| Date |
Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| 5/12/08 |
1420 MSB |
Hank Seifert
Department of Microbiology-Immunology
Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine |
The evolution of molecular tricks used by Neisseria gonorrhoeae to co-exist with the human innate and adaptive immune responses. |
| 4/28/08 |
1420 MSB |
Christina Carlson |
"Role of Transforming Growth Factor-beta in Influenza virus Pathogenesis." |
|
Kevin O’Brien
|
"Host response alterations during Influenza infection." |
| 4/7/08 |
1420 MSB |
Heidi Vonderheid |
"Dendritic Cells in Mycobacterium-Induced Granulomas." |
| 3/24/08 |
1420 MSB |
Courtney Jahn |
"Should I stay or should I go?
Biofilm formation in the plant pathogen Dickeya dadantii." |
| 3/10/08 |
1420 MSB |
Sanjay Ram, MD
University of Massachusetts
Memorial Medical Center |
"To kill a meningococcus." |
| 2/25/08 |
1420 MSB |
Nick Maness |
"Expecting the unexpected: cryptic CD8 T cell epitopes and control of AIDS virus replication." |
| 2/11/08 |
1420 MSB |
Dagmara Kisiela |
"Identification of adhesins of Mannheimia haemolytica involved in binding to bovine bronchial epithelial cells." |
| 1/28/08 |
2301 MSB |
Petra Kohler |
"Characterization of essential Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV secretion system components and their interactions with peptidoglycan." |
| 12/10/07 |
Ebling Symposium Center
Room 1220 Microbial
Sciences Building |
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University, New York |
"What Makes Some Microbes Pathogens?" |
| 11/26/07 |
2511 MSB |
Jeniel Nett |
"A Drug Resistance Mechanism in Candida Biofilms." |
| 11/5/07 |
2511 MSB |
Nicole Cooney |
"Evasion of Macrophage Killing by the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis." |
| 10/22/07 |
2511 MSB |
Elitza Sevova |
"COPII dependent protein trafficking in Trypanosoma brucei." |
| 10/8/07 |
2511 MSB |
Jonathan Mathias |
"Using Zebrafish to Study Chronic Inflammation." |
| 5/14/07 |
408 SMI |
Heidi Vonderheid |
"Bodies n Beads: A Novel Approach to Dendritic Cell Targeting." |
| 4/30/07 |
408 SMI |
Neal Silverman, Ph.D.
Infectious Diseases and Immunology Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
“The response to gram-negative bacteria in Drosophila.” |
| 4/16/07 |
408 SMI |
Josh Troll |
TBA |
| 3/26/07 |
408 SMI |
Bailey Freeman |
TBA |
| 3/12/07 |
408 SMI |
Mark Mandel |
"Comparative genomic analyses of Vibrio fischeri strains colonizing Hawaiian squid and Japanese fish." |
| 2/26/07 |
408 SMI |
Nicole Cooney |
TBA |
| 2/12/07 |
408 SMI |
Lindsey Moser |
"Viral and Cellular Aspects of Astrovirus Pathogenesis." |
| 1/29/07 |
408 SMI |
Andrew Wier |
"Diel changes in global gene expression of host and symbiont in the squid-vibrio association." |
| 12/11/06 |
408 SMI |
Wilmara Salgado |
"Insights into the mechanism of DNA processing and substrate recruitment by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV secretion system." |
| 11/27/06 |
408 SMI |
Carlene Chun |
"The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in the squid-vibrio symbiosis." |
| 11/13/06 |
408 SMI |
Sharon Altmann |
"Pox on the rocks: Blocking vaccinia virus infection with an inhibitor of virus entry." |
| 10/30/06 |
408 SMI |
Andrew Anfora |
"The Effects of “Non-essential” Metabolism on the Ability of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073 to Colonize the Urinary Tract." |
| 10/16/06 |
Room 331 Bardeen
Auditorium |
Nancy Moran, Ph.D.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The University of Arizona |
"Evolutionary genomics of bacterial symbionts." |
| 9/25/06 |
408 SMI |
Rose Szabady |
"The StcE Protease of E. coli O157:H7 Binds and Cleaves Leukocyte Surface Glycoproteins." |
| 6/26/06 |
408 SMI |
Wilmara Salgado Pabon |
"The role of the putative relaxase TraI in DNA processing via the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV secretion system." |
| 6/12/06 |
408 SMI |
Sharon Altmann |
"Stopping the enemy at the gate: characterizing an inhibitor of poxvirus entry." |
| 5/22/06 |
408 SMI |
No meeting (cancelled) |
| 5/8/06 |
408 SMI |
Lisa Fox |
"Factors that influence NKT autoreactivity." |
| Xiaohua Wang |
"Dynamics of NKT cell interactions with CD1d+ APCs." |
