2008 Spring Seminar Series
February 1, 2008
How Microbes Detoxify Diatomic Oxygen and Nitorgen Species: The Non-Heme Iron Reductive Paradigm
Donald Kurtz, PhD, UTSA
February 8, 2008
Unwanted Visitors: Intestinal Persistence of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium
Helene Andrews-Polymenis, PhD, Texas A&M University
February 15, 2008
Cancer Antigen Discovery for Translational Work
Maurizio Chiriva, PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
February 22, 2008
Brain Iron and Prion Disorders: An Ironic Connection
Neena Singh, MD, PhD, Case Western University
March 7, 2008
Campylobacter jejuni Pathogenesis: Secretion of Virulence Proteins from the Flagellar Apparatus
Neena Singh, MD, PhD, Washington State University
March 14, 2008
Identification of Amino Acids in the Vibrio cholerae Virulence Regulator ToxT Involved in Environmental Sensing
Brandon Childers, PhD Student, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
March 21, 2008
Spring Break
March 28, 2008
Black Death, Black Spot, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors
Kim Orth, PhD, UT-Southwestern
April 4, 2008
Mycobacterial Immunity: Don’t Mess with the Granulomas
Matyas Sandor, PhD, University of Wisconsin
April 11, 2008
Carbohydrate Pattern Recognition in Lung Anti-Fungal Immunity
Chad Steele, PhD, University of Alabama-Birmingham
April 18, 2008
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Transmission of Vibrio cholerae
Andy Camilli, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine
April 25, 2008
Immunity to Chlamydial Genital Infection: the Shifting Paradigm
Rick Morrison, PhD, University of Arkansas
May 9, 2008
Toxoplasma gondii - a Master Manipulator in the Dialogue Between the Pathogen and Host Cell
Anthony Sinai, PhD, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
