Date | Speaker & Host | Title/Topic | Articles |
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Sep. 10 | Speaker #1: Dr. Jeffrey S. Buguliskis Speaker #2: Sebastian Lourido Host: Sibley Lab |
Speaker #1: Disruption of the Plasmodium falciparum PfPMT gene results in a complete loss of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis via the SDPM pathway and severe growth and survival defects |
J Biol Chem. (2008) Aug 11 |
Sep. 17 | Retrograde trafficking and organelle biogenesis in T. gondii: What's the ER got to do with it? | J Cell Sci. (1999) 112: 2631-8 Eukaryot Cell. (2005)4: 432-42 Mol Phylogenet Evol. (2007)44:1284-94 |
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Oct. 1 | Speaker: Samantha Piper |
Wolbachia sequences in the chromosomal genome of Onchocercia flexuosa indicate past Wolbachia endosymbiosis | |
Oct. 8 | Speaker: Tamira Butler Host: Goldberg Lab |
The motor complex of Plasmodium falciparum: phosporylation by a calcium-dependent protein kinase | J. Biol. Chem. (2008) Sep 3, [Epub ahead of print] |
Oct. 15 | Speaker: Dr. Niraj H. Tolia Host: Tolia Lab |
Elucidating & disrupting receptor-ligand interactions required for erythrocyte-invasion by Plasmodium parasites | Cell (2005) 122:183-93 |
Oct. 22 | Speaker: Ildiko Rita Dunay, Ph.D. Host: Sibley Lab |
Gr1+ inflammatory monocytes are crucial to control acute toxoplasmosis | Immunity (2008) 29:306-17 |
Oct. 29 | Speaker: Dr. Tim J. Vickers Host: Beverley Lab |
The genetics and biochemistry of 10-formyl-tetrahydrofolate metabolism in Trypanosomatids | PNAS (2002)99: 1152-1157 J Biol Chem (2005) 280: 15659-15665 |
Nov. 5 | Speaker: Dr. Eva Istvan |
Validation of Plasmodium Ile-tRNA-Synthetase as a Drug Target | PNAS (2006) 103:8840-885 |
Nov. 12 |
Speaker: Samantha McNulty
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A combined transcriptome and proteome survey of malaria parasite liver stages Infection of the intermediate mite host with Wolbachia-depleted Litomosoides sigmodontis microfilariae: impaired L1 to L3 development and subsequent sex-ratio distortion in adult worms |
PNAS U S A ( 2008)105: 305-310 |
Nov. 19 | Speaker: Dr. Audrey R. Odom Host: Odom Lab |
Targeting isoprenoid biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum | |
Nov. 26 | Speaker: Aditi Alaganan
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Control of parasitophorous vacuole expansion by LYST/Beige restricts the intracellular growth of Leishmania amazonensis Regulatory interactions between IRG resistance GTPases in the cellular response to Toxoplasma gondii |
PLoS Pathog. (2008) 4:e1000179 EMBO J. (2008) 27:2495-2509 |
Dec. 3 | Speaker: Dr. Michael J. Blackman (CV) Host: Goldberg Lab |
At the junction: processing and partners of a malarial invasion protein | J Biol Chem. (2007) 282:7431-41 |
Dec. 10 | Speaker: Elizabeth T. Kruvand Host: Beverley Lab |
Leishmania genetic variation in a mainly asexual world - how many chromosomes would you like today? | |
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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 |