| 4/24/06 |
408 SMI |
Carlene Chun |
"Microarray analyses of the squid-vibrio symbiosis illuminates conserved host responses to bacterial colonization." |
| 4/10/06 |
408 SMI |
Carolyn Lipke |
"The two-component regulator, PhoPQ, is required for resistance of Xenorhabdus nematophila to antimicrobial peptides." |
| Youngjin Park |
"Virulence modulation (VMO) of entomopathogenic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophila, on host insect Manduca sexta." |
| 3/27/06 |
408 SMI |
Rose Szabady |
"E. coli O157:H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans." |
| 3/13/06 |
408 SMI |
No Meeting |
Spring Break |
| 02/13/06 |
408 SMI |
Bailey Freeman |
"Macrophage-mediated Immunosuppression in African Trypanosomiasis" |
| 01/23/06 |
408 SMI |
Josh Troll |
"Characterization of putative Vibrio fischeri-signal receptors in Euprymna scolopes." |
| 11/28/05 |
408 SMI |
Chris Kuckleburg |
"Expression of phosphorylcholine on Haemophilus somnus LOS contributes to bovine platelet activation." |
| Dave McClenahan |
"Altered Mannheimia haemolytica adherence to bovine lung epithelial cells infected with bovine herpes virus." |
| 10/24/05 |
408 SMI |
Torsten Wurm |
"Interaction of the coronavirus N protein with the host cell." |
| 9/26/05 |
408 SMI |
Dana Mordue |
"A functional genomics approach to isolate genes critical for parasite pathogenesis." |
| 6/27/05 |
408 SMI |
Rose Szabady |
"Characterization of Vibrio cholerae TagA, a StcE-like metalloprotease" |
| 6/13/05 |
408 SMI |
Xiuxu Chen |
"Role of CD4-mediated co-stimulation in activation of CD1d-restricted T cells" |
| 5/23/05 |
408 SMI |
Victor J. DiRita, Ph.D.
University of Michigan |
"Virulence regulation in Vibrio cholerae by membrane localized transcription factors." |
| 5/9/05 |
408 SMI |
Sharon Altmann |
"A Peptide with Broad Spectrum Antiviral Activity Inhibits Vaccinia Virus Infection" |
| 4/25/05 |
408 SMI |
Ron Peck |
"Stage-specific requirement for the lysosomal membrane glycoprotein, p67, in Trypanosoma brucei" |
| 4/11/05 |
408 SMI |
Erica Behling-Kelly |
"Haemophilus somnus adheres to the glycocalyx of bovine brain endothelial cells and promotes alterations in the permeability of the cell monolayer" |
| Dhammika Attapatu |
"Cellular trafficking of M. haemolytica leukotoxin" |
| 3/28/05 |
408 SMI |
Loren Denlinger |
"Variant nucleotide receptors in airway immunity" |
| 3/14/05 |
408 SMI |
Subramanya Hegde |
|
| 2/28/05 |
408 SMI |
Carolyn Lipke |
"Regulation of a secreted protease, PrtA, in Xenorhabdus nematophila" |
| 2/14/05 |
408 SMI |
Fang Li |
"Identification and characterization of Candida albicans genes involved in cell adhesion, morphogenesis and virulence" |
| 1/24/05 |
408 SMI |
Lindsey Moser |
"Insights into Potential Mechanisms of Astrovirus-Induced Diarrhea" |
| 12/6/04 |
408 SMI |
Jeremy Glasner |
"Organizing and Understanding the Genomes of Pathogenic Enterobacteria" |
| 11/22/04 |
408 SMI |
Rebecca Montgomery |
"Cellular Determinants of HSV Entry" |
| 10/25/04 |
408 SMI |
Gireesh Rajashekara |
"Brucella melitensis: Determining virulence determinants" |
| 10/18/04 |
408 SMI |
Peter Redford |
"How Does Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Know When It's in the Bladder?" |
| 9/27/04 |
408 SMI |
Kim Luke & Liz Turpin |
"The host response to influenza virus: from dead cells to activated growth factors" |
| 5/10/04 |
408 SMI |
Tom Grys |
"E. coli O157:H7 shedding by bovine hosts: the "ins and outs" of large animal studies" |
| 4/26/04 |
408 SMI |
Meg Bohse |
"The YPS3 locus of Histoplasma capsulatum" |
4/9/04
Noon |
408 SMI |
Stephen Farrand
University of Illinois |
"Regulating Transfer of Agrobacterium Ti Plasmids: Turning Them On, Turning Them Off" |
| 4/5/04 |
408 SMI |
Nancy Keller |
"Aspergillus fumigatus virulence factors: lessons from the genetic model Aspergillus nidulans" |
| 3/22/04 |
408 SMI |
Lindsey Moser |
"Cellular Biology of Astrovirus-Induced Diarrhea" |
| 2/23/04 |
408 SMI |
Carolyn Lipke |
"Xenorhabdus nematophila secreted proteases and their role in virulence in insects" |
| 01/26/04 |
408 SMI |
Rich Proctor |
"Why Staphylococcus aureus has suddenly become so aggressive" |
| 12/1/03 |
408 SMI |
Richard Stein (Klein postdoc
candidate) |
