| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
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| Sep. 18 | Speaker:Ildiko Rita Dunay, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Sibley Lab |
Chronic Toxoplasma infection, from myeloid cells to neurons | |
| Sep. 25 | Speaker: Natalie Spillman, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Identification of New PNEPs Indicates a Substantial Non-PEXEL Exportome and Underpins Common Features in Plasmodium falciparum Protein Export |
Article: PLoS Pathog. (2013) 9: e1003546 PMID: 23159060 |
| Oct. 2 | Speaker: Jahangheer Shaik, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Interactions of Leishmania RNA viruses (LRVs) with the parasite RNAi pathway |
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| Oct. 9 | Speaker: Christian Tschudi, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Sibley Lab |
Further insights into the biology of African trypanosomes by studying RNAi and the small proteome |
Article: PLoS Pathog. (2010) 6: e1001090 |
| Oct. 16 | Speaker:Priya Pal Host: Goldberg Lab |
The Suf Iron-Sulfur Cluster Synthesis Pathway Is Required for Apicoplast Maintenance in Malaria Parasites |
Article: Plos Pathogens. (2013) 9, e1003655 |
| Oct. 23 | Speaker: John Robinson Host: Beverley Lab |
Globin-coupled heme containing oxygen sensor soluble adenylate cyclase in Leishmania prevents cell death during hypoxia | Article: PNAS (2013) [Epub ahead of print] |
| Oct. 30 | CANCELLED - CANCELLED - CANCELLED | ||
| Nov. 6 | Speaker: Josh Beck, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
Apical membrane antigen 1 mediates apicomplexan parasite attachment but is dispensable for host cell invasion |
Article:Nat Commun. (2013) 4, 2552 |
| Nov. 13 | Speaker: Samarchith P. Kurup (CV) Host: Sibley Lab |
Enhancing immunity to Trypanosoma cruzi with transgenic expression of exogenous PAMPs and endogenous parasite proteins |
Article: Nat Commun. (2013) 4, 2616 |
| Nov. 20 | Speaker: Christopher Huston, M.D. (CV) Host: Odom Lab |
Dual utility of drug repurposing for cryptosporidiosis: combining therapeutic lead identification and chemical genetics |
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. (2013) 57: 1804-1814 |
| Nov. 27 | Speaker: Gary J. Weil, M.D. Host: Weil Lab |
The impact of mass treatment for lymphatic filariasis on intestinal worm infections and an update on LF elimination in Sri Lanka |
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| Dec. 4 | Speaker: Natalia Akopyants, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Protozoan RNA viruses |
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| Dec. 11 | Speaker: Niraj H. Tolia, Ph.D. Host: Tolia Lab |
I. Targeting erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium parasites |
| 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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