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SPRING 2004 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
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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" |
