Seminar Series 2010-2011
Upcoming Seminars |
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Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
May 14, 2012 |
Research Day |
No Seminar |
May 21, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Jason Brenchley Investigator Viral Pathogenesis and Vaccine Section NIAID, NIH Bethesda, MD |
"Microbial translocation and SIV Disease Progression" |
Past Seminars |
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Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
September 12, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Ernest Maynard Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD |
"Oligomerization and function of lentiviral Vif proteins" |
September 19, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building E Lecture Room F |
Dr. Helene Rosenberg § Senior Investigator and Section Chief Laboratory of Allergic Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Bethesda, MD |
"The genes that were missed, an expanding universe of small RNAs and small proteins" |
September 26, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Sean D. Reid Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC |
"Insights into the regulation of Group A Streptococcal biofilm formation / dispersal and the impact on disease severity" |
October 3, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Stuart Thompson Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Georgia Health Science University Augusta, GA |
"Post-transcriptional regulation of Campylobacter
virulence" |
October 10, 2011 |
Columbus Day Holiday |
No Seminar |
October 17, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Matthias J. Schnell § Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Director of Jefferson Vaccine Center Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA |
"Two Birds with one stone? Bivalent Vaccines against Rabies and Ebola Viruses" |
October 24, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Robert Shanks Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, PA |
"Red into Gold: Having Fun with Serratia marcescens Genetics" |
October 31, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Eva Gottwein Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology-Immunology Northwestern University Chicago, IL |
"Targets and functions of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus microRNAs" |
November 7, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Paul S. Hoffman § Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health Universityof Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
" Extracytoplasmic Protein Folding and Macromolecular Assembly Require DsbA2: A Novel Bifunctional Disulfide Oxidoreductase" |
November 14, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Andrew Camilli Professor Tufts University School of Medicine Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Boston, MA |
"Transition of Vibrio cholerae into and out of the host" |
November 21, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Yuan Chang American Cancer Society Research Professor Cancer Virology Program Universityof Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Pittsburgh, PA |
"Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: What Happens When Your Flora Tries To Kill You" |
November 28, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Jonathan Kipnis Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
"Immune system in support of healthy and diseased brain" |
December 5, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Heng Zhu § Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences Center for High-throughput Biology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
"Application of functional protein microarrays to construct networks and pathways" |
December 12, 2011 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Dimitar Nikolov Professor Structural Biology Program Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
"Ephrins and Eph receptors: Critical Bi-directional Signaling Molecules and their Role as Virus Receptors" |
December 19-26, 2011 |
Christmas Day Holiday |
No Seminars |
January 2, 2012 |
New Year's Day Holiday |
No Seminar |
January 9, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Dorain McGavern Investigator Natrional Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD |
"Dynamics of immunity to acute and persisten viral infection" |
January 16, 2012 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
No Seminar |
January 23, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Jonathan Bromberg § Professor of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
"Anatomy of Tolerance" |
January 30, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. David Pauza Professor and Associate Director Institute of Human Virology University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD |
"HIV Remodeling of Host Immunity: Mechanisms for depleting CD4-negative T cells" |
February 6, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Jayne Raper Professor Department of Biological Sciences New York, NY |
"Pore forming antimicrobial high-density lipoprotein; the good cholesterol?" |
February 13, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Peter Crompton § Chief, Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Unit Laboratory of Immunogenetics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, NIH Rockville, MD |
"Unraveling the mechanisms of naturally-acquired immunity to malaria" |
February 20, 2012 |
President's Day Holiday |
No Seminar |
February 27, 2012 |
Graduate School Open House |
No Seminar |
March 5, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Tod Merkel Laboratory of Respiratory Pathogens Division of Bacterial Pathogens Center for Biological Evaluation and Research Bethesda, MD |
"Pertussis Disease and Transmission" |
March 12, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Charles Turnbough, Jr Professor Department of Microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
"Covalent Modification, Assembly, and Function of Bacillus anthracis Exosporium Proteins" |
March 19, 2012 |
Spring Break |
No Seminar |
March 26, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building C Lecture Room D |
Dr. David G. Thanassi Professor Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY |
"Pilus Biogenesis at the Bacterial Outer Membrane by the Chaperone/Usher Pathway" |
April 2, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. James Bliska § Professor Center for Infectious Diseases and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department of Microbiology Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY |
"Regulation of host innate and adaptive immune responses by Yersinia type III effectors" |
April 9, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Rick L. Tarleton Professor UGAAA Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases University of Georgia Athens, GA |
"What early immune reponses tell us about vaccination potential for Trypanasoma cruzi infection and Chagas disease" |
April 16, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Valerie de Crecy-Lagard § Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
"Discovering new broad or narrow range antibacterial targets by comparative genomic approaches" |
April 30, 2012 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building A Lecture Room C |
Dr. Michelle Ozbun Professor Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology The University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM |
"Human papillomaviruses use a novel Trojan Horse mechanism to enter host cells: a new paradigm for pathogen-host cell interactions?" |
§ Guest Speaker of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate Program
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminars are open to the public. Seminars are held at USUHS, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD. There is free parking at USUHS, or if you choose to take Metro, the University is just a 15 minute walk from the Medical Center Metro. See the directions to USUHS . For more information, including meeting with specific speakers, please contact Dr. D. Scott Merrell at (301) 295-1584 or dmerrel@usuhs.mil.
In an effort to keep personnel safe, and due to fluctuation in the threat level, there has been a change in the policy regarding access to the NNMC Base and USUHS. Please bring your photo I.D. when entering the USUHS Gate. For more information please call the Department of Microbiology and Immunology office at (301)295-3400.
Contact Information
Department of Microbiology
and Immunology
Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Telephone: 301-295-3400
Fax: 301-295-1545