Spring 2006
February 7, 2006: "Insights into the Cellular Microbiology of Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens Through Functional Genomics"
Raphael Valdivia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
February 28, 2006: "Assembly of Proteins in the Cell Wall of Gram-positive Bacteria"
Olaf Schneewind, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Microbiology, Cummings Life Science Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
March 14, 2006: "Poxvirus Regulation of the Proinflammatory Cellular NF-kappaB Transcription Factor"
Joanna L. Shisler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL
March 21, 2006: "Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: How Traits of a Host-adapted Commensal Promote Opportunistic Infections"
W. Edward Swords, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
March 28, 2006: "The Role of ER Stress in Hypoxia Tolerance and Tumor Progression"
Constantinos (Costas) Koumenis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology and Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
April 4, 2006: "Novel Delivery of Bacterial Polysaccharides for Vaccine Development: Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a Model System"
Joanna B. Goldberg, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Wednesday, April 5, 2006: Dissertation Defense- "Identification and Characterization Of PqsH, a Putative Monooxygenase Required for PQS Production, and Comparison To PqsL, an Opposing Putative Monooxygenase"
Brian E. Bullman, Microbiology & Immunology Doctoral Candidate, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
April 11, 2006: "Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors in Lymphocyte Development"
Barbara L. Kee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
April 18, 2006: "Looking Backward/ Looking Forward- The Role of IL-7 in the Development of Human Lymphoid Progenitors"
Tucker W. LeBien, Ph.D., Professor, Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
May 9, 2006: "Monoclonal Antibody Targeting of the Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Cancer"
Dale L. Ludwig, Ph.D., Sr. Director, Department of Cell Engineering & Expression, ImClone Systems Incorporated, New York, NY Return to Main Menu
Fall 2006
July 27, 2006: “Effects of Adenoviruses on Secondary Challenges with Bacteria and Bacterial Toxins”
Timur O. Yarovinsky, MD, Ph.D., Faculty Candidate in the Division of Pulmonary/Internal Medicine
This special seminar was jointly sponsored by the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Internal Medicine September 26, 2006: "Programmed Cell Death of Staphylococcus aureus During Biofilm Development"
Kenneth W. Bayles, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
October 10, 2006: "PPARgamma and PPARgamma Ligand Regulation of Normal and Malignant B Lineage Cells"
Richard P. Phipps, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Depts of Environmental Medicine & Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY October 17, 2006: "Evasion of Innate Immune Mechanisms by Brucella abortus: A Model for the Establishment of Chronic Infections by Intracellular Gram negative Pathogens"
Edgardo Moreno, Ph.D., Director of Tropical Disease Research Program and Professor of Cellular Biology and Microbiology at the Veterinary School of the National University, Costa Rica
October 24, 2006: "Pseudomonas Interactions with Fungi: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Consequences"
Deborah A. Hogan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
November 7, 2006:"Calcium- and Cell Contact-Regulated Injection of Virulence Proteins by Yersinia pestis"
Gregory V. Plano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
November 14, 2006: "Murder and Mayhem: Rhodococcus equi as a Pathogen of Foal and Human Macrophages"
John F. Prescott, MA, VetMB, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
November 21, 2006: "Pathogenic Aspects of Hepatitis C Virus Associated Lymphoma"
Massimo Libra, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
November 21, 2006: Doctoral Dissertation Defense- "Identification of the AraC-Like Transcriptional Regulator DhbR and Its Role in the Regulation Of The Genes Required For Siderophore Biosynthesis in Brucella abortus"
Eric S. Anderson, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Monday, November 27, 2006: Doctoral Dissertation Defense- "The Brucella abortus xthA-1 and xthA-2 Gene Products Play Overlapping Roles in Base Excision Repair and Resistance To Reactive Oxygen Intermediates"
Michael L. Hornback, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
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Spring 2007
February 20, 2007 "Genetic Control of Bacterial Iron and Heme Homeostasis"
Mark R. O'Brian, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
February 27, 2007: "How Bacteria Talk To Each Other"
Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
March 6, 2007: "Characterizing Noncoding Genes in Bacteria"
