Seminar Series 2009-2010
All seminars are held in Building A
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
September 14, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room C |
Dr. Mike Vasil Professor of Microbiology University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine Aurora, CO |
"Iron Homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - My version of the facts" |
September 21, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Building E Lecture Room F |
Dr. D. Scott Merrell Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD |
"Not Your Mother's Repressor: Fur, Iron, and Helicobacter pylori" |
September 28, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Shamugaga Sozhamannan § Head, Genomics Department Biological Defense Research Directorate Naval Mediacal Research Center Rockville, MD |
"Evolutionary arms race between phage and bacteria: Whole genome sequencing approach to understand phage resistance mechanism" |
October 5, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room C |
Dr. Klaus Fruh Senior Scientist, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Oregon Health and Science University Beaverton, OR |
"Viral Evasion of Immune Surveillance" |
October 12, 2009 |
Columbus Day Holiday |
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October 19, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Peter D. Katsikis § Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
"MiR-155: a critical microRNA regulating CD8 + T cell responses" |
October 26, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Stephen Davies Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD |
"Blood fluke evasion and exploitation of host defenses" |
November 2, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Benjamin Purow Assistant Professor Nero-Oncology Division Neurology Department University of Virginia Charolettesville, VA |
"MicroRNAs regulating cell signaling pathways" |
November 9, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. David McGee § Associate Professor Microbiology and Immunology LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Shreveport, LA |
"Cholesterol-Dependent Adaptation in Helicobacter pylori: Roles in Virulence, LPS Modifications and Resistance to Stress" |
November 16, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Rick Pyles Associate Professor Pediatrics; Microbiology and Immunology Director, IHII Molecular Epidemiology Laboratory Director Diagnostic Influenza Laboratory University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX |
"Refined human and animal models for study of the sexually- transmitted pathogen Mycoplasma genitalium" |
November 23, 2009 |
Thanksgiving Day Holiday |
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November 30, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room C |
Dr. Christophe Nicot Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Kansas Kansas City, KS |
"Role of HTLV-I p30 in viral latency and oncogenesis" |
December 7, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room C |
Dr. Charles Rupprecht § Chief, Rabies Program Center for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA |
"Lyssavirus Emergence, Prevention, and Control in the 21st Century" |
December 14, 2009 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room C |
Dr. Keith Lampel Director Division of Microbiology Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Science College Park, MD |
"The Battle for a Safe Food Supply: Challenges from Farm to Fork" |
December 21, December 28, & January 4 2009-10 |
Winter Break |
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January 11, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Brian Schaefer Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD |
"Novel molecules and sub-cellular structures involved in T cell receptor signaling to NF-kappaB" |
January 18, 2010 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday |
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January 25, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Eric Skaar § Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN |
"How Gram Positive Pathogens Resolve the Heme Paradox" |
February 1, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Brian L. Kelsall § Investigator Mucosal Immunity Section Immune Cell Interaction Unit National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Bethesda, MD |
"Dendritic cell populations in immunity to intestinal reovirus infection" |
February 8, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Stanley Spinola David H. Jacobs Professor and Director Division of Infectious Disease Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN |
"Haemophilus ducreyi: A look at life from both sides now" |
February 15, 2010 |
Presidents Day |
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February 22, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Steve Holland Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Bethesda, MD |
"The Convergence Points for Mycobacterial and Fungal Immunity" |
March 1, 2010 |
Graduate School Open House |
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March 8, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Booki Min Associate Staff Department of Immunology Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH |
"IL-17expressing gamma delta T cells: generation and homeostasis" |
March 15, 2010 11:30 - 1:00 pm Lecture Room B |
Dr. Ken Fields § Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL |
"The Chlamydial T3SS: Novel functions and unexpected findings" |
§ 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