| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 30, 2024 | Quantitative Bioimaging of the Plasmodium Liver Stage: Drug Discovery to Developmental Biology Kirsten Hanson, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 6, 2024 | Development of a Bacterial Peptide as a Novel Anti-Virulence Agent Against Fungal Pathogens Michael C. Lorenz, Ph.D., McGovern Medical School |
| September 13, 2024 | What the Phage? And Other Aspects of STEC Pathogenesis Angela Melton-Celsa, Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| September 20, 2024 | Guts, Bugs, and Drugs: Harnessing Microbial Omics and Engineering to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cancer Christopher D. Johnston, Ph.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| September 27, 2024 | How Does NASA Keep its Extraterrestrial Samples Pristine? Geomicrobiology, Astromaterials Curation, and Planetary Protection at NASA Aaron Regberg, Ph.D., Johnson Space Center |
| October 4, 2024 | Evolution and Discovery of a New Organelle from the Oceans: The Nitroplast Jonathan P. Zehr, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz |
| October 11, 2024 | How a Novel Adherence Function Led to New Insight into Borrelial Complement Resistance Jon T. Skare, Ph.D., Texas A&M College of Medicine |
| October 18, 2024 | Translational Nano-Scale Technologies to Facilitate Drug Repurposing for Infectious Diseases Abhijit Date, Ph.D., University of Arizona |
| October 25, 2024 | Regulation of Conidiogenesis of Aspergillus spp Heesoo Park, Ph.D., Kyungpook National University |
| November 1, 2024 | Tuberculosis and Diabetes: Interaction with Old Age Blanca Restrepo, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| November 8, 2024 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 15, 2024 | Hungry Hungry Schistos: The Resource Ecology of Epidemics and Control David Civitello, Ph.D., Emory University |
| November 22, 2024 | Chemogenetics Approaches for Antimalarial Drug Discovery Jacquin Niles, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| November 29, 2024 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| February 2, 2024 | Watch Your Diet: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Impairs Gut Microbiota Function and Disrupts Mucosal Homeostasis Yong Ge, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| February 9, 2024 | Lessons from a Decade of Plastisphere Research Jeffrey Turner, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
| February 16, 2024 | Understanding How Host-Microbe Interactions Drive Infections by Cryptococcus and Candida Felipe Santiago-Tirado, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame |
| February 23, 2024 | Tough and Sticky: Evolution of Stress Response and Adhesin Gene Family in Pathogenic Yeasts Bin He, Ph.D., University of Iowa |
| March 1, 2024 | UM Center for Translational Medicine: Bridging the Gap Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity Jay Evans, Ph.D., University of Montana |
| March 8, 2024 | Tick-Borne Rickettsial Diseases Impacting Animal and Human Health: Building Bridges from Basic Research to Vaccine Development Roman Ganta, Ph.D., University of Missouri |
| March 15, 2024 | Spring Break |
| March 22, 2024 | Contributions of Astrocytes in the Inflammatory Response during Hypoxic Retinopathy Colin Rorex, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 29, 2024 | Decipher Source of Viral Rebound and Strategies for a Prolonged HIV Remission Binhua "Julie" Ling, Ph.D., Southwest National Primate Research Center |
| April 5, 2024 | Tick Immunity vs. Pathogen Persistence: The Molecular Tug of War That Shapes Vector Competence Dana K. Shaw, Ph.D., Washington State University |
| April 12, 2024 | Role of Borrelia Unfed Tick Induced Protein (BtiP) in the Colonization of the Lyme Disease Agent Within Tick and Mammalian Hosts Jessica O'Berry, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 19, 2024 | Spring Symposium |
| April 26, 2024 | Quantifying Cell Biology Through High-Speed Single Cell Imaging and Analysis Richard DeMarco, Cytek Biosciences |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 25, 2023 | Fighting Fungal Infections: Battle against Coccidioides Chiung-Yu Hung, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 1, 2023 | Metabolic and Microbial Regulation of Lupus Pathogenesis Laurence Morel, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| September 8, 2023 | Pathomimetic Human Gastrointestinal Disease-on-a-Chip: From Organomimicry to Translational Medicine Hyun Jung Kim, Ph.D., Lerner Research Institute |
| September 15, 2023 | Why Do We Still Fear Plague? Deborah Anderson, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia |
| September 22, 2023 | Host Pathogen Interaction between Human Neutrophil and Coxiella burnetii Kannan Thangamani, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 29, 2023 | High-Throughput Genetics, Essential Gene Discovery, and Antifungal Resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans Blake Billmyre, Ph.D., University of Georgia |
| October 6, 2023 | Mammalian Host Colonization by the Fungus Candida albicans Christian Perez, Ph.D., University of Texas McGovern Medical School |
| October 13, 2023 | Precision Long-Read Metagenomics Sequencing for Food Safety and Development of a Cloud Based Analysis Tool Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona, Ph.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| October 20, 2023 | Elucidating The Mechanisms of Protective Immune Responses Against Coxiella burnetii Infection Shawkat Alam, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 27, 2023 | A Multifunctional Toxin in Mycoplasma pneumoniae Pathogenesis Thirumalai R. Kannan, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| November 3, 2023 | A Multiscale Look at the Contributions of Bacterial Biopolymers to Means through which Multi-Drug Resistant E. coli Fights Ampicillin Geof Hannigan, Ph.D., Merck |
| November 9, 2023 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 17, 2023 | Combating Multidrug-Resistant Superbugs by Targeting Victor Nizet, M.D., University of California-San Diego |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 20, 2023 | The Distribution of Duplicated Antibiotic Resistance Genes Across Complete Microbial Genomes Reflects Ecologically Relevant Selection and Horizontal Gene Transfer Rohan Maddamsetti, Ph.D., Duke University |
| January 27, 2023 | Development of Engineering Probiotics to Deliver Narrow-Spectrum Siderophore Antimicrobial Peptides against Drug-Resistant Enteric Bacteria Benedikt Mortzfeld, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
| February 3, 2023 | Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion Shuaiqi Guo, Ph.D., Yale University |
| February 10, 2023 | Quantifying Interactions of the Intestinal Microbiota in Space and Time Octavio Mondragon Palomino, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health |
| February 17, 2023 | Discovery and Function of BDL, a Novel B Cell Subset that Dampens CNS Autoimmunity through Regulatory T Cells Bonnie Dittel, Ph.D., Versiti Blood Research Institute |
| February 24, 2023 | Fungal Kinase-Mediated Fitness in the Host Lung Niche Jarrod R Fortwendel, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| March 3, 2023 | Assessing the Role of FrhA and the Peptide Binding Domain in Vibrio cholerae Cameron Lloyd, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 10, 2023 | How Whole Genome Sequencing Supports Public Health Maria Hoffmann, Ph.D., FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
| March 17, 2023 | Spring Break |
| March 24, 2023 | The Tick Microbiome and One-Health Kelly Brayton, Ph.D., Washington State University |
| March 31, 2023 | Of Spores and Cells – Adventures in Clostridioides difficile Physiology Aimee Shen, Ph.D., Tufts University |
| April 7, 2023 | TBD Lucasz Kozubowski, Ph.D., Clemson University |
| April 14, 2023 | TBD Mariana Xavier Byndloss, DVM, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| April 21, 2023 | seminar cancelled |
| April 28, 2023 | Role of Plasmid Encoded Genes in the Pathophysiology of Lyme Disease Taylor MacMackin, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 26, 2022 | How Tracking Contamination in Ground Beef Lead to Investigating E. coli as a Cause of Colorectal Cancer Mick Bosilevac, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service |
| September 2, 2022 | Mucor, Drug Resistance, and Mycobiome Soo Chan Lee, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 9, 2022 | Combating the Unseen Enemy: Developing Treatments for Wound Infections in the Warfighter Sabrina Snyder, Ph.D., Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio |
| September 16, 2022 | Integrated Approaches for Microalgal Biotechnology Yoon-E Choi, Korea University |
| September 23, 2022 | Starch or No Starch? Ironing Out the Impact of Glycogen Metabolism in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans on Fitness and Host Response Brian Peters, Ph.D., University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| September 30, 2022 | Genetic Control of Diverse Morphological Developments in Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus Sheng Sun, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center |
