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SPRING 2009 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

January 5
No Seminar

January 12
Dr. Richard Webby
(Tompkins)

"Modulation of H5N1 influenza severity"
January 15
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Katherine Ryman
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Special Seminar
"Battling to the death: mosquito-borne virus infections and the host immune response"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building
January 23
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Mark Sangster
Department of Micorbiology
University of Tennessee

Special Seminar
"Regulation of antibody isotype expression and memory in B cell responses to influenza virus"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building
January 26
Dr. Jonathon Stiles
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology Biochemistry & Immunology Morehouse School of Medicine
(Moore)

"CSF and Serum Apoptotic and Angiostatic mediators of fatal cerebral malaria"
February 2

*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)

"Aneuploidy and Drug Resistance in Candida albicans"
February 3
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. William Klimstra
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Special Seminar
"Host and viral factors that control alphavirus infection of antigen presenting cells"
2:00pm, S175, Coverdell Building

February 5
Joint Seminar with Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position

Dr. Xin Li
Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital

Special Seminar
"In Vivo Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Gene functions"
11:00 am, 404D, Biological Sciences Building

February 9
Joint Seminar with the Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position

Dr. Vincent Starai
Department of Biochemistry
Dartmouth Medical School

Special Seminar
"Regulating eukaryotic intracellular membrane fusion: Maintaining integrity and fusion specificity"

February 12
Joint Seminar with the Department of Microbiology
Candidate for faculty position

Dr. Mollie Jewett
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
NIAID/NIH Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens

Special Seminar
"Determination of the genetic basis for Borrelia burgdorferi survival throughout its infectious cycle"
11:00 am, 404D, Biological Sciences Building

February 16
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

Special Seminar
"The gonnococcal type IV secretion system secretes chromosomal DNA and affects host cell interactions"
11:00am, H237, Vet Med Building

February 19
Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Biao He
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Pennsylvania State University

Special Seminar
"The roles of host Kinases in replication of Paramyxovirus"
11:00, S175, Coverdell Building

February 23

Candidate for faculty position
Dr. Clinton Jones
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
University of Nebraska

Special Seminar
"Towards an understanding of how viral factors regulate the alpha-herpesvirus latency-reactivation cycle"
March 2
Dr. Cynthia Baldwin
Professor of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University of Massachusetts
(Sylte)

"The response of bovine gamma delta T cells to leptospira"
March 9
Spring Break—No Seminar
March 16
Dr. Carol Kim
Associate Professor & Director
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Maine
(Evans)
"The Innate Immune Response to Infection in the Zebrafish"
March 23
Dr. Barry Fields
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
(Quinn)

"Legionella and biofilms"
March 30
Dr. Martin Moore
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Emory University
(Sakamoto)

"Mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)- Induced Mucus: Viral Strain Dependence"
April 6
Dr. Craig Hooper
Associate Professor
Departments of Cancer Biology and Neurological Surgery Thomas Jefferson University
(Fu)

"The control of protective and pathological mechanisms of immune cell delivery to the CNS"
April 13
Dr. Mike Madaio
Charbonnier Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
(Friedmann)

"Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease in Man and Xenomice"
April 20
Dr. Charles Czuprynski
Professor
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Sylte)

"Pathogenesis and innate immunity of Listeria monocytogenes infection"
April 27
Dr. Carole Cramer
Executive Director of Arkansas Biosciences Institute
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and College of Agriculture Arkansas State University
(Tripp and Tompkins)

"Plant-based Bioproduction- Enhancing Vaccine Efficacy through Delivery, Presentation & Immuno-modulation"
May 4
Dr. Tom Unnasch
Department of Global Health
University of South Florida
(Kaplan)

"Untangling transcription and mRNA processing in the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi"
May 11
Dr. Kaori Sakamoto
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
(Quinn)

"Trehalose 6,6' -dimycolate: Major Mover and Shaker in Tuberculosis Pathogenesis?"

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