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NEWS AND EVENTS

Researchers Want to Bring Bird Flu Virus to Hawaii
KHNL (July 11,2007)

UH Medical School Makes Virology Cover
“Human Polyomavirus JC Infects Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Independent of Serotonin Receptor 2A” (July 23, 2007)
Read article

Health Watch: The rising menace of dengue fever
UPI Asia Online (July 20, 2007)

Protecing Hawaii from Exotic Infectious Diseases
An Op-Ed that will be published on Honolulu Advertiser by Dr. Duane Gubler and Dr. Chiyome Fukino (May 20, 2007)

Biosafety research lab to be built in Kaka'ako
Pacific Business News article
(July 14, 2006)

US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Site Visit: Dr. Duane Gubler and Dr. Satoru Izutsu hosted site visitors from Japan for a tour of the new medical school at Kaka'ako.
Honolulu, Hawaii, January, 10, 2006

International Symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Socio-ecological Systems: An interdisciplinary meeting integrating social science methods and ecosystem approaches to improve infectious diseases research in the Asia-Pacific Region
Honolulu, Hawaii, March 9-11, 2005


Federated States of Micronesia

 
SEMINARS

May 30 , 2008 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 304

"Yellow Fever - The Scourge Revealed"

Stanton E. Cope, Ph.D.
Captain, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy
Research Liaison Officer
Armed Forces Pest Management Board


May 20 , 2008 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Antiviral Drugs and Insect RNAi: Controlling and Understanding Arboviral Diseases"

Brian Geiss, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Colorado State University


May 8 , 2008 2:00 pm
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Can blocking the disruption of the blood-brain barrier delay West Nile virus-associated clinical sequelae?"

Saguna Verma, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology
Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
John A. Burns School of Medicine


May 5 , 2008 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Study of virus-like particles and antibody responses to dengue virus"

Wei-Kung Wang, M.D., Sc.D.
Professor of Virology
Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan


April 30 , 2008 11:00 am
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Infectious Diseases and the Genomic Revolution: Risk, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapeutics"

Christopher W. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center


April 7, 2008 11:00 am
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"MMP's as mediators of synaptic injury in CNS inflammation"

Katherine Conant M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and Department of Melocular Microbiology and Immunology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland


March 18, 2008 11:00 am
JABSOM, MEB Room 301

"A Novel Decision Support System for Vector-Borne Diseases: Applications in Knowledge Extraction in Public Health"

U. Suryanarayana Murty, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Head Biology Division
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
India


February 21, 2008 11:00 am
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Antibody responses to dengue virus during the natural course of infection"


Wei-Kung Wang, M.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Virology
Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan


January 28, 2008 10:30am
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Chikungunya Outbreak in Northern Italy, August 2007 "


Vittorio Sambri, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy


January 7, 2008 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Scrub Typhus in the Maldives: Handling an Epidemic at the National Level "


Michael D. Lewis, M.D., MPH
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Medial Corps
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Uniformed Services University
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics
Bethesda, Maryland


October 10, 2007 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Pandemic Influenza Preparedness"


Catherine Ammon, MA, MPH, Ph.D. Candidate
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Specialist
Pacific Regional Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Project
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Pohnpei Regional Office
Federated States of Micronesia


September 5, 2007 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Detecting Tick-Borne Pathogens in Australian Ticks"


Inger Vilcins, Ph.D. Candidate
Marsupial Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia


August 29 , 2007 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Taking a Tryp across the human blood-brain barrier and what to do when we get there"

Dennis Grab, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Harriet Lane Children's Health


July 3 , 2007 at 11:00 am
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Neurochemical Determinants and Consequences of Mathamphetamine Toxicity "


Bryan K. Yamamoto, Ph.D.
Boston University Medical School


June 18 , 2007 1:00-2:00 pm
Leahi Hospital Fred Greenwood Conference Room
Sinclair Bldg., 2nd Floor

"Macrophage Targeted Drug Development for AIDS Dementia "

Michael McGrath, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco General Hospital


June 13 , 2007 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Lyme Disease: Journey to the Center of the Mouse "


Stephen W. Barthold, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Veterinary and Medical Pathology
University of California, Davis


May 23 , 2007 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Dengue in Vietnam "


Truong Uyen Ninh, Ph.D., M.D.
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
Head Arbovirus Lab, Department of Virology
Hanoi, Vietnam


May 2 , 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Cardiac and Pulmonary Response of ApoE Knockot Mice to Diesel Exhaust "

