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RGE Murray Seminar Series 2012-2013

This is the planning schedule for this year's seminar series. Dr. Bryan Heit will be chair for this series. If you would like to be included in an email seminar notification list and you are not otherwise affiliated with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, please contact Fred Williams (fred.williams@schulich.uwo.ca) to have your name placed on the list. Seminar archive 1998-present

 

2012
Date
Speaker
Time/Room
Title
Host
Aug 10 Dr. Jun Wang
Dalhousie University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"A novel recombinant adenoviral transgene system for dissecting the role of IL-17/IL-17R signaling in tumor microenvironment"
Bryan Heit
Sept 6 Classes Begin (Thursday)
Sept 27   DSB 3008
10:30 am
   
Oct 4   DSB 3008
10:30 am
   
Oct 8 Thanksgiving Monday
Oct 11 Dr. Albert Descoteaux
INRS–Institut Armand-Frappier
DSB 3008
10:30 am
SNARE cleavage by Leishmania: impact on phagosome function
Sung Kim
Oct 19 4970E Student Presentations
Oct 25 Dr. Jonathan Choy
Simon Fraser University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Regulation of immune responses in transplantation"
Steven Kerfoot
Nov 1 Dr. Zia Khan
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"'Vascular stem cells in the pathogenesis of chronic diabetic complications"
Bryan Heit
Nov 8 Dr. Mauricio Terebiznik
University of Toronto
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"How filamentous Legionella invade mammalian cells: The importance of being long"
Bryan Heit
Nov 15 Dr. Alan Cochrane
University of Toronto
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Manipulation of HIV-1 RNA Processing to Suppress Viral Replication: A Novel Therapeutic Approach"
Stephen Barr
Nov 22 Dr. Francois Jean
University of British Columbia
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Shifting the paradigm on indirect-acting antiviral strategies: From protein-based inhibitors to therapeutic microRNAs"
Jimmy Dikeakos
Nov 30 Dr. Peter Palese
Mount Sinai, New York
DSB 3008
10:30 am
IIRF
"Toward a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine"
IIRF
Dec 6 Dr. Keith Poole
Queen's University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Stress responses as determinants of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
David Heinrichs
2013
Jan 7 Classes Begin (Monday)
Jan 9 Dr. Jonathon Swann
University of Reading
MSB 384
11:30 am
  Gregor Reid
Jan 17 Dr. Dale Laird
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Mechanisms linking connexin gene mutations to syndromic and non-syndromic disease"
Bryan Heit
Jan 24 Dr. Bernie Kraatz
University of Toronto
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Functional Biomaterials and Sensors"
Bryan Heit
Jan 31 Dr. Shawn Li
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Phosphotyrosine superbinders targeting the EGF receptor: potential applications in cancer research and therapeutics"
Bryan Heit
Feb 7 Dr. Gary Shaw
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Towards a molecular mechanism for parkin, a causative E3 ligase in early-onsey Parkinson's disease"
Bryan Heit
Feb 14 Dr. Lina Dagnino
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Unexpected roles of inside-out and outside-in integrin signaling in epithelia"
Bryan Heit
Feb 21 Dr Jeremy Burton
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
seminar for cross appointment
"The Realities of Applying Probiotics to Influence the Microbiota"
Bhagi Singh
Feb 28 Dr. Martin McGavin
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
Response and adaptive resistance of community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, towards antimicrobial fatty acids
Bryan Heit
Mar 7 Dr. Jacques Ravel
University of Maryland
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"The temporal dynamics of the vaginal microbiota in health and disease"
Gregor Reid
Mar 14 Dr. Ninan Abraham
University of British Columbia
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Influenza, Lymphomas and Survival: the IL-7-related cytokines"
Mansour Haeryfar
Mar 19 London Health Research Day  
Mar 29 Good Friday  
April 5 4970E Student Presentations  
Apr 11 Dr. Stan Dunn
Western University
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Stator Stalk Structure, Function, and Evolution in Bacterial ATP Synthase"
Bryan Heit
Apr 18 Dr. Jennifer Gommerman
University of Toronto
DSB 3008
10:30 am
"Exploring the role of the Lymphotoxin Pathway during immune responses to foreign and self-antigen"
Rod Dekoter
Apr 25 Dr. Pervaiz Abbasi
Agriculture Canada
DSB 3008
10:30 am
seminar for cross appointment
"Sustainable management strategies for plant diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens"
Bhagi Singh
May 7 Dr. Michelle Smith
Washington University
DSB 3008
11:00 am
"From the field to the bench: Using a gnotobiotic mouse model uncovers a role for the gut microbiota in malnutrition"
Gregor Reid

 

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