CBBS Friday Noon Seminar
“Viruses ”
Fall 2009, Friday noon seminar series*, FW 201
Contact: Dr. Joel Stafstrom, stafstrom@niu.edu
| Sept 4 |
Open | |
| Sept 11 | Dr. Paul Friesen
Department of Biochemistry and the Institute for Molecular Virology University of Wisconsin |
"Molecular interactions between viruses and host insects: a struggle of life and death" |
| Sept 18 | Dr. Bernard Roizman Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology University of Chicago |
”How does a small virus with less than 100 genes take over a cell? The strategy of conquest.” |
| Sept 25 | Dr. Robert Lamb Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Northwestern University |
“Understanding paramyxovirus membrane fusion: a nanomachine at work" |
| Oct 2 | Dr. Ann Palmenberg
Department of Biochemistry and the Institute for Molecular Virology University of Wisconsin |
“Rhinoviruses, asthma and the common cold. What we learned from sequencing every known genome” |
| Oct 9 | Dr. Vivian Irish Departments of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Yale University |
"The Arabidopsis petal: a model for plant organogenesis"
(Sponsored by the Graduate Colloquium Committee and the Department of Biological Sciences) |
| Oct 16 |
Dr. C. Martin Stoltzfus
Department of Microbiology University of Iowa |
“Regulation of HIV-1 alternative splicing and its role in virus replication” |
| Oct 23 | Dr. Thomas Gallagher
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Loyola University Medical Center |
"Enveloped virus entry mechanisms” |
| Oct 30 |
Dr. Michael Rossmann Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University |
"Tracking the Conformational Changes that Occur in the Life Cycle of Flaviviruses such as West Nile and Yellow Fever Virus" |
| Nov 6 |
Dr. Anton McCaffrey Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa |
“The Role of MicroRNAs in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection” |
| Nov 13 | Sue Loesch-Fries Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Purdue University |
CANCELLED - May be rescheduled next semester |
| Nov 20 | Dr. Greg Spear
Department of Department of Immunology and Microbiology Rush University Medical Center |
“HIV Sexual Transmission and Innate Immunity" |