2018
JANUARY
2nd HOLIDAY
9th CBEID
“Role of cardiolipin in Shigella pathogenesis”
Shelley M. Payne, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences
Section of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
16th M&I
Cancelled
23rd CTD
"Neurocysticercosis: Updates on Diagnosis, Treatment and Control"
Hector Garcia, MD, PhD
Center for Global Health-Tumbes
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Cystcercosis Unit
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas
Lima, Peru
30th CBEID
“Zika virus infection of neotropical primates”
John A. Vanchiere, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport
FEBRUARY
6th No speaker scheduled (Mardi Gras Week)
13th No speaker scheduled (Mardi Gras Week)
20th CTD
"Interferon-stimulated genes in antiviral immunity"
John Schoggins, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
27th M&I
"Understanding Immune Evasion by Mycrobacteria: A key to New TB Vaccine Development"
Sunhee Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
MARCH
6th M&I
"OAS-RNase L: an antiviral and proapoptotic pathway"
Susan R. Weiss, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
13th No speaker scheduled (Spring Break Week)
20th CTD
“Immune modulation by dengue virus: beyond the STING”
Ana Fernandez-Sesma, PhD.
Professor of Microbiology
Co-director of the Microbiology Main Training Area
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
27th CBEID
"Rickettsial determinants for arthropod infection and transmission"
Kevin Macaluso, Ph.D.
Professor, Pathobiological Sciences
School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
APRIL
3rd M&I
"Combination virotherapy for melanoma using retargeted oncolytic VSVs"
Michael A Whitt, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry
The University of Tennessee
Memphis, TN
10th M&I
"Clostridium difficile infection: Understanding the host cell response and designing novel approaches to blocking infection"
Xingmin Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
17th CBEID
"Of mice and men: advancing a Burkholderia biodefense vaccine towards licensure"
Lisa Morici, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
24th M&I No speaker scheduled
MAY
1st M&I No speaker scheduled
8th AAI ANNUAL MEETING (5/4-8/18)
Austin, TX
15th ALTERNATE
22nd ALTERNATE
29th ALTERNATE