Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30 am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Coordinator: John Burand, 545-3629
Unraveling Mechanism(s) of Xenobiotic Detoxification in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, the Causal Agent of Dollar Spot on Golf Courses.
Geunwha Jung, Ph.D.
Stockbridge School, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Host: John Burand & Klaus Nüsslein
Baculovirus Infections: A Global View of Competing Viral and Host Gene Expression Through the Infection Cycle.
Gary Blissard, Ph.D.
Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University
Host: John Burand
Latency Gene Knockouts and Virulence Effects in the Helicoverpa zea nudivirus.
Bruce Webb, Ph.D.
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
Host: John Burand
Malaria - Tackling the Tsunami of Drug Resistance.
David Fidock, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University
Host: Stephen Rich
Dissecting Lipid Transport Mechanisms in Mycobacteria.
Jessica Seeliger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacological Sciences, Stonybrook University School of Medicine
Host: Sloan Siegrist
Direct Visualization of HIV-1 Replication Intermediates shows that Viral Capsid and Host Factors Modulate HIV-1 Intra-nuclear Invasion and Integration.
Abraham Brass, M.D., Ph.D.
Microbiology & Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Host: John Burand
Essential Mechanisms of Regulating Transcription and Pathogenesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Christina Stallings, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Host: Yasu Morita & Peter Chien
Immune Priming and Transgenerational Effects in Insect-Pathogen Interactions.
Note: this seminar is cosponsored with the UMass Graduate Program in Organismic & Evolutionary Biology.
Jenny Cory, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Host: John Burand
Protection from oxidative stress and cell death by the OXR family of eukaryotic genes.
Mike Volkert, Ph.D.
Microbiology & Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Host: Steve Sandler
From Non-Stop Ribosomes to New Antibiotics and Back Again.
Kenneth Keiler, Ph.D.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Host: Peter Chien & Kevin Griffith