Center for Microbial Interface Biology  


Work-in-Progress Discussion Group

Work-in-Progress Autumn/Winter 2005

Room 165, Heart Lung Research Institute (HLRI)
Mondays at 5:15 pm

September 12

Dr. Larry Schlesinger
Samuel Saslaw Professor
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of The Center for Microbial Interface Biology
"Microbial adaptation to the host: Sweet-talking one's way in"
Room 170, Heart Lung Research Institute (HLRI)

September 26

Dr. Dehua Pei
Professor, Department of Chemistry
"Mechanism and Inhibition of Bacterial Quorum
Sensing and Biofilm Formation"

October 3

Dr. Julie Funk
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
The antimicrobial resistance reservoir---how do we measure it down on the farm?

October 10

Dr. Hua Wang
Assistant Professor, Food Science/Microbiology, OSUN
“Antibiotic resistance gene transfer and
biofilm formation in the food environment”

October 17

Host-Pathogen Seminar Series
Dr. Marcus Horwitz
UCLA Medical Center
“The Making of a New TB Vaccine”

October 24

Dr. Mary Jo Burkhard
Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
“What are those cells doing?  The role
of the inoculum in mucosal challenge studies.”

October 31

Dr. Mark Peeples
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Columbus Children's Research Institute
“How Does Respiratory Syncytial Virus Get in Without a BuckID”

November 7

Rajeev Nepal, Ph.D. candidate
Department of Microbiology
(PI Paula Bryant, PhD)
"Effects of Mycobacterium Infection
on Class II MHC Function"

November 14

Host-Pathogen Seminar Series
Dr. William Goldman
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Microbiology
“Phase-Specific Genes and Virulence of Histoplasma capsulatum”
H1213 Ross Heart Hospital, 4:00pm

November 21

Adam Yakovich, Ph.D. candidate
College of Pharmacy (PI, Dr. Karl Werbovetz)
"Investigation of Tubulin as an Antikinetoplastid Drug Target"

November 28

Dr. Abul Azad
Research Scientist
Division of Infectious Diseases
The Center for Microbial Interface Biology
“Macrophage Mannose Receptor Regulates
the Intracellular Fate of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis-Specific Ligands”

December 5

Dr. Jordi Torrelles
Postdoctoral Researcher
Division of Infectious Diseases
"The Center for Microbial Interface Biology
Phophatidyl-myo-inositol-mannosides at the Corner
of M. tuberculosis Pathogenesis"

December 12

Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa
Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
“Ehrlichia subversion of host innate responses”


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