| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 12 | Speaker: Soojin Jang, Ph.D. |
Dissecting the Metabolic Roles of Pteridine Reductase 1 in Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania major The profile of snoRNA-derived microRNAs that regulate expression of variant surface proteins in Giardia lamblia |
Article: J Biol Chem. (2011) 286: 10429-10438 PMID: 21239486 Article: Cell Microbiol. (2012) 14:1455-1473 PMID: 22568619 |
| Sep. 19 | Speaker: Vasant Muralidharan, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
A Toxoplasma gondii Pseudokinase Inhibits Host IRG Resistance Proteins | Article:
PLoS Biol. (2012) 10, e1001358 PMID: 22802726 |
| Sep. 26 | Skip due to MPM Conference | ||
| Oct. 3 | Speaker: Michael S. Behnke, Ph.D. |
Toxoplasma gondii immune evasion & the first view into global gene expression of the merozoite stage | |
| Oct. 10 | Speaker: Niraj H. Tolia, Ph.D. |
Targeting erythrocyte invasion of Plasmodium parasites | |
| Oct. 17 | Speaker: Drew Etheridge, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
A look at Toxoplasma gondii's distinct strategies for immune evasion and dissemination |
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| Oct. 24 | Speaker: Tim J. Vickers, Ph.D. |
tRNA formylation is the essential function of 10-formyl-tetrahydrofolate in Leishmania |
Article: Mol Microbiol. (2009) 71:1386-1401 |
| Oct. 31 | Speaker: Keke Fairfax, Ph.D. Host: Pearce Lab |
Upregulation of Retinal Dehydrogenase 2 in Alternatively Activated Macrophages during Retinoid-dependent Type-2 Immunity to Helminth Infection in Mice |
Article: PLOS Pathog. (2012) 8: e1002883 |
Nov. 7 |
Speaker: Peter U. Fischer, Ph.D |
Recent advances in ultrastructural assessment of Wolbachia – filarial nematode interactions | |
| Nov. 14 | Speaker: Priya Pal Host: Goldberg Lab |
Clec9A+ Dendritic Cells Mediate the Development of Experimental Cerebral Malaria | Article: J Immunol. (2012) 189: 1128-1132 |
| Nov. 21 | Speaker: Audrey R. Odom, M.D., Ph.D. |
CANCELLED - Isoprenoid biology in the malaria parasite |
CANCELLED - CANCELLED - CANCELLED |
| Nov. 28 | Speaker: Marcos Santos, Ph.D. |
Genetic manipulation (and challenges) of the second major family of Leishmania glycoconjugates, proteophosphoglycans (PPGs) | |
| Dec. 5 | Speaker: Jacquin C. Niles, M.D., Ph.D. |
Chemically-inducible systems for regulated gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum |
Article: Nucleic Acids Res. (2012) 40: e64 |
| Dec. 12 | Speaker: Asis Khan, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
Coevolution of Toxoplasma gondii with its hosts: the “Red Queen Hypothesis” |
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| 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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