Molecular Microbiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis

Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Seminar Series

-- Sping 2008 --

Tuesdays - 12:00 p.m.
Cori Auditorium
McDonnell Sciences Building

Please contact the host if you wish to meet with the speaker

January 29

Josep Casadesús
University of Seville, Spain
Host: Eduardo Groisman
Roles of DNA adenine methylation in Salmonella virulence
February 5

Stephen Busby
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Host: Eduardo Groisman

Regulation at simple and complex bacterial promoters
February 12
Thomas Borén
Umea University
Host: Douglas Berg 		Dynamics of adhesin-receptor interactions: lessons from H. pylori
February 19 Robert Doms
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Skip Virgin 		HIV entry and its inhibition
February 26 Matt Chapman
University of Michigan
Host: Scott Hultgren 		Protein misfolding done right: the biogenesis of bacterial amyloid fibers
March 4
Beth Levine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Host: David Leib 		Autophagy, innate immunity, and microbial countermeasures
March 11 David Wang
Washington University
Host: Eduardo Groisman 		Discovery and characterization of novel respiratory and enteric viruses
March 18 Lars Angenent
Washington University
Host: David Wang 		Nondefined mixed bacterial cultures in engineered systems
March 25
Robert Blankenship
Washington University
Host: Eduardo Groisman 		Evolutionary relationships among phototrophic bacteria deduced from whole genome comparisons
April 1
Tamara Doering
Washington University
Host: David Sibley 		How Cryptococcus makes its coat
April 8 Howard Shuman
Columbia University
Host: Eduardo Groisman 		Origins and functions of Legionella effectors
April 15
George Weinstock
Washington University
Host: David Sibley 		Adventures in microbial genomics
April 22
William Jacobs
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Host: David Sibley 		Death of the tubercle bacillus
April 29
Steve Goff
Columbia University
Host: Skip Virgin

Host factors promoting and restricting retrovirus replication
Note new location: Wohl Auditorium

May 6
Yorgo Modis
Yale University
Host: Michael Diamond 		Molecular mechanisms of flavivirus cell entry and immune recognition
Note new location: Erlanger Auditorium
May 13 Erin O'Shea
Harvard University
Host: Eduardo A. Groisman 		In vitro oscillation of a three-protein circadian clock
Note new location: Erlanger Auditorium
May20
Maria Mota
University of Portugal
Host: David Sibley & Daniel Goldberg 		Malaria infection: approaching the host
Note new location: Erlanger Auditorium
Please contact the host if you wish to meet with the speaker
 
 
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Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO 63110-1093 USA
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