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Infection, Immunity, and Vaccine Seminar Program – 2010

12:00 p.m.
■ LSUHSC Campus, CSRB Room 563, 533 Bolivar St.
■ TUHSC Campus, School of Medicine Room 6065, 1430 Tulane Ave.
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January 28 ■ |
“Vaccinomics & Personalized Vaccinology" Gregory Poland, M.D., MACP, FIDSA
Mary Lowell Leary Endowed Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group Director |
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February 25 ■ |
“Modulation of T cell function via the cytokine milieu-implications for Improved Vaccines" Alistair Ramsay, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Gene Therapy Program
LSU Health Sciences Center |
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March 11 ■ |
“Influence of Host and Fungal Eiosanoids on Candida albicans Host-Pathogen Interactions" Mairi Noverr Ph.D
Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Craniofacial Biology
LSUHSC School of Dentistry |
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March 25 ■ |
“Vaccine Initiative for Leprosy: Developing the Tools Needed to Eliminate Hansen's Disease" Tom Gillis, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory Research Branch
National Hansen's Disease Programs
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine |
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April 8 ■ |
“Protective Immunity Against Pulmonary Cryptococcosis" Floyd L. Wormley Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Department of Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio |
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April 22 ■ |
“Novel Targets for Influenza Virus Therapeutic Discovery" Thomas Voss, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane University School of Medicine |
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May 17 ■ |
“Penitentiary or Penthouse Condo: The TB Granuloma from the Microbe's Point of View" William R. Bishai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
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May 27 ■ |
“Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women" Patricia Kissinger, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine |
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June 10 ■ |
“Chlamydia trachomatis in the human endocervis: A story of secrets, stealth, & sex" Alison Quayle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology
LSU Health Sciences Center |
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August 12 ■ |
“Visualizing antigen-specific helper T cell immunity: how, where, and when" James McLachlan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane University School of Medicine |
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August 26 ■ |
“Understanding the innocence of BK virus in order to combat its pathogenic potential" John A. Vanchiere, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
LSU Health Science Center - Shreveport |
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September 23 ■ |
Chad Steele, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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October 14 ■ |
Rama Rao Amara, Ph.D.
Emory Vaccine Center
Associate Professor, Dept. Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA |
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October 28 ■ |
Robert Burne, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Biology
University of Florida, College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL |
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November 11 ■ |
Bruce Beutler, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
The Department of Genetics
The Scripps Research Institute |
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December 9 ■ MEB Rm 3209 |
Joel Palefsky, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of California at San Francisco | |
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