| October 7, 2022 | Fine-Tuning Cholesterol in the Intracellular Niche Stacey Gilk, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| October 14, 2022 | Targeting Plasmodium Protein Synthesis – The Relationship between Translation Inhibitor Efficacy and Reversibility during P. berghei Liver Stage Schizogony James McLellan, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 21, 2022 | Thiomargarita magnifica, the Largest Bacterium Ever Observed, Challenges Traditional Concepts of Bacterial Cells Jean-Marie Volland, Ph.D., Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems |
| October 28, 2022 | Bacterial Amyloid Curli: Expression, Regulation and Pathogenicity Cagla Tukel, Ph.D., Lewis Katz School of Medicine Temple University |
| November 4, 2022 | Elucidating the Intrinsic Echinocandin Resistance Mechanisms in Mucor circinelloides Alex Garcia, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 10, 2022 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 11, 2022 | Of Frogs and Fungi: Evaluating the Drivers of Variation in Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection Susceptibility in Wild Amphibians Anat Belasen, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin |
| November 18, 2022 | Genomic Variation of Shiga Toxin-Containing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cattle over Time Jim Bono, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service |
| November 25, 2022 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 2, 2022 | Drug Repurposing and De Novo Screenings To Identify Compounds With Anti-Candida Biofilm Activities Olabayo Ajetunmobi, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 21, 2022 | Role of Fractalkine and CX3CR1 Polymorphic Variants in Microglia Function in Diabetic Retinopathy Kaira Church, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| January 28, 2022 | T Cells Find a Niche during an Immune Response Charlotte Vines, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso |
| February 4, 2022 | Effects of Candida Species Gastrointestinal Colonization on Clostridioides difficile Infection Jesús Romo, Ph.D., Tufts University |
| February 11, 2022 | Toxoplasma gondii - A Master Manipulator: From Effector Discovery to Novel Concepts in Cell Death Alex Rosenberg, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine |
| February 18, 2022 | Chemical Cartography of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Insights into Pathogenesis and Drug Development Laura-Isobel McCall, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma |
| February 25, 2022 | TBD Shahid Karim, Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi |
| March 4, 2022 | The Systems Biology of Clostridioides difficile Infection Vincent Young, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School |
| March 11, 2022 | Vibrio cholerae Interaction with the Commensal Fungus Candida albicans Mylea Echazarreta, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 18, 2022 | Spring Break |
| March 25, 2022 | Innate Immunity and Regulated Cell Death in Fungi Teresa Pawlowska, Ph.D., Cornell University |
| April 1, 2022 | Cocci and COVID: Tales of Two Tests Douglas Lake, Ph.D., Arizona State University |
| April 8, 2022 | Genetic Approaches for Understanding Fungal Pathogenesis Teresa O'Meara, Ph.D., University of Michigan |
| April 15, 2022 | TBD Mick Bosilevac, Ph.D., USDA Agricultural Research Service |
| April 22, 2022 | TBD Shumin Tan, Ph.D., Tufts University School of Medicine |
| April 29, 2022 | Modeling the Neurological Effects of Prenatal COVID-19 Exposure Using Human Cortical Organoids Courtney McMahon, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 27, 2021 | Clinical Testing of Common and Uncommon Infectious Disease: Small and High Volume Processes Sean Villasan, Livingstone Med Lab |
| September 3, 2021 | Machine Biology for Infectious Disease Cesar de la Fuente, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania |
| September 10, 2021 | What Microbes Can Tell Us about the Built Environment Davida Smyth, Ph.D., Texas A&M San Antonio |
| September 17, 2021 | Imaging SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics in vitro and in vivo Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| September 24, 2021 | Multi-Scale Quantitative Analysis of Host Resilience: What Malaria Can Teach Us About Infectious Disease in General Juan Gutierrez, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 1, 2021 | Host Innate Immune Responses in a Murine Model of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection Diana Scorpio, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| October 8, 2021 | Development of COVID 19 Vaccines and Therapies in Nonhuman Primates Ricardo Carrion, Jr., Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| October 15, 2021 | Career Path in Clinical Molecular Diagnostics Pramod Mishra, Ph.D., iGenomeDx Inc. |
| October 22, 2021 | More Than Just Cleaning, Ubiquitin Mediated Proteolysis in Fungal Pathogenesis Chaoyang Xue, Ph.D., Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |
| October 29, 2021 | Activation of ER Stress Impacts the Immune Responses to Enteric Pathogens Marijke Keestra-Gounder, Ph.D., University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine |
| November 5, 2021 | Applications of Machine Learning in Single-Cell Sequencing Data Analyses Dong Xu, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia |
| November 12, 2021 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 19, 2021 | TBD Bruce Klein, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| November 26, 2021 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 22, 2021 | Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Microbiota Identified among Flies and their Sympatric Animals Anwar Abdulaziz Kalalah, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| January 29, 2021 | Job of the Mushroom Breeder Andrii Gryganskyi, Ph.D., L.F. Lambert Spawn Co. |
| February 5, 2021 | Two Vignettes: Opine Metallophore and Riboflavin Biosynthesis by Human Pathogens Audrey Lamb, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 12, 2021 | Investigating Fungal-Bacterial Interactions Underpinning Human Pathogenesis Elizabeth Ballou, Ph.D., University of Birmingham, UK |
| February 19, 2021 | Oh, the Places You'll Go! Deborah Springer, Ph.D., Novozymes |
| February 26, 2021 | Microbial Processes in Low Temperature Natural and Engineered Geochemical Systems Saugata Datta, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 5, 2021 | How Dietary Tryptophan and Environmental Chemical Compounds Control T Cell Responses in the Intestine Sangwon Kim, Ph.D., Philadelphia University/Thomas Jefferson University |
| March 12, 2021 | Spring Break |
| March 19, 2021 | T Cell-Mediated Neurodegeneration in the Brain is Critical for Cryptococcus-Associated IRIS Makoto Inoue, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign |
| March 26, 2021 | Functional Genomics and Evolution of Symbioses between Mucoromycota Fungi and their Betaproteobacterial Jessie Uehling, Ph.D., Oregon State University |
| April 2, 2021 | Exploring the Structure and Function of Microbial Motility: Chemotaxis and Intermicrobial Transport Ariane Briegel, Ph.D., Leiden University, Netherlands |
| April 9, 2021 | Vibrio cholerae Pathogenesis: A Tale of Two Regulons Shelle Payne, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin |
| April 16, 2021 | TBD Jonathan S. Finkel, Ph.D., University of Detroit Mercy |
| April 23, 2021 | TBD Rahul Raghaven, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 30, 2021 | TBD Salvador Almagro-Moreno, Ph.D., University of Central Florida |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 28, 2020 | Nanoantibiotics and Infectious Diseases: Into the Astounding Journey to the Microcosmos Roberto Vazquez-Munoz, Ph.D., MSc, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 4, 2020 | Drugs and Vaccines against Fungi Chiung Yu Hung, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 11, 2020 | Developing a Novel Vaccine against Francisella tularensis Jonathon Keck, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 18, 2020 | Sources of Tissue Injury and Mechanisms of Repair during Autoimmunity: Modulation of Innate Astrid Cardona, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 25, 2020 | Developing Treatments to Prevent and Reverse Inflammation-Mediated Heart Failure Thomas Forsthuber, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 2, 2020 | Searching for Novel and Desirable Antimalarials Kirsten Hanson, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 9, 2020 | Pathogenomes and Virulence traits of Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Mark Eppinger, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 16, 2020 | Prevention, Treatment and Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Thomas F. Patterson, M.D., FACP, FIDSA, UT Health San Antonio |
| October 23, 2020 | TBD Brian Moy, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 30, 2020 | Fungal Morphology in Resistance to Calcineurin Inhibitors and Host-Pathogen Interactions Sandeep Vellanki, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 6, 2020 | Effect of LPS Phase Variation in the Pathogenicity of Coxiella burnetii Venkatesh Kumaresan, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 13, 2020 | TBD Sunter Lab |
