| April 8 |
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Immunology Faculty Candidate Zhennguo Xiao, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate Department of Microbiology School of Medicine, University of Minnesota (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 2:00 pm "Role of inflammatory cytokines in CD8 responses during infection" |
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| April 14 |
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David M. Donovan, Ph.D. Research Molecular Biologist Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Lab ANRI, ARS, USDA (Seal) |
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"Making better antimicrobials through bacteriophage endolysin engineering" |
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| April 17 |
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Immunology Faculty Candidate Kristina Howard, DVM, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 2:00 pm "Mucosal pathogenesis of feline immunodeficiency virus: Is the game over before it starts?" |
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| April 21 |
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Peter E. Jensen, Ph.D. ARUP Professor and Chair Department of Pathology University of Utah (Tripp) |
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Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 11:00 am "Roles for nonclassical MHC molecules in host defense" |
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| April 22 |
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Immunology Faculty Candidate Tim Sparer, Ph.D. University of Tennessee Department of Microbiology Walters Life Sciences, F417 (Quinn) |
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Special seminar in Veterinary Medicine, Room 363 at 2:15 pm "Chemokines gone wild! The pleiotropic effects of chemokines and chemokine receptors: Innate immunity, cytomegalovirus dissemination, and tumorigenesis" |
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| April 28 |
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TBA |
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| May 5 |
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No Seminar—Final Exams |
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| May 12 |
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Susan Tanner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology University of Georgia (Quinn) |
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"Culture change, anthropology, and parasites: Trajectories of inequality in the Bolivian Amazon" |
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| May 19 |
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Canceled Ted Clark, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Parasitology and Imunology Cornell University (Dickerson) |
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"Lipid raft dependent signaling and mitochondrial extrusion in free-living and parasitic protozoa" |
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