(Co-sponsored by NIH Grant Number P20 RR016443 from the COBRE Program of the National Center for Research Resources)
The Microbiology Seminar Series presents seminars at 11:00 a.m. in 1023 Orr Major on Tuesdays (and occasionally Thursdays), unless otherwise noted. For additional information about the Series contact Kee Jun Kim, Ph.D. (Phone: 913-588-7043).
*Non-department faculty interested in meeting the Speaker should contact the host. Student Literature Seminars are marked SLS.
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Host* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28 | Marcia L. Bellon, Graduate Student THESIS DEFENSE |
Telomerase regulation and telomere maintenance during human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus (HTLV-I) transformation | |
| Mar. 4 | Ning Zhi, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH | Human parvovirus B19 infectious clone and its application in study of B19 pathogenesis | Qiu |
| Mar. 11 | Elisabeth Yan Zhang, Graduate Student | TBA | SLS |
| Mar. 17- Mar. 21 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| Mar. 20, 4:00 p.m. |
Chia Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR | Staphylococcus aureus virulence regulatory network: insights from capsule gene regulation | Lutkenhaus |
| Mar. 25 | Sonja Best, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Tick-borne Flavivirus Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIAID | Tick-borne flaviviruses put the bite on interferon | Qiu |
| Mar. 27 | Ozan Kumru, Graduate Student | TBA | SLS |
| Apr. 8 | Bang Shen, Graduate Student | TBA | SLS |
| Apr. 10 | STUDENT RESEARCH FORUM | ||
| Apr. 14 MON |
Katherine Excoffon, Ph.D., Asst. Res. Scientist, Univ. of Iowa (Faculty Candidate) | Molecular pathogenesis of Adenovirus infection | Lutkenhaus |
| Apr. 15 | Katsura Asano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State Universitys | Translation factor control of signal transduction pathways | Qiu |
| Apr. 17 | Christina Hester, Graduate Student THESIS DEFENSE |
Bacillus subtilis Soj (ParA): The involvement of DNA binding and dynamic localization in plasmid partitioning | Lutkenhaus |
| Apr. 21 MON 1050 SoN |
Eric Chambronne, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Univerisity School of Medicine (Faculty Candidate) | Recognition of diverse effector protein substrates by the Dot/Icm transporter of Legionella pneumophila | Lutkenhaus |
| Apr. 24 | Keigo Machida, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Research, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, USC Keck School of Medicine (Faculty Candidate) | The pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus: TLR4, AP-1 and chromosomal instability | Lutkenhaus |
| Apr. 29 | Severin Gudima, Ph.D., Research Associate, Fox Chase Cancer Center (Faculty Candidate) | HBV and HDV: Two different viruses with the same envelope | Lutkenhaus |
| May 1 | Laurie Shannon, Graduate Student | Circadian oscillations regulate physiological trafficking of haematopoietic stem cells | SLS |
| May 2 FRI 1025 Orr-Major |
Aaron Yun Chen, Graduate Student | Transcription termination: pulling out all the stops | SLS |
| May 6 | Kyung-Tae Park, Graduate Student | A biophysical study of the DNA unwinding mechanism of ring-shaped T7 helicase | SLS |
| May 8 | Bridget S. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine | IgE receptors: From signaling in rafts to Xolair studies in patients | Vines |
| May 12 MON 1014 Orr-Major |
Paul Brett, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Labs, NIH (Faculty Candidate) | Interaction of Burkholderia mallei with murine macrophages | Lutkenhaus |
| May 13 | Robert L. Geahlen, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue Univ. | TBA | Vines |
| May 15 | OPEN | ||
| May 20 | OPEN | ||
| May 22 | OPEN |
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