| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
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| Jan. 25 | Speaker:
Eva Istvan, Ph.D. |
Host-mediated regulation of superinfection in malaria | Article: Nat Med. (2011) 17: 732-737 |
| Feb. 1 | Speaker: Matt Kuhlmann, M.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Therapeutic and biological insights learned from drug combination therapy targeting leishmaniasis | |
| Feb. 8 | Speaker: Aditi Alaganan Speaker: Beth Selleck Host: Sibley Lab |
Juxtamembrane Shedding of Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 Is Sequence Independent and Essential, and Helps Evade Invasion-Inhibitory Antibodies Independent Roles of Apical Membrane Antigen 1 and Rhoptry Neck Proteins during Host Cell Invasion by Apicomplexa |
Article: PLoS Pathog. (2011) 7:e1002448 PMID: 22194692 Article: Cell Host Microbe. (2011) 10:591-602 PMID: 22177563 |
| Feb. 15 | Speaker: Gary J. Weil, M.D. |
Applied field research to support the global program to eliminate lymphatic | |
| Feb. 22 |
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Conserved and variant epitopes of Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein as targets of inhibitory monoclonal antibodies PfSET10, a Plasmodium falciparum Methyltransferase, Maintains the Active var Gene in a Poised State during Parasite DivisionPfSET10, a Plasmodium falciparum Methyltransferase, Maintains the Active var Gene in a Poised State during Parasite Division |
Article: Infect Immun. 2012 Jan 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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| Feb. 29 | Speaker: Miguel Morales, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Beverley Lab |
Dissection of the Leishmania stress response relevant for intracellular infection | Article: PNAS. (2010) 107:8381-8386 PMID: 20404152 Article: Eukaryot Cell. (2010) 9: 22-30 PMID: 19801421 |
| Mar. 7 | Speaker: Bang Shen, Ph.D. |
A DOC2 protein identified by mutational profiling is essential for apicomplexan parasite exocytosis A critical role of perinuclear filamentous actin in spatial repositioning and mutually exclusive expression of virulence genes in malaria parasites |
Article: Science. (2012) 335: 218-221 PMID: 22246776 Article: Cell Host Microbe. (2011) 10: 451-463 PMID: 22100161 |
| Mar. 14 | Speaker: Stanley Ching-Cheng Huang, Ph.D. Host: Pearce Lab |
The importance of lipid beta-oxidation in Schistosoma mansoni oviposition | |
| Mar. 21 | Speaker: TBA |
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Mar. 28 |
Speaker: Michael S. Behnke, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
Two major virulence factors of Toxoplasma gondii interact to provide resistance to IFN-γ mediated intracellular clearance | |
| Apr. 4 | Speaker: Tamira K. Butler |
Plasmodium falciparum Inhibitor-3 Homolog Increases Protein Phosphatase Type 1 Activity and Is Essential for Parasitic Survival. | Article: J Biol Chem. (2012) 287: 1306-1321 PMID: 22128182 |
| Apr. 11 | Speaker: Soojin Jang, Ph.D. |
Title: Genetic targeting of a complex repetitive locus encoding quinonoid dihydropteridine reductase of Leishmania major | |
| Apr. 18 | Speaker: Asis Khan, Ph.D. |
Evolution of mono-ChrIa and its role in fixation of population genetic structure of T. gondii | |
| Apr. 25 | Speaker: Paul Sigala, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Porphyrin Metabolism in P. falciparum: Boldly Going Where no Tetrapyrrole Has Gone Before? | |
| May 2 | Speaker: Jason S. Silverman (CV) Host: Beverley Lab |
Form and function in Trypanosoma brucei: the late endosome and the multivesicular body | Article: Mol Microbiol. (2011) 82:664-678 PMID: 21923766 |
| 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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