| November 20, 2020 | TBD Borna Sarker, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 27, 2020 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 24, 2020 | Nanoscale Investigations of Bacterial Interactions and Properties Nehal Abu-Lail, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| January 31, 2020 | Screening Repurposing Libraries to Identify Drugs with Novel Antifungal Activity against Candida auris Gina Wall, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 7, 2020 | A Study of Resilience Across Scales: The Case of Malaria Juan Gutierrez, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 14, 2020 | Using Fungal Epidemiology and Pathogen Biology to Solve Challenges in Plant Pathology Robin A. Choudhury, Ph.D., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| February 21, 2020 | Drug Resistance and Interactions with Host in Pathogenic Fungi Sandeep Vellanki, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 28, 2020 | How does CX3CR1 Regulate Microglial Function: Learnings from Gene Expression Studies Stefka Gyoneva, Ph.D., Biogen |
| March 6, 2020 | The Haloarchaea of Great Salt Lake: Implications for Astrobiology Bonnie Baster, Ph.D., Westminster College |
| March 13, 2020 | Spring Break |
| March 20, 2020 | TBD Sangwon V. Kim, Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University/Philadelphia University |
| March 27, 2020 | TBD Roman Reddy, Ph.D., Kansas State University Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases |
| April 3, 2020 | TBD Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Science Center |
| April 10, 2020 | TBD Teresa O'Meara, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School |
| April 17, 2020 | TBD Lynn Soong, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch |
| April 24, 2020 | TBD Magdia De Jesus, Ph.D., University at Albany School of Public Health |
| May 1, 2020 | TBD Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at Houston |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 30, 2019 | Innate Immunity in Blinding Bacterial and Fungal Corneal Infections Eric Pearlman, Ph.D., University of California-Irvine |
| September 6, 2019 | A Midas Touch: Gold Nanoparticles as Effective Protective Vaccines against Bacterial Pathogens Alfredo G. Torres, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch |
| September 13, 2019 | Creating and Empowering Functional Bacterial Flagellar Motors David Hendrixson, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| September 20, 2019 | Discovering Viral and Cancer Immunity Mechanisms Using Quantitative Biology Diako Ebrahimi, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| September 27, 2019 | In Search of Next-Generation Antimalarials Debopam Chakrabarti, Ph.D., University of Central Florida |
| October 4, 2019 | B Cell Immunity against Malaria Evelien Bunnik, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| October 11, 2019 | The Paul Reveres of the Cell: Exosomes as Messengers of Innate Immunity Ramin M. Hakami, Ph.D., George Mason University |
| October 18, 2019 | Role of Borrelia Cell Envelope in the Pathogenesis of Lyme Disease Yue (Rachel) Chen, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 25, 2019 | Molecular Dissection of Natural Transformation and Exploiting it as a Genetic Tool to Study Vibrio Species Ankur Dalia, Ph.D., Indiana University |
| November 1, 2019 | Dimorphism and Drug Resistance Studies in Candida albicans Haoping Liu, Ph.D., University of California-Irvine |
| November 8, 2019 | ASM Branch Meeting at UTSA |
| November 15, 2019 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 22, 2019 | The Biology the Apicomplexan Parasite Cryptosporidium Boris Striepen, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania |
| November 29, 2019 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 18, 2019 | Variation in the Untranslated Genome and Susceptibility to Infections Smita Kulkarni, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| January 25, 2019 | Microbes under the Changing Climate Sanghoon Kang, Ph.D., Baylor University |
| February 1, 2019 | The Many Faces of Fig4: Targeting Lipids and Proteins with One Enzyme Bethay Strunk, Ph.D., Trinity University |
| February 8, 2019 | Mycobiome and Bacteriome Interactions: Role in Health and Disease Mahmoud Ghanoum, Ph.D., Case Western University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center |
| February 15, 2019 | Phage and Dental Research in Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio Yoon Hwang, Ph.D., Naval Medical Research Unit at San Antonio |
| February 22, 2019 | Jump Around, Jump Around Transposable Element Activation in Tauopathy Bess Frost, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| March 1, 2019 | Autotaxin, a Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and CNS Repair Babette Fuss, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University |
| March 8, 2019 | Abdominal Candidiasis: Clinical Features and Studies of Pathogenesis and Antifungal Pharmacokinetics Neil Cleancy, M.D., University of Pittsburg |
| March 15, 2019 | Spring Break |
| March 22, 2019 | Gut Mycobiota Shapes Host Immunity and Inflammatory Diseases Iliyan D Iliev, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College |
| March 29, 2018 | no seminar |
| April 5, 2019 | Plant Synthetic Biology for the Production of Compounds with Pharmaceutical Values Ling Yuan, Ph.D., University of Kentucky |
| April 12, 2019 | Two Sides of the Same Coin: Roles of Cryptococcal and Host Eicosanoids during Cryptococcal Infection Natalia Castro-Lopez, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 19, 2019 | How Do New Pathogens Evolve? People, Animals, and Environment Stanley Maloy, Ph.D., San Diego State University |
| April 26, 2019 | Brucellosis: New Vaccines to Control a Neglected Zoonotic Disease Vemulapalli Ramesh, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| May 3, 2019 | A Double Whammy: How Misfolded Tau Could Hijack Immune System To Propagate Itself and Trigger Neuroinflammation? Kiran Bhaskar, Ph.D., University of New Mexico |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 24, 2018 | Bacteriome and Mycobiome Interactions Underscore Microbial Dysbiosis in Familial Crohn’s Disease Mahmoud Ghannoum, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University |
| August 31, 2018 | New Insights into B Lymphocyte Function in Reproductive and Immunological Health Kang Chen, Ph.D., Wayne State University |
| September 7, 2018 | The Type VI Secretion System of Vibrio cholerae Modulates Intestinal Mechanics to Promote Host Invasion Brian Hammer, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology |
| September 14, 2018 | Chlamydia Inc: The Business of Hijacking the Host Mary Weber, Ph.D., University of Iowa |
| September 21, 2018 | Salivary-Assisted Transmission in Vector-Borne Disease: Evidence for Cholinergic Influence on Host Immune Response Kevin B. Temeyer, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| September 28, 2018 | Rickettsial Determinants for Arthropod Infection and Transmission Kevin R. Macaluso, Ph.D., Louisiana State University |
| October 5, 2018 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 12, 2018 | Development of a Safe and Effective Vaccine against Human Q Fever Zhang Guoquan, Ph.D., University of Missouri |
| October 19, 2018 | Lymphotoxin-Dependent Control of Mucosal Immune Homeostasis in the Gut Alexie Tumanov Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| October 26, 2018 | Fungal Biofilm Resistance-Interrogation of the Extracellular Matrix David Andes Ph.D., University of Wisconsin |
| November 2, 2018 | TBD Hendrik Poinar, Ph.D., McMaster University |
| November 9, 2018 | Against All Odds: The Establishment of Malaria Infection Photini Sinnis, M.D., John Hopkins Malaria Research Institute |
| November 16, 2018 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 23, 2018 | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 30, 2018 | The Role of Molecular Regulators in Immune Response against Chlamydia trachomatis Jonathon Keck, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 12, 2018 | The Human Lung Mucosa in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle Jordi B. Torrelles, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| January 19, 2018 | History of Vaccines: From Development to Legislation Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, Ph.D., MPH, The Immunization Partnership |
| January 26, 2018 | Efficacy of Novel Epithelial Stem Cell-based AIDS Vaccine to Induce Mucosal Immune Responses Offering Protection against SIV Challenge in Macaques Marie-Claire Gauduin, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| February 2, 2018 | Hard Microbiology: The Concrete Microbiome Julia Maresca, Ph.D., University of Delaware |
| February 9, 2018 | Escherichia coli Pathovar Boundaries in the Genomics Era Anna Allue Guardia, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 16, 2018 | Structural Aspects of S. aureus: Host Interactions and Therapeutic mAbs Vannakambadi K. Ganesh, Ph.D., Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology |
| February 23, 2018 | Fractalkine and Modulation of Microglial Activation to Reduce Neurodegeneration Kevin Nash, Ph.D., University of South Florida |
| March 2, 2018 | Development of an Anti-Microbial Nanoemulsion for Multi-Drug Resistant Wound Infections Suhe Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences |
| March 9, 2018 | Tick-Borne Coinfections: A Serious Emerging Health Problem in the Endemic Regions Nikhat Praveen, Ph.D., Rutgers New Jersey Medical School |
| March 16, 2018 | Spring Break |
