Microbiology Department 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's Upcoming Events.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the host listed below.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| Stephen Waggoner, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School | |
Title: |
Natural killer cells act as rheostats modulating anti-viral T cells |
Location: |
2117 MERF |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Friday, January 20, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| Balaji Manicassamy, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | |
Title: |
Fighting flu: Immunological insights from novel fluorescent reporter viruses and pandemic strains |
Location: |
2117 MERF |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| Andrea S. Bertke, PhD, University of California, San Francisco | |
Title: |
Differential regulation of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection in neurons |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Friday, January 27, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| Hillel Haim, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |
Title: |
Molecular basis of HIV-1 sensitivity to antibodies |
Location: |
2117 MERF |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| David G. Meckes, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Title: |
The far-reaching effects of the Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1 |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Friday, February 3, 2012 - FACULTY CANDIDATE |
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| Maria Kalamvoki, PhD, University of Chicago | |
Title: |
Immediate early events that co-opt with the HSV-1 genome activation: Cycling around the CLOCK |
Location: |
2117 MERF |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 |
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| Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD, Princeton University | |
Title: |
Outer membrane biogenesis in Gram negative bacteria |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
David S. Weiss, PhD |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
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| Gesila Storz, PhD, National Institutes of Health | |
Title: |
The genes that were missed: an expanding universe of small RNAs and small proteins |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
David S. Weiss, PhD |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
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Marc Johnson, PhD, University of Missouri |
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Title: |
Surprising twists and unexpected choices on the path to viral assembly sites |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Wendy J. Maury, PhD |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 |
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| Michael T. Laub, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Title: |
Dr. Sarah Pulvermacher Graduate Student Seminar: Specificity and evolution of bacterial signaling pathways |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Microbiology Graduate Students |
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 |
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| Michael Dustin, PhD, New York University School of Medicine | |
Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Hai-Hui (Howard) Xue, MD, PhD |
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 |
NO SEMINAR - Spring Break |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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| Thomas C. Zahrt, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin | |
Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Bradley D. Jones, PhD |
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 |
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To be announced |
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Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
NO SEMINAR - Research Week |
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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| Fang Li, PhD, University of Minnesota | |
Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD |
Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Michael Good, MBBS, PhD, MD, DSc, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia |
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Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
To be announced |
Time: |
4:00 PM |
Host: |
John T. Harty, PhD |
| Co-sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and the Michael A. Apicella Endowed Lecture | |
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
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| Gene Olinger, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, MD | |
Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Wendy J. Maury, PhD |
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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Katherine R. Spindler, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School |
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Title: |
Contributions of viral and host factors to mouse adenoviral encephalitis |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Wendy J. Maury, PhD |
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 |
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| Avinash Bhandoola, PhD, University of Pennsylvania | |
Title: |
To be announced |
Location: |
Aud 3 BSB (Watzke) |
Time: |
3:00 PM |
Host: |
Hai-Hui (Howard) Xue, MD, PhD |
To see a list of some of our past seminar speakers, click here.