Ria Nag
Graduate Student, Dept. of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering


April 25, 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Sequencing and Genomic Comparison of Hawaii Leptospira
"
Jarred Yasuhara-Bell
Graduate Student, Dept. of Tropical Medicine

"Antigenicity of P. falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1, MSP1-33"
Kae M. Pusic
Graduate Student, Dept. of Tropical Medicine


A Series of Lectures on Mathematical Biology

April 19, 2007, 3:30 pm
Keller Hall 303 (Manoa Campus)

"How Cells Make Measurements
"

April 20, 2007, 1:30 pm
Keller Hall 303 (Manoa Campus)

"Diffusion and Reaction
"

April 20, 2007, 3:30 pm
Keller Hall 303 (Manoa Campus)

"Arrhythmias by Dimension"

James P. Keener, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering

D
epartment of Mathematics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT


April 12, 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Emergence and evolution of human enterovirus 71 in the Asia Pacific
"

Mary Jane Cardosa, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Health and Community Medicine
University Malaysia Sarawak
Malaysia


April 11, 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 315 (Auditorium)

"Replication of Human polyomavirus JC in brain microvascular endothelial cells: possible mechanism for crossing Blood-Brain-Barrier"

Moti Chapagain
Graduate Student, Dept. of Tropical Medicine

"Immunity toPlasmodium falciparum Malaria: Thailand vs. Cameroon "

Alexander Kayatani
Captain (P), U.S. Army
Graduate Student, Dept. of Tropical Medicine


April 5, 2007, 3:30 pm
Kuykendall 209, Manoa Campus

"Species packing and sympatric speciation "

Akira Sasaki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan


April 4, 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MED 304

"Resonance, cross-immunity and the phase relationship between epidemics of dengue serotypes in Bangkok "

Ben Adams, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Biology
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan


April 3, 2007, 3:30 pm
302 Keller Hall, Manoa Campus

"Evolution of virulence over space: a spatially explicit epidemiological model "

Akira Sasaki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan


March 31 , 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Fetal Immune Responses to Malaria "

Christopher L. King, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of International Health, Medicine and Pathology
Center for Global Health & Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH


March 14 , 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Hawaii Island Children's Lung Assessment Scientific Study (HICLASS): Effects of Volcanic Air Pollution on Respiratory Health "

Reid Hoshide
Graduate Student, Public Health


March 7, 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Iron Acquisition of Listeria monocytogenes "

Crystal Archer
Graduate Student, Cell and Molecular Biology


February 28 , 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Eukaryote Genome Evolution: A View from Plasmodium falciparum, the Causative Agent of Malaria "

Gayle Philip, Ph.D.
UH NASA Astrobiology Institute Postdoctoral Fellow


February 21 , 2007, 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 301

"Public and Environmental Health Surveillance in Persian Gulf War Zones "

William Jackson, M.D., Ph.D., MSPH
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps


February 16 , 2007, 8:15am - 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

SYMPOSIUM
Interactions Among Infectious Agents. Environmental Carcinogens, & Genetics in Human Cancer Development


John. A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa
&
Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i


February 14 , 2007, 12:00 noon
Access Grid Room MEB 202

"Transmission Routes of HPV Infection"

Jimmy T. Efird, Ph.D.
Director, Medical Statistics & Infectious Diseases Modeling Unit
Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
John A. Burns School of Medicine,
University of Hawaii at Manoa


February 7 , 2007, 11am - 12:00 noon
Access Grid Room MEB 202

"The immune response to group A streptococcal infections: practical clinical and epidemiologic, as well as pathogenetic considerations"

Edward L. Kaplan, M.D.
Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Minneapolis, Minnesota


February 6 , 2007, 11am - 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Measles and the Immune Response: Virus Clearance and Protective Immunity"

Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health


January 31 , 2007, noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Ecosystem approaches to dengue control in Recife, Brazil"

Brett Ellis, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow,
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology
J. A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


January 24 , 2007, noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Manoa Stream: Localizing Bacterial Infiltration"

Dane K. Bishop,
Graduate Student
Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology
J. A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


January 17 , 2007, noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Broad Spectrum Anti-Microbial Activities of Novel Modified Chitosans - Implications for the Treatment of Drug Resistant Organisms "

William P. Wiesmann, MD
President, CEO, and co-Founder, Hawaii Chitopure


January 10 , 2007, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Basic science lecture on Drug Abuse to medical students, faculty and other interested individuals"