| March 23, 2018 | Induction of Broad-Spectrum Protective Immunity against Disparate Serotypes of Cryptococcus Marley Caballero Van Dyke, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 30, 2018 | Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation during Plasmodium Development and Transmission Gunnar Mair, Ph.D., Iowa State University |
| April 6, 2018 | Interplay between Candida albicans and Bacteria in Interkingdom Biofilm Communities Daniel Montelongo, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 13, 2018 | Mucormycosis Pathogenesis: Lessons for Development of Novel Therapies Ashraf Ibrahim, Ph.D., Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| April 20, 2018 | Host Mechanisms Controlling Intracellular Parasitism by Cryptococcus neoformans Paul de Figueiredo, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| April 27, 2018 | Deciphering Self Versus Non-Self Mechanisms of the Opportunistic Pathogen Proteus mirabilis Karine A. Gibbs, Ph.D., Harvard University |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 25, 2017 | A "bad, Sob" Story on Lyme Disease Janakiram Seshu, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 1, 2017 | Therapeutic Implications of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus Interactions in Biofilm: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, Ph.D., University of Maryland |
| September 8, 2017 | Biomimetic Micro Environments for Biologically Revelant Cell Culture and Applications for the Treatment of Degenerative Disease Travis Block, Ph.D., StemBioSys |
| September 15, 2017 | Host / Candida albicans Interactions: Commensal Colonization or Disease? Carol A. Kumamoto, Ph.D., Tufts University |
| September 22, 2017 | Molecular Drivers of Multiple Sclerosis Autoimmunity Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| September 29, 2017 | T Cell Triggered Acute Lung Injury by S. aureus Enterotoxin Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D., UConn Health School of Medicine |
| October 6, 2017 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 13, 2017 | The Science of Brewing and Distilling Alan Hall, Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling |
| October 20, 2017 | Tuberculosis: Challenges and New Translational Approaches to Study Larry Schlesinger, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| October 27, 2017 | Pseudomonas Type III Weaponry and Suppression of Plant Immunity James Alfano, Ph.D., University of Nebraska |
| November 3, 2017 | STEC in Foods – Emerging Pathogens or Emerging Problems? Peter Feng, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| November 10, 2017 | In vivo and In vitro Characterization of Novel Small Molecule Inhibitors of Candida albicans Filamentation and Biofilm Formation Jesús Romo, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 17, 2017 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 24, 2017 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 1, 2017 | Signaling via C-type Receptors is Necessary for the Induction of Protection against Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Althea Campuzano, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 13, 2017 | The Surfer Biome Project Cliff Kapono, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California-San-Diego/University of Hawaii Hilo |
| January 20, 2017 | Redox Regulation of Thymus Function and Age-Associated Dysfunction Ann V. Griffith, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| January 27, 2017 | Reemergence of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Pertussis Rajendar Deora, Ph.D., Wake Forest University |
| February 3, 2017 | Fecal Source Tracking in Environmental Waters: From Bacterial Indicators to Human Mitochondrial DNA Vikram Kapoor, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 10, 2017 | Precision Metagenomics for Broad Range Microbial Detection and Microbiome Characterization Nur A. Hasan, Ph.D., MBA, University of Maryland-College Park |
| February 17, 2017 | Science Communication in an Era of "Fake News" Alex Berezow, Ph.D., RealClearScience founding editor and RealClearWorld associate editor |
| February 24, 2017 | Nucleic Acids Immunity in Microbial Defense: Sensing and Signaling Xiao-Dong Li, M.D., Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| March 3, 2017 | Glycolipid-containing PLGA Nanoparticles Protect against Lethal Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Elizabeth Leadbetter, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| March 10, 2017 | Harnessing Human Dendritic Cells for Enhancing Immunity & Immune Tolerance SangKon Oh, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for Immunology Research |
| March 17, 2017 | Spring Break |
| March 24, 2017 | Monocyte and Macrophage Dysfunction: Mechanisms and Possible Therapies Sarah Lynn Ullevig, RDN, LD, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 31, 2017 | Regulation of Transcription and Translation: Insights from Geminivirus-Host Interactions David M. Bisaro, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| April 7, 2017 | Genetic Interaction Mapping of the C. albicans Biofilm Transcriptional Network Damian J. Krysan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center |
| April 14, 2017 | Hidden in Plain Sight: Microbial Avoidance of Host Immunity Andrew Alspaugh, M.D., Duke University Medical Center |
| April 21, 2017 | TREM2: A Molecular Link Between Infection, Injury and Dementia Monica Carson, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside |
| April 28, 2017 | Role of Astroglia in Brain State-Dependent Modulation of Neural Activity Martin Paukert, M.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| September 2, 2016 | The Case for Ambitious Amateurs in Global Disease Control and Development Programs Jason Rosenfeld, MPH, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| September 9, 2016 | Inflammation and the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy Timonthy S. Kern, Ph.D., Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center |
| September 16, 2016 | The Role of Fractalkine Signaling in Microglial-Mediated Pathology in Mouse Models of Diabetic Retinopathy Andrew Mendiola, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 23, 2016 | Regulation of Th17 Cell Pathogenicity in Autoimmune Disease Mandy McGeachy, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh |
| September 30, 2016 | Resistant Enterococcus: Tracing the History of a Pathogen the Paleozoic Era to the Hospital Michael S. Gilmore, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School |
| October 7, 2016 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 14, 2016 | Host Defense Against Respiratory Infection with Acinetobacter baumannii Wangxue Chen, Ph.D., National Research Council Canada |
| October 21, 2016 | Epizootic Bovine Abortion or Foothill Abortion Jeffrey Stott, Ph.D., University of California-Davis |
| October 28, 2016 | Sex, Dimorphism, and Gut Feeling from a Fungal Perspective Soo Chan Lee, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 4, 2016 | Selenoproteins in Infection and Immunity Girish S. KirimanJeswara, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
| November 11, 2016 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference |
| November 18, 2016 | A "Gut" Feeling About Malaria Nathan W. Schmidt, Ph.D., University of Louisville |
| November 25, 2016 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 2, 2016 | The Impact of Bacterial Competition on Human Disease Stefan Pukatzki, Ph.D., University of Alberta |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 22, 2016 | TBD Mairi Noverr, Ph.D., Louisiana State University School of Medicine |
| January 29, 2016 | Fungal Diomorphism, Virulence, and Host-Pathogen Interactions Soo Chan Lee, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center |
| February 5, 2016 | Genomic Plasticity Produces Phenotypic Variation in Candida albicans Matthew Anderson, Ph.D., Brown University |
| February 12, 2016 | Microglia: A Reintroduction Richard Ransohoff, M.D., Biogen Idec |
| February 19, 2016 | Vibrio cholerae Regulatory Evolution Bryan Davies, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin |
| February 26, 2016 | Primates and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Intersection of One Health and Travel Medicine Michael Muehlebein, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 4, 2016 | Cell Cycle Control by RNA-Protein Phase Transitions in Multinucleate Cells Amy Gladfelter, Ph.D., Dartmouth University |
| March 11, 2016 | Targeting Wolbachia to Control and Eliminate the Human Burden of Key Parasitic Worms Case McNamara, Ph.D., California Institute for Biomedical Research |
| March 18, 2016 | Spring Break |
| March 25, 2016 | Preparing for the $1 Genome: Methods for Microbial Big Data Adam Phillippy, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health |
| April 1, 2016 | Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Establish Persistence by Promoting Anti-Inflammatory Innate Immune Responses Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| April 8, 2016 | The Evolving Paradigm for Chlamydia Immunity and Immunopathology Raymond Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine |
| April 15, 2016 | Genomic Views of Lymphocytes and Their Specification John O'Shea, M.D., National Institutes of Health |
| April 22, 2016 | TBD Robin Stephens, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch |
| April 29, 2016 | Human Cystatins: A Potential Therapeutic Agent against Human Bacterial Pathogens Tonyia Eaves-Plyes, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 28, 2015 | Exploring Within-Host Diversity and Artemisinin Resistance in Malaria Infections Ian Cheeseman, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| September 4, 2015 | Visualizing Pathogen-Specific T Cells and Making Them Perform Stephen McSorley, Ph.D., University of California-Davis |
| September 11, 2015 | Plasmodium Phenotypic Profiling for Antimalarial Drug Discovery Kirsten Hanson Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 18, 2015 | The Contribution of Motility and Cyclic-di-GMP to the Enzootic Life Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Spirochete Md Motaleb, Ph.D., East Carolina University |
| September 25, 2015 | Enhancing a Live Attenuated Francisella novicida Vaccine for Protection against Francisella tularensis Jesse Nguyen, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 2, 2015 | Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli: Emerging Pathogens or Emerging Problems? Peter Feng, Ph.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| October 9, 2015 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 16, 2015 | Evolution and Mechanism of Host Specificity in a Mosquito-Pathogen System Jason Rasgon, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
| October 23, 2015 | Microglia: A Reintroduction Richard Ransohoff, Ph.D., Biogen Idec |
| October 30, 2015 | Where Am I and What Should I Do Next? Deciphering Regulatory Networks that Control Virulence in the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Brian Stevenson, Ph.D., University of Kentucky |
| November 6, 2015 | TGF-beta Controls T Cell Migration and Tissue Residency Nu Zhang, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| November 13, 2015 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Research Conference |
| November 20, 2015 | Engineering Vault Nanoparticles as a "Smart Vaccine" for Chlamydia trachomatis Kathleen A. Kelly, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles |
| November 27, 2015 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 4, 2015 | Classifying Shiga Toxin-Containing Escherichia coli Serotypes using Nucleotide Polymorphisms Jim Bono, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 30, 2015 | Autonomic Dysreflexia and Intestinal Dysbiosis: Novel Mechanisms of Neuro-Immune Regulation after Spinal Cord Injury Phillip Popovich, Ph.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| February 6, 2015 | Dissecting the Cross-Talk among Splicing, Chromatin Structure and TFs Victor Jin, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| February 13, 2015 | Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Carlos Orihuela, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| February 20, 2015 | Clinical and Biological Significance of CXCL13-CXCR5 Interactions in Prostate Cancer Progression and Health Disparities James W. Lillard, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine |
| March 6, 2015 | Knowing is Half the Battle: Host-Pathogen Interactions Elucidate Host Defenses and Guide Drug Discovery Natalia Kirienko, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School |
| March 16, 2015 | Interplay Between Genes, Diet and Gut Microbiota in Intestinal Health Nagendra Singh, Ph.D., Georgia Regents University |
| March 27, 2015 | Low Grade Gliomas from Bench to Bedside Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., University of California-San Francisco |
| April 3, 2015 | STAT1-Mediated Macrophage Activation is Required for Protection against Cryptococcus neoformans Chrissy Leopold-Wager, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 10, 2015 | Living in Two Worlds: Understanding Metal Biology in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Xin Lin, Ph.D., Tufts University School of Medicine |
| April 17, 2015 | Development of a High-Resolution Phylogenomic Framework for Outbreak Investigations and Virulence Studies of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Fatemeh Sanjar, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 24, 2015 | Generation and Function of Engineered Human Specific Regulatory T Cells: CARs or CARTs David Scott, Ph.D., Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 29, 2014 | Induction of Protective Immunity Against Cryptococcosis – an HIV-related Opportunistic Infection Floyd Wormley Jr, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 5, 2014 | Role of the JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway in Neuroinflammatory Diseases Etty "Tika" Benveniste, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| September 12, 2014 | Nonclassical HLA-E (HLA-Ib)-Restricted CD8+ T cells in HIV Infections and Implications in HIV June Kan-Mitchell, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso |
| September 19, 2014 | Importance and Exploitation of Ebola Virus Genomic Plasticity Anthony Griffiths, Ph.D., Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| September 26, 2014 | The Human Microbiome in Health & Disease: Insights for Personalized Medicine Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D., Institute for Genome Sciences |
| October 3, 2014 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 10, 2014 | Bacterial Quorum Sensing, Social Cheats and Darwin's Dilemma-Cooperating Groups of the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa John LaCava, Ph.D., Rockefeller University |
| October 17, 2014 | Glucan Particles as a Targeted Antigen, Adjuvant and siRNA Delivery System E. Peter Greenberg, Ph.D., University of Washington |
| October 24, 2014 | High-Throughput Cryo-Electron Tomography: Visualizing Type III Secretion Machines in Bacterial Pathogens Gary Ostroff, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| October 31, 2014 | Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis of Emerging Zoonoses caused by Anaplasma and Ehrlichia Jun Liu, P.hD., UT Health Science Center at Houston |
| November 7, 2014 | Rules of Engagement: Pathogen Response to the Environment of Invasive Infection Yasuko Rikihisa, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| November 14, 2014 | Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Research Conference |
| November 21, 2014 | Autonomic Dysreflexia and Intestinal Dysbiosis: Novel Mechanisms of Neuro-Immune Regulation after Spinal Cord Injury Aaron Mitchell, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University |
| November 28, 2014 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 5, 2014 | no seminar |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 24, 2014 | Identifying Protective Chlamydial Antigens and Women Who Would Most Benefit from a Vaccine Toni Darville, Ph.D,. University of Pittsburg School of Medicine |
| January 31, 2014 | EHEC Sings, Pour Some Sugar on Me Vanessa Sperandio, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| February 7, 2014 | Using Transposon Site Hybridization and Gnotobiotic Mice to Study Salmonella Interactions with Other Microbes Brian Ahmer, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| February 14, 2014 | Swine Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates Form Robust Biofilms Tracy L. Nicholson, Ph.D., National Animal Disease Center-ARS-USDA |
| February 21, 2014 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| February 28, 2014 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| March 7, 2014 | Identification of New Compounds Against Fungal Sphingolipids Maurizio del Poeta, Ph.D., Stony Brook University |
| March 14, 2014 | Spring Break |
| March 21, 2014 | Notch One Up for Multiple Sclerosis Therapy William J. Karpus, Ph.D., Northwestern University |
| March 28, 2014 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| April 4, 2014 | TBD Patrick Ketter, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 11, 2014 | Faculty Candidate Seminar |
| April 18, 2014 | Functional Genomics: From Microarray to Next Generation Sequencing Zhao Lai, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| April 25, 2014 | Suppressive Myeloid Cells: Possible Homeostatic Mechanism in Chronic Inflammation Xin Li, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| September 6, 2013 | Systems Biology of Plasmodium falciparum: Building and Exploring Network Models Yufeng Wang, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 13, 2013 | Chemokine Receptors CX3CR1 and CCR2 Regulate Mononuclear Cell Lineages in the CNS Astrid E. Cardona, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 20, 2013 | A Role for Mast Cells during Influenza Virus Infection Joshua Obar, Ph.D., Montana State University |
| September 27, 2013 | Phylogenomics of Enteric Pathogens: Insights into Evolution and Pathogenesis David A. Rasko, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| October 4, 2013 | Bacterial Manipulations of Host Protein Stability are Required for Growth Michael Starnbach, Ph.D., Harvard School of Medicine |
| October 11, 2013 | When Chlamydia STINGs It's Not Always Bad Jeffrey Barker, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center |
| October 18, 2013 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 25, 2013 | C-type Lectin Receptors Differentially Induce Th17 Cells and Vaccine Immunity to the Endemic Mycosis of North America Marcel Wuethrich, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin |
