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

Seminar Series Fall 2008

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

Seminars as part of three 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),

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.

FC: Faculty Candidate

 

Date

Speaker

Topic

Host*
Aug. 21      
Aug. 26      
Sept. 2 Aaron Yun Chen TBA SLS
Sept. 4 Laurie Shannon   RIP
Sept. 16 Elisabeth Zhang TBA SLS
Sept. 18 Christina Hester   RIP
Sept. 23 Robert A. Burne, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Dept. of Oral Biology, Univ. of Florida College of Dentistry Catabolite Modification of Gene Expression in Streptococcus mutans
 Biswas
Oct. 2 Kristina Ollison   RIP
Oct. 7 Hattie D. Gresham, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Univ. of New Mexico Crowd Control: Innate Immunity and Control of Staphylococcus Quorum Sensing Vines
Oct. 16 Ozan Kumru / Shiyong Chen   RIP
Oct. 17 (Fri)
1014 Orr Major 		Sven Bergström, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden Channel-forming Proteins of Borrelia Spirochetes Zückert
Oct. 21 Liang Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, KU Lawrence Structural Virology by the Combination of X-ray Crystallography and Electron Cryo-Microscopy Qiu
Oct. 23 – 25 BILL NARAYAN MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM    
Oct. 28 David Davido, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, KU Lawrence TBA Qiu
Oct. 30 Shishen Du TBA SLS
Nov. 4      
Nov. 6 FACULTY RESEARCH DAY    
Nov. 11 VETERAN'S DAY    
Nov. 13 COBRE Meeting    
Nov. 18      
Nov. 20 Ian R. Henderson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom "Toblerones, Cheerios and Coopers: the Story of Autotransporter Protein Secretion" Zückert
Nov. 25 Kyung-Tae Park TBA SLS
Nov. 27 THANKSGIVING    
Dec. 4 Bang Shen   RIP
Dec. 9 Scott Alper, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Nat'l Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Durham, NC
 "Identification of novel innate immunity genes and pathways using comparative genomics" FC

Dec. 15 (Mon)
1027 Orr-Major

 Subhash C. Verma, Ph.D., Research Associate, Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
 "Autonomously Replicating Element in the Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus Genome: Mechanism of Persistent Infection" FC
Dec. 17 (Wed)
1027 Orr-Major		 Mohammad Ayoub Mir, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Hantavirus Nucleocapsid Protein: Amazing Role in Virus Replication FC
Dec. 18 Wuxian Guan / Jyoti Jha   RIP
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