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

New Developments in Receptor-stimulated Calcium Responses in Mast Cells

Dr. David Holowka
Senior Scientist, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Cornell University

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/

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

This seminar has been canceled.

Molecular Mechanisms of gamma/delta T Cell Receptor Signaling"

Dr. Sandra Hayes
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Upstate Medical University, NY
http://www.upstate.edu/research/faculty/?ID=hayessa

(The seminar by Dr. Ralph Steinman from Rockefeller University, originallly scheduled for this date, has been canceled.)

Entry of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus into Cells: Interactions between the Virus and Host

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

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

A Toll-like Receptor Induced Metabolic Switch Underpins Dendritic Cell Activation

Dr. Edward Pearce
Professor, Dept. of Pathobiology /
Director, Veterinary Center for Infectious Disease Research
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Pearce's Web site

Cytokine Regulation of Pulmonary Immunity to Polymicrobial Infections

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

Tale of Two Receptors in Apicomplexa: Understanding Modifications of Retrograde Trafficking Machinery in Complex Secretory

Dr. Kristin Hager
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Eck Institute Global Health /
Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu/~biology/KristinHager.shtml

The seminar by Dr. Carolyn B. Coyne' from Univ. of Pittsburgh originally scheduled for this day has been postponed to a later date (date TBD).

Knowing Where You are: Regulation of the Salmonella SPI1 Type III Secretion System

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

Exploiting Virus: Host Interactions for Cancer Therapy

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

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

Pathogenicity of Pandemic Influenza Viruses

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