Past Seminar Speakers
Spring 2012
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Stephen Waggoner, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Natural killer cells act as rheostats modulating anti-viral T cells |
Balaji Manicassamy, Ph.D. Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
Fighting flu: Immunological insights from novel fluorescent reporter viruses and pandemic strains |
Andrea S. Bertke, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco |
Differential regulation of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection in neurons |
Hillel Haim, M.D. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
Molecular basis of HIV-1 sensitivity to antibodies |
David G. Meckes, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
The far-reaching effects of the Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1 |
Maria Kalamvoki, Ph.D. University of Chicago |
Immediate early events that co-opt with the HSV-1 genome activation: Cycling around the CLOCK |
Thomas J. Silhavey, Ph.D. Princneton University |
Outer membrane biogenesis in Gram negative bacteria |
Gesila Storz, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health |
The genes that were missed: an expanding university of small RNAs and small proteins |
Marc Johnson, Ph.D. University of Missouri |
Surprising twists and unexpected choices on the path to viral assembly sites |
Michael T. Laub, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Specificity and evolution of bacterial signaling pathways |
Michael Dustin, Ph.D. New York University School of Medicine |
The immunological synapse in autoimmunity and viral infection |
Thomas C. Zahrt, Ph.D. Medical College of Wisconsin |
Stress adaptations and Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence |
Richard J. Roller, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology Universigy of Iowa |
As If I Didn't Have Enough To Do: Multifunctional Proteins in HSV Egress and Cell-Cell Spread |
Fang Li, Ph.D. University of Minnesota |
Receptor recognition mechanisms of coronaviruses |
Michael Good, MBBS, PhD, MD, DSc Griffith University Queensland, Australia |
The Long Road to a Malaria Vaccine |
Gene Olinger, Jr., Ph.D., M.B.A. US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Replicon (VRP) Vaccine Development for Ebola & Marburg Viruses |
Katherine R. Spindler, Ph.D. University of Michigan Medical School |
Contributions of viral and host factors to mouse adenoviral encephalitis |
Avinash Bhandoola, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania |
Establishing T Cell Identity |
Fall 2011
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
David Woodland, Ph.D. Trudeau Institute Saranac Lake, NY |
Regulation of T cell immunity to respiratory virus infections |
Hai-Hui Xue, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Microbiology University of Iowa |
Lifetime companion of T cells: Wnt paves the path |
Karl Münger, Ph.D. Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School |
Perturbation of host cellular regulatory networks by human papillomaviruses |
Wendy Maury, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology University of Iowa |
Discovery of Ebolavirus receptors |
Yuntao Wu, Ph.D. Microbiology & Infectious Diseases George Mason University |
Role of chemokine receptor signaling in HIV-1 infection and pathogenesis |
Sanjay Ram, M.D. Infectious Diseases & Immunology University of Massachusetts |
Complement evasion strategies of Neisseriae: applications in animal models, vaccines and therapeutics |
Anne Simon, Ph.D. Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics University of Maryland |
New paradigms for translation based on studying 3' translational enhancers in plus-strand RNA viruses |
Eric Stewart, Ph.D. Department of Biology Northeastern University |
A molecular basis of bacterial unculturability |
Lindsey Shaw, Ph.D. Cell Biology, Microbiology & Molecular Biology University of South Florida |
Exploring the pathogenic and drug resistance mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus |
Michael Apicella, M.D. Department of Microbiology
Patricia Winokur, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa |
Natural selection in 6 days. H. influenzae colonization of the human nasopharynx |
Photini Sinnis, M.D. Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloombert School of Public Health |
The Malaria Sporozoite's Journey: From Mosquito Midgut to Mammalian Liver |
James Slauch, Ph.D. School of Molecular & Cellular Biology University of Illinois |
Knowing where you are: Regulation of the Salmonella SPI1 type III secretion system |
