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■ LSUHSC Campus, CSRB Room 563, 533 Bolivar St.
■ TUHSC Campus, School of Medicine Room 6065, 1430 Tulane Ave.
January 28 ■ | “Vaccinomics & Personalized Vaccinology” Gregory Poland, M.D., MACP, FIDSA Mary Lowell Leary Endowed Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Director, Mayo Vaccine Research Group Director | |
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February 25 ■ | “Modulation of T cell function via the cytokine milieu-implications for Improved Vaccines” Alistair Ramsay, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Director, Gene Therapy Program LSU Health Sciences Center | |
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March 11 ■ | “Influence of Host and Fungal Eiosanoids on Candida albicans Host-Pathogen Interactions” Mairi Noverr Ph.D Associate Professor, Department of Oral & Craniofacial Biology LSUHSC School of Dentistry | |
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March 25 ■ | “Vaccine Initiative for Leprosy: Developing the Tools Needed to Eliminate Hansen’s Disease” Tom Gillis, Ph.D. Chief, Laboratory Research Branch National Hansen’s Disease Programs LSU School of Veterinary Medicine | |
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April 8 ■ | “Protective Immunity Against Pulmonary Cryptococcosis” Floyd L. Wormley Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Department of Biology University of Texas at San Antonio | |
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April 22 ■ | “Novel Targets for Influenza Virus Therapeutic Discovery” Thomas Voss, Ph.D. Department of Microbiology and Immunology Tulane University School of Medicine | |
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May 17 ■ | “Penitentiary or Penthouse Condo: The TB Granuloma from the Microbe’s Point of View” William R. Bishai, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | |
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May 27 ■ | “Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women” Patricia Kissinger, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Epidemiology Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine | |
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June 10 ■ | “Chlamydia trachomatis in the human endocervis: A story of secrets, stealth, & sex” Alison Quayle, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology LSU Health Sciences Center | |
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August 12 ■ | “Visualizing antigen-specific helper T cell immunity: how, where, and when” James McLachlan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Tulane University School of Medicine | |
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August 26 ■ | “Understanding the innocence of BK virus in order to combat its pathogenic potential” John A. Vanchiere, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases LSU Health Science Center – Shreveport | |
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September 23 ■ | “Lung immunity against thefungal pathogens Pneumocystis and Aspergillus” Chad Steele, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergyand Critical Care University of Alabamaat Birmingham | |
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October 14 ■ | “Adjuvanting HIV-1 DNA Vaccine for Enhanced Protection Against Infection” Rama Rao Amara, Ph.D. Emory Vaccine Center Associate Professor, Dept. Microbiology and Immunology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA | |
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October 28 ■ | “pH Homeostatis and Oral Biofilm Ecology” Robert Burne, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Oral Biology University of Florida, College of Dentistry Gainesville, FL | |
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November 11 ■ | “Sensing Infection” Bruce Beutler, M.D. Professor and Chairman The Department of Genetics The Scripps Research Institute | |
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December 9 ■ MEB Rm 3209 | “HIV, HPV and the epithelium” Joel Palefsky, M.D. Professor of Medicine University of California at San Francisco |