Fall 2009 Seminars
Every semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. These seminars are held Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. in AUD 3 BSB (Watzke) (unless otherwise noted) on the University of Iowa campus. All are encouraged to attend free of charge. If you are interested in more seminars at the UI, please visit The Carver College of Medicine Calendar of Events.
Date |
Speaker |
Host |
Research Area |
| August 25 |
Dept of Microbiology & Cell Science Univ of Florida |
Tim Yahr | Post-transcriptional regulation by the Csr (Rsm) system |
| September 1 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| September 8 |
Dept of Microbiology Ohio State Univ |
Steve Clegg | Gallbladder carriage of Salmonella in mouse and man is enhanced by biofilm formation on gallstone surfaces |
| September 15 |
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology Univ of Florida |
Mark Stinski | The role of the LAT in regulating HSV-1 latent gene expression and reactivation |
| September 22 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Colorado State Univ |
Al Klingelhutz | Transcriptional Activation by the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Tax Protein |
September 24 Thursday 2:00 p.m. 2117 MERF |
Civil & Environmental Engineering Georgia Tech |
Tim Yahr | Biodegradation of Natural Organic Compounds Reveals New Metabolic Diversity |
| September 29 |
Microbiology & Immunology Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center |
Marty Stoltzfus | The HIV-1 Capsid: Function and Therapeutic Target |
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| October 6 |
Natl Animal Disease Ctr USDA-ARS |
John Butler | Influenza A virus in swine: a North American perspective |
| October 13 |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine |
Wendy Maury | New approaches for understanding and evaluating the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs |
| October 20 |
Dept of Bacteriology Univ Wisconsin-Madison |
Alex Horswill | From Agriculture to Medicine: New Insights into Polyketide Biosynthesis |
October 23 Friday 12:00 Noon 2189 MERF |
Chioma Okeoma Faculty Candidate Dept of Microbiology Univ of Pennsylvania |
Richard Roller | APOBEC3 in Host Defense: Implications for Viral Infection, Pathogenesis, and Transmission |
| October 27 |
Dept of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech |
David Weiss | Tearing Down the Wall: Breaking Bacillus anthracis Spore Dormancy |
October 29 Thursday 2:00 PM 2117 MERF |
Dept of Plant & Microbial Biology Univ of California-Berkeley |
Tim Yahr | Bioenergy and the spark of life |
October 30 Friday 12:00 Noon 283 EMRB |
Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Louisiana State Univ Health Sciences Center |
Richard Roller | Defining the critical determinants of norovirus pathogenesis that prevent long-term protective immunity |
| November 3 |
Dept of Biochemistry Univ Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio |
Michael Apicella | Role of TGFβ signaling in schistosome biology |
November 6 Friday 12:00 Noon 2189 MERF |
Nathaniel Moorman Faculty Candidate Dept of Molecular Biology Princeton Univ |
Rich Roller | Viral Regulation of mTOR: A Combined Genetic and Proteomic Approach |
| November 10 |
Dept of Microbiology Cornell University |
David Weiss | New Insights into Metal Ion Homeostasis: the B. subtilis Fur and Zur regulons |
November 16 Monday 12:00 Noon Aud 1 BSB (Beisner) |
Faculty Candidate Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Dept of Medicine, Univ of Washington |
Richard Roller | Stem cell gene therapy for HIV using RNAi and a fusion inhibitor in a nonhuman primate model |
| November 17 |
Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Univ of Rochester Medical Center |
Steve Varga | Rapid Immunity to Influenza Virus Provided by Lung Resident Cells |
| November 24 |
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Univ at Buffalo-SUNY |
Michael Apicella | Pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae infection in COPD |
| December 1 |
Dept of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern Univ |
Richard Roller | How to Enter and Promote Cancer in B Cells - Lessons from Epstein-Barr Virus |
| December 8 |
Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology Univ of Connecticut |
Mark Stinski | How Herpes Simplex Virus Commandeers the Host Cell Chaperone and DNA Damage Machinery |
To see a list of some of our past seminar speakers, click here.