W. Nicholas Haining, B.M., B.Ch. Pediatric Oncology Harvard Medical School |
Molecular mechanisms of T cell exhaustion in humans |
Bradley Jones, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology University of Iowa |
Exploring the genetic basis of Francisella tularensis virulence |
Spring 2011
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Craig D. Ellermeier Department of Microbiology University of Iowa |
The role of ECF sigma factors in the cell envelope stress response of Bacillus subtilis and Clostridium difficile |
Mary E. Wilson |
The intracellular life of Leishmania protozoa |
Susan Carpenter |
Equine infectious anemia virus envelope evolution |
John E. Butler |
The Emergence of an Immunological Model |
Brent Ryckman |
The Glycoprotein O of Human Cytomegalovirus: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere |
Fitnat Yildiz |
Vibrio cholerae biofiolms: structural components and regulatory networks |
Paul G. Thomas |
Not Set in Stone: Peripheral T Cell Receptor Regulation and Revision |
John J. Rossi |
Small RNAs and their therapeutic application for the treatment of HIV infections |
E. John Wherry |
Regulation of memory T cell differentiation during chronic infections |
Paul Babitzke |
CsrA-mediated global control of gene expression |
| Yuying Liang Pathology & Lab Medicine Emory University |
Lassa fever virus: disease, virulence factors, and immune suppression |
| Lee Riley Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases University of California, Berkeley |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall lipid regulation as a mechanism for persistence |
| William R. Usinger Vice President, R & D Trellis Bioscience, LLC |
Discovery of Rare Human-Derived Therapeutic Antibodies to Treat Influenza |
| Harald zur Hausen German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg, Germany |
Perspectives of Tumorvirus Research |
| Bradford W. Gibson Buck Inst for Research on Aging Novato, California |
Clinical Proteomics for Biomarker Discovery |
| Robert A. Davey Microbiology & Immunology University of Texas Medical Branch |
Macropinocytosis and induction of cellular signaling events that lead to infection by Ebola virus |
Fall 2010
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Jon Houtman Dept of Microbiology University of Iowa |
Signal transduction in human T cells |
Caroline S. Harwood Dept of Microbiology University of Washington |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and biofilms: forging new connections |
Howard Berg Dept of Physics Harvard University |
Marvels of bacterial behavior |
Gregory V. Plano Microbiology & Immunology University of Miami |
Calcium- and Cell Contact-Regulated Secretion of Virulence Proteins by Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague |
Ann Hill Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Oregon Health & Science Univ |
T Cells and Cytomegalovirus: A Dangerous Obsession? |
Patrick S. Moore Molecular Virology & Microbiology University of Pittsburgh |
Why Do Viruses Cause Cancer? |
Jonathan Karn Molecular Biology & Microbiology Case Western Reserve University |
The Ins and Outs of HIV Latency |
David H. Francis South Dakota Center for Infectious Disease Research & Vaccinology |
The role of enterotoxins in colonization of the intestines by enteric pathogens |
Bridget S. Wilson Dept of Pathology University of New Mexico |
High Resolution Technologies Capture FcεRI Organization and Receptor Dynamics |
Paul M. Lieberman Gene Expression & Regulation Program Wistar Institute |
Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance: Lessons from Gammaherpesvirus Latency |
| Roberto Garofalo Sealy Center for Vaccine Development Univ of Texas Medical Branch |
Aspects of innate immunity to human paramyxovirus infections |
| David Blehert USGS - National Wildlife Health Center |
Wildlife disease investigation: Bat white-nose syndrome |
| Elizabeth Grice National Institutes of Health |
The skin microbiome in health and disease |
| Jeffrey Frelinger Dept of Immunobiology University of Arizona |
Francisella and the immune system - bugs do the darndest things |
| Serge Muyldermans Department of Molecular & Cellular Interactions Free University of Brussels, Belgium |
Nanobodies; Next Generation Antibody Products for Research, Diagnostics and Therapy |
| Ralph S. Baric Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Univ of North Carolina |
Cruising with Noroviruses |
Spring 2010
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Jonathan A. Harton Ctr for Immunology & Microbial Disease Albany Medical College |
