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Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology 2009 Seminar Series

To be included on the e-mail distribution or if you should have questions,
please contact: 
Catherine Cowart at ccowar@lsuhsc.edu or (504) 568-4062

Seminars are scheduled Tuesdays at 4:00 pm
Medical Education Building
1901 Perdido Street,
6th Floor
Large Conference Room (6K1)

Locations may change.
Please read seminar announcements carefully for specific details. 

DATE SPEAKER
September 1 MIP Student Presentation: Ryan Craig
Title: Engineering Dual - Variable Region Antibodies
September 8 No scheduled seminar at this time.
(as of 8/12/09)
September 15 No scheduled seminar at this time.
(as of 8/12/09)
September 22 MIP Student Presentation: Amy Whittington
Title: The Impact of Cryptococcal RGS Proteins on Murine Pulmonary Cryptococcosis
September 29 Presentation by: Chris L. McGowin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
LSUHSC, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease

Title: Elucidating host-pathogen dynamics of Mycoplasma genitalium reproductive tract infections in women: An emerging cause of sexually transmitted desease
October 6

Presentation by: Illya Tietzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences - Biology
Southern University of New Orleans

Title: Role of GBP and Alternative Macrophages for Chlamydia

October 13
CANCELLED

Presentation by: Nikhil Dhurandhar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Infection & Obesity
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
CANCELLED
Title: Infectobesity: Obesity of Infectious Origin

October 20 Presentation by: Arthur J. Lustig, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Title: DNA Damage Repair at the Telomere: The End of the Line?
October 26
at 12 Noon
Public Defense of Dissertation: Nicholas Herrel
MIP Graduate Student

Title: EBV Cervical Shedding Increases the Risk of Cervical Dysplasia in HIV-positive Females
October 27 MIP Student Presentation: Joyce Ibana
Title: Chlamydia trachomatis subversion of the immune response in the human endocervix
November 3

Presentation by: Prescott Deininger, Ph.D.
Director, Tulane Cancer Center
Co-Director, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium
Joe W. and Dorothy Brown Regents Distinguished Chair in
   Molecular Cancer Pharmacology
Professor of Epidemiology
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Title: Human Mobile Elements as the Most Successful of all Infectious Pathogens

November 10 MIP Student Presentation: June D'Angelo
Title: The crystine/glutamate antiporter regulates the glutathione redox state of human dendritic cells

November 11
at 11:00 a.m.

Public Defense of Dissertation: Rajeev Rudraraju
MIP Graduate Student

Title: Novel Genetic Strategies for Improved Vaccination Against Virulent Poxvirus Infections

November 17 MIP Student Presentation: Brittney Gros
Title: Immunization strategies for induction of intestinal IgA responses to SIV DNA/protein vaccine in nonhuman primates
November 24 MIP Student Presentation: Rebecca Sanchez
Title to be announced 
November 30 Public Defense of Dissertation: Siddesh Aras
MIP Graduate Student

Title: Mechanism of Transcription Activation by Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1
December 1
at 12 noon
Public Defense of Dissertation: Michael Deshotel
MIP Graduate Student

Title: Characterization and Bactericidal Mechanism of Pelonase: A Truly Novel Protein
December 1
CANCELLED
Presentation by: Dr. Douglas Johnston
Postdoctoral Fellow
LSUHSC
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology
December 8 MIP Student Presentation: Clorinda Johnson
Title to be announced 
December 15      MIP Student Presentation: Amber Washington
Title to be announced 

 
 

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