2008-2009  Journal Club / Work-In-Progress
Unless otherwise noted, Journal Club is on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in Classroom Room 1.706.  

 

Sept. 4, 2008	Patricio I. Meneses, PhD	Papillomavirus entry route -an update - WIP
Sept. 11, 2008	Lance Presser, PhD Student	Direct Infection and Replication of Naturally Occurring Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Normal Human Hepatocyte Cultures - JC
Sept. 18, 2008	Sarah A. Dabydeen, PhD Student	Host Cell Cathepsins Potentiate Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Infection - JC
Oct. 2, 2008	Christina Kwong, MD/PhD Student	T cell-specific siRNA delivery suppresses HIV-1 in humanized mice - JC
Oct. 9, 2008	Ryan Metzler, PhD Student	Epstein-Barr virus-encoded LMP1 regulates epithelial cell motility and invasion via the ERK-MAPK pathway- JC
Oct. 6, 2008	Nagaraj Kerur, PhD Student	Identification of cellular genes targeted by KSHV-encoded microRNA's - JC
Oct. 23, 2008	Cynthia Abban, MD/PhD Student	Caveolin-1 Up-regulation during Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Is Mediated by Focal Adhesion Kinase - JC
Oct. 30, 2008	King Fu (Chris) Leong, PhD Student	Smad Signaling Antagonizes Stat5-mediated Gene Transscription and Mammary Epithelial Cell Differentiation - JC
Nov. 6, 2008	Kenneth D. Beaman, PhD	Cell Damage, Sterile Inflammation and Immunologist's "Dirty Little Secret"  - WIP
Nov. 20, 2008	Valerie Laniosz, MD/PhD Student	Defining the Infectious Route of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 - WIP
Dec. 4, 2008	Kwang-Poo Chang, PhD	Toward suicidal automation of porphyric Leishmania for photodynamic vaccination - WIP
Jan. 8, 2009	Xin Zheng, PhD	Targeting Cathepsin L to Suppress Resistance to Chemotherapy in Cancer - WIP
Jan. 15, 2009	Srividya Venkitachalam, PhD Student	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 inhibits Interferon-gamma inflammatory signaling in human keratinocytes by sustaining ERK1/2 activation - JC
Jan. 22, 2009	Bala Krishna Kolli, PhD	Leishmania nucleoside diphosphate kinase plays a role in host cell recruitment. Towards complete automation of photoinduced leishmanolysis. - JC
Jan. 29, 2009	David N. Everly, PhD	Regulation of Signaling and Transformation by Latent Membrane Protein 1 of Epstein-Barr Virus - WIP
Feb. 5, 2009	Valerie Laniosz, MD/PhD Student	Dissecting the Cell Entry Pathway of Dengue Virus by Single-Particle Tracking in Living Cells - JC
Feb. 12, 2009	Alice Gilman-Sachs, PhD	Estrogen directly activates AID transcription and   function - JC
Feb. 19, 2009	Arun George Paul, MD/PhD Student	Cannabinoid modulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and transformation - JC
March 5, 2009	Chao-Lan Yu, PhD	Function of Mitochondrial Stat3 in Cellular Respiration Are there others? - WIP
March 12, 2009	Sujoy Dutta, PhD	Suicidal mutants of Leishmania heme biosynthesis pathway: Optimization of their intra-macrophage photolysis for vaccine delivery - WIP
March 19, 2009	Sathish Sadagopan, PhD	Angiogenin - A multi-tasking protein in KSHV pathogenesis - WIP
April 9, 2009	Virginie Bottero-Marr, PhD	Viral G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR): role in Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) biology - WIP
April 23, 2009	Lance Presser, PhD Student	Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis by Hepatitis C Virus - WIP
April 30, 2009	Evangelos Ntrivalas, MD/PhD	HLA alleles determine differences in human natural killer cell responsiveness and potency - WIP
May 7, 2009	King Fu (Chris) Leong, PhD Student	Characterization of STAT5-dependent gene transcription in cytokine response & tumorigenesis - WIP
May 14, 2009	Nagaraj Kerur, PhD Student	Characterization of de novo infection of THP1 cells by KSHV - WIP
May 21, 2009	Sarah A. Dabydeen, PhD Student	The Role of NH4CI and Cysteine Proteases in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection - WIP
May 28, 2009	Ryan Metzler, PhD Student	LMP1 induces motility and invasion via the MEK/ERK signaling pathway - WIP
June 4, 2009	Cynthia Abban, MD/PhD Student	Identification of receptors and signal transduction cascades in Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection with keratinocyte cell lines - WIP
June 11, 2009	Srividya Venkitachalam, PhD Student	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) as a tumor suppressor - WIP
June 18, 2009	Arun George Paul, MD/PhD Student	Piracy of PGE2 mediated signaling by Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpes virus latency program: Strategy of successful Pathogen - WIP
June 25, 2009	Christina Kwong, MD/PhD Student	Characterizing the N-terminus domain of the a2 Vacuolar ATPase - WIP

JC = Journal Club    WIP = Work -In-Progress          

2008-2009  Journal Club / Work-In-Progress
Unless otherwise noted, Journal Club is on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in Classroom Room 1.706.  

