2011 Spring Seminar Series
January 14, 2011
Candida glabrata Adhesins: Regulation and Functional Diversity
Brendan Cormack, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
January 21, 2011
Superhero Superoxide Dismutase
Valeria Culotta, PhD, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
January 28, 2011
Bugs on the Brain: Cell Entry, Migration and Control Within the Parasitized Parenchyma
Emma Wilson, PhD, University of California-Riverside
February 4, 2011
Perspectives on Environmental Biofilms and Public Health
Kyle Murray, PhD, UTSA
February 11, 2011
Preventing Influenza Virus: Bacteria Super-Infections through Vaccination
Kyle Murray, PhD, UTSA
February 18, 2011
Building a Synthetic Cell
Daniel Gibson, PhD, J. Craig Venter Institute
February 25, 2011
Exploring Mixed Culture Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms
Robert McLean, PhD, Texas State University
March 4, 2011
Salmonella and the Gut Mucosal Barrier: Dichotomies of Help and Harm
Manuela Raffatellu, MD, University of California-Irvine
March 11, 2011
Streambeds: Physical Properties, Patterns of Instability, and Implications for the Storage and Release of Pathogens
Judy Haschenburger, PhD, UTSA
March 18, 2011
Spring Break
March 25, 2011
Signaling During Clearance of Apoptotic Cells: Invitation to a Good Meal
Kodi Ravichandran, BVSc, PhD, University of Virginia
April 1, 2011
Conservation of Dimorphism and Virulence in a Non-Canonical Dimorphic Fungus: Cryptococcus
Xiaorong Lin, PhD, Texas A&M University
April 8, 2011
Sea Ice Biology and Biogeochemistry-Interactions with Climate and Ecosystems
Stephen Ackley, PhD, UTSA
April 15, 2011
How Do Protein Toxins Cross Membranes? The Anthrax Toxin Mechanism
John Collier, PhD, Harvard Medical School
April 22, 2011
Role of MEQ Oncogene in the Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus
Sanjay Reddy, PhD, MS, BVSc, Texas A&M University
April 29, 2011
Structural Basis for Vibrio cholerae MARTX Toxin Dependent Evasion of Innate Immunity
Karla Satchell, PhD, Northwestern University
May 6, 2011
The Vibrio Cholerae Virulence Regulator ToxT
Gregor Weber, UTSA
