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FALL 2005 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

August 29
Dr. David Mosser, PhD, University of Maryland (Dr. Mary Hondalus, Host)
"Regulating immune responses by manipulating APC cytokine production"
September 5
Labor Day

September 12
Dr. Jacek Gaertig, Department of Cellular Biology, UGA (Dr. Harry Dickerson, Host)
"Post-translational modifications of tubulins: a novel mechanism for selective regulation of microtubes"
September 19
Dr. Eugene Weinberg, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Biology and Medical Science, Indiana University (Dr. Fred Quinn, Host)
"Iron loading: a risk factor for disease and death"
September 20
Masters Defense: Laura Ridge, MS Candidate (Dr. Craig Greene, Major Professor)
"The seroprevalence of antibiotics against Borrelia burgdorferi in dogs in Georgia"
September 26
Dr. Ya Ping Shi, PhD, Head, Clinical Immunology and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory, Unit of Laboratory Research and Malaria Branch, DPD, NCID, CDC Malaria Laboratory Research in Western Kenya (Dr. Julie Moore, Host)
"CDC Malaria Laboratory Research in Western Kenya"
October 3
Dr. Edward Usherwood, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H. (Dr. Jeff Hogan, Host)
"Virus persistence: Shaping the CD8 T cell response"
October 10
Dr. Gary Litman, Hines Professor of Pediatric Research, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg (Dr. Donald Evans, Host)
"Alternative Mechanisms that diversify Immune-Type Receptors"
October 17
Dr. Mary Tompkins, Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (Dr. Mark Tompkins, Host)
"The Role of CD4+CD25+ T cells in the Pathogenesis of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection"
October 24
Dr. Robert Gilmore, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado (Dr. Ralph Tripp, Host)
"Insights into Infectious Mechanisms of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, during its enzootic cycle"
October 31
Dr. Garry Adams, Department of Veterinary Pathology Texas A&M University (Dr. Harry Dickerson, Host)
"The Paradox of Performing Molecular Pathogenesis Studies on Select Agents and Compliance with the Patriot Act"
November 7
Dr. David Shafer, Professor of Psychiatry, Visiting Scientist, Emory University and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"New Probe/Anti-probe Systems for Real-Time PCR and Microarrays"
November 10, 10:00 am (Thursday)
Masters Defense: Tye Boynton, MS Candidate (Dr. Mark Jackwood, Major Professor)
"Serologic and Genotypic studies of the Spike Glycoprotein of Turkey Coronavirus"
November 14
Dr. Richard J. Martin, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University (Dr. Ray Kaplan, Host)
"Something Old, Something New: Anthelmintic Resistance and Levamisole Receptors have Multiplied"
November 18, 10:00 am (Friday)
Masters Defense: Aphrodite Douris, MS Candidate (Dr. David Stallknecht, Major Professor)
"Salmonella Enterica Serovar Agona Recovered from U.S. Slaughter Samples from 1997 through 2003: A Comparison of Antibiograms, PFGE, Plasmids and Class I Integrons"
November 21
Thanksgiving Break
No Seminar
November 28
Dr. Mary Stevenson, Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University and McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, Quebec (Dr. Julie Moore, Host)
"Dendritic Cell and NK Cell Crosstalk Shape Adaptive Immunity to Malaria"
December 5
Dr. Subramaniam Malarkannan, Associate Investigator, Blood Institute of Wisconsin & Medical College of Wisconsin (Dr. Liliana Jaso-Friedmann, Host)
"Role of PLC-gamma 2 in the development and functions of NK cells"
December 12
Dr. Alain Stintzi, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa (Dr. Bruce Seal, Host)
Seminar Cancelled

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