Microbiology Seminar Series

October 2
October 9	Dr. Joshua J. Coon	Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin - Madison	Jan Novak	Bioanalytical Chemistry – Mass Spectrometry Recent publications
October 16
October 23
October30	Dr. Robert C. Rickert	Burnham Institute for Medical Research	Lou Justement	"Contributions of PI3-kinase signaling to B lymphocyte differentiation, tolerance and transformation" Recent publications

November

November 6	Special CFAR seminar
November 13	Dr. Grant McFadden	Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology University of Florida	Mark Walter	"Poxvirus Immune Evasion and Host Tropism are Linked" Recent publications
November 20	Dr. Igor Kramnik	Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health	Andries Steyn	Host resistance to tuberculosis Recent publications
November 27	Dr. Takeshi Watanabe	Research Center for Allergy & Immunology RIKEN	Pete Burrows	"Generation of transplantable artificial lymph nodes and their immunological function" Recent publications

December

December 4

Dr. Sabine Ehrt

“Acid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis”

December 11

Dr Robert Striker

"Genetic clues for new drugs for Flaviviridae"

December 18

Dr. Anne Rimoin

“Human Monkeypox Research in the Democratic Republic of Congo”

2008

January

January 8	Dr. David Briles	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	"Pneumococcal Colonization: A Key to Immunity or Disaster" Recent publications
January 15	Dr. Stan Lemon	Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity Department of Microbiology & Immunology Department of Internal Medicine The University of Texas Medical Branch	Allan Zajac	Hepatitis C Recent publications
January 22	Dr. Ken Keiler	Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Penn State University	Chuck Turnbough	"Peptide signals for protein destruction and localization" Recent publications
January 29	Dr. Chuck Turnbough	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	"The Many Surprises in Pyrimidine Gene Regulation in Bacteria" Recent publications

February

February 5	Dr. Sue Michalek	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	Mucosal immunology Recent publications
February 12	Dr. Alasdair Steven	Chief, Laboratory of Structural Biology Research NIAMS NIH	Peter Prevelige	"Retrovirus Core Polymorphism and its Dependence on the Initiation of Capsid Assembly" Recent publications
February 13 CMB Distinguished Scholars Seminar Program Wednesday	Dr. Richard Flavell	Yale School of Medicine Department of Immunobiology Howard Hughes Medical Institute	Travis Laver	T cell differentiation Recent publications
February 14 Thursday 11AM BBRB 263	Dr. Elena Frolova	Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology The University of Texas Medical Branch	Peter Prevelige	"Molecular Mechanisms of Inhibition of Cellular Transcription by Alpahviruses" Publications
February 19	Dr. Kathleen Rubins	Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research	Elliot Lefkowitz	“Comparative Analysis of Viral and Host Gene Expression Programs During Poxvirus Infection” Recent publications
February 26	Dr. Leo Lefrancois	Department of Immunology University of Connecticut Health Center	Allan Zajac	"Visualizing the immune response to infection in vivo" Recent publications

March

March 4	Dr. Michael Jennings	School of Molecular and Microbial Science The University of Queensland	David Briles	Bacterial pathogenesis/Vaccines Recent publications
March 11	Dr. Janny Kabarowski	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	Inflammatory and immune processes in atherosclerosis Recent publications
March 18	Dr. Richard Gourse	Department of Bacteriology University of Wisconsin-Madison	Chuck Turnbough	Gene expression in bacteria Recent publications
March 25	Dr. Carl Nathan	Department of Microbiology and Immunology Weill Cornell Medical College	Andries Steyn	"Can Immunology Contribute to Chemotherapy? Challenges of Tuberculosis" Recent publications

April

April 1	Dr. Jiri Mestecky	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	Mucosal immunology Recent publications
April 8	Dr. Jack Johnson	The Scripps Research Institute	Peter Prevelige	Structural virology Recent publications
April 15	Dr. James Leif Smith	Mississippi State University	Jan Novak	"Functional Characterization of Type A Lantibiotics" Recent publications
April 22	Dr. Martin Voskuil	Department of Microbiology University of Colorado Health Sciences Center	Andries Steyn	“The Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy program and latent infection” Recent publications
April 29 Faculty Candidate	Martin Moore	Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center	David Chaplin	Respiratory Syncytial Virus Publications

May

May 6	Dr. Graham Hatfull	Department of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh	Andries Steyn	“Exploration and Exploitation of Mycobacteriophages” Recent publications
May 13	Dr. Susanna Greer	Department of Biology Georgia State University	Lou Justement	"Beyond Degradation: Novel Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation of MHC Genes by the 26S Proteasome" Recent Publications
May 20	Dr. Michael Niederweis	Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham	David Chaplin	“Novel proteins in unique mycobacterial outer membranes” Recent publications
May 22 Thursday 4 PM BBRB 263	Dr. Susanne Gebhard	Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Otago	Michael Niederweis	“The multiple phosphate transport systems of mycobacteria: redundancy or unique adaptation?" Recent publications
May 27	Dr. Steve Reiner	Immunology Graduate Group University of Pennsylvania	Allan Zajac	"Specifying the T cell fates required for immunity" Recent publications

June

June 3

Dr. Elliot Lefkowitz

"Reductive Evolution as a Controlling Event in Orthopoxvirus Speciation and Pathogenesis"

Last updated May 8, 2008

Questions? Peter Burrows