The VGTI 2008 Scientific Seminar Series features various speakers including graduate students, visiting researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and prospective employees. In coordination with the MMI department (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology), the series will cover a range of topics including virology, immunology, bacterial pathogenesis, and microbial physiology & structure. Each seminar will be video-conferenced to a remote location, either to MMI or VGTI. For further information, or to be added to our mailing list please e-mail Andrew Townsend. If a video conference is not scheduled, you may request one.

May 28, 2008	Visiting Speaker	Mac Hall #1162, 01:30
Wednesday	Jason McDermott	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Systems Biology of the Host-Pathogen Interaction in Salmonella"	Hosted By: Dr. Mary Stenzel-Poore
June 02, 2008	Post-Doc Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:00
Monday	Brenda Marsh	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Tolerance to Ischemia: Toll-Like Receptors Redirect the Brain's Response to Stroke"	Hosted By: Dr. David Johnson
June 02, 2008	Graduate Student Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:30
Monday	Beckie Tempel	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Discovery and Characterization of a unique Francisella virulence Factor family"	Hosted By: Dr. Fred Heffron
June 04, 2008	Thesis Defense	RJH #4340, 03:00
Wednesday	Colin Powers	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Characterization of RhCMV as an in vivo model for Cytomegalovirus inhibition of MHC-I antigen presentation	Hosted By: Department of Microbiology
June 09, 2008	Post-Doc Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:00
Monday	Aleksandra Snyder	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Cell-To-Cell Spread of Herpes Simplex Virus: Role of Glycoproteins gE/gI and U89"	Hosted By: Dr. David Johnson
June 09, 2008	Graduate Student Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:30
Monday	Melissa Jo Hauglund	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Iron Acquisition and Virulence of the Human Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei"	Hosted By: Department of Microbiology
June 11, 2008	Thesis Defense	RJH #4340, 02:00
Wednesday	John Jones	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"The Role of Viral Chemokines and Chemokine Inhibitors in Health and Disease"	Hosted By: Department of Microbiology
June 23, 2008	Graduate Student Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:30
Monday	Paul Wille	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Genetic analysis of human cytomegalovirus glycoproteins that mediate entry"	Hosted By: Department of Microbiology
June 30, 2008	Graduate Student Seminar	BSAC #6524, 12:00
Monday	Carmen Baca Jones	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"RCMV Mediated Down Regulation of MHC II"	Hosted By: Department of Microbiology
July 22, 2008	Visiting Speaker	Mac Hall #3198, 01:30
Tuesday	Francis R. Carbone	Videoconferenced: Yes
	"Dendritic cells and local T cells in immune memory responses"	Hosted By: Dr. Ann Hill