| November 1, 2013 | Different Stories and Challenges for Two Accidental Human Pathogens - Bacillus anthracis and Coxiella burnetii Talima Pearson, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University |
| November 8, 2013 | Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell (MDSC): From Immune Evasion to Immune Therapy Ping-Ying Pan, Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| November 15, 2013 | San Antonio Vaccine Development Center Research Conference |
| November 22, 2013 | Role of Plasma Membrane Architecture in C. albicans Virulence James Konopka, Ph.D., Stony Brook University |
| November 29, 2013 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 6, 2013 | Protein Biomarkers for the Acute and Chronic Phases of Traumatic Brain Injury Kevin K.W. Wang, Ph.D., University of Florida |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 25, 2013 | Dissection of the Burkholderia Intercellular Life Cycle Using a Photothermal Nanoblade Jeff Miller, Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles |
| February 1, 2013 | Dynamic Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage and the Problems They Cause Ed Dudley, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
| February 8, 2013 | Ins and Outs of Iron Acquisition in Francisella tularensis Girija Ramakrishnan, Ph.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine |
| February 15, 2013 | Integrative Systems Biology Approaches to Studying Human Complex Diseases Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D., M.S., Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| February 22, 2013 | Evolution of Respiratory Pathogens Eric Harvill, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |
| March 1, 2013 | Astrocyte-Secreted Sonic Hedgehog Sustains Blood Brain Barrier Properties and Promotes CNS Immune Quiescence Jorge Alvarez, Ph.D., Centre Hospitalier De L'Université de Montréal |
| March 8, 2013 | Mapping Malaria Genes Linked to Chemical Responses and Virulence Xin-zhuan Su, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| March 15, 2013 | Spring Break |
| March 22, 2013 | Differential Involvement of Inflammasome Molecules During Central Nervous System Bacterial Infection Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| March 29, 2013 | The Aging Brain: A Permissive Environment for the Progression of Neurological Disorders Linella Gemma, Ph.D., University of Washington |
| April 5, 2013 | TBD Monica Carson, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside |
| April 12, 2013 | The Vaginal Microbiome in Health and Disease Jacques Ravel, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| April 19, 2013 | A Status Report on Dendritic Cells' Mechanisms of Transcriptional Control Stephanie Watowich, Ph.D., UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| April 26, 2013 | TBD Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| September 7, 2012 | Intramacrophage Survival and Replication of Francisella tularensis Karl Klose, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 14, 2012 | Candida Biofilms and Antifungal Drug Resistance Jose Lopez-Ribot, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 21, 2012 | Induction of Protection Against Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Floyd Wormley Jr., Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 5, 2012 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 12, 2012 | TBD Mark Eppinger, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 19, 2012 | TBD Garry Sunter, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 26, 2012 | TBD Chiung-Yu Hung, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 2, 2012 | Molecular-Scale Distance Measurements in Live Bacterial Cells Robert Renthal, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| November 16, 2012 | San Antonio Vaccine Development Center Research Conference |
| November 23, 2012 | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 30, 2012 | TBD Anand Ramasubramanian, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| December 7, 2012 | TBD Yufeng Wang, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 20, 2012 | Aptamer Applications in Detection and Treatment of Infectious Diseases John Bruno, Operational Technologies Corporation |
| January 22, 2012 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis MtrA Response Regulator: From Replication to Persistence Murty Madiraju, VVS, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at Tyler |
| January 27, 2012 | High Content Screening for the Identification of Novel Antifungal Agents Targeting Candida albicans Biofilm Formation and Filamentation Christopher Pierce, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 3, 2012 | Targeting the Atypical IKK Family Members for Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases Seng-Lai Tan, Roche Pharmaceuticals |
| February 9, 2012 | TBD Kai Leong, Brooke Army Medical Center |
| February 17, 2012 | Faculty Candidate Seminar Microbial Genomics Faculty Candidate |
| February 24, 2012 | TBD Blanca Restrepo, UT Health Science Center-Houston |
| March 2, 2012 | Faculty Candidate Seminar Microbial Genomics Faculty Candidate |
| March 9, 2012 | Faculty Candidate Seminar Microbial Genomics Faculty Candidate |
| March 16, 2012 | Spring Break |
| March 23, 2012 | Faculty Candidate Seminar Microbial Genomics Faculty Candidate |
| March 30, 2012 | Fear the Titans: When Bad Yeast Get Worse Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota |
| April 6, 2012 | Regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis Wade Winkler, Ph.D., University of Maryland |
| April 13, 2012 | Yersinia pestis Divalent Cation Transport Mechanisms, Regulation, and Roles in the Progression of Bubonic Plague Robert Perry, Ph.D., University of Kentucky |
| April 20, 2012 | Variations in TcdB and The Emergence of Hypervirulent Strains of Clostridium difficile Jimmy Ballard, Ph.D., Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
| April 27, 2012 | Cracking a Tough Nut: Deciphering the Role of Type III Secretion in Chlamydia Pathogenesis Ken Fields, Ph.D., University of Miami |
| May 4, 2012 | What is Good About BadR of the Agent of Lyme Disease Christine L. Miller, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 26, 2011 | Role of the Mevalonate Pathway in the Patho-Physiology of Borrelia burgdorferi Tricia Van Laar, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 2, 2011 | Wrestling with the Flu: Interactions Between the Cellular SUMOylation System and Influenza Virus German Rosas-Acosta, MSc, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso |
| September 9, 2011 | Macrophage Activation During Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Sarah Hardison, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 16, 2011 | Evasion of Host Immune Response by Francisella tularensis: A Signaling Point of View Chandra Shekhar Baskhi, DMV, Ph.D., New York Medical College |
| September 23, 2011 | Mycoplasma, CARDS Toxin, Airway Disease and Beyond: A "Cold Case" Scenario Joel B. Baseman, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| September 30, 2011 | College of Sciences Research Conference |
| October 7, 2011 | Studying the Role of the RpoN/RpoS Regulatory Network in the Infectious Lifecycle of Borrelia burgdorferi Jon S. Blevins, Ph.D., University of Arkansas Medical School |
| October 14, 2011 | Micromanagement and Epigenetic Remodeling in Stem Cells Chin-Hsing Annie Lin, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 21, 2011 | TBD Brad D. Jones, Ph.D., University of Iowa |
| October 28, 2011 | Characterizing "Tick Spit" Proteins to Understand Tick Feeding Biology Albert Mulenga, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| November 4, 2011 | Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Male Germline Development, Spermatogenesis, and Regeneration TBD |
| November 11, 2011 | The Unusual Flagellar Organelles of Campylobacter jejuni David Hendrixson, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| November 18, 2011 | San Antonio Infectious Disease Research Symposium |
| November 25, 2011 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 2, 2011 | "Gut Feeling" - The Origin of Necrotizing Enterocolitis by Cronobacter sakazakii Prasadarao Nemani, Ph.D., University of Southern California |
| December 9, 2011 | TBD Ryland F. Young III, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 14, 2011 | Candida glabrata Adhesins: Regulation and Functional Diversity Brendan Cormack, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University |
| January 21, 2011 | Superhero Superoxide Dismutase Valeria Culotta, Ph.D., John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| January 28, 2011 | Bugs on the Brain: Cell Entry, Migration and Control Within the Parasitized Parenchyma Emma Wilson, Ph.D., University of California-Riverside |
| February 4, 2011 | Perspectives on Environmental Biofilms and Public Health Kyle Murray, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 11, 2011 | Preventing Influenza Virus: Bacteria Super-Infections through Vaccination Kyle Murray, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 18, 2011 | Building a Synthetic Cell Daniel Gibson, Ph.D., J. Craig Venter Institute |
| February 25, 2011 | Exploring Mixed Culture Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms Robert McLean, Ph.D., Texas State University |
| March 4, 2011 | Salmonella and the Gut Mucosal Barrier: Dichotomies of Help and Harm Manuela Raffatellu, M.D., University of California-Irvine |
