| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Host |
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August 25, 2011
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Prasad Potluri- Dissertation Defense |
"Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Modification Influences Cell Shape in Escherichia coli" |
Dr. Kevin Young |
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September 1, 2011
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Sean Garrison, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate
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"Emerging Role for the p53-Target Gene Puma during Lethal Bacterial Sepsis"
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Dr. Richard Morrison
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September 8, 2011
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Karl Boehme, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate
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"New Insights into Mechanisms of Reovirus Pathogenesis" |
Dr. Richard Morrison
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| September 12, 2011 |
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| September 15, 2011 |
Min Fang, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate
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"Uncovering the mechanisms of Natural Killer cell - mediated resistance to a viral disease." |
Dr. Richard Morrison
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| September 22, 2011 |
Pushpa Pandiyan, Ph.D
Faculty Candidate
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"Interactions between CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs and Th17 cells" |
Dr. Richard Morrison
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| September 29, 2011 |
Shonna McBride, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate |
"The C. difficile cpr Locus Mediates Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides through Molecular Mimicry" |
Dr. Richard Morrison
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| October 6, 2011 |
Jinjong Myoung, Ph.D.
Faculty Candidate |
"Breaking the Barriers: KSHV Infection in the B Cell Compartment & Control of Its Reactivation" |
Dr. Richard Morrison
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| October 13, 2011 |
Andrew Goodwin, Ph.D.
Fish Pathologist/Inspector (AFS-FHS)
Professor/Associate Director
UAPB Aquaculture/Fisheries Center
Pine Bluff, AR |
"Exotic Rhabdoviruses in Wild and Farmed Fish: Interactions, Epidemiology, and Politics" |
Dr. Wayne Gray |
| October 20, 2011 |
Roger Rank, Ph.D.
Professor
Chlamydia Research Group
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Research Institute |
"Life in the female genital mucosa: the intimate relationship between Chlamydia and the inflammatory response" |
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| October 27, 2011 |
Open |
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| November 3, 2011 |
Mike Konkel, Ph.D.
Washington State University |
"The foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni exploits mammalian host cell receptors and signaling pathways" |
Dr. Dan voth |
| November 10, 2011 |
Paul Hermonat, Ph.D.
Professor, Cardiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
“Adeno-Associated Virus Projects: Molecular biology and gene transfer” |
Wayne Gray |
| November 17, 2011 |
Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
Assistant Scientist
Division of Pathobiology & Immunology
Oregon National Primate Center
Oregon Health & Science University |
"Uncovering host and viral factors that control VZVacute and latent infection using a nonhuman primate model" |
Dr. Wayne Gray |
| November 24, 2011 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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| December 1, 2011 |
Ann Jerse, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Uniformed Services University |
"Life in the female genital mucosa: the intimate relationship between Chlamydia and the inflammatory response" |
Dr. Roger Rank |
| December 8, 2011 |
Xuming Zhang, Ph.D. |
"Molecular Dissection of Coronavirus-Host Cell Interaction: Implications for Viral Pathogenesis and Persistence". |
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| December 15, 2011 |
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| January 12, 2012 |
Dahong Zhou
UAMS |
“Cancer Therapy-Induced Residual Bone Marrow Injury” |
Dr. Marie Chow |
| January 19, 2012 |
Fidel Zavala
John Hopkins University |
“Induction of protective memory CD8+ T cells against malaria parasites” |
Dr. Jason Stumhofer |
| January 26, 2012 |
Juan Liu
Graduate Student
Dissertation Defense |
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| February 2, 2012 |
OPEN |
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| February 9, 2012 |
Martin Cannon, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
"Life, death and immune regulation in ovarian cancer" |
Dr. Martin Cannon |
| February 16, 2012 |
Usha Ponnappan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
"Proteasomes at the crossroads of inflammation and immunity during senescence" |
Dr. Usha Ponnappan |
| February 23, 2012 |
Eduardo Salinas
Graduate Student |
"Defining post-translational modifications and protein interactions of mLANA that regulate its function during Murine Gammaherpesvirus-68 infection" |
Dr. Craig Forrest |
| March 1, 2012 |
Paul Lieberman
Professor
Gene Regulation Group
The Wistar Institute, Philedelphia, PA |
"Mechanisms of Genome Maintenance: Lessons from Gammaherpesvirus Latency" |
Dr. Craig Forrest |
| March 8, 2012 |
Laura Broderdorf
Graduate Student |
"The importance of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in C. burnetii infection of macrophages." |
Dr. Daniel Voth |
| March 15, 2012 |
Ashley (Scott) Groshong
Graduate Student |
"Identification of RpoS-regulated virulence factors of Borrelia burgdorferi" |
Dr. Jon Blevins |
| March 22, 2012 |
Graduate School Spring Break |
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| March 29, 2012 |
Justin Graham
Graduate Student |
"Regulatory Mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus ClpC" |
Dr. Chia Lee |
| April 5, 2012 |
Jennifer Junecko
Graduate Student |
"Regulation of biofilm by the SaeRS two-component system in Staphylococcus aureus." |
Dr. Chia Lee |
| April 12, 2012 |
Arturo Casadevall, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine.
Chair,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY |
"Mammals, Martians and Dinosaurs: nihilistic thoughts on the origin of microbial virulence" |
Dr. Richard Morrison |
| April 19, 2012 |
John Skare, Ph.D.
Texas A&M |
"The use of bioluminescent Borrelia burgdorferi to track pathogenic features and gene regulation during active infection" |
Dr. Jon Blevins |
| April 26, 2012 |
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| May 3, 2012 |
Andreas J. Baumler, Ph.D.
UC Davis |
“Food from the fire: How the host response feeds Salmonella” |
Laura Broederdorf |
| May 10, 2012 |
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| May 17, 2012 |
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