UPCOMING SEMINARS
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August 18, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Gustavo Arrizabalaga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Idaho "When to Move and When to Stop: Regulation of Motility in the Parasite Toxoplasma gondii" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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August 19, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium |
Liang Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Molecular Pathogenesis, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center "How Th17 Cells Develop: An Interplay Between RORgt and Foxp3" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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August 25, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Aparna Ranganathan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "TBA" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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August 11, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Kim Orth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and W.W. Caruth, Jr. Biomedical Scholar, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas "Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: The Tales of Bacterial Effectors" |
CIMD Graduate Students (518) 262-5373 |
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October 10, 2008 4:00-5:00 p.m. AMC Room ME-700 2008 Theobald Smith Annual Lecture |
Bruce Beutler, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics; Member, National Academy of Sciences, The Scripps Research Institute "TBA" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
PAST SEMINARS
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August 4, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Chandravanu Dash, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick "HIV-1 Enzymes: From Molecular Mechanisms to Drug Discovery" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. |
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July 30, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium |
Alexis Kalergis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departamento de Genetica Molecular y Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile "Modulating dendritic cell-T cell interactions to promote pathogen immunity and reduce autoimmunity" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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July 14, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Virginia Tech, College of Veterinary Medicine "Host-Pathogen Interactions in Resistance Against Toxoplasma gondii in the Brain" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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June 30, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Todd A. Reinhart, Sc.D.
Associate Professor, Assistant Chairman, and Director of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Programs, University of Pittsburgh "Chemokine-driven Loss of Regulatory T Cells During SIV Infection" |
Deborah H. Fuller, Ph.D. (518) 262-6548 |
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June 19, 2008 9:00-10:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-169 Biodefense Series |
Lee M. Wetzler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Microbiology, Evans Biomedical Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine "Natural History of Francisella tularensis Pulmonary Infection and Implications in Vaccine Development" |
Timothy J. Sellati, Ph.D. (518) 262-8140 |
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June 16, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
David Artis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine "Balancing Immunity and Inflammation in the Gut" |
Douglas Durrant (518) 262-6220 |
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June 2, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Zhao-Qing Luo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University College of Sciences "Making a Living in a Hostile Environment: Lessons from Legionella pneumophila" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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May 19, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Yi-wei Tang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Director, Molecular Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Medical Center "Staphylococcus aureus: A Super Bug with New Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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May 12, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Andrea Cooper, Ph.D.
Associate Member, Trudeau Institute, Inc. "IL-12 and Tuberculosis: An Old Story Revisited" |
Douglas Durrant, (518) 262-6220 |
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May 5, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
John S. Gunn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Ohio State University "Francisella Intramacrophage Survival: Phosphatases and Virulence Gene Regulators" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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April 28, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Craig R. Roy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine "Manipulation of Membrane Transport Proteins by the Intracellular Pathogen Legionella pneumophila" |
Justin Wilson (518) 262-5395 |
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April 21, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Lester Kobzik, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Director of Molecular & Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA "Scavenger Receptors and Lung Host Defense" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518)262-6750 |
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March 30-April 1, 2008 The Sagamore Resort and Conference Center, Bolton Landing, NY Biodefense Series |
2008 Tularemia International Workshop
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March 24, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Xinxin Ding, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Human Toxicology & Molecular Epidemiology, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Public Health, and Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences and Environmental Health Sciences "Mouse Models for Functional Analysis of Microsomal Cytochrome P450 Enzymes" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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March 19, 2008 10:00-11:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Jason W. Johnston, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa "Regulation of sialic acid uptake and cell-cell signaling: Critical factors in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae pathogenesis" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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March 18, 2008 10:00-11:00 a.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium |
Manuela Raffatellu, M.D.
Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis "Tales from the gut: How Salmonella overcomes the mucosal barrier" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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March 17, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
David J. Riese, II, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Chair, PULSe Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology Training Group, Purdue University "Partial Agonists for ErbB Family Receptors: A New Paradigm for Targeted Cancer Chemotherapeutic Agents" |
Lisa Petti, Ph.D. and Paul Higgins, Ph.D. (518-262-5172 and (518) 262-5168 |
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March 10, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Harold Burger, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Physician, Viral Disease, and Co-Director of HIV Research, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health "Evolution and Recombination of HIV-1 Genes Encoding Drug Resistance and Coreceptor Usage During Antiretroviral Therapy" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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February 18, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Margaret Bynoe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine "The Immunomodulatory Role of the Skin" |
Douglas Durrant (518) 262-6220 |
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February 8, 2008 2:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Lorena Navarro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego "Identification of a Molecular Target for the Yersinia Protein Kinase A" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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January 28, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Christopher Sassetti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Worcester "TB on Steroids: Performance Enhancement Via the Use of Host Cholesterol" |
Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6263 |
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January 14, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Elizabeth A. Repasky, Ph.D.
Dr. William Huebsch Professorship in Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute "A Matter of Degree: The Role of Body Temperature on Lymphocyte Activation" |
James Drake, Ph.D. (518) 262-9337 |
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January 11, 2008 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-169 Biodefense Series |
Li Tan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham "Use of a Yersinia pestis-Caenorhabditis elegans Model to Study Mechanism of Plague Transmission" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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December 10, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Stephen I. Pelton, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston University "The Critical Role of Complement in Protection Against Acute Otitis Media" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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December 6, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Weiming Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine "Viral Immune Evasion: From Epithelium to NKT Cells and Beyond" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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November 29, 2007 9:00-10:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Joao H.F. Pedra, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale University "Role of the Inflammasome Upon Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Infection" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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November 19, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Vanderbilt Alliance for Nanomedicine; Director, Vanderbilt Program in Vaccine Sciences, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center "Molecular and Genetic Basis for Development of High Affinity Human Antibodies that Inhibit Viruses" |
Girish Kirimanjeswara, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6220 |
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November 12, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Ph.D.
Alumni Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Genomic Identification and Functional Analysis of New Genes in Innate and Adaptive Immunity" |
CIMD Graduate Students (518) 262-5395 |
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November 9, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Sasha H. Shafikhani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow "Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Host Cell Interactions (New Insights into Pseudomonas Pathogenesis and Mammalian Cell Biology)" |
Dennis W. Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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November 5, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Michael D. Weiden, M.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary Disease) and Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center "HIV/TB Interaction in the Lung" |
Girish Kirimanjeswara, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6220 |
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October 29, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
John R. Schreiber, M.D.
Leona and David Karp Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts-Floating Hospital for Children "Bacterial Glycoconjugate Vaccines: How Do They Work, How Do We Make Them Better?" |
Girish Kirimanjeswara, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6220 |
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October 22, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Gerardo Ferbeyre, M.D., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada "Connecting Cytokine Signaling to p53 and Cellullar Senescence: Implications for Aging and Tumor Suppression" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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October 14-17, 2007 The Sagamore Inn & Conference Center, Bolton Landing, NY |
10th Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference
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October 1, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Fred Finkelman, M.D.
McDonald Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati "Unexpected Findings from Mouse Models of Allergic Airway Disease" |
Douglas Durrant (518) 262-6220 |
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September 24, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Jian-Dong Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center "Bacteria-Induced Host Cell Signaling Networks in Airway Infection" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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September 17, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Barbara Weiser, M.D.