| March 11, 2011 | Streambeds: Physical Properties, Patterns of Instability, and Implications for the Storage and Release of Pathogens Judy Haschenburger, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 18, 2011 | Spring Break |
| March 25, 2011 | Signaling During Clearance of Apoptotic Cells: Invitation to a Good Meal Kodi Ravichandran, BVSc, Ph.D., University of Virginia |
| April 1, 2011 | Conservation of Dimorphism and Virulence in a Non-Canonical Dimorphic Fungus: Cryptococcus Xiaorong Lin, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| April 8, 2011 | Sea Ice Biology and Biogeochemistry-Interactions with Climate and Ecosystems Stephen Ackley, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 15, 2011 | How Do Protein Toxins Cross Membranes? The Anthrax Toxin Mechanism John Collier, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School |
| April 22, 2011 | Role of MEQ Oncogene in the Pathogenesis of Marek’s Disease Virus Sanjay Reddy, Ph.D., MS, BVSc, Texas A&M University |
| April 29, 2011 | Structural Basis for Vibrio cholerae MARTX Toxin Dependent Evasion of Innate Immunity Karla Satchell, Ph.D., Northwestern University |
| May 6, 2011 | The Vibrio Cholerae Virulence Regulator ToxT Gregor Weber, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 27, 2010 | The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Divisome Malini Rajagopalan, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at Tyler |
| September 3, 2010 | Subversion of Macrophage Function by the Q Fever Agent, Coxiella burnetii Daniel E. Voth, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| September 10, 2010 | Surfactant Modulation of Pulmonary Immune Responses to Francisella Tonyia D. Eaves-Pyles, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch |
| September 17, 2010 | Studies of Campylobacter jejuni Using a Natural Host Model of Infection Victor J. DiRita, Ph.D., University of Michigan |
| September 24, 2010 | Turning the Outside In: A Novel Role for CD8+ T-Cell Control of the Extracellular Pathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Molly Bergman, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| October 1, 2010 | The Biology of the Human Blood-Nerve Barrier Ex Vivo Implications for Peripheral Nerve Inflammation and Repair Eroboghene E. Ubogu, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine |
| October 8, 2010 | The Innate Road to Inflammation During Genital Chlamydial Infection Uma M. Nagarajan, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| October 15, 2010 | New Techniques to Study Biological Materials with Electron Microscope; How to Induce Contrast Without Destroying Sample Information Miguel Jose-Yacaman, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 22, 2010 | Genomic Reconstruction and Targeting NAD Biogenesis in Acinetobacter Andrei Osterman, Ph.D., Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute |
| October 29, 2010 | Cryptococcus: An Emerging, Sickly, Sweet Yeast in Outbreak Status John R. Perfect, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine |
| November 5, 2010 | Proteomics and Animal Models of Leptospirosis Jarlath E. Nally, Ph.D., University College Dublin |
| November 12, 2010 | Regulation by the RNA Binding Protein CsrA and its RNA Antagonists Tony Romeo, Ph.D., University of Florida |
| November 19, 2010 | Complex Molecular Processes that Influence Bacterial Survival and the Potential for Disease Glenn M. Young, Ph.D., University of California-Davis |
| November 26, 2010 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 3, 2010 | RANKL and Differentiation of Antigen-Sampling M Cells in the Intestine Ifor Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine |
| December 10, 2010 | Diversity in Chlamydial Pathogens of Mice – Is There More than Meets the Eye? Kyle Ramsey, Ph.D., Midwestern University |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 15, 2010 | Characterization of Chronic Respiratory Sequelae in Adult Mice Following Pulmonary Chlamyia muridarum Infection as Neonates Madhulika Jupelli, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| January 22, 2010 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis MtrA Response Regulator: From Replication to Persistence Murty Madiraju, VVS, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center-Tyler |
| January 29, 2010 | Identification of Active Sites of Carbohydrate Complexes Toward Ligands in Aqueous Solution Orkid Coskuner, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 5, 2010 | Genetic Regulation of Virulence in Francisella tularensis Stephen Rodriguez, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 12, 2010 | New Technologies in Using Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella Vaccine Vectors Roy Curtiss III, Ph.D., Arizona State University |
| February 19, 2010 | Mechanism-Based Approaches to Developing Novel Technologies for Tick and Biting Fly Control Andrew Li, Ph.D., Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville |
| February 26, 2010 | Poxvirus Immune Evasion Mechanisms Yan Xiang, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| March 5, 2010 | Exploring Llama Single Domain Antibodies as Rugged Countermeasures for Filoviruses and Botulinum Neurotoxins Andrew Hayhurst, Ph.D., Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research |
| March 12, 2010 | Tough Economic Times: The Frugal Foundation of Bacterial Communities Matthew Chapman, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| March 19, 2010 | Spring Break |
| March 26, 2010 | A Tale of Three Intracellular Pathogens: From Cell Biology to Novel Vaccine Strategies Marcus Horwitz, Ph.D., UCLA Health Sciences |
| April 2, 2010 | The Fungal Vacuole: More Than Just a Trash Can? Glen Palmer, Ph.D., Louisiana State University Health Science Center |
| April 9, 2010 | Acinetobacter baumannii: Is There Any Hope for Treatment? David Burgess, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| April 16, 2010 | At the Bleeding Edge: Notes from a Genome Center Seth Crosby, Ph.D., Washington University-St. Louis |
| April 23, 2010 | T-bet or not T-bet, That is the Question (in Autoimmunity) Amy Lovett-Racke, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| April 30, 2010 | TBD Sunil Ahuja, M.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| May 7, 2010 | TBD Guy Palmer, DVM, Ph.D., Washington State University |
| May 14, 2010 | Mechanisms Responsible for Secondary Bacterial Infections Following Influenza Dennis Metzger, Ph.D., Albany Medical College |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 28, 2009 | Proteomic Discovery of Protein Biomarkers of Drug Resistance William Haskins, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 4, 2009 | Nonhuman Primate Model for HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned Toward an Effective AIDS Vaccine William Haskins, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 11, 2009 | Role of Toll-like Receptor 2 in Inflammation and Pathology in a Murine Model of Neurocysticercosis Uma Mahesh Gundra, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 18, 2009 | Regulation of T-Cell Mediated Immunity by the Notch Signaling Pathway Todd Eagar, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| September 25, 2009 | Regulation of Virulence Genes by the Vibrio cholerae Flagellar Hierachy Khalid Syed, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 2, 2009 | Metabolic Strategies to Regulate Leukocyte Adhesion During Inflammation Sriram Neelamegham, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo |
| October 16, 2009 | We Know the Pieces of Bacterial Chemoreceptors. How Do They Fit Together to Carry Out Transmembrane Signaling? Texas A&M University |
| October 23, 2009 | Calcium- and Cell Contact-Regulated Injection of Virulence Proteins by Yersinia pestis, the Causative Agent of Plague Gregory V. Plano, Ph.D., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine |
| October 30, 2009 | How Does Malaria Predispose Children to Non-Typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia? Renee Tsolis, Ph.D., University of California-Davis School of Medicine |
| November 6, 2009 | Anthrax Toxin Receptors: New Targets for Induction of Mucosal Immunity Prosper Boyaka, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| November 13, 2009 | Good Food and Conversation: Molecular Approaches to Understanding the Physiology of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis Edward Ruby, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health |
| November 20, 2009 | The Evolution and Emergence of Chlamydiaceae Species and Strains: What We Are Learning from Mixed Infections, Genetic Reshuffling and Host Jumping Deborah Dean, Ph.D., Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute |
| November 27, 2009 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 4, 2009 | Salmonella Immunity and Membrane Vesicles Robert Alaniz, Ph.D., Texas A&M Health Science Center |
| December 11, 2009 | A Unique View of the Evolution of a New Signal Transduction Pathway in Candida albicans: A Paradigm David Soll, Ph.D., University of Iowa |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 16, 2009 | Applications of Human Embryonic Stem Cells in Developmental Biology and Disease Modeling Christopher Navara, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| January 23, 2009 | Neutrophil Accumulation in Bacterial Pneumonia Samithamby Jeyaseelan, Ph.D., Louisiana State University |
