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Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Seminars

2009 Seminar Series

WHERE: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Conference Room 276 - BSB

WHEN: Tuesdays - 11:00 AM

For information, please call the Microbiology Department at 414-955-8253.

Please also see Special Seminars that are not part of the Seminar Series.

Fall 2009

DATE	INVITED SPEAKER	TITLE
September 22, 2009	Abigail Salyers, PhD University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign, IL More Information	Bacterial Conjugative Transposons and Baboons: The Intersection of Basic Science and Ecology
October 13, 2009	Luca Cartegni, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY More Information	Modulation of Alternative Splicing in Cancer
October 27, 2009	Erle Robertson, PhD University of Pennsylvania Medical School Philadelphia, PA More Information	A Dual Role for the Epstein Barr Virus Essential Antigen in Modulating the Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination of Cell Cycle Regulators and Tumor Suppressors
November 10, 2009	Paul Bates, PhD University of Pennsylvania Medical School Philadelphia, PA More Information	Modulation of MHC and Tetherin Functions by the Ebola Virus Glycoproteins
November 19, 2009 Thursday 3:00	Grant McFadden, PhD University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville, FL More Information	Grossberg Lectureship The Curious Road from Poxvirus Immune Evasion to Oncolytic Virotherapy

Spring 2009

DATE	INVITED SPEAKER	TITLE
January 27, 2009	Heather True-Krob, PhD Washington University Medical School St. Louis, Missouri	Prions Bare All: Proteins that Elicit Disease or Expose Diversity
February 10, 2009	Sean Colgan, PhD University of Colorado Health Science Center Aurora, Colorado	New Insights into Mucosal Inflammation: The Role of Oxygen Sensing and Metabolism Medical Education Building Room 2050
February 24, 2009	Cathryn Nagler, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts	TLR Mediated Signals from Intestinal Microbes Regulate Immune Responsiveness
March 10, 2009	Ann Palmenberg, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin	Picornavirus Inhibition of Nucleo-cytoplasmic Trafficking Mechanisms
March 24, 2009	Michael Gilmore, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts	Emergence of Virulent, Antibiotic Resistant Lineages of Enterococci and Staphylococci: What Makes Good Commensals Go Bad?
March 31, 2009	William Petri, M.D., Ph.D. University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia	Linking Nutrition and Immunity: The Role of Leptin in Innate Immunity to Mucosal Infection with Entamoeba histolytica
April 7, 2009 CANCELED	Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland	Breakthroughs in Imaging Using Photoactivatable Fluorescent Protein Technology
April 28, 2009 Noon	Jane E. Koehler, M.A., M.D University of California-San Francisco Department of Medicine San Francisco, California	Distinguished Faculty Seminar in Infectious Disease Children’s Hospital Auditorium
May 5, 2009	Kuan-Teh Jeang, M.D., Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland	New Insights into HIV-1 Interaction with Host Cell Factors

Previous Seminar Speakers - Fall 2008

DATE	INVITED SPEAKER	TITLE
September 23, 2008	Paul W. Spearman, MD Emory University Atlanta, Georgia More Information	The HIV-1 Vpu Protein: Mechanism of Action and Potential as a Therapeutic Target
September 30, 2008	Robert Striker, MD PhD University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin More Information	Clues from Viral Genetics to Improve Therapy for Hepatitis C and Other Flavivirdae
October 7, 2008	Talal Chatila, MD University of California School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calafornia More Information	Function of Regulatory T cells in Immunological Tolerance: Insights from Human diseases and animal models
October 14, 2008	Steven P. Goff, PhD Columbia University New York, New York More Information	Retroviral Restriction Factors: New Aspects of Innate Immunity
October 21, 2008	Brian Wigdahl, PhD Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania More Information	Molecular Mechanisms of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus-induced Neuroinflammatory Disease
November 4, 2008	Michael A. Apicella, MD University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa More Information	Sialic acid and the complexities of survival of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in the human host
November 18, 2008	Ann B. Hill, PhD Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon More Information	The Immunobiology of Cytomomegalovirus
November 20, 2008 Thursday 3:00	Harry Greenberg, MD Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California More Information	Grossberg Lectureship The New Rotavirus Vaccines: The Second Time is a Charm
December 2, 2008	Lou Laimins, PhD Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois More Information	Life Cycle of Human Papillomaviruses in Differentiating Epithelia
December 9, 2008	Jeremy M. Boss, PhD Emory University Atlanta, Georgia More Information	Chromatin, Insulators, and Regulation of the Immune Response

Previous Seminar Speakers - Spring 2008

DATE	INVITED SPEAKER	TITLE
January 15, 2008	Harry L. T. Mobley, Ph.D. University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Michigan More Information	Reciprocal Control of Bacterial Adherence and Motility
February 12, 2008	Scott G. Kennedy, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin More Information	A novel Nuclear RNAi pathway in C. elegans
February 26, 2008	Felicia Goodrum, Ph.D. University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona More Information	Mechanisms of Human Cytomegalovirus Latency
March 11, 2008	Tricia Serio, Ph.D. Brown University Providence, Rhode Island More Information	Prion Dynamics and Protein-Only Inheritance
March 25, 2008	Martin S. Pavelka, Jr., Ph.D. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York More Information	Novel Aspects of Mycobacterial Cell Wall Assembly
April 21, 2008 Monday Noon	James B. Kaper, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland More Information	A human study of in vitro expression technology (IVET) to detect Vibrio cholerae genes expressed during infection
CANCELED April 22, 2008 CANCELED	Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D. Columbia University New York, New York More Information	Host Factors Promoting and Inhibiting Retrovirus Replication
May 6, 2008	Daniel J. Campbell, Ph.D. Benaroya Research Institute Seattle, Washington More Information	Migration and Homeostasis of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells
May 20, 2008	Stephen Gauld, Ph.D. Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin	B cell anergy and autoimmunity
June 3, 2008	James Verbsky, M.D., Ph.D. Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin	IL-2 in Immune Regulation

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