Spring 2006 Seminars
Microbiology Seminar Series
Spring 2006
| Date | Speaker, Affiliation, Title | Host, Location |
| 2/15 | John Nicolas, Ph.D. Signal Transduction by Human Herpesvirus-8 Interleukin-6 |
Dean Kedes, MD Ph.D. |
| 2/22 | Dr. Robert Liddington Burnham Institute “Pathogen Subversion of Hosting Signaling Pathways” |
Zygmunt Derewenda, MSc, PhD Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics University of Virginia School of Medicine and the Department of Microbiology |
| 3/8 | SPRING BREAK | x |
| 3/15 3pm-6pm |
Microbiology Student Rotation Talks | Amy Bouton, Ph.D. |
| 3/22 | Nahum Meller, Ph.D., University of Virginia Candidate for an appointment as Research Assistant Professor in Microbiology “The nonconventional Ddc42-GEF Zizimin1 – functions & mechanism of action.” |
Martin A. Schwartz, Ph.D. |
| 3/29 | Michael W. Cruise, Recipient of the Fourth Annual “Robert R. Wagner Prize” for outstanding research in Microbiology “Enhanced FasL expression by HCV core induces the production of CXCR3 chemokines and liver damage” Location: Jordan Hall Conference Center |
Tom Parsons, Ph.D. |
| 4/10 MON |
Krishan J. Hudson, Ph.D. Candidate ” The Mechanisms and Functions of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Outer Membrane Adhesins Invasin and YadA in Phagocytic Uptake and Systemic Infections” 2:30PM Room 7006 Jordan Hall |
Amy Bouton, Ph.D. |
| 4/12 | Linton M. Traub, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology and Physiology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine “The complex web of cargo-selective adaptors for clathrin-mediated endocytosis” |
Jim Casanova, Ph.D. |
| 4/17 MON |
David W. Mullins, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Research “Enhancing immune-mediated control of metastatic melanoma: cancer immunotherapy research at the nexus of basic and translational science” |
Tom Parsons, Ph.D. |
| 4/19 | Dr. Gail Wertz, Professor, Dept. of Pathology, University of Virginia “Transcriptional Control Is Pivotal for Negative Strand RNA Virus Pathogenesis” |
Kodi Ravichandran, Ph.D. |
| 4/26 | Benjamin Neel, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Cancer Biology Program Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston “SH2-containing tyrosine phosphates in health and disease” |
Kodi Ravichandran, Ph.D. |
| 5/3 | David Brautigan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Cell Signaling at University of Virginia “Connecting Kinases and Phosphatases in Cell Signaling” |
Kodi Ravichandran, Ph.D. |
| 5/8 | Borna Mehrad, MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine “CCR6 and dendritic cell traffic in a mouse model of invasive aspergillosis” |
J.T. Parsons, Ph.D. |
| 5/17 | Carol A. Lange, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of MN Cancer Center “Integration of Progesterone Receptor and Mitogenic Kinase Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer Cell Models” |
Deborah Lannigan, Ph.D. |
| 5/23 Tue 11am 7-06 Jordan |
Fiona J. Pixley, M.B., B.S., Ph.D. Instructor Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine “CSF-1 Regulation of Macrophage Adhesion, Motility and Enhancement of Tumor Invasion” |
Amy Bouton, Ph.D. |
| 5/24 | Dr. Mani Mahadevan Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Biochem & Molecular Genetics, Medical Director, Molec. Diagnostics Lab, UVA Health System Associate Director, Cytogenetics Lab, UVA-Health System University of Virginia “RNA Toxicity in Disease Pathogenesis” |
Kodi Ravichandran, Ph.D. |
| 6/2 Fri 2pm Jordan 7006 |
Robert N. Trotter Dept. of Microbiology, University of Virginia “Central and Peripheral Circuits Regulating Thymopoiesis in the Mouse and Rat” |
Margo Roberts, Ph.D. |
| 6/5 MON 4pm |
Dr. Matthew Krummel, Associate Professor, UCSF “Spatiotemporal Control of T cell Motility, Polarity and Activation” |
Ian Macara, Ph.D. |
| 6/21 Jordan 7006 |
Jan van Deursen, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic Rochester Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine “Role of CBP and P300 in Breast Cancer Development “ |