Research Physician, Viral Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health "HIV-1 Coreceptor Usage: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Response" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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August 22, 2007 10:00-11:00 a.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium |
K. Sandeep Prabhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary & Biological Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park "Redox Regulation of Gene Expression by Selenoproteins" |
Girish Kiriminjeswara, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6220 |
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June 4, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Nathaniel C. Cady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Albany "Microfluidic Systems for Biological Detection" |
James Drake, Ph.D. (518) 262-9337 |
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July 23, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Eric R. Lafontaine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine "Identification and Characterization of Adhesins in Gram Negative Bacterial Pathogens" |
CIMD Graduate Students (518) 262-6750 |
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July 2, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Catherine Latham, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Officer, School of Biomedical Sciences and Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia "Munc-y Business in Membrane Fusion: Deciphering Munc18-SNARE Interactions Regulating Exocytosis" |
Nadine Hempel, Ph.D. (518) 262-5373 |
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May 14, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Irfan Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Lung Biology Program, University of Rochester Medical Center "Oxidative Stress and Redox Regulation of Histone Acetylation/Deacetylation in Lung Inflammation" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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April 26, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room ME-700 2007 Theobald Smith Annual Lecture |
Richard Flavell, Ph.D., FRS
Chairman and Sterling Professor of Immunobiology; Member, National Academy of Sciences; Member, Institute of Medicine; and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine "Regulation of Inflammation and Immunity by Cytokines" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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April 16, 2007 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Thomas R. Kozel, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada "Targeting the Cryptococcus neoformans and Bacillus anthracis Capsules for Immunoprotection" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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April 10, 2007 11:00-12:00 noon AMC Huyck Auditorium |
Makio Iwashima, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Immunotherapy Center, Medical College of Georgia "Selective Enrichment of Regulatory T cells by PLD Signal Inhibition" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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April 2, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Martin S. Pavelka, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Biosafety Level 3 Facility, University of Rochester Medical Center "Genetic Manipulation of Francisella tularensis" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518 262-6412 |
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March 23, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Stefan Pohlmann, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany "Cellular Entry of HIV and (re-)emerging Viruses" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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March 12, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Thomas J. Inzana, Ph.D.
Tyler J. and Frances F. Young Professor of Bacteriology, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology; Interim Associate Vice President for Strategic Management & Planning, Office of the Vice President for Research, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech "Is Francisella tularensis Really Encapsulated? Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Glycolipid" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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March 5, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Carl F. Nathan, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Medical College, Cornell University "Can Immunology Contribute to Chemotherapy? Challenges of Tuberculosis" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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February 26, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
David J. Mock, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Head, Infectious Disease Unit, Park Ridge Hospital "HHV-6 in Oligodendroglial Precursor Cells - Silent Sabateurs of Repair in White Matter Damage?" |
Mario Canki, Ph.D. (518) 262-6070 |
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February 19, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Srabani Bhaumik, Ph.D.
Scientist, General Electric Global Research Center "Applications of Optical Imaging in Preclinical Models" |
Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6263 |
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February 12, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Charles R. Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri "Regulating Inflammation During B. burgdorferi Infection" |
Timothy Sellati, Ph.D. (518) 262-8140 |
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January 25, 2007 10:00-11:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Jacob D. Estes, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota "Early Induction of an Immunosuppressive Treg Response in Acute SIV Infection and the Consequences to the Host" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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January 8, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Navdeep S. Chandel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine and Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University "Mitochondria as a Signaling Organelle" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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December 4, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Cynthia A. Leifer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University "Controlling Toll Traffic" |
James Drake, Ph.D. (518) 262-9337 |
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November 27, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Blanca Barquera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biology and Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Na+ -energetics and Pathogenicity in Vibrio cholerae" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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November 16, 2006 11:00-12:00 p.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium Biodefense Series |
James Masuoka, Ph.D.
