| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 28 | Speaker: Dr. Gary J. Weil |
Use of advanced surveillance techniques for assessing the impact of mass drug administration on lymphatic filariasis | Article: Trends Parasitol. (2007) 23:78-82 PMID: 17174604 Article: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. (2008) 2: e344 PMID: 19065257 |
| Feb. 4 | Speaker: Lon-Fye Lye, Ph.D. |
Relevance of the diversity among members of the Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase family analyzed with camelids single-domain antibodies Novel lipid biosynthetic pathways in Leishmania chemotherapeutics |
Article: PLoS ONE 2008;3 e3524 PMID: 18949046 Article: EMBO J . (2003) 22: 6016-6026 PMID: 14609948 |
| Feb. 11 | Speaker: Asis Khan, Ph.D. |
Rapid membrane disruption by a perforin-like protein facilitates parasite exit from host cells |
Article: Science (2009) 323:530-533 Article: J Exp Med. (2009) Jan 26 |
| Feb. 18 | Speaker: Shalon Babbitt Host: Goldberg Lab |
Starvation Signaling in the Malaria Parasite | |
| Feb. 25 | Speaker: Christopher Armstrong, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Distinct Roles of Plasmodium Rhomboid 1 in Parasite Development and Malaria Pathogenesis | Article: PLoS Pathog. (2009) 5 : e1000262 PMID: 19148267 |
| Mar. 4 | Speaker: Hongjie Guo, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Synthesis of GDP-D-Arabino-pyranose by a Novel bifunctional enzyme and its role in Leishmania biology and parasitism | |
| Mar. 11 | Speaker: Makedonka Mitreva, Ph.D. Host: Weil Lab |
Molecular Determinants Archetypical to the Phylum Nematoda | Article: BMC Genomics (2008) 9:525 PMID: 18983679 Article: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. (2008) 2:e269 PMID: 18682827 |
| Mar. 18 | Speaker: Alan Fairlamb, Ph.D. (CV) |
Folate metabolism in African trypanosomes | |
| Mar. 25 | Speaker: Jeffrey S. Buguliskis, Ph.D. |
The Role of the Intramembrane Protease Rhomboid 4 in Toxoplasma gondii Host Cell Invasion | |
| Apr. 1 | Speaker: Mike Mandell Host: Beverley Lab |
Cholesterol depletion associated with Leishmania major infection alters macrophage CD40 signalosome composition and effector function | Article: Nat Immun. (2009) 10:273-80 PMID: 19198591 |
| Apr. 8 | Speaker: David Sullivan, Jr., M.D. (CV) |
Protean Uses of Approved Clinical Drugs for Protozoan Diseases | Article: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. (2008) 52:3106-12 PMID: 18591280 Article: Nature. (2007) 448:645-6 PMID: 17687303 Article: Nat Chem Biol. (2006) 2:415-6 PMID: 16816845 |
| Apr. 15 | Speaker: Vasant Muralidharan, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia is regulated by RNA interference | Article: Nature. (2008) 456: 750-754 PMID: 19079052 |
| Apr. 22 | ***** Special Seminar ***** Speaker: Ashwani Kumar, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab ***** Special Seminar ***** |
Redox signaling mechanisms involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence | |
| Apr. 29 | Speaker: Kristen Skillman |
Host cell entry by apicomplexa parasites requires actin polymerization in the host cell Disruption of the Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole by IFNgamma-inducible immunity-related GTPases (IRG proteins) triggers necrotic cell death |
Article: Cell Host Microbe. (2009) 5: 259-272 PMID: 19286135 Article: PLoS Pathog. (2009) 5:e1000288 PMID: 19197351 |
| May 6 | Speaker: Nichole Salinas |
Polymorphisms in erythrocyte binding antigens 140 and 181 affect function and binding but not receptor specificity in Plasmodium falciparum | Article: Infect Immun. (2009)771: 689-99 PMID: 19204093 |
| Department of Molecular Microbiology, Box 8230 Center for Infectious Diseases Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 63110-1093 USA |
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