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2007-2008 Infectious Diseases and Immunity Colloquium

Sponsored by: Microbiology and Immunology and the WHO Center for Tropical Disease
Room: Basic Science Auditorium 2.212
Times: Tuesdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (unless otherwise noted)

Date Speaker Title Host Faculty
9/04/07 Chen Dong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Immunology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
(Monday, 9/03 - Labor Day Holiday)
Immunology M&I
(Dr. Soong)
9/11/07 CTD
9/18/07   Bacteriology M&I
9/25/07 Theodore G. Andreadis, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Entomologist
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New Haven, CT
(Annual WRCE Meeting - 9/26-9/28)
CTD
10/02/07 Kai Zhang, Ph.D.
Assitant Professor
Department of Biology
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Bacteriology M&I
(Dr. Soong)
10/09/07 Dr. Lisa Hensley
Research Microbiologist
Pathology Division
U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Ft. Detrick, Maryland
  CTD
(Dr. Weaver)
10/16/07 Virology M&I
10/23/07 Dr. Nik Vasilakis
Assistant Professor of Biology
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexicao
"Competition among strains of dengue virus: implications for epidemiology and control" CTD
(Dr. Weaver)
10/30/07 Immunology M&I
11/06/07 Dr. Hartings Bacteriology M&I
(Dr. Peterson)
11/13/07 Dr. Martin Pfeffer
Lieutenant Colonel & Section Head
Section of Bacteriology and Toinology
Bundersehr Institute of Microbioloby
Munich, Germany
  CTD
(Dr. Paessler)
11/20/07 OPEN DATE
(Thanksgiving Holiday 11/22-11/23)
11/27/07 Kevin R. Macaluso
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
  CTD
(Dr. Paessler)
12/04/07   Immunology M&I
12/11/07 Julian Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Virology M&I
(Dr. Tseng or Dr. Li)
12/18/07 Dr. Tetsuro Ikegami
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
UTMB - Galveston
Virology M&I
(Search Seminar)
12/25/07 WINTER HOLIDAY 12/24-12/31
01/01/08 NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY
1/09/08 Bacteriology M&I
1/15/08 CTD
1/22/08 Thomas Blanchard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatirics
Division of Gastroenterology
Universtiy of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 21201
(Monday - 1/21 - Martin Luther King Holiday)
Immunology M&I
(Dr. Reyes)
1/29/08 J. Stephen Dumler, M.D.
Division of Medical Microbiology
Department of Pathology
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland
CTD
(Dr. Walker)
2/05/08 RESCHEDULED FOR 03/11/08
Claire Y.-H. Huang, Ph.D.
Chief
Molecular Virology Laboratory
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fort Collins, CO
Virology M&I
(Dr. Beasely)
2/12/08 CTD
2/19/08 Rick L. Tarleton
Distinguished Research Professor
Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases Coverdell
Center for Biomedical Research
University of Georgia Athens, GA
(Monday - 2/18 - President's Day Holiday)
2/26/08 TO BE RESCHEDULED
David DeShazer
Bacteriology M&I
3/04/08 CTD
3/11/08 Claire Y.-H. Huang, Ph.D.
Chief
Molecular Virology Laboratory
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fort Collins, CO
Virology M&I
(Dr. Beasely)
3/18/08 Sara Cherry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Penn Genomics Frontiers Institute
Department of Microbiology
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
CTD
(Dr. Bourne)
3/25/08 -- Immunology Faculty Candidate --
William K. Decker, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
The MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Immunology Faculty Search Committee M&I
(Dr. Klimpel)
4/01/08 Ganes C. Sen, Ph.D.
Vice-Chair, Lerner Research Institute
Interim Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Virology M&I
(Dr. Li)
4/08/08 Walter A. Orenstein, M.D.
Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center
Director, Emory Program for Vaccine Policy and Development
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases
Emory University
School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
  CTD
(Dr. Barrett)
4/15/08 Bacteriology M&I
4/22/08 Grant McFadden, Ph.D.
Profess & Program Director
Emerging Pathogens
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
College of Medicine
University of Florida
CTD
4/29/08 OPEN DATE
5/06/08 RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 7, 2008 DURING THE IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
-- Immunology Faculty Candidate --
Yasuhiro Suzuki, PhD

Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Blacksburg, VA
Immunology Faculty Search Committee M&I
(Dr. Klimpel)
5/13/08 CTD
5/20/08 Dr. Bala Chandran
Professor and Chair
Director, H.M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Chicago Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
3333 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064
Immunology M&I
(Dr. Soong)
5/27/08 (Monday - 5/26 - Memorial Day Holiday) CTD

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