Instructor of Research, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia "Protein and Carbohydrate Composition of Candida albicans Cell Surface Glycoproteins" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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November 6, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Robert D. Perry, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Kentucky "Plague Transmission - Fleas, Biofilms, and Cyclic-di-GMP" |
Karsten Hazlett, Ph.D. (518) 262-2338 |
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November 13, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Joao B. Xavier, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, F.A.S. Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University "The Structure and Activity of Microbial Biofilms" |
David Lynch (518) 262-6750 |
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October 30, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Michael Otto, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana "Interaction of Staphylococci with Innage Host Defense" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518)262-6412 |
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October 23, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Burt Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Florida "Modulation of Cellular and Bacterial Gene Expression Involved in Bartonella henselae-induced Angiogenesis" |
Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6263 |
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October 15-18, 2006 The Sagamore Inn & Conference Center, Bolton Landing, NY |
9th Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference
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October 13, 2006 12:30-1:30 p.m. AMC Huyck Auditorium Biodefense Series |
W. Ian Lipkin, M.D.
Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory, Professor of Neurology and Pathology, Principal Investigator and Scientific Director, Northeast Biodefense Center, Columbia University "Pathogen Surveillance and Discovery" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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October 9, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS316 |
John Kearney, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham "Marginal Zone B Cells: A Bridge Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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September 11, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Yukai He, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department <br>of Immunology and Department <br>of Dermatology, University <br>of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine "Mechanism and applications of recombinant lentivector mediated genetic immunization" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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August 21, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Guoquan Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center "Identifying Components of Protective Immunity Against Q Fever" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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August 7, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Jason R.E. Shepard, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Division of Infectious Disease, Biodefense Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health "Quantum Dot-Based Multiplexed Detection of Bio-agents" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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August 4, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Deborah H. Fuller, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine "Effects of Therapeutic Immunization in the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Nonhuman Primate Model for AIDS" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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July 31, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Michelle Wright Valderas, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University "Global Stress Resistance and the Intracellular Life of Brucella" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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July 24, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Paul Christopher Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine "Influenza Virus Pathogenesis: From Bacterial Synergy to Novel Vaccine Development" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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July 10, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Samithamby Jeyaseelan, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Instructor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Infections, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences "The Lung: An Organ of Defense Against Invading Bacterial Pathogens" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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June 22, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room ME-500 |
Robert A. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, J.G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville "From Cytokines to Cancer Stem Cells: Two Novel Approaches to Lung Cancer Disease Intervention" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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May 22, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Stephen St. Jeor, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Nevada "Cytomegalovirus Infections of Hematopoietic Cells" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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May 15, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
April D. Burch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health "Studies on the Use and Modulation of Host Chaperone Systems by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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May 8, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Christian Sell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Pathology Control, Drexel University College of Medicine "Hormonal Influences on Lifespan" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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May 1, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Malcolm E. Winkler, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Director, Biotechnology Training Program, Indiana University, Bloomington "Regulation of Surface Protein and Virulence Factor Genes in the Respiratory Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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April 27, 2006 4:00-5:00 p.m. AMC Room ME-700 2006 Theobald Smith Annual Lecture and Biodefense Series |
Ralph M. Steinman, M.D.
Henry G. Kunkel Professor and Senior Physician, The Rockefeller University "Harnessing Dendritic Cell Biology in Vaccine Design" |
Dennis Metzger, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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April 17, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Qijing Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Frank K. Ramsey Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, Iowa State University "Roles of Bacterial MDR Transporters in Intestinal Colonization" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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April 10, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room Huyck Auditorium Biodefense Series |
Jorge A. Benitez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine "Regulation of Extracellular Protease Expression in Vibrio cholerae" |
Edmund Gosselin, Ph.D. (518) 262-5562 |
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March 27, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
William J. Sullivan, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Center for AIDS Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis "Epigenetics and Parasite Differentiation: IfY ou Can?t Change the World, Change Yourself" |
Karsten Hazlett, Ph.D. (518) 262-2338 |
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March 13, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
James L. Clements, Ph.D.
