Mission
H.M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories
Faculty
Fellows
Students
Research Staff
Staff
General Graduate Study
Admission Requirements
Ph.D.Graduate Degree Requirements
Combined Degrees

Mission
H.M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories
Faculty
Fellows
Students
Research Staff
Staff
General Graduate Study
Admission Requirements
Ph.D.Graduate Degree Requirements
Combined Degrees

Roberto Badaro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Visiting Research Scientist UCSD
Sanjay Mehta, M.D.
Infectious Disease Fellow
Robert Huang, M.D.
Infectious Disease Fellow

HIV and Leishmania co-infection: Lessons learned and future concerns in developing countries
Cytokine responses in HIV-Leishmania co-infection
Leishmaniasis whole mouse imaging model

June 22, 2006

Faculty Candidate

TBA

June 6, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Sushil Devare, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow, Volwiler Society
Manager, AIDS Research and Retrovirus Discovery Unit, Abbott Laboratories

Implications of HIV Variation on Diagnosis and Monitoring of HIV Infection

May 30, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Laimonis Laimins, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology-Immuology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Human Papillomaviruses: Epithelial Differentiation and Viral Pathogenesis

May 23, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Amitabha Muklopadhyay, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Cell Biology Lab, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, Inda

Rab7 Mediated Transport of Hemoglobin to the Late Compartment is Required for the Growth of the Leishmania

Thurs., May 18, 2006
(Microbiology & Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Jay Purdy, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine, Basic Science Division, University of Chicago

Leishmania Chagasi: Haste Makes Waste

May 16, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Edward Stephens , Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City, KS

The Role of the Vpu Protein in HIV-1 Pathogenesis

Thurs., April 27, 2006

C.C. Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco

The Simplified Translation Initiation in an Ancient Eukaryote

Thurs., April 20, 2006 (Microbiology and Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Judith Potashkin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Dysregulation of Splicing in Drug Addiction and Neurodegeneration

April 18, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Meng-Ju Liu
Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Glucagon Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Gene Therapy for Type I Diabetes

April 11, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Robert Marr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Viral Vector Mediated Gene Therapy

April 4, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Charles Wood, Ph.D.
Director, Nebraska Center of Virology, Lewis Lehr / 3M University; Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska

Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus: From Transmission to the Regulation of Viral Gene Expression

March 28, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Faculty Candidate

TBA

Wed., March 8, 2006, 3:30 p.m. (Faculty Lounge Room 1.120)

Linda Pike, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University

Lipid Rafts and the Regulation of EGF Receptor Function

February 14, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Brad McGwire, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University

Parasite surface-metalloprotease protects against antimicrobial peptide induced apoptotic killing of Leishmania

February 7, 2006
(Room HSB 1.710)

Faculty Candidate

TBA

Thurs., January 19, 2006
(Microbiology and Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Evangelos Ntrivalas, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Clinical Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Reproduction

December 13, 2005

Alice Gilman-Sachs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Associate Director, Clinical Immunology

Assays for the Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Abortions

Thurs., December 8, 2005
(Microbiology and Immunoology Conference Room 2.117)

Kenneth Beaman, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Director, Clinical Immunology

RTF: A Master Regulator of Implantation & Immunity

December 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m. (Microbiology and Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Carol Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer, Immtech International

Decelopment of Novel Drugs for Neglected Infectious Diseases: human African trypanosomiasis, neumocystis n=pneumonia, and malaria

Thurs., December 1, 2005
(Microbiology and Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Sujoy Dutta
Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Cell and Molecular Biology of Leishmania Photosensitization

November 29, 2005

Thomas Hope, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern Univeristy

Using a Cell Biology Appraoch to Study the HIV Life Cycle

Thurs., November 17, 2005
(Microbiology and Immunology Conference Room 2.117)

Y.B. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine

Gnotobiotic Miniature Swine for Immunological Study and Ideal Donor Source for Xenotransplantation Program

November 15, 2005

Z.-R. Lun., Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Origin and Evolution of trypanosoma Evansi and a New Zoonosis Caused by This Haemoflagellate

November 3, 2005

Kayoko Waki
Ph.D. Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (graduated June 2006)

Sequence Bioinformatics of Leishmania Single-Copy Genes and Repetitive Sequences in Relation to Phylogenetic Genotypes and Disease Phenotypes

October 27, 2005

Bala Kolli, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Leishmania Secretes Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase to Prevent Apoptosis of Macrophages as Their Exclusive Host Cells

October 20, 2005

K.-P. Chang, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Leishmania Model for Microbial Virulence and Photodynamic Therapy

October 18, 2005

Kimberly Foreman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Skin Cancer Research Laboratories, Loyola University Medical Center

Notch and STAT3 Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Kaposi's Sarcoma

October 13, 2005

Neelam Sharma-Walia, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Kaposi's Sercoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) Mediated Signaling Crosstalk: Interactions Between Viral Glycoproteins and Target Cells

October 11, 2005

Greg Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University

Herpesvirus Trasport in Axons of the Sensory Nervous System

October 6, 2005

Bala Chandran, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Director, H.M. Bligh Cancer Research Labs

Manipulation of Host Cell Signaling by Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Human Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8)

September 29, 2005

Linda Baum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

HIV Specific Antibody Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) in Cervical Fluids of Exposed Seronegative Women

September 27, 2005

Bing-Hua Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University

PI1K/PTEN Signaling in Angiogenesis and Tumorigenesis

September 20, 2005

Patricio Meneses, Ph.D.
Senior Research Investigator, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania

The Role of the L2 Capsid Protein in Papillomavirus Infection

September 13, 2005

Bassel E. Sawaya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Viral Gene Regulation, Center for NeuroVirology & Cancer Biology, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Temple University

Interplay Between cdk9 and p53 Modulates HIV-1 Gene Expression in CNS

September 6, 2005

Edward Gershburg, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Oncoviruses and Their Treatment: New Target(s) for Epstein-Barr Virus Therapy

August 30, 2005

Luca Benetti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Chicago

Regulation of Cellular Death Pathways by the Herpes Simplex Virus 1Us3 Protein