Pathobiology 580, 2007-2008
Pathobiology Seminar Series

Instructor: Gerard Cangelosi
Email: jerry.cangelosi@sbri.org

Office: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Office Hours: By appointment
Telephone: 256-7313

Thursdays as scheduled, 4:00 to 5:00 PM, T-531 Health Sciences Building, University of Washington, unless otherwise noted. There will be 3 to 5 seminars per quarter.

DESCRIPTION:  Speakers from the University of Washington and elsewhere will present research findings of interest to Pathobiology and Global Health. 

GRADING:  1 credit, pass/no pass.  In order to earn credit for this course, enrollees must attend all scheduled seminars each quarter.  Exceptions will be made only for unusual and unavoidable conflicts.  Within one week after each scheduled seminar, students must record their attendance (or their reasons for not attending) on line in a Catalyst survey page (URL to be announced).  In addition to attending seminars, each student will write a <1-page discussion of ONE Pathobiology seminar of his/her choice per quarter.  The discussion should include at least 1 paragraph summarizing what the student would consider to be the next steps in the research or projects presented in the seminar.  It is not necessary to discuss seminar content in detail.  Discussions in electronic or paper form must be submitted to the Course Organizer during finals week as specified by the instructor.  Discussions will be read and graded by the Course Organizer. 

SPEAKER SCHEDULE:  The most recent speaker schedule is posted below.  Unexpected schedule changes are inevitable, usually at the request of speakers.  Therefore, students are cautioned to check the schedule often, and to be available to attend the seminar as needed during its time slot each week.  

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Spring Quarter 2008 PATHOBIOLOGY SEMINARS

Seminars are in T-733 Health Sciences Complex, University of Washington; or Discovery Conference Room, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute,

307 Westlake Ave.
N, Seattle

Updated May 5, 2008

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DATE

SPEAKER

 

SPRING QUARTER 2008

Thursday

April 10

4:00 PM

T-733 HSC, UW

Lakshmi Rajagopal, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Seattle, WA

“Toxin Regulation in Group B Streptococcus”

http://depts.washington.edu/idimmweb/facultyMember.php?sort=20

Thursday

May 8

4:00 PM

CANCELLED

Olga Lomovskaya, PhD

Senior Director of Biology

Mpex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

San Diego CA

“Efflux pumps in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Structure, Mechanism and Practical Applications”

Thursday

May 15

4:00 PM

T-733 HSC, UW

San-Pin Wang Endowment Lecture

Priscilla B. Wyrick, PhD

Professor & Chair of Microbiology

J.H. Quillen College of Medicine

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

“Trafficking of Chlamydia trachomatis antigens to the endoplasmic reticulum of infected polarized human endometrial epithelial cells”

http://qcom.etsu.edu/Microbiology/Faculty/Wyrick/Wyrick%20Main%20Index.html

Thursday

May 22

4:00 PM

Discovery

SBRI

Anil Kumar Ojha, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Graham Hatfull

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Title: TBA

http://www.pitt.edu/~biohome/Dept/Frame/Faculty/hatfull.htm

Thursday

May 29

4:00 PM

T-733 HSC, UW

Pathobiology Student-Invited Speaker

Leslie Schiff, Ph.D.Professor of Microbiology
University of Minnesota                  

Minneapolis, MN

Breaking and Entering: Cell Entry by Oncolytic Reoviruses

http://www.micab.umn.edu/faculty/Schiff.html