Assistant Member, Department of Immunology, Cancer Cell Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute "One Adaptor, Many Functions: SLP-76-Dependent Signaling in T Cells and Dendritic Cells" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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February 6, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Stefan U. Pukatzki, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School "Identification of a Novel Protein Secretion System of Vibrio cholerae Using a Dictyostelium Host Model Sytem" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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January 20, 2006 9:00-10:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-169 Biodefense Series |
Robert K. Ernst, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine "Differential Recognition of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide by the Host Innate Immune System" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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January 13, 2006 9:00-10:00 a.m. AMC Room ME-100 |
Jonathan A. Harton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Florida "The CATERPILLER (CLR) Family: Nuggets of Immunity from the Genomic Mine" |
Edmund Gosselin, Ph.D. (518) 262-5562 |
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January 9, 2006 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Dorina Avram, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research, Albany Medical College "Regulation of CD4+ T Cell Function by BCL11B Transcription Factor" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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December 19, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Melanie Marketon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Microbiology, The University of Chicago "Host-Pathogen Interactions During Plague Infection: Molecular Basis for Immune Evasion" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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December 12, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Brent L. Berwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Department, Dartmouth Medical School "Molecular Chaperones: In Through the Out Door" |
James Drake, Ph.D. (518) 262-9337 |
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December 5, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Nicholas Tonks, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory "Regulation of Signal Transduction by the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Superfamily of Enzymes" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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December 2, 2005 9:00-10:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Toufic Nashar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College "Kill or Cure: Enterotoxins and Immune Modulation" |
Edmund Gosselin, Ph.D. (518) 262-5562 |
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November 28, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Michael Starnbach, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School "T Cell Responses During Bacterial Infection" |
Jing-Ren Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D. (518) 262-6412 |
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November 21, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Keshav K. Singh, Ph.D.
Associate Member, Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute "InterGenomic Cross Talk and Tumorigenesis" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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November 18, 2005 9:00-10:00 p.m. AMC Room ME-100 |
Gee W. Lau, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center "Mechanisms of airway injuries mediated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin pyocyanin" |
Edmund Gosselin, Ph.D. (518) 262-5562 |
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November 14, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Lishan Su, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "How Does HIV Deplete CD4+ Cells" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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November 10, 2005 10:00-11:00 a.m. AMC Room MS-169 |
Byeongwoon Song, Ph.D.
Instructor of Pathology, Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School "Analysis of Retroviral Restriction Factor TRIM5alpha" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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November 7, 2005 Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Hancock, MA Biodefense Series |
Tularemia Workshop 2005
November 6-8, 2005 |
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October 31, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Nicholas H. Heintz, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, University of Vermont; Member Scientist, Vermont Cancer Center "Redox-Regulation of the Cell Cycle" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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October 24, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 Biodefense Series |
Tamara McNealy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College "Seeing through the chaos - Identifying the pieces and making them fit" |
Edmund Gosselin, Ph.D. (518) 262-5562 |
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October 17, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Philip E. Pellett, Ph.D.
Director, Herpesvirus Translational and Basic Research, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University "Human Herpesviruses: From Molecules to Public Health" |
Karen Duus, Ph.D. (518) 262-1176 |
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October 9-12, 2005 The Sagamore Inn & Conference Center, Bolton Landing, NY |
8th Annual Upstate New York Immunology Conference
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October 3, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Yousef Abu Kwaik, Ph.D.
Professor and Bumgardner Endowed Chair in Molecular, Pathogenesis, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville College of Medicine "Macrophage Indigestion by Legionella" |
Tamara McNealy, Ph.D. (518) 262-6750 |
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September 26, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
James A. Imlay, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign "Molecular Explanations for the Toxicity of Oxygen" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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September 19, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Douglas Spitz, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Iowa "Metabolic Oxidative Stress and Cancer" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
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August 15, 2005 12:00-1:00 p.m. AMC Room MS-316 |
Holly Van Remmen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Research Health Scientist, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio "Oxidative Stress and Aging: Insights from Mouse Models with Altered Antioxidant Enzymes" |
J. Andres Melendez, Ph.D. (518) 262-8791 |
