Seminars in Infection and Immunity - Spring '09
(VETMI 7120*)

by Program in Infection and Pathobiology
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Time/day: Fridays, 12:15 pm

Location: Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium

* Students who are enrolled in the VETMI 7120 course must sign in at each seminar.

Date Title/Speaker Host
Jan. 23

Denying Access to Safe Havens to Prevent Insurgency: A Novel Strategy for Treating Leishmaniasis

Dr. Abhay Satoskar
Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology /
Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Health & Sciences Center
Ohio State University
http://www.osumicrobiology.org/faculty/asatoskar.htm

 

Dr. Eric Denkers
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: eyd1
Jan. 30    
Feb. 6

Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Subversion of Host Phagocyte Defenses

Dr. Victor Nizet
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Pharmacology & Drug Discovery
Dept. of Pediatrics, UCSD School of Medicine
Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu/

 

Dr. Helene Marquis
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: hm72
Feb. 13

Regulation of Actin Dynamics at the Immunological Synapse

Dr. Janis K. Burkhardt
Associate Professor, Division of Cell Pathology
Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia /
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
http://www.med.upenn.edu/camb/faculty/cbp/burkhardt.html

 

Dr. David Holowka
Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biol.
e-mail:
dah24
Feb. 20

TBA

Dr.

Graduate students of the Field of Immunology:
Lisa Blum (student representative)
e-mail:
lkb25
Feb. 27

TBA

Dr. Sean P. J. Whelan
Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
http://micro.med.harvard.edu/faculty/whelan.html

 

Dr. John Parker
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology / Baker Institute of Animal Health
e-mail: jsp7
Mar. 6

No Seminar Today due to Infectious Disease Forum at 12:15 pm in LH 1

 

 
Mar. 13     
Mar. 20

TBA

Dr. Dennis Metzger
Professor, Theobald Smith Alumni Chair and Director
Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College
http://www.amc.edu/Research/IMD/imdresearcher.cfm?ID=3

 

Dr. Margaret Bynoe
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: msb76
Mar. 27

TBA

Dr. Carolyn B. Coyne
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
http://www.cbp.pitt.edu/faculty/coyne.html

 

Dr. Colin Parrish
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology / Baker Institute of Animal Health
e-mail: crp3
Apr. 3

TBA

Dr. James Slauch
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Program Director, Medical Scholars Program
Dept. of Microbiology, Univerisity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_slauch.htm

Dr. Craig Altier
Dept. of Pop. Med.& Diagnost. Sci.
e-mail: ca223

Apr. 10

TBA

Dr. Karen Mossman
Dept. of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University
Dr. Mossman's web site

Dr. Joel Baines
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: jdb11
Apr. 17

Special Seminar Held at The Harbor Hotel, Watkins Glen, NY as a part of the Program in Infection & Pathobiology Annual Retreat
(this seminar does NOT count for the VETMI 712 course)

Retreat Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Slobodan Paessler, D.V.M./Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Galveston National Laboratory Preclinical Studies Core
Director, Animal Biosafety Level 3, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
University of Texas Medical Branch
http://www.utmb.edu/scvd/staff.asp?ID=75

Title: TBA

Graduate students of the Program in Infection & Pathobiology Student Reps.:
Kristine Hope (kmh58)
Matthew Stasiewicz (ms984) Kitiya Vongkamjan (kv75)
Apr. 24 No Seminar Today due to Infectious Disease Forum at 12:15 pm in LH 1   
May1

TBA

Dr. Peter Palese
Professor and Chair, Dept. Microbiology /
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Mount Sinai University School of Medicine
Dr. Palese's web site

Dr. Gary Whittaker
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: grw7
 
For questions, please contact Sachiko Funaba (3-3402; <sf35>) or the host.

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