MICaB Home

|

 Prospective Students

|

 Current Students

|

 Faculty

|

 Alumni

|

 News & Events

|

|

MICaB Seminar Series


12:15 Monday
2-620 Moos Tower

Jointly Sponsored by:
Department of Microbiology and the Center for Immunology

Spring Semester 2009

DATE
SEMINAR TITLE
SPEAKER
January 26

“The interface of virus replication, mRNA translation and mRNA degradation"
Host: Lou Mansky (612-626-5525)

Antonito Panganiban, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
February 2 “Regulation of CD4 T cell generation by thymocytes”
Host: Kris Hogquist (612-625-1616)

Cheong-Hee Chang, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI

February 9

"Systematic genetic analysis of virulence in the AIDS-associated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans"
Host: Judith Berman (612-625-1971)

Hiten Madhani, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California
San Francisco, CA

February 16

“Cytoskeletal systems and the fates of TCR-induced signaling microclusters”
Host: Mike Farrar (612-625-0401)

Stephen Bunnell, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Tufts University Medical School
Boston, MA

February 23

"Role of dendritic cells in HTLV-1 transmission and
pathogenesis"
Host: Lou Mansky (612-626-5525)

Kathryn S. Jones, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Experimental Immunology
SAIC-Frederick:
National Cancer Institute-Frederick
Frederick, MD

March 2

-- Canceled --
“Balancing immunity and inflammation in the gut”
Host: Marc Jenkins (612-626-2715)

David Artis, Ph.D.
Department of Pathobiology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

March 9

"Morphogenesis in a Bacterium"
Host: Laura Case (612-625-9629)
Student Invited Speaker

Richard Losick, Ph.D
The Biological Laboratories
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

March 23 “Genotype-phenotype analysis reveals common disease mechanisms in type 1 diabetes”
Host: Jerry Molitor (612-626-6840)
Co-Host: Kris Hogquist (612-625-1616) 		Jane Buckner, Ph.D.
Benaroya Research Institute
Director of Translational Research at Virginia Mason
Seattle, WA

March 30

"Regulatory networks controlling carbon metabolism in Candida albicans: roles in physiology and virulence"
Host: Dana Davis (612-624-1912)

Michael Lorenz, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Health Center
Houston, TX
April 6 “Identification of region-specific stromal signals that regulate differentiation in the post-natal thymus”
Host: Steve Highfill (612-626-4321)
Student Invited Speaker

Howard Petrie, Ph.D.
Department of Cancer Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Jupiter, FL

April 13

“From adhesion to biofilms: Multiple virulence strategies employed by Bordetella for respiratory tract survival”
Host: Sandra Armstrong (612-625-6947)

Rajendar Deora, Ph.D.
Department Microbiology and Immunology
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

April 20

“Interplay between T-reg and Th17 cells”
Host: Marc Jenkins (612-626-2715)

Vijay Kuchroo, DV.M., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

April 27

"Mechanisms of long-term survival and evolution in bacteria"
Host: Gary Dunny (612-625-9930)

Steven Finkel, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Computational Biology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
May 4 -- Canceled --
“Regulation of innate versus adaptive lymphocyte development by helix-loop-helix transcription factors”
Host: Mike Farrar (612-625-0401)
Barbara Kee, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
May 11

--12:15 pm, Mayo Auditorium--
Reception follows

"Climate, oceans, infectious diseases, and human health: the cholera paradigm"
Host: Ashley Haase (612-624-4442)
Winford P. Larson Lectures Series

 

Rita Colwell, Ph.D.
Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

To schedule time with a speaker, please contact his or her host.