| January 30, 2009 | Emergence of Novel Retroviruses Thomas M. Folks, Ph.D., Southwest National Primate Research Center |
| February 6, 2009 | Determination of Morphology and Virulence in Candida albicans David Kadosh, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| February 13, 2009 | Misfolded Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase and Motor Neuron Disease P. John Hart, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| February 20, 2009 | Rift Valley Fever (RVF): An Integrated Approach to Controlling RVF in Africa and the Middle East Mustapha Debboun, Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School, Fort Sam Houston |
| February 27, 2009 | Drug Resistance Evolution in Malaria Parasites Timothy J.C. Anderson, Ph.D., Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research |
| March 6, 2009 | Amorphous Computing and Synthetic Biology – Where Computation and Fabrication Meet Zack Simpson, Mine Control and University of Texas at Austin |
| March 13, 2009 | Spring Break |
| March 20, 2009 | Host Resistance and Susceptibility to Mucosal Candidiasis: How Different Can Two Sites of Infection Be? Paul Fidel Jr., Ph.D., Louisiana State University School of Dentistry |
| March 27, 2009 | Ducks, Avian Influenza, and the Texas Coast: A Winter Wonderland Blanca Lupiani, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| April 3, 2009 | Bacteria Harden Their Armor: Remodeling of Gram-Negative Lipopolysaccharide M. Stephen Trent, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin |
| April 10, 2009 | Mutational Analysis of Ip54-Encoded Genes of the Agent of Lyme Disease Mahulena Maruskova, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 17, 2009 | New Insight into Obligate Parasitism by the Q Fever Bacterium Coxiella burnetii Robert Heinzen, Ph.D., NIH National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases |
| April 24, 2009 | Immune Responses in Effective and Ineffective Vaccination Strategies Against Respiratory Tularemia in Mice Wangxue Chen, Ph.D., Canada Research Council |
| May 1, 2009 | Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis Mario Philipp, Ph.D., Tulane University Health Sciences Center |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 29, 2008 | Regulation of Host Gene Expression by Geminivirus AL2 Protein Gabriela Lacatus, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 5, 2008 | The Role of Dendritic Cells in the Immune Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Karen Wozniak, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| September 12, 2008 | Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in the Southern Cattle Tick Associated with Infection by Babesia bovis, the Causative Agent of Cattle Fever Felix Guerrero, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture-Kerrville |
| September 19, 2008 | Proteomic and Functional Studies of the Molecular Interactions Between Trypanosoma cruzi and Host Cells Igor Almeida, Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso |
| September 26, 2008 | HCV Infection and Vaccine Strategies Krishna K. Murthy, Ph.D., Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research |
| October 3, 2008 | The Effects of Aging on Tolerance to AChR, the Autoanitgen in Myasthenia gravis Ellen Kraig, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| October 10, 2008 | The Host Response to Chlamydiae – New Directions Roger Rank, Ph.D., Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute |
| October 17, 2008 | Cellular Bioengineering: Models for Vascular Pathophysiology and Toxicology Anand K Ramasubramanain, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 24, 2008 | Now Infecting More Than 3 Billion People: Helicobacter pylori, the Most Successful Pathogen in the World Scotty Merril, Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| October 31, 2008 | Host-Virus Interactions: From Pathogenesis to Therapeutics of an Oncogenic Herpesvirus Associated with AIDS-Kaposi’s Sarcoma Shou-Jiang Gao, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| November 7, 2008 | Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Development of Lyme Disease and Melioidosis Mark Wooten, Ph.D., Medical College of Ohio |
| November 14, 2008 | Genetic Dissection of Candida albicans Biofilm Formation Aaron Mitchell, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University |
| November 21, 2008 | Tackling the Genetically "Intractables": New Insights into the Biology of Obligate Bacterial Pathogens through Functional Genomics Raphael Valdivia, Ph.D., Duke University |
| November 28, 2008 | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 5, 2008 | no seminar |
| December 12, 2008 | Cytolysin-Mediated Perforation of the Phagocytic Vacuole: Application to Antigen Discovery and Vaccine Development Darrin Higgins, Ph.D., Harvard University |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| February 1, 2008 | How Microbes Detoxify Diatomic Oxygen and Nitrogen Species: The Non-Heme Iron Reductive Paradigm Donald Kurtz, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| February 8, 2008 | Unwanted Visitors: Intestinal Persistence of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Ph.D., Texas A&M University |
| February 15, 2008 | Cancer Antigen Discovery for Translational Work Maurizio Chiriva, Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| February 22, 2008 | Brain Iron and Prion Disorders: An Ironic Connection Neena Singh, M.D., Ph.D., Case Western University |
| March 7, 2008 | Campylobacter jejuni Pathogenesis: Secretion of Virulence Proteins from the Flagellar Apparatus Neena Singh, M.D., Ph.D., Washington State University |
| March 14, 2008 | Identification of Amino Acids in the Vibrio cholerae Virulence Regulator ToxT Involved in Environmental Sensing Brandon Childers, Ph.D. Student, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| March 21, 2008 | Spring Break |
| March 28, 2008 | Black Death, Black Spot, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors Kim Orth, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| April 4, 2008 | Mycobacterial Immunity: Don’t Mess with the Granulomas Matyas Sandor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin |
| April 11, 2008 | Carbohydrate Pattern Recognition in Lung Anti-Fungal Immunity Chad Steele, Ph.D., University of Alabama-Birmingham |
| April 18, 2008 | Molecular Genetic Analysis of Transmission of Vibrio cholerae Andy Camilli, Ph.D., Tufts University School of Medicine |
| April 25, 2008 | Immunity to Chlamydial Genital Infection: The Shifting Paradigm Rick Morrison, Ph.D., University of Arkansas |
| May 9, 2008 | Toxoplasma gondii - a Master Manipulator in the Dialogue Between the Pathogen and Host Cell Anthony Sinai, Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| August 24, 2007 | Reprogramming of Host Cell Activities by the Protozoan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii Anthony Sinai, Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
| August 31, 2007 | Targeted Mucosal Vaccination Strategy against Genital Chlamydial Infection Ashlesh Murthy, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 7, 2007 | Regulation of Host Immune Responses to Leishmania Parasites Lynn Soong, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston |
| September 14, 2007 | Host and Pathogen Interactions in a Murine Model of Pneumonic Plague Sarah Bubeck, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| September 21, 2007 | Sterol Gene Regulation and Drug Resistance in the Pathogenic Fungus, Candida albicans Theodore C. White, Ph.D., University of Washington |
| September 28, 2007 | Evasion of Natural T-Cell Tolerance by "Type B" T-Cells in the Pathogenesis of Human Autoimmune Diseases Thomas Forsthuber, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio |
| October 5, 2007 | Host-Pathogen Interactions in a Mouse Model of Bacterial Brain Abscess and Modulation of Tissue Injury Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| October 12, 2007 | Evolutionary Immunoinformatics: Host-Pathogen Coevolution Informs Vaccine Candidate Prioritization Daniel Neafsey, Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
| October 19, 2007 | Salmonella Sensing of and Adaptation to the In-Vivo Environment John Gunn, Ph.D., Ohio State University |
| October 26, 2007 | Tales from the Gut: Pathogenesis of Salmonella Gastroenteritis, Typhoid Fever, and Bacteremia Andreas Baumler, Ph.D., University of California-Davis School of Medicine |
| November 2, 2007 | Characterization of the Francisella tularensis Secreted Protein VgrG Jeffrey Barker, Ph.D., UT Health Science Center at San Antonio |
| November 16, 2007 | Glucan-binding Proteins are Required to Maintain Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Architecture Jeffery A. Banas, Ph.D., University of Iowa College of Dentistry |
| November 23, 2007 | Thanksgiving Break |
| November 30, 2007 | Activation and Counter-Regulation in the Innate Immune System Christopher Karp, M.D., University of Cincinnati |
| December 7, 2007 | Synergistic Induction of Inflammation by Bacterial Products: An Important Microbial Pathogenic Mechanism Z. Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D., University of Toledo Health Science Campus College of Medicine, MIT |
| December 14, 2007 | Functional Genomics of Francisella tularensis: Vaccines and Diagnostics Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine |
