Seminar
Schedule 2007-2008 |
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Program |
Host |
| Sept. 9 |
Hannah Engelberg-Kulka, Hebrew University |
MazEF mediated programmed cell death and the multicellular behavior of the bacterial population |
Microbiology |
Linc Sonenshein |
Oct. 25 |
Avery August , Pennsylvania State |
Regulation of the immune response by TEC kinases |
Immunology |
Steve Bunnell |
| Nov. 8 |
Daniel Cua, Schering Plough Biopharma |
Pathogenic vs protective Th17 cells in chronic inflammatory responses |
Immunology |
Miguel Stadecker |
| Nov. 13 |
Lars Nitschke, University of Erlangen |
Siglec-G: A new inhibitory receptor on B1 cells |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Nov. 14 |
Gabriel Rabinovich, U Buenos Aires |
Impact of protein-glycan interactions in T cell homeostasis: Lessons from experimental models in vivo |
Immunology |
Miguel Stadecker |
| Nov. 15 |
Cheleste Thorpe, Tufts Medical School |
Toxins of Shiga toxin producing E. coli |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Nov. 28 |
Jyoti Sen, NIH |
β-Catenin in T cell development and transformation |
Immunology |
Ananda Roy |
| Nov. 29 |
Tom Silhavy, Princeton University |
Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram Negative Bacteria |
Microbiology |
Linc Sonenshein |
| Dec. 6 |
Elliot Androphy, UMass Medical School |
Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
Genetics |
Naomi Rosenberg |
| Dec. 13 |
Egil Lien, UMass Medical School |
Evasion of LPS-TLR4 Signaling and Virulence of Yersinia pestis |
Microbiology |
Joan Mecsas |
| Dec. 20 |
John Schreiber, TUSM |
Bacterial Gycloconjugate Vaccines |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Jan. 10 |
Alan Hauser, Northwestern University |
Strain Specific Virulence Determinants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Different Strokes for Different Bugs |
Microbiology |
Jenifer Coburn |
| Jan. 17 |
Philip Askenase, Yale |
New Players in an Old Game: The Role of NKT Cells and NK Cells in Allegric Contact Sensitivity |
Immunology |
Joel Weinstock |
| Jan. 24 |
Chris Sassetti , UMass Med School |
TB on Steroids: Performance Enhancement on Host Cholesterol |
Microbiology |
Ralph Isberg |
| Jan. 31 |
Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University |
Cell - Cell Communication and Virulence in Vibrio cholerae: A New Quorum Sensing Pathway and a New Autoinducer |
Microbiology |
Micro Students |
| Feb. 7 |
Theresa Pizarro, University of Virginia School of Medicine |
Epithelial - Immune Cell Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Crohn's Disease |
Immunology |
Edouard Vannier |
| Feb.12 |
Herbert Tanowitz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Cruzin in the Fast Lane: Trypanosoma cruzi and Adipose Tissue |
Immunology |
Mercio Perrin |
| Feb. 21 |
John Coffin, TUSM |
New Insights into the HIV-Host Interaction: Persistence and Diversity |
Microbiology |
Micro Faculty |
| Feb. 28 |
Bev Paigen, Jackson Labs |
Finding Human Disease Genes Using Bioinformatics and Mouse Models: Lessons from HDL Cholesterol and Aging |
Genetics |
Henry Wortis |
| Mar. 13 |
Michael Lorenz, University of Texas Medical School, Houston |
Adaptation of Metabolic Networks in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans |
Microbiology |
Carol Kumamoto |
| Mar. 20 |
Wade Harper, Harvard |
Signaling Through teh Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway |
Genetics |
Ralph Isberg |
| Mar. 27 |
Arash Grakoui, Emory University |
The Role of Negative Regulatory Signals in the Pathogenesis of HCV |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Mar. 31 |
Dan Littman, New York University |
Leskowitz Lecture - Transcriptional Regulation in the Differentiation of Inflammatory T Cells |
Immunology |
Henry Wortis |
| Apr. 3 |
Cammie Lesser, Harvard |
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacteria in Yeast |
Microbiology |
Joan Mecsas |
| Apr. 10 |
Dave Dubneau, UMDNJ |
Bimodal Expression of Developmental Pathways in Bacillus subtilis |
Microbiology |
Andrew Wright |
| Apr. 17 |
Richard Brennan, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Structural Mechanisms of Sensing Organic Hydroperoxides: Induction of the Transcriptional Regulator OhrR |
Microbiology |
Katya Heldwein |
| Apr. 24 |
Alan D'Andrea, Dana Farber Cancer Center |
The Fanconi Anemia Pathway and the DNA Damage Response |
Genetics |
Naomi Rosenberg |
| May 1 |
Christian Munz, Rockefeller University |
Antigen Presentation on MHC Class II Molecules after Autophagy |
Immunology |
Immunology Graduate Students |
| May 8 |
Phil Dormitizer, Novartis |
Molecular Mechanisms of Rotavirus Entry into Cells |
TBA |
Katya Heldwein |
| May 15 |
Honorine Ward, TUSM |
Host-parasite interactions in cryptosporidiosis: From bench to bedside and beyond |
Sackler Science Frontiers |
Naomi Rosenberg |
| May 22 |
Lionel Ivashkiv, Weill-Cornell Medical School |
TBA |
Immunology |
Immunology Graduate Students |
| May 29 |
TBA |
TBA |
Genetics |
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| June 17 |
Denise Monack, Stanford |
TBA |
Microbiology |
Joan Mecsas |
| June 19 |
Mark Schlomchik, Yale |
TBActivation and Regulation of Autoreactive B Cells |
Immunology |
Thereza Imanishi-Kari |
