Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

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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
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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
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Modulation of Alternative Splicing in Cancer

October 27,
2009

Erle Robertson, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia, PA
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Retroviral Restriction Factors:  New Aspects of Innate Immunity

 October 21, 2008

Brian Wigdahl, PhD
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Molecular Mechanisms of Human T Cell Leukemia Virus-induced Neuroinflammatory Disease

November 4, 2008

Michael A. Apicella, MD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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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
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The Immunobiology of Cytomomegalovirus

November 20, 2008
Thursday 3:00

Harry Greenberg, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
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Grossberg Lectureship
The New Rotavirus Vaccines: The Second Time is a Charm

December 2, 2008

Lou Laimins, PhD
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
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Life Cycle of Human Papillomaviruses in Differentiating Epithelia

December 9, 2008

Jeremy M. Boss, PhD
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
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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
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Reciprocal Control of Bacterial Adherence and Motility

February 12, 2008

Scott G. Kennedy, Ph.D. 
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
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A novel Nuclear RNAi pathway in C. elegans

February 26, 2008

Felicia Goodrum, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
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Mechanisms of Human Cytomegalovirus Latency

March 11, 2008

Tricia Serio, Ph.D.
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
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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
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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
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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
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Host Factors Promoting and Inhibiting Retrovirus Replication

May 6, 2008

Daniel J. Campbell, Ph.D.
Benaroya Research Institute
Seattle, Washington
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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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