Tropical and Molecular Parasitology
Seminar Series and Journal Club
Fall 2006
| September 20 | Dr. David A. Scott Host: Beverley Lab |
Mitochondrial folate metabolism of Leishmania is important for intracellular growth |
| September 27 |
Jennifer Gordon Kristen Skillman Host: Sibley Lab |
Flagellar motility contributes to cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei and is modulated by an evolutionarily conserved dynein regulatory system
Eukaryot Cell 2006;5: 696-711  Conserved and specific functions of axoneme components in trypanosome motility J Cell Science 2006; 119: 3443-3455 |
| October 4 | Dr. Christopher M. Armstrong Marisa Ponpuak Host: Goldberg Lab |
Using proteomics to understand how Plasmodium falciparum escapes from the Red Blood Cell Falcilysin and its role in transit peptide degradation in Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast J Biol Chem 1999; 274: 32411-32417 J Biol Chem 2003; 278: 38022-38028 |
| October 11 | Dr. Kisa Nagamune Host: Sibley Lab |
Aberrant receptor-mediated endocytosis of Schistosoma mansoni glycoproteins on host lipoproteins
PLoS Med. 2006; 3:1360-1370 |
| October 18 | Dr. James McCarter |
Applying Comparative and Functional Genomics to Parasites and Their Control
Biochem. 2006; 45l:6056-6065 Int J Parasitol. 2006; 36: 829-839 C.V. |
| October 25 | Mike Mandell
Host: Beverley Lab |
Skeleton Binding Protein 1 functions at the parasitophorous vacuole membrane to traffic PfEMP1 to the Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte surface
Blood. 2006; [Epub ahead of print] |
| November 1 |
Dr. Sonya Taylor Host: Sibley Lab |
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| November 8 |
Ericka Ricaldez Host: Goldberg Lab |
Fatty Acid Synthesis by Elongases in Trypanosomes Cell 2006; 126: 691-699 |
| November 15 |
Investigating the role of Toxoplasma rhomboids in host cell invasion |
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| November 22 |
Tracy Carlson
Host:SibleyLab |
Surface carbohydrate composition of a tapeworm in its consecutive intermediate hosts: individual variation and fitness consequences
Int J Parasitol. 2005; 35:1499-507 |
| November 29 |
Host: Beverley Lab
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Autophagy and Other New Developments In the Beverley Lab |
| December 6 |
Regulation of sexual development of Plasmodium by translational repression
Science 2006;313: 667-669
Changes in the expression of human cell division autoantigen-1 influence Toxoplasma gondii growth and development |
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| December 13 |
Dr. Mark Drew
Host: Goldberg Lab |
Chemical Biology of Malarial Proteases MBP 2003; 129: 157-165 Int J Parasitol 2004; 34:1489-1499 PNAS 2006; 103: 8840-8845 |
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