| Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
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| Jan. 23 | Speaker: Philipp Olias, Ph.D. |
Main Road and Side Roads – Apicomplexan Parasites of Veterinary Importance |
Article: Emerg Infect Dis. (2010)16: 497-9 |
| Jan. 30 | Speaker: Caren Freel-Meyers, Ph.D. (CV) Host: Odom Lab |
Targeting isoprenoid biosynthesis in human pathogens |
Article: ACS Chem Biol. (2012) 7: 1702-1710 |
| Feb. 6 | Speaker: Jason S. Silverman, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
Trypanosome Motion Represents an Adaptation to the Crowded Environment of the Vertebrate Bloodstream |
Article: PLoS Pathog. (2012) 8: e1003023 |
| Feb. 13 | Speaker: Kevin Brown (CV) |
Inhibition of Toxoplasma MAPK1 by SB505124 Alters the Division Cycle to Promote Bradyzoite Development |
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| Feb. 20 | Speaker: Makedonka Mitreva, Ph.D. |
Repositioning existing drugs to combat neglected diseases |
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| Feb. 27 | Speaker: Bang Shen, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
Molecular dissection of Toxoplasma invasion: from outside to inside |
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| Mar. 6 | Speaker: Michelle A. Favila, Ph.D. (CV) |
Host and Pathogen derived factors that modulate IL-12 immune response in Leishmania infected cells | |
| Mar. 13 | Speaker: Tamira Butler Host: Goldberg Lab |
A Toxoplasma Palmitoyl Acyl Transferase and the Palmitoylated Armadillo Repeat Protein TgARO Govern Apical Rhoptry Tethering and Reveal a Critical Role for the Rhoptries in Host Cell Invasion but Not Egress | Article: PLOS Path. (2013) 9: e1003162 |
Mar. 20 |
Speaker: Aditi Alaganan |
Discovery of a splicing regulator required for cell cycle progression A host GPCR signaling network required for the cytolysis of infected cells facilitates release of apicomplexan parasites |
Article: PLoS Genet. (2013) 9:e1003305 PMID: 23437009 Article: Cell Host Microbe. (2013) 13:15-28 PMID: 23332153 |
| Mar. 27 | Speaker: John Jimah
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Adult somatic stem cells in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni Evolution of FE/S cluster biogenesis in the anaerobic parasite Blastocystis |
Article: Nature. (2013) 494: 476-479 Article: PNAS. (2012) 109: 10426-10431 |
| Apr. 3 | Speaker: Tiffanie Fowlkes |
Endobiont viruses sensed by the human host - beyond conventional antiparasitic therapy | Article: PLoS One. (2012) 7: e48418 |
| Apr. 10 | Speaker: Sean T. Prigge, Ph.D. (CV) |
Acquisition of enzyme cofactors in P. falciparum: The role of vitamin H |
Article: Mol Microbiol. (2007) 63: 1331-1344 |
| Apr. 17 | Speaker: Bart Everts, Ph.D. |
Mechanisms behind Th2 polarization by parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni: From Alpha to Omega |
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| Apr. 24 | Speaker: Zi Wang Host: Sibley Lab |
Within-host competition in genetically diverse malaria infections: parasite virulence and competitive success | Article: Evolution. (2006) 60: 1358-1371 |
| May 1 | Speaker: Slavica Pavlovic-Djuranovic, Ph.D. Host: Goldberg Lab |
A Ribosome-Bound Quality Control Complex Triggers Degradation of Nascent Peptides and Signals Translation Stress | Article: Cell, (2012) 151:1042-1054 |
| May 8 | Speaker: Lon-Fye Lye, Ph.D. Host: Beverley Lab |
CANCELLED - CANCELLED |
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| May 15 | Speaker: Audrey R. Odom, M.D., Ph.D. |
Isoprenoid biology in the malaria parasite |
| 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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