Spring 2011 Seminars and Journal Club

Tropical and Molecular Parasitology
Seminar Series and Journal Club
Fall 2011

Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Rm 8101
McDonnell Pediatric Research Building

Please contact the host if you wish to meet with the speaker

Seminar and Journal Club Schedule
Date	Speaker & Host	Title/Topic	Articles
Sep. 7	Speaker: Naomi Morrissette, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Sibley Lab	*A SAS-6 Like Protein Suggests that the Toxoplasma* Conoid Evolved from a Flagellar Axoneme**	Article: Eukaryot Cell. (2010) 9: 1825-1834 PMID: 20870876
Sep. 14	Skip due to MPM
Sep. 21	Speaker: Shalon Ledbetter Host: Goldberg Lab	Amino Acid Starvation Response of the Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
Sep. 28	Speaker: Soojin Jang Speaker: Tim J. Vickers, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab	Stage-specific requirement for Isa1 and Isa2 proteins in the mitochondrion of Trypanosoma brucei and heterologous rescue by human and Blastocystis orthologues Acetate produced in the mitochondrion is the essential precursor for lipid biosynthesis in procyclic trypanosomes	Article: Mol Microbiol. (2011) 81:1403-1418 PMID: 21790804 Article: PNAS U S A. (2009)106:12694-12699 PMID: 19625628
Oct. 5	Speaker: Sebastian Lourido Speaker: Sarah Fentress Host: Sibley Lab	The Motility of a Human Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, Is Regulated by a Novel Lysine Methyltransferase An EGF-like Protein Forms a Complex with PfRh5 and Is Required for Invasion of Human Erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum	Article: PLOS Pathog. (2011) 7: e1002201 PMID: 21909263 Article: PLOS Pathog. (2011) 7: e1002199 PMID: 21909261
Oct. 12	Speaker:Niraj Tolia, Ph.D. Host: Tolia Lab	*Receptor recognition by the Plasmodium* EBL ligands: Structure, function, mechanism and inhibition.**	Article: Nat Struct Mol Biol. (2011) 18: 908-914 PMID: 21743458
Oct. 19	Speaker: Audrey R. Odom, M.D., Ph.D. Host: Odom Lab	Essential isoprenoids in Plasmodium falciparum
Oct. 26	Speaker: Chris Paddon, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Goldberg Lab	Microbially-Derived Semi-Synthetic Artemisinin: Stabilizing the Supply of an Important Anti-Malarial Drug for the Developing World	Article: Am J Trop Med Hyg. (2007) 77 (Suppl. 6):198-202 PMID:18165493 Article: PLoS One. (2009) 4:e4489 PMID: 19221601
Nov. 2	Speaker: Lon-Fye Lye, Ph.D. Host: Bever ley Lab	Leishmania RNA virus and RNA interference in Leishmania braziliensis
Nov. 9	Speaker: Peter U. Fischer, Ph.D. Host: Weil Lab	Recent advances in research on Wolbachia in filarial worms	Article: PLoS One. (2010) 5: e11029 PMID: 20543958 Article: PLoS Negl Trop Dis. (2011) 5: e1174 PMID: 21629728
Nov. 16	Speaker: James D. Bangs, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Beverley Lab	Lysomal Biogenesis and Function in African trypanosomes	Article: Mol Microbiol. (2008) 68: 933-946 PMID: 18430083 Article: Eukar Cell. (2009) 8: 1352-1361 PMID: TBA
Nov. 23	Speaker: Sebastian Lourido Host: Sibley Lab	A chemical biology approach to dissecting essential signaling pathways in Toxoplasma
Nov. 30	Speaker: Priya Pal Host: Goldberg Lab	Results of Phase 3 Trial of RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine in African Children	Article: N Engl J Med. (2011) [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22007715


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