| Date/Time | Speaker | Title | |
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| 11/08/2007 | Owen N. Witte, M.D.,
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“A Delicate Balance: Stem Cells, Cancer and the Immune Response” | |
| Inquiries: specialevents@support.ucla.edu | |||
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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| 04/16/2007 | Karl O. Stetter, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology & Botany University of Regensburg, Germany |
“Hyperthermophilic Life on Earth – and on Mars?” |
| Host: Dr. Imke Schroeder | ||
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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| 09/07/2007 | Sean G. Kauffman, MPH, CHES Director of Programs, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research Rollins School of Public Health Emory University |
“High Containment Controls and Issues Surrounding Regulatory Compliance” |
| Host: Natasha Griffith, Laboratory of Dr. Jeffery F. Miller, Professor & Chair, MIMG | ||
| Date | Trainee Symposia |
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| 05/08/2007 | Trainees in the MPTG program will present current research. Schedule of Speakers: Session 1 |
| 05/18/2007 | Schedule of Speakers: Session 2 |
| Dr. Patricia Johnson, Training Grant Director | |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01/23/2007 | W. Zacheus Cande, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley |
“A Tale of Two Nuclei: Cell Division in Giardia” |
| a Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant Seminar Host: R. D. Hayes (Patricia Johnson Lab) | ||
| 02/13/2007 | L. David Sibley, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Microbiology Washington University in St. Louis |
“Molecular Basis of Virulence in Toxoplasma” |
| a Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant Seminar Host: Jay Turetsky (Peter Bradley Lab) | ||
| 02/26/2007 | Joseph (Mike) McCune, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Experimental Medicine Senior Associate Dean of Clinical and Translational Research UC San Francisco |
“Thymic Function in HIV Disease” |
| Host: Dr. Christel Uittenbogaart | ||
| 03/02/2007 | Mohamed H. Sayegh, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Director, Transplantation Research Center - Renal Division |
“The Evolution of Our Understanding of T cell Costimulatory Pathways and Their Role in Graft Rejection and Tolerance” |
| Host: Dr. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski | ||
| 03/12/2007 | Alexander Hoffmann, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UC San Diego |
“Specificity and Crosstalk within the NF-kB Signaling System” |
| Host: Dr. Genhong Cheng | ||
| 03/19/2007 | Robert Sackstein, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Scientific Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program Harvard Institutes of Medicine |
“Ex Vivo Glycan Engineering of Cell Migration: Implications for Immunity and Stem Cell Therapeutics” |
| Host: Dr. Linda Baum | ||
| 03/21/2007 | Luis M. de la Maza, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine UC Irvine |
“Vaccines for Clamydia Trachomatis Infections” |
| a Microbial Pathogenesis Training Grant Seminar Host: Kaori Shimazaki (Gordon/ Braun Lab) | ||
| 04/06/2007 | David W. Scott, Ph.D. Professor of Surgery, Microbiology/Immunology University of Maryland, School of Medicine Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases |
“Gene Therapy for Tolerance: Application and Mechanisms” |
| Host: Dr. Carrie Miceli | ||
| 04/30/2007 | Charlie Surh, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California |
“T Cell Homeostatic Cytokines and Their Potentials” |
| Host: Dr. Antoni Ribas | ||
| 05/07/2007 | Michael Brenner, M.D. Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
“Antigen Presentation by CD1: How It Works” |
| Host: Dr. Ram Raj Singh | ||
| 05/10/2007 | Laura Timares, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Cell Biology and Pathology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama |
“The Role of DC Apoptosis in Regulating Immune Responses” |
| Host: Dr. Beth Jamieson | ||
| 06/01/2007 | Takashi Fujita, Ph.D. Professor, Genetics and Molecular Biology Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan |
“RIG-I Family RNA Helicases: Cytoplasmic Sensor for Antiviral Innate Immunity” |
| Host: Dr. Genhong Cheng | ||
| 06/11/2007 | Magdalena Tary-Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH |
“Effector CD8+ T cell responses in HIV” |
| Host: Dr. Christel Uittenbogaart | ||
| 06/18/2007 | Paul Kincade, Ph.D. Head, Immunobiology Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
“Replenishment of the Immune System in Health and Disease” |
| Host: Dr. Ken Dorshkind | ||
| 09/10/2007 | Larry S. Schlesinger, M.D. Samuel Saslaw Professor Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio |
“Insight into M. tuberculosis Adaptation to the Human Respiratory System” |
| Host: Dr. Marcus Horwitz | ||
| 10/01/2007 | Jill Buyon, M.D. Professor / Associate Director Division of Rheumatology NYU Medical Center New York, NY |
“Challenges of Studying Congenital Heart Block: Linking Autoantibodies to Organ Injury” |
| Host: Dr. Bevra Hahn | ||
| 10/15/2007 | Li Wu, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow and Laboratory Head Immunology Division The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Melbourne, Australia |
“Molecular Regulation of Development and Functional Specialization of Dendritic Cell Populations” |
| Host: Dr. Hong Wu | ||
| 12/03/2007 | Jeff Bluestone, Ph.D. Director, UCSF Diabetes Center, Director, Immune Tolerance Network A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor University of California, San Francisco |
“Intrinsic and Extrinsic Control of Autoimmunity” |
| Host: Dr. Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski | ||
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