"Using Site-Specific Recombination to Examine Bacterial Chromosome Structure and Dynamics" |
| 11/24/03 |
408 SMI |
Adel Talaat |
"Imaging the transcriptional profile of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis during infection" |
| 10/27/03 |
408 SMI |
Holly Hamilton |
"Type IV Secretion & Host Cell Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae" |
|
4/28/03
|
408 SMI
|
Donna Paulnock |
"Regulation of innate immune responses during African trypanosomiasis" |
|
3/24/03
|
408 SMI
|
Stacey Schultz-Cherry |
"The role of TGF-beta in infectious disease" |
|
2/24/03
|
408 SMI
|
Lyric Beaty (Christensen Lab) |
"Innate immune responses of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti" |
|
1/27/03
|
408 SMI
|
Rob Striker |
"Hepatitis C Viral Polymerase: Implications for Drug Design and Pathogenesis" |
|
11/25/02
|
408 SMI
|
Katrina Forest |
"The Structural Basis of Bacterial Type IV Pilus Function" |
|
10/28/02
|
408 SMI
|
Karl Boehme (Compton Lab) |
"Toll-like Receptor-Mediated Innate Immune Responses to Human Cytomegalovirus" |
|
9/23/02
|
408 SMI
|
Darby Brown (Allen Lab) |
"Using Tryptophan Auxotrophy to Identify Host-Induced Genes in Ralstonia solanacearum" |
|
No Meetings June - August
|
|
6/10/02
|
408 SMI
|
Marcel Wüthrich (Klein lab) |
"Absolute and dispensible requirements for vaccine immunity against pulmonary blastomycosis" |
|
No Meetings in May
|
| 4/22/02 |
408 SMI |
Paula Roesch (Welch Lab) |
"Escherichia coli Uropathogenesis: A Case of Needing the Right Serine?" |
4/18/02
2:30-3:30PM |
408 SMI |
Phil Tarr, M.D.
Division of Gastroenterology,
Department of Pediatrics,
University of Washington
School of Medicine |
"A random walk around the E. coli O157:H7 chromosome." |
| 4/5/02 |
408 SMI |
Dr. Arturo Casadevall |
"Serum therapy then and now: developing antibody therapy for cryptococcosis" |
4/4/02
3:30PM |
1111 BTC |
Dr. Arturo Casadevall |
"Mechanisms of antibody-mediated protection against intracellular fungal and bacterial pathogens." |
| 3/18/02 |
408 SMI |
Bill Weidanz |
"Genetic disection of the immune response to Plasmodium chabaudi blood-stage infection." |
| 2/25/02 |
408 SMI |
Joe Dillard |
"Mutations in the gonococcal genetic island affecting transformation and interaction with host cells." |
| 1/28/02 |
408 SMI |
OPEN |
Students, postdocs, faculty are invited to present. If there are no volunteers responding to this message, this meeting will be canceled. |
| 12/17/01 |
408 SMI |
Bill Weidanz |
Genetic dissection of the immune response to experimental malaria. |
| 11/26/01 |
408 SMI |
Jay Bangs |
"Down to the crossroads: intersection of secretion and endocytosis in African trypanosomes." |
| 10/22/01 |
408 SMI |
Loren Denlinger |
"Regulation of Macrophage Activation by the Nucleotide Receptor P2X7: Structural and Functional Analysis of the C-terminal Domain" |
| 09/24/01 |
408 SMI |
Paul Lambert |
"P53-INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16 E6 ONCOGENE IN CARCINOGENESIS: TRANSGENIC ANIMALS STUDIES" |
| Cancelled |
408 SMI |
Robert Belland |
A Genomic Approach to Chlamydial Biology and Pathogenesis. (Please note 3:30 PM starting time) |
| 08/27/01 |
408 SMI |
Sally Leong |
Comparative Genomics as a Tool to Understand the AVR1-CO39-Pi-CO39 (t) Interaction |
| 07/23/01 |
408 SMI |
Gerry Byrne |
Pathogenesis of Chlamydial Infections: Evolving Concepts of Chronic Diseases |
|
No Meetings in June
|
|
No Meetings in May
|
| 04/23/01 |
408 SMI |
Gary Splitter |
Facultative intracellular bacterium: Brucella abortus intracellular adaptation and host response |
| 03/26/01 |
408 SMI |
Peter McNamara |
Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factor Regulation |
| 02/26/01 |
408 SMI |
Susan West |
TBA |
| 01/22/01 |
408 SMI |
Matyas Sandor |
Granuloma - a localized battlefront between the host and infectious agents. |
| 11/27/00 |
408 SMI |
Heidi Goodrich-Blair |
Xenorhabdus nematophilus as a model for host-bacterium interactions |
| 10/23/00 |
408 SMI |
Curtis Brandt |
A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT VIRAL VIRULENCE: A SYSTEM TO STUDY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MULTIPLE GENES |
| 09/25/00 |
227 MSC |
Jon Woods |
Histoplasma capsulatum pathogenesis |
