Seminars in Infection and Immunity - Spring '08
(VETMI 712*)

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 712 course must sign in at each seminar.

Date* Title/Speaker Host
Jan. 25

Mapping Memory CD8 T Cell Processors

Dr. Susan Kaech
Assistant Professor, Section of Immunobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
http://info.med.yale.edu/immuno/fac_SusanKaech.html

 

Dr. Margaret Bynoe
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: msb76
Feb. 1 No Seminar Scheduled Today  
Feb. 8

The Cellular Signaling of the Cytoplasmic Innate Immune System

Dr. Koichi Kobayashi
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Dept. of Cancer Immunology & AIDS
Dana-Farber Cancer Instititute, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Kobayashi's web site


Dr. Margaret Bynoe
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: msb76
Feb. 15

Evolution of Adaptive Immunity

Dr. Martin Flajnik
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Flajnik's web site

 

Graduate students of the Field of Immunology:
Elizabeth Bassity (student rep)
e-mail:
eb225
Feb. 22

Toll Up, Toll Down - TLRs in the Development of Systemic Autoimmune
Disease

Dr. Ann Marshak-Rothstein
Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
Boston University School of Medicine
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Content.aspx?PageID=530&DepartmentID=59

 

Dr. Cynthia Leifer
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: cal59
Feb. 29

Insulin-like Signaling in the Development of Strongyloides Stercoralis: Bringing New Molecular Tools to Bear

Dr. James B. Lok, Ph.D.
Professor of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.vet.upenn.edu/faculty/jlok/

 

Dr. Judy Appleton
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology / Baker Institute of Animal Health
e-mail: jaa2
Mar. 7

No Seminar Today due to Infectious Disease Forum at 1:00 pm in LH 1  

 

 
Mar. 14

Structural Studies of Adeno-associated Viruses towards Engineering Improved Gene Therapy Vectors

Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna
Principle Investigator, Macromolecular Structure Group
University of Florida
http://www.mbi.ufl.edu/facilities/msg/members.html

 

Dr. Colin Parrish
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology / Baker Institute of Animal Health
e-mail: crp3
Mar. 21

MARTX: Multifunctional Autoprocessing RTX Toxin of Vibrio Cholerae

Dr. Karla Fullner Satchell
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology
Feinberg Medical School, Northwestern University
http://bugs.mimnet.northwestern.edu/labs/Faculty/fullnerk.htm

 

Dr. Helene Marquis
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: hm72 /
Dr. Rosemary Loria
Dept. of Plant Pathology
e-mail: rl21

Mar. 28

The Mechanism of Action of Antitubercular Nitroimidazoles

Dr. Clifton Barry
Senior Investigator / Chief, Tuberculosis Research Section
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/labs/aboutlabs/lcid/tuberculosisResearchSection/

 

Dr. David Russell
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: sf35
Apr. 4

Special Seminar Held at The Ramada Geneva Lakefront, Geneva, 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. Robert Doms
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
http://www.med.upenn.edu/camb/faculty/mv/doms.html

Title: TBA

 

Graduate students of the Program in Infection & Pathobiology:
Karin Hoelzer, Student Rep.
e-mail: ip_reps@cornell.edu

Apr. 11

Congenital Chagas Disease: from the Laboratory to Public Health

Dr. Yves Carlier
Professor / Vice President of the European Federation of Parasitologists
Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, Belgium


Dr. Susana Mendez
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology / Baker Institute of Animal Health
e-mail: sm457
Apr. 18

V. cholerae in the 21st Century: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Dr. Michelle Dziejman
Assistant Prof., Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Univiersity of Rochester, NY
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/mbi/faculty/dziejman.htm

 

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

Apr. 25

Modulation of Cell Signaling Pathways by Herpesvirus Tegument Components

Dr. Bruce Banfield
Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
http://microimm.queensu.ca/people/faculty/banfield.htm

 

Dr. Joel Baines
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
e-mail: jdb11
May 2

No Seminar Today due to Infectious Disease Forum at 1:00 pm in LH 1 

 
 
For questions, please contact Sachiko Funaba (3-3402; <sf35>) or the host

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