 

Sept. 4, 2008	Patricio I. Meneses, PhD	Papillomavirus entry route -an update - WIP
Sept. 11, 2008	Lance Presser, PhD Student	Direct Infection and Replication of Naturally Occurring Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in Normal Human Hepatocyte Cultures - JC
Sept. 18, 2008	Sarah A. Dabydeen, PhD Student	Host Cell Cathepsins Potentiate Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus Infection - JC
Oct. 2, 2008	Christina Kwong, MD/PhD Student	T cell-specific siRNA delivery suppresses HIV-1 in humanized mice - JC
Oct. 9, 2008	Ryan Metzler, PhD Student	Epstein-Barr virus-encoded LMP1 regulates epithelial cell motility and invasion via the ERK-MAPK pathway- JC
Oct. 6, 2008	Nagaraj Kerur, PhD Student	Identification of cellular genes targeted by KSHV-encoded microRNA's - JC
Oct. 23, 2008	Cynthia Abban, MD/PhD Student	Caveolin-1 Up-regulation during Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition Is Mediated by Focal Adhesion Kinase - JC
Oct. 30, 2008	King Fu (Chris) Leong, PhD Student	Smad Signaling Antagonizes Stat5-mediated Gene Transscription and Mammary Epithelial Cell Differentiation - JC
Nov. 6, 2008	Kenneth D. Beaman, PhD	Cell Damage, Sterile Inflammation and Immunologist's "Dirty Little Secret"  - WIP
Nov. 20, 2008	Valerie Laniosz, MD/PhD Student	Defining the Infectious Route of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 - WIP
Dec. 4, 2008	Kwang-Poo Chang, PhD	Toward suicidal automation of porphyric Leishmania for photodynamic vaccination - WIP
Jan. 8, 2009	Xin Zheng, PhD	Targeting Cathepsin L to Suppress Resistance to Chemotherapy in Cancer - WIP
Jan. 15, 2009	Srividya Venkitachalam, PhD Student	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 inhibits Interferon-gamma inflammatory signaling in human keratinocytes by sustaining ERK1/2 activation - JC
Jan. 22, 2009	Bala Krishna Kolli, PhD	Leishmania nucleoside diphosphate kinase plays a role in host cell recruitment. Towards complete automation of photoinduced leishmanolysis. - JC
Jan. 29, 2009	David N. Everly, PhD	Regulation of Signaling and Transformation by Latent Membrane Protein 1 of Epstein-Barr Virus - WIP
Feb. 5, 2009	Valerie Laniosz, MD/PhD Student	Dissecting the Cell Entry Pathway of Dengue Virus by Single-Particle Tracking in Living Cells - JC
Feb. 12, 2009	Alice Gilman-Sachs, PhD	Estrogen directly activates AID transcription and   function - JC
Feb. 19, 2009	Arun George Paul, MD/PhD Student	Cannabinoid modulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and transformation - JC
March 5, 2009	Chao-Lan Yu, PhD	Function of Mitochondrial Stat3 in Cellular Respiration Are there others? - WIP
March 12, 2009	Sujoy Dutta, PhD	Suicidal mutants of Leishmania heme biosynthesis pathway: Optimization of their intra-macrophage photolysis for vaccine delivery - WIP
March 19, 2009	Sathish Sadagopan, PhD	Angiogenin - A multi-tasking protein in KSHV pathogenesis - WIP
April 9, 2009	Virginie Bottero-Marr, PhD	Viral G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR): role in Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) biology - WIP
April 23, 2009	Lance Presser, PhD Student	Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis by Hepatitis C Virus - WIP
April 30, 2009	Evangelos Ntrivalas, MD/PhD	HLA alleles determine differences in human natural killer cell responsiveness and potency - WIP
May 7, 2009	King Fu (Chris) Leong, PhD Student	Characterization of STAT5-dependent gene transcription in cytokine response & tumorigenesis - WIP
May 14, 2009	Nagaraj Kerur, PhD Student	Characterization of de novo infection of THP1 cells by KSHV - WIP
May 21, 2009	Sarah A. Dabydeen, PhD Student	The Role of NH4CI and Cysteine Proteases in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection - WIP
May 28, 2009	Ryan Metzler, PhD Student	LMP1 induces motility and invasion via the MEK/ERK signaling pathway - WIP
June 4, 2009	Cynthia Abban, MD/PhD Student	Identification of receptors and signal transduction cascades in Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection with keratinocyte cell lines - WIP
June 11, 2009	Srividya Venkitachalam, PhD Student	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) as a tumor suppressor - WIP
June 18, 2009	Arun George Paul, MD/PhD Student	Piracy of PGE2 mediated signaling by Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpes virus latency program: Strategy of successful Pathogen - WIP
June 25, 2009	Christina Kwong, MD/PhD Student	Characterizing the N-terminus domain of the a2 Vacuolar ATPase - WIP

JC = Journal Club    WIP = Work -In-Progress