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PBS SEMINAR SCHEDULE FOR 2008

SEMINARS ARE AT 12:00pm IN ROOM 1212C  

AT THE SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

Date

Seminar Title

Speaker

Host

January 10th

Protective versus pathogenic central nervous system immunity and the blood-brain barrier

D. Craig Hooper, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Neurovirology
Kimmel Cancer Center, Associate Professor
Depts. of Cancer Biology & Neurological Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University

Dr. Baker

January 17th

The growing significance of Institutional Biosafety Committees

Gregory V. Hayes, Dr.PH, MS, HCLD(ABB)
Manager of Biological Safety
Louisiana State University A&M - Louisiana AgCenter
Baton Rouge, LA

Dr. Elzer

January 18th

Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network

Daniel  Scholl, Ph.D.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Montreal
Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec) Canada

Dr. Klei

January 24th

Revealing parasite secrets: Molecular mechanisms of host immunoregulation by parasites

Kalyanasundaram Ramaswamy D.V.M., Ph.D.
Head, Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Illinois, College of Medicine
at Rockford

Dr. Baker

January 31st

Chlamydial Pathogenic Mechanism and Vaccine Development

Guangming Zhong, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Dr. Liang

February 7th

Time Change: 3:30

Evolution of Rickettsial Virulence: the Implications for Mutualistic to Parasitic Shift through Ecological Tardis

Abdu Azad, D.Sc.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
School of Medicine
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Dr. Macaluso

February 28th

Development of a Rhesus Monkey Model of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Dallas M. Hyde, Ph.D.
Director
California National Primate Research Center
University of California
Davis, CA

Dr. Jey

March 13th

Modulation of the host immune system: an important aspect in tick blood feeding and pathogen transmission

Stephen K. Wikel, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Immunology
School of Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT

Dr. Macaluso

March 27th

TBA

Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Denton, Texas

Dr. Peterson

April 10th

Glial Cells in the Pathogenesis of Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Mario Philipp, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Chair, Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Covington, LA

Dr. Jey

April 24th

Salmonella Interactions with Host Cells: Is There an Elephant in the Room?

Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites
NIAID, National Institutes of Health, DHHS
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
Hamilton, MT

Dr. Thune

 

 




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