Microbiology 799 Seminar Schedule

Autumn Quarter 2006

Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. in Room 111 Parks Hall

September 21: Steven Clegg , Ph D, University of Iowa , Iowa City

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium: Fimbriation, biofilm formation and competitive exclusion

Host: Brian Ahmer

September 28: Konstantin Severinov, PhD, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University

Priming of viral DNA replication by host RNA polymerase

Host: Irina Artsimovitch

October 5: TBA

October 12: Linda Spremulli, PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Initiation of protein synthesis in mammalian mitochondria: Roles of mRNA structure and initiation factors

Host: Mike Ibba

October 19: Dan Wozniak, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University

The role of polysaccharides in Psuedomonas aeruginosa chronic infection

Host: Neil Baker

October 26: Simpson Joseph, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. California, San Diego

Mechanistic Studies of Translation

Host: Kurt Fredrick

November 2: Kurt Fredrick, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University

Relating structure and function in the ribosome by paying attention to its message.

Host: Joe Krzycki

November 9: Keith Weaver, PhD, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota , Vermillion.

Programmed cell death in the Gram-positive bacterium Enterococcus faecalis : of protective RNAs and killer peptides.

Host: Bob Tabita

November 16: Jenee Smith, BS, Dept of Microbiology, Ohio State University

Detection of other bacteria by Salmonella (Ph.D. Seminar)

Host: Brian Ahmer

November 30: David Longstaff , BS, Dept of Microbiology, Ohio State University

Translation of UAG as pyrrolysine: how, why and where (Ph.D. Seminar)

Host: Joe Krzycki

799 Seminar Archive