2011-2012 Host-Pathogen Interface Seminar Schedule

MMPA Seminars will be held Mondays at 4 p.m. in the Medical Research Education Building (Host Site), Room 1151 @ the Bryan Campus, and video conferenced to Reynolds Medical Building, Rm. 160, and IBT in Houston, ALKB 810
(Unless otherwise indicated)

August 29, 2011
Ying Kong, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
TAMHSC College of Medicine
Dept. of Microbial & Molecular Pathogenesis
Host:  Dr. Jeff Cirillo

September 5, 2011
HOLIDAY

September 26, 2011
Reed Johnson, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
NIH/NIAID/DIR
Emerging Viral Pathogens Section
Host:  Dr. Julian Leibowitz

October 4, 2011
TUESDAY @ 9am
Dinorah Illades-Leyva, Thesis Defense
Tesh Lab
TAMHSC MMPA

October 10, 2011
Richard E. Lloyd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Dept. of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Veronica Sanchez

October 24, 2011
Seema Mattoo, Ph.D.
Research Specialist/Project Scientist
University of California, San Diego
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host:  Dr. Veronica Sanchez
 

November 7, 2011
Andres Vasquez-Torres, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Dept. of Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Helene Andrews-Polymenis

November 21, 2011
Heran Darwin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
New York University
Dept. of Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Jon Skare

December 5, 2011
Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Alkek Center for Metagenomi and Microbiome Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Dept. of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Robert Alaniz 

December 12, 2011
Raphael H. Valdivia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Duke University
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Center for Microbial Pathogeneses
Host:  Dr. Jeff Cirillo 

January 16, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

January 23, 2012
Kevin Cummings, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dept. of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Host:  Dr. Robert Alaniz; HOST SITE: Health Professions Education Building (HPEB), LL46

January 30, 2012
Arul Jayaraman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Holder of the Ray Nesbitt Development Professorship I
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Host:  Dr. Robert Alaniz; HOST SITE: Health Professions Education Building (HPEB), LL46
 

February 27, 2012
Robert Chapkin, Ph.D.
Regents Professor & University Faculty Fellow
Director of Genomics & Bioinformatics, CERH
Co-Director - Texas Cancer Microbiota Respository & Humanized Animal Core
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Nutrition & Food Science
Host:  Dr. Robert Alaniz; HOST SITE: Health Professions Education Building (HPEB), LL46
 

March 12, 2012
Christine Suetterlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of California, Irvine
Development and Cell Biology
Host:  Dr. Veronica Sanchez; HOST SITE: Health Professions Education Building (HPEB), LL46

March 13, 2012
Don Mark Estes, Ph.D.
Fred L. Davison Chair in Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Dept. of Infectious Diseases
Host:  Dr. Jim Samuel; HOST SITE: Health Professions Education Building (HPEB) LL11A, TTVN to Reynolds 160 (CS) and ALKB 810 (Houston)

March 22, 2012 @ 1pm (THURSDAY)
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Balaji Manicassamy, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dept. of Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Julian Leibowitz, HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 150 (CS) and ALKB 214M (Houston)

March 29, 2012 (THURSDAY)
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Koichi Kobayashi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunobiology
Host:  Dr. Robert Alaniz; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 160 (CS) and ALKB 1105 (Houston)
 

April 2, 2012
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Alistair McGregor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Center for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology & Translational Medicine (CIDMTR)
Dept. of Pediatrics
Host:  Dr. Jeff Cirillo; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 160 (CS) and ALKB 810 (Houston)

April 5, 2012 (THURSDAY)
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Simone Ward, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
The Scripps Research Institute
Viral Immunobiology Laboratory
Host:  Dr. Julian Leibowitz; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 160 (CS) and ALKB 1105 (Houston)

April 9, 2012
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Zhao-Qing Luo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Purdue University
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Host:  Dr. Jon Skare; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 160 (CS) and ALKB 810

April 12, 2012 (THURSDAY)
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Tamara O'Connor, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Tufts University School of Medicine
Dept. of Microbiology & Molecular Biology
Host:  Dr. Jon Skare; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 163 (CS) and ALKB 810 (Houston)

April 24, 2012 (TUESDAY)
FACULTY CANDIDATE
Elizabeth Creasey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tufts University School of Medicine
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Host:  Dr. Jeff Cifillo; HOST SITE: Medical Research Education Building (MREB), Room 1151, TTVN to Reynolds 163 (CS) and ALKB 810 (Houston)

April 30, 2012
Jorge Cruz-Reyes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Host:  Dr. Veronica Sanchez

May 7, 2012

May 14, 2012

May 21, 2012

May 28, 2012
Memorial Day Holiday