University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Department of Molecular Sciences

 

2009-2010

Seminar Schedule

 

All seminars are held on Mondays at 4:00 pm (except where noted) in the Link Auditorium (Wittenborg Anatomy Building, 2nd Floor) 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163.  There is a map for the campus. http://www.utmem.edu/map/

 

Last updated Sept. 14, 2009

 

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Title

Host

 

 

 

 

 

September

14

 

 

 

 

September

21

 

 

 

 

 

September

28

James Bina, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Role of efflux in Vibrio cholerae and Francisella tularensis pathogenesis.

 

October

5

Fabio Re, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Innate Immune Pathways Activated by Bacteria, Adjuvants and Necrosis.

 

October

12

Kui Li, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Regulation of Hepatitis C Virus Replication by Hepatocellular Innate Immune Responses.

 

October

19

 

 

 

 

October

26

 

 

 

 

November

 2

Radhakrishna Rao, Ph.D. Professor

Dept. of Physiology, UTHSC

Regulation of Epithelial Tight Junctions by Phosphorylation

Dr. Ram Guntaka

November

9

 

 

 

 

November

16

Gerald I Byrne, Ph.D. Professor and Chair

Dept. of Molecular Siences, UTHSC

New Insights in the Pathogenesis of Chalmydial Infecstions: Links to Innate and Acquired Immunity.

Grad Students

November

23

 

 

 

 

November

30

 

 

 

 

December 7

Marko Radic, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

A Tiny Protein Modification and Its Implications.

Grad Students

December

14

Michael A. Whitt, Ph.D. Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Holey Membranesand Sticky M & Ms: A New View of VSV Uncoating

Grad Students

December 21

 

 

 

 

December 28

Holiday break

 

 

 

 

January

4

 

 

 

 

January

11

Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, Ph.D. Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

 

Grad Students

January

18

 

 

 

 

January

25

Isao Miyairi M.D.

Assistant Professor

Depts. of Molecular Sciences and Pediatrics, UTHSC

Host and Pathogen Determinants of Chlamydia Disease Severity.

Grad Students

February

1

Lorraine Albritton, Ph.D. Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Host Cell proteases in retroviral Infection

Graduate Students: Miranda Hallet

February

8

 

 

 

 

 

February

 15

 

 

 

 

February

22

 

 

 

 

March

1

Maria Gomes-Solecki, DVM

Assistant Professor,

Vice President and CSO Biopeptides Corp.

 

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

Immune responses to mucosal administration of recombinant lactobacillus: implications for oral vaccine design.

Grad Students

March

8

 

 

 

 

March

15

 

 

 

 

 

March

22

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

 

Grad Students

March

29

 

 

 

 

April

5

 

 

 

 

 

April

12

Robert Belland, Ph.D. Associate Professor

 

Dept. of Molecular Sciences, UTHSC

 

Grad Students

April

19

 

 

 

 

 

April

26

 

 

 

 

May

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

May

10

 

 

 

 

May

17

 

 

 

 

May

24