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Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology
School of Medicine  :  Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology

Seminar Series Spring 2009

(Co-sponsored by NIH Grant Number P20 RR016443 from the COBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources)

Seminars as part of four series,

  • the Microbiology Seminars Series (MBS, invited speakers),
  • the Research in Progress Series (RIP, graduate students and postdocs), or
  • the Student Literature Seminar Series (SLS, graduate students),
  • the Faculty Seminar Series (FSS, Department Faculty)

are presented at 11:00 a.m. in 1023 Orr Major on Tuesdays (and occasionally Thursdays), unless otherwise noted.

Non-department faculty interested in meeting the speakers should contact the host or the following individuals in charge of the three series: MBS, Kee Jun Kim, Ph.D.; RIP, Tom Yankee, Pharm.D., Ph.D.; SLS, Charlotte Vines, Ph.D.

 

Date

Speaker

Topic

Host*
Aug. 27 Jürgen A. Richt, D.V.M., Ph.D., Regents Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University Swine Influenza in North America: 1918 to Present Parmely
Sept. 3 Michael Parmely, Ph.D., Professor & Interim Chair Cell Death at the Interface Between Francisella tularensis and the Host FSS
Sept. 8 Albert Zlotnik, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Univ. of California at Irvine, CA Chemokines in Evolution and Disease Vines
Sept. 15 OPEN    
Sept. 17 RIP   RIP
Sept. 22 OPEN    
Sept. 24 Steven Weinman, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Motility, KUMC Disruption of Mitochondrial and Lysosomal Function by Hepatitis C Viral Proteins
 Parmely
Sept. 29 OPEN    
Oct. 1 Perkin-Elmer Seminar    
Oct. 6 Joe Lutkenhaus, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor TBA FSS
Oct. 8 Xiaofei Gao   SLS
Oct. 13 Ross Dalbey, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH Proteolytic Cleavage Above or Below the Membrane: Lessons Learned with Signal Peptidases and Intramembrane Cleaving Proteases Zückert
Oct. 15 RIP   RIP
Oct. 20

Ed Stephens, Ph.D., Professor
POSTPONED

 TBA FSS
Oct. 22 RIP   RIP
Oct. 27 Shishen Du   SLS
Oct. 29 Yong Luo   SLS
Nov. 3 FACULTY RESEARCH DAY    
Nov. 5 Fengyi Wan, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD Non-Rel Subunits of NF-kappa B Confer Its Regulatory Specificity Hardwidge
Nov. 10 Roman R. Ganta, M.Sc., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Coll. of Vet. Med., Kansas State Univ. Macrophage- and Tick Cell-Specific Differentially Expressed Ehrlichia chaffeensis p28-omp Genes Kim
Nov. 12 RIP   RIP
Nov. 17 David Pintel, Ph.D., Dr. R. Philip & Diane Acuff Endowed Professor in Medical Research, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Univ. of Missouri TBA Qiu
Nov. 19 Xixu Cai   SLS
Nov. 24 Wolfram R. Zückert, Ph.D., Associate Professor Through the Periplasm and Beyond: Lipoprotein Secretion in Borrelia Spirochetes FSS
Nov. 26-27 THANKSGIVING    
Dec. 1 Catherine L. Lawson, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ Multiscale (X-ray, EM) Visualization of Bacterial Transcription Activation Zückert
Dec. 3 Mohammad Hossain   SLS
Dec. 8 OPEN    
Dec. 10 OPEN    
Dec. 15 Buddhadeb Dawn, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, KUMC TBA Parmely
Dec. 17 RIP   RIP
Dec. 22 OPEN    
Dec. 24-
Jan. 2 		CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS    
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