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January 5
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No Seminar
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January 12
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Dr. Richard Webby
(Tompkins)
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"Modulation of H5N1 influenza severity"
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January 15
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Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Katherine Ryman
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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Special Seminar
"Battling to the death: mosquito-borne virus infections and the host immune response"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building
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January 23
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Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Mark Sangster
Department of Micorbiology
University of Tennessee
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Special Seminar
"Regulation of antibody isotype expression and memory in B cell responses to influenza virus"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building
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January 26
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Dr. Jonathon Stiles
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology Biochemistry & Immunology Morehouse School of Medicine
(Moore)
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"CSF and Serum Apoptotic and Angiostatic mediators of fatal cerebral malaria" |
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February 2
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*Joint sponsored with the Departments of Plant Biology and Microbiology*
Dr. Judith Berman
Professor
Genetics Mechanisms of Cancer Program
University of Minnesota
(Quinn, Momany & Whitman)

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"Aneuploidy and Drug Resistance in Candida albicans"
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February 3
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Candidate for faculty position
Dr. William Klimstra
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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Special Seminar
"Host and viral factors that control alphavirus infection of antigen presenting cells"
2:00pm, S175, Coverdell Building
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February 5
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Joint Seminar with Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Xin Li
Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital
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Special Seminar
"In Vivo Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Gene functions"
11:00 am, 404D, Biological Sciences Building
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February 9
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Joint Seminar with the Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Vincent Starai
Department of Biochemistry
Dartmouth Medical School
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Special Seminar
"Regulating eukaryotic intracellular membrane fusion: Maintaining integrity and fusion specificity"
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February 12
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Joint Seminar with the Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Mollie Jewett
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
NIAID/NIH Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens
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Special Seminar
"Determination of the genetic basis for Borrelia burgdorferi survival throughout its infectious cycle"
11:00 am, 404D, Biological Sciences Building
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February 16
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Joint Seminar with the Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Joseph Dillard
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Special Seminar
"The gonnococcal type IV secretion system secretes chromosomal DNA and affects host cell interactions"
11:00am, H237, Vet Med Building
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February 19
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Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Biao He
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Pennsylvania State University
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Special Seminar
"The roles of host Kinases in replication of Paramyxovirus"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building
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February 23
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Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Clinton Jones
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Nebraska

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Special Seminar
"Towards an understanding of how viral factors regulate the alpha-herpesvirus latency-reactivation cycle" |
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March 2
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Dr. Cynthia Baldwin
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Massachusetts
(Sylte)
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"The response of bovine gamma delta T cells to leptospira" |
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March 9
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Spring BreakNo Seminar
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March 16
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Dr. Carol Kim
Associate Professor & Director
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Maine
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"The Innate Immune Response to Infection in the Zebrafish" |
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March 23
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Dr. Barry Fields
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
(Quinn)
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"Legionella and biofilms"
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March 30
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Dr. Martin Moore
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Emory University
(Sakamoto)
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"Mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)- Induced Mucus: Viral Strain Dependence"
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April 6
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Dr. Craig Hooper
Associate Professor
Departments of Cancer Biology and Neurological Surgery Thomas Jefferson University
(Fu)
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"The control of protective and pathological mechanisms of immune cell delivery to the CNS"
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April 13
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Dr. Mike Madaio
Charbonnier Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
(Friedmann)
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"Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease in Man and Xenomice"
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April 20
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Dr. Charles Czuprynski
Professor
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Sylte)
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"Pathogenesis and innate immunity of Listeria monocytogenes infection" |
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April 27
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Dr. Carole Cramer
Executive Director of Arkansas Biosciences Institute
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and College of Agriculture Arkansas State University
(Tripp and Tompkins)
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 "Plant-based Bioproduction- Enhancing Vaccine Efficacy through Delivery, Presentation & Immuno-modulation" |
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May 4
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Dr. Tom Unnasch
Department of Global Health
University of South Florida
(Kaplan)
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"Untangling transcription and mRNA processing in the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi" |
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May 11
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Dr. Kaori Sakamoto
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
(Quinn)
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"Trehalose 6,6' -dimycolate: Major Mover and Shaker in Tuberculosis Pathogenesis?" |