Brian Tjaden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
March 13, 2007: "B cells, Epithelial cells and the Cycle of Epstein-Barr Virus Persistence"
Lindsey M. Hutt-Fletcher, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Friday, March 23, 2007: "Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt Signaling in Survival of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and High Risk Myelodysplastic Cells"
Alberto M. Martelli, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Anatomiche Umane, Bologna, Italy
Tuesday, March 27, 2007: "The Biosynthesis of Pyocyanin, a P. aeruginosa Virulence Factor"
Bryan Greenhagen, Ph.D., Research Associate, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Rockville, MD
April 24, 2007: "Unraveling Contributions of T3S to Chlamydia Pathogenesis"
Ken Fields, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
May 8, 2007: "Mechanisms of Peroxide-sensing in Bacteria: Bacillus subtilis PerR and OhrR"
John D. Helmann, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
May 15, 2007: "Bcl2, Apoptosis, p53 and all that Jaz(z)"
W. Stratford May, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Pharmacology and Therapeutics. University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL
June 19, 2007: "Regulation of Primary Antibody Responses
by Bacterial Enterotoxins”
Sergio Arce, M.D., Ph.D.
This special seminar was co-hosted by the Departments of Internal Medicine/Pulmonary and Microbiology & Immunology
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Thursday, August 23, 2007: "Role of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pasteurella multocida Outer Membrane Permeability Properties in Triclosan Susceptibility"
Matthew Ellison, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
Seminar will be held in Biotech Conference Room 110 at noon
August 28, 2007: "Iron Regulation in E. coli"
Dr. Simon C. Andrews, Ph.D., Reader in Microbial Biochemistry, The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, United Kingdom
Seminar will be held in Brody Burgundy Auditorium at noon
**Special Seminar- Dissertation Defense**
Wednesday, September 12, 2007: "ProductionOfBhuA By Brucella Abortus Is Required For Hemin Utilization And Virulence And Is Dependent On The Transcriptional Regulators RirA AndChrA"
James T. Paulley, Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, East Carolina University School of Medicine
Seminar will be held in Brody Burgundy Auditorium at 1:00pm
September 18, 2007: "Novel Roles for Hox A9 and Notch-1 in Cancer: A Tale of Two Projects"
Fred "Ted" Bertrand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, East Carolina University School of Medicine
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100 at noon
October 9, 2007- no seminar scheduled
October 16, 2007- no seminar scheduled
October 23, 2007: "Novel Functions of KSHV Early Genes During Infection of Endolthelial Cells"
Gary Hayward, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100
October 30, 2007: "Candidiasis in the Neonate: Host Defense and Investigations into the Role of Antibody"
Joseph M. Bliss M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Brown Medical School; Staff Neonatologist, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (Providence)
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100 November 6, 2007: "Bad to the Bone: Staphylococcus aureus as a Musculoskeletal Pathogen"
Mark S. Smeltzer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Department of Orthopaedics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100
November 13, 2007- "Confocal Microscopy of Thick Tissues- Embryos, Kidneys and Ovaries"
Robert M. Zucker, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Reproductive Toxicology Division, Research Triangle Park, NC
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100 at noon
November 20, 2007
November 27, 2007
December 4, 2007: "The HTLV-I Tax Oncoprotein Interferes with the DNA Damage Response: Possible Roles in Cellular Transformation"
Susan J. Marriott, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100
December 11, 2007: "Motility, chemotaxis and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete"
Md. Abdul Motaleb, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Cell Biology, Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (Dr. Motaleb is a Faculty Candidate in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100
December 18, 2007: "The Host Response during Helicobacter pylori Infection: Friend or Foe?"
Ellen J. Beswick, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (Dr. Beswick is a Faculty Candidate in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology)
Seminar will be held in Brody 2E-100
Individuals with disabilities, requesting accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), should contact the Department for Disability Support Services at (252) 328-6799 (V) or (252) 328-0899 (TTY). |
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