| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 20 | Speaker: Elitza S. Sevova Host: Sibley Lab |
Topics in Trypanosoma brucei: ER Exit and Sphingolipid Synthesis |
Article: Mol Biol Cell. (2009) 20:4739-4750 |
| Jan. 27 | Speaker: Shalon Babbitt Host: Goldberg Lab |
The Toxoplasma Apicoplast Phosphate Translocator Links Cytosolic and Apicoplast Metabolism and Is Essential for Parasite Survival | Article: Cell Host Microbe. 2009 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20036630 |
| Feb. 3 | Speaker: Matt Kuhlmann, M.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Synergistic Killing of Leishmania major Involving Lipid Pathway Inhibitors | |
| Feb. 10 | Speaker: Carl Franz |
Viral Paratransgenesis in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae | Article: PLoS Pathog. (2008) 4: e1000135 PMID: 18725926 |
| Feb. 17 | Speaker: Peter Fischer, Ph. D. Host: Weil Lab |
Histology of filarial nematodes: detection of neoplasmic tumors and distribution of Wolbachia endobacteria | |
| Feb. 24 | Speaker: Joseph Batchelor Host: Tolia Lab |
Mapping epitopes of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein with naturally acquired inhibitory antibodies | Article: Infect Immun. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20008533 |
| Mar. 3 | Speaker: Host: Beverley Lab |
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| Mar. 10 | Speaker: Drew Etheridge, Ph.D. Speaker: Aditi Alagannan Host: Sibley Lab |
A single polymorphic amino acid on Toxoplasma gondii kinase ROP16 determines the direct and strain-specific activation of Stat3 A newly discovered protein export machine in malaria parasites |
Article: J. Exp. Med. (2009) 206: 2747-2760 PMID: 19901082 Article: Nature (2009) 459: 945-949 PMID: 19536257 |
| Mar. 17 | Speakers: Christina M. Taylor, Ph.D. and Zhengyuan Wang , Ph.D. Host: Weil Lab |
Pan Phylum specific indels and protein-protein interactions reveal potential drug targets for helminthes | |
| Mar. 24 | Speaker: Cameron M. Douglas, Ph. D. (CV) Host: Sibley Lab |
The “ins” and “outs” of antimicrobial drug discovery at Merck |
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| Mar. 31 | Speaker: Luciana Penha, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Screening candidate fucosyltransferases for roles in Leishmania survive and virulence | Article: FEMS Yeast Res. (2008) 8: 1245 -1253 PMID: 18811659 Article: Glycobiology. (2009) 19:1462-72 PMID: 19696235 |
| Apr. 7 | Speaker: Michal Shapira, Ph.D. (CV) |
Translation regulation in Leishmania - evolutionary divergence of conserved mechanisms | Article: RNA. (2010) 16: 364-374 PMID: 20040590 Article: Nucleic Acids Res. (2009) 37: 3243-3253 PMID: 19321500 |
| Apr. 14 | Speaker: May M. Paing, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Increased iron stores correlate with worse disease outcomes in a mouse model of schistosomiasis infection |
Article: PLoS One (2010) 5:e9594 |
| Apr. 21 | Speaker: Michael S. Behnke, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
Hydrodynamic gene delivery of baboon trypanosome lytic factor eliminates both animal and human-infective African trypanosomes |
Article: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2009) 106:19509-19514 Article: Nature. (2010) 464: 728-732 PMID: 20360736 |
| Apr. 28 | Speaker: Asis Khan, Ph. D. Speaker: Sebastian Lourido Host: Sibley Lab |
TgMORN1 is a key organizer for the basal complex of Toxoplasma gondii Interaction between Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 and the Rhoptry neck protein complex defines a key step in the erythrocyte invasion process of malaria parasites |
Article: PLoS Pathog. (2010) 6: e1000754 PMID: 20140195 Article: J Biol Chem. (2010) [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20228060 |
| May 5 | Speaker: Vasant Muralidharan, Ph. D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Ouroboros : Utilizing degradation domains to study Rpn6, a proteasome subunit |
| 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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