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		Bryan Heit
Jan 31	Dr. Shawn Li Western University	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Bryan Heit
Feb 7	Dr. Gary Shaw Western University	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Bryan Heit
Feb 14	Dr. Lina Dagnino Western University	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Bryan Heit
Feb 18-22	Family Day (Monday) Reading Week
Feb 28	Dr. Martin McGavin Western University	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Bryan Heit
Mar 7	Dr. Jacques Ravel University of Maryland	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Gregor Reid
Mar 14	Dr. Ninan Abraham University of British Columbia	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Mansour Haeryfar
Mar 19	London Health Research Day
Mar 29	Good Friday
April 4-5	4970E Student Presentations
Apr 11	Dr. Stan Dunn Western University	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Bryan Heit
Apr 18	Dr. Jennifer Gommerman University of Toronto	DSB 3008 10:30 am		Rod Dekoter
Apr 25	Dr. Perbaiz Abbasi Agriculture Canada	DSB 3008 10:30 am	seminar for cross appointment	Bhagi Singh

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