Pyrin-only protein 2: Controlling macrophage NF-kB and inflammasome activation |
Michael Federle Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Univ of Illinois-Chicago |
Are Streptococci conspiring to kill you? Detecting peptide communication in Streptococcus pyogenes |
Michael A. Belshan Medical Microbiology & Immunology Creighton University |
The biochemical and proteomic study of early HIV nucleoprotein complexes |
John S. Parkinson Dept of Biology University of Utah |
How a bacterial chemoreceptor works |
Thomas E. Lane Dept of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Univ of California-Irvine |
Differential roles for the chemokine receptor CSCR2 in host defense and disease following viral infection of the CNS |
Terence S. Dermody Pediatrics Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center |
Structural analysis of reovirus cell attachment |
David Russell Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Cornell University |
Mycobacterium tubuculosis: Here today.....and here tomorrow |
Daniel D. Billadeau Dept of Immunology Mayo Clinic |
Regulation of T cell activation by WASP family proteins |
Scott A. Ensign Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry Utah State University |
Coenzyme M in bacterial hydrocarbon metabolism: new roles for an ancient cofactor |
Sandra K. Weller Molecular, Microbial & Structural Biology Univ of Connecticut Health Center |
A virus walks into a bar |
Fall 2009
Speaker |
Seminar Topic |
Tony Romeo Dept of Microbiology & Cell Science University of Florida |
Post-transcriptional regulation by the Csr (Rsm) system |
John Gunn Dept of Microbiology Ohio State University |
Gallbladder carriage of Salmonella in mouse and man is enhanced by biofilm formation on gallstone surfaces |
David C. Bloom Molecular Genetics & Microbiology University of Florida |
The role of the LAT in regulating HSV-1 latent gene expression and reactivation |
Jennifer K. Nyborg Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Colorado State University |
Transcriptional Activation by the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Tax Protein |
Jim C. Spain Civil & Environmental Engineering Georgia Tech |
Biodegradation of Natural Organic Compounds Reveals New Metabolic Diversity |
Christopher R. Aiken Microbiology & Immunology Vanderbilt Univ Medical Center |
The HIV-1 Capsid: Function and Therapeutic Target |
Amy Vincent National Animal Disease Center USDA-ARS |
Influenza A virus in swine: a North American perspective |
Robert F. Siliciano Howard Hughes Medical Institute Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
New approaches for understanding and evaluating the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs |
Michael G. Thomas Dept of Bacteriology University of Wisconsin-Madison |
From Agriculture to Medicine: New Insights into Polyketide Biosynthesis |
Chioma Okeoma Dept of Microbiology University of Pennsylvania |
APOBEC3 in Host Defense: Implications for Viral Infection, Pathogenesis, and Transmission |
David Popham Dept of Biological Sciences Virginia Tech |
Tearing Down the Wall: Breaking Bacillus anthracis Spore Dormancy |
John D. Coates Dept of Plant & Microbial Biology University of California-Berkeley |
Bioenergy and the spark of life |
Stephanie Karst Dept of Microbiology & Immunology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center |
Defining the critical determinants of norovirus pathogenesis that prevent long-term protective immunity |
Philip LoVerde Dept of Biochemistry University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio |
Role of TGFβ signaling in schistosome biology |
Nathaniel Moorman Dept of Molecular Biology Princeton University |
Viral Regulation of mTOR: A Combined Genetic and Proteomic Approach |
John D. Helmann Dept of Microbiology Cornell University |
New Insights into Metal Ion Homeostasis: the B. subtilis Fur and Zur regulons |
Grant Trobridge Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Dept of Medicine University of Washington |
Stem cell gene therapy for HIV using RNAi and a fusion inhibitor in a nonhuman primate model |
David J. Topham Dept of Microbiology & Immunology University of Rochester Medical Ctr |
Rapid Immunity to Influenza Virus Provided by Lung Resident Cells |
Timothy Murphy School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo-SUNY |
Pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae infection in COPD |
Richard Longnecker Dept of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University |
How to Enter and Promote Cancer in B Cells - Lessons from Epstein-Barr Virus |