Center for Microbial Interface Biology  


Work-in-Progress Discussion Group

Work in Progress Fall 2008

 

September 29

Nrusingh Mohapatra, Research Scientist (PI: John Gunn), MVIMG

"Francisella acid phosphatases dephosphorylate and inactivate the NADPH oxidase complex components in human phagocytes"

  

October 6

Hannah Cummings, Graduate Student (PI: Abhay Satoskar), Department of Microbiology

"Targeting PI3Ky in the treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis"

 

October 13

Bill Lafuse, Professor, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics 

"Hepcidin and Mycobacteria: Expression, Anti-Bacterial Activity, and Phagosome Localization of Hepcidin in Infected Macrophages"

 

October 20

Dennis Horvath, IBGP Graduate Student (PI: Sheryl Justice), The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

"Utilizing Flow Cytometric Analysis and FACS to Study UPEC in a Murine Cystitis Model" 

 

October 27

Host Pathogen Seminar Series

NOTE: This seminar will take place in 170 DHLRI.

Beth McCormick, Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

"The ABC's of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathogenesis"  

  

November 3

Timothy Buckley, Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Environmental Health Sciences   

"Preventing Infectious Disease Airborne Transmission through an Upstream Focus on Detection and Control"

 

November 10

Jesse Kwiek, Assistant Professor, Departments Internal Medicine and Microbiology, Center for Microbial Interface Biology

"Virological and Immunological aspects of HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission"

  

November 17

Host Pathogen Seminar Series  (4pm 115 BRT)

Dennis Metzger, Professor and Director, Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College

"Cytokine Regulation of Pulmonary Immunity"

   

November 24

Thomas Carsillo, Post-Doctoral Fellow (PI: Stefan Niewiesk), Department of Veterinary Biosciences

"Recombinant Newcastle Disease Virus - A Tool for Overcoming Maternal Antibody Inhibition against Measles Vaccination"

 

December 1

Mark Drew, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy

"The Autophagy Pathway in Malaria Parasites: Is it Functional? Druggable?"  


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