| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 22 | Speaker: Sebastian Lourido |
Cross-talk between T cells and NK cells generates rapid effector responses to Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes The function of dendritic cells in the immune response to Toxoplasma gondii |
Article: J immunol. (2010) 184: 6043-6052 PMID: 20427769 Article: None |
| Sept. 29 | Speaker: Mike Mandell Host: Beverley Lab |
Leishmania donovani Promastigotes Evade the Antimicrobial Activity of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps | Article: J Immunol. (2010) Sep 8 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20826753 |
| Oct. 6 | Speaker: Tamira Butler Host: Goldberg Lab |
Malaria parasite actin polymerisation and filament structure | Article: J Biol Chem. 2010 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20826799 |
| Oct. 13 | Speaker: Niraj H. Tolia, Ph. D. |
The EBL family of Plasmodium proteins | |
| Oct. 20 | Speaker: Sarah Fentress |
Hemocyte differentiation mediates innate immune memory in Anopheles UNC93B1 mediates host resistance to infection with Toxoplasma gondii |
Article: Science (2010) 329: 1353 -1355 PMID: 20829487 Article: Plos Pathog. (2010) 6: e1001071 PMID: 20865117 |
| Oct. 27 | Speaker: Audrey R. Odom, M.D., Ph.D. Host: Odom Lab |
IspD, a second target for the antimicrobial agent fosmidomycin | |
| Nov. 3 | Speaker: Lon-Fye Lye, Ph. D. Host: Beverley Lab |
RNA interference in Leishmania braziliensis | |
| Nov.10 | Speaker: Gary J. Weil, M.D. |
Paragonimiasis in Missouri: From Clinical Cases to Improved Laboratory Diagnosis | |
| Nov. 17 | Speaker: Margaret A. Phillips, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Goldberg Lab |
Challenges in developing dihydroorotate dehydrogenase as an antimalarial drug target | Article:
J Med Chem. (2009) 52:1864-1872 J Biol Chem. (2009) 284: 26999-27009 PMID: 19640844 |
| Nov. 24 | Speaker: Host: Sibley Lab |
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| Dec. 1 | Speaker: Eva Istvan, Ph. D. |
Mechanisms of resistance in Plasmodium falciparum | |
| Dec. 8 | Speaker: Natalia Akopyants Host: Beverley Lab |
Genome-Wide studies of RNA Stability in Leishmania |
| 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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