Seminar Schedule

Trainee MPHRG Presentations

MPath Trainees present annual seminars at the regular monthly meetings of the Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Responses Group. They also present their research in the student seminar series designed for the trainee's graduate program, MMI 901/Bact 731 for MDTP. For their participation in MMI 900: Journal Club in Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Responses, trainees orally review topical papers unrelated to the focus of their own studies, but still within the realm of microbial sciences.

Date/Time	Trainee	Location	Topic
October 27, 2003 at 4:00 pm	Holly Hamilton	Room 408 SMI	"Type IV Secretion & Host Cell Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae."
February 23, 2004 at 4:00 pm	Carolyn Lipke	Room 408 SMI	"Xenorhabdus nematophila secreted proteases and their role in virulence in insects."
March 22, 2004 at 4:00 pm	Lindsey Moser	Room 408 SMI	"Cellular Biology of Astrovirus-Induced Diarrhea."
April 26, 2004 at 4:00 pm	Megan Bohse	Room 408 SMI	"The YPS3 locus of Histoplasma capsulatum."
January 24, 2005 at 4:00 pm	Lindsey Moser	Room 408 SMI	"Insights into Potential Mechanisms of Astrovirus-Induced Diarrhea"
February 28, 2005 at 4:00 pm	Carolyn Lipke	Room 408 SMI	"Regulation of a secreted protease, PrtA, in Xenorhabdus nematophila"
May 9, 2005 at 4:00 pm	Sharon Altmann	Room 408 SMI	"A Peptide with Broad Spectrum Antiviral Activity Inhibits Vaccinia Virus Infection"
June 27, 2005 at 4:00 pm	Rose Szabady	Room 408 SMI	"Characterization of Vibrio cholerae TagA, a StcE-like metalloprotease"
January 23, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Joshua Troll	Room 408 SMI	"Characterization of putative Vibrio fischeri-signal receptors in Euprymna scolopes."
February 13, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Bailey Freeman	Room 408 SMI	"Macrophage-mediated Immunosuppression in African Trypanosomiasis"
March 27, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Rose Szabady	Room 408 SMI	"E. coli O157:H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans."
June 12, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Sharon Altmann	Room 408 SMI	"Stopping the enemy at the gate: characterizing an inhibitor of poxvirus entry."
June 26, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Wilmara Salgado-Pabon	Room 408 SMI	"The role of the putative relaxase TraI in DNA processing via the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV secretion system."
September 25, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Rose Szabady	Room 408 SMI	"The StcE Protease of E. coli O157:H7 Binds and Cleaves Leukocyte Surface Glycoproteins."
November 13, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Sharon Altmann	Room 408 SMI	"Pox on the rocks: Blocking vaccinia virus infection with an inhibitor of virus entry."
November 27, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Carlene Chun	Room 408 SMI	"The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in the squid-vibrio symbiosis."
December 11, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Wilmara Salgado-Pabon	Room 408 SMI	"Insights into the mechanism of DNA processing and substrate recruitment by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV secretion system."
February 26, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Nicole Cooney	Room 408 SMI	TBA
March 26, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Bailey Freeman	Room 408 SMI	TBA
May 14, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Heidi Vonderheid	Room 408 SMI	"Bodies n Beads: A Novel Approach to Dendritic Cell Targeting."
October 22, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Elitza Sevova	Room 2511 Microbial Sciences Bldg	"COPII dependent protein trafficking in Trypanosoma brucei."
November 5, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Nicole Cooney	Room 2511 Microbial Sciences Bldg	"Evasion of Macrophage Killing by the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Blastomyces dermatitidis."
January 28, 2008 at 4:00 pm	Petra Kohler	Room 2301 Microbial Sciences Bldg	"Characterization of essential Neisseria gonorrhoeae type IV secretion system components and their interactions with peptidoglycan."

Actively supported MPath Trainees have the opportunity to select and host up to two outside speakers each year. These speakers are integrated into one of two existing and topically appropriate seminar series, the MMI 900 Journal Club or the Bacteriology Colloquium. Luncheons are held after these seminars to provide an opportunity for informal discussion with all students and postdocs.

Date/Time	Speaker	Location	Topic
Friday, April 9, 2004 at Noon	Stephen Farrand, Ph.D. University of Illinois	Room 408 SMI	"Regulating Transfer of Agrobacterium Ti Plasmids: Turning Them On, Turning Them Off."
Friday, October 14, 2004 at 3:30 pm	Gail Hecht, M.D. University of Illinois, Chicago	Room 408 SMI	"Enteropathogenic E. coli and its effects on host intestinal epithelial cell function."
Friday, April 8, 2005 at Noon	Michael R. Kanost, Ph.D. Kansas State University	Room 408 SMI	"Innate immune responses in an insect, Manduca sexta."
Friday, May 6, 2005 at Noon	Doug Golenbock, MD Department of Immunology and Virology University of Massachusetts Medical School	Room 408 SMI	"Virulence regulation in Vibrio cholerae by membrane localized transcription factors."
Monday, May 23, 2005 at 4:00 pm	Victor J. DiRita, Ph.D. University of Michigan	Room 408 SMI	"Virulence regulation in Vibrio cholerae by membrane localized transcription factors."
Friday, May 5, 2006 at Noon	Darren Higgins, Ph.D. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School	Room 408 SMI	"Adaptation to intracellular infection: Regulation of flagellar motility and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes."
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 4:00 pm	Nancy Moran, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The University of Arizona	Room 331 Bardeen Auditorium	"Evolutionary genomics of bacterial symbionts."
Monday, April 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm	Neal Silverman, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases and Immunology Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School	Room 408 SMI	"The response to gram-negative bacteria in Drosophila."