January 10 , 2007, at 5:00 pm
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"How is your brain changed by addiction? "

January 11 , 2007, at 11:00 am
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

Seminar in Tropical Medicine and Public Health
&
Windsor and Mary Cutting Memorial Lecture
"Animal models that predict effective medications for addiction "

Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania


November 2 , 2006 at 8:00 a.m.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Irene I'i Halau (Auditorium)

"Strategies for Containing or Slowing the Spread of Pandemic Influenza "

Ira Longini, Ph.D.
Professor
Program of Biostatistics and Biomathematics
Hutchinson Research Center
Department of Biostatistics
School of Public Health and Community Medicine

University of Washington


November 1 , 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Aspects of the Design, Analysis and Interpretation of Vaccine Trials "

Ira Longini, Ph.D.
Professor
Program of Biostatistics and Biomathematics
Hutchinson Research Center
Department of Biostatistics
School of Public Health and Community Medicine

University of Washington


October 25, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.
JABSOM, Biosciences Building, Room 320N

" Next Generation Capillary Flow Cytometry "

Craig Griffin
Guava Technologies


October 24 & 25, 2006
JABSOM, Biosciences Building, Room 336-3

"BYOC (Bring Your Own Cells) Demonstration "

Craig Griffin
Guava Technologies


October 18 , 2006 at 10:00 noon
JABSOM, Biosciences Building, Room 320N

"Introduction to Flow Cytometry "

Jerry Bernhard
Becton Dickinson


September 6 , 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Feasible Antisense Approaches for Rapid Therapeutic Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases "

Patrick Iversen, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
AVI BioPharma
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University


August 17, 2006 at 8:00 a.m.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Irene I'i Halau (Auditorium)

"The Virus Chip: Basic and Clinical Applications "

Joseph DeRisi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Tomkins Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California and San Francisco


August 16, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

"Bugs, Drugs, and Microarrays"

Joseph DeRisi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Tomkins Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California and San Francisco


July 26, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 301

"FLOW CYTOMETRY APPLICATIONS for the FACSAria Flow Cytometer"
Learn more about FLOW CYTOMETRY CORE FACILITY'S first benchtop cell sorter with fixed alignment cuvette flow cell, with digital acquisition rates up to 70,000 events per second!

Jerry Barnhart
BD Biosciences
Technical Applications Support


February 16, 2006
11:30 a.m. registration, 12:00-1:00 p.m. program
John A. Burns School of Medicine Kaka'ako Water front Campus
Medical Education Building, Room 314
651 Ilalo Street

"Avian Flu and Other Pandemic Influenzas: a Cause for Concern?"

Dr. Duane Gubler
Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


March 31, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

Dengue Fever in Taiwan: Old Disease, New Challenge

Ming-Rong Harn, M.D.
Director General, Kaohsiung City Department of Health
Kaohsiung, Taiwan


March 22, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (Auditorium)

Heterologous Immunity and Pathogenesis of Dengue Virus Infection

Allison Imrie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and Epidemiology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


March 15, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 302

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Men: Insights and Implications

Brenda Y. Hernandez, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Researcher
Center Research Center of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa


March 8, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

Development of a Recombinant Subunit Vaccine for the Prevention of West Nile Virus Infection in Humans

Mike Lieberman, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Immunology Research
Hawaii Biotech, Inc.
Aiea, Hawaii


February 28 , 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

A Conservation in Health Program for Indigenous People in Borneo

Robbie Ali, M.D., M.P.H., MPPM
Director, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities (CHEC)
Joint Appointment, Department of Behavioral and Community Health
Sciences and Department of Environmental and Occupational Healthy
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health


February 22 , 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococci in Hawaii: Preliminary Findings

Guliz Erdem, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


February 8, 2006 at 12 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

Hantavirus, the causative agent of HFRS and HPS

Jin Won Song, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Retrovirology Research Lab.
Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


February 7, 2006 at 11 am
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

SARS: The Epidemic and Lessons about Emerging Infections

C. J. Peters, M.D.
Director for Biodefense
Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas


February 1, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

Journal of the Plague Year: Viet Nam 1968


Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Director, Asia-Pacific Center for Bioseculity, and Disastor & Conflict Research
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


January 25, 2006 at 12:00 noon
JABSOM, MEB 315 (AUDITORIUM)

Plant Genetic Engineering to Produce Diagnostic Antigens, Therapeutic Proteins and Vaccines

Heidi R. Kuehnle, Ph.D.
Professor
Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa


November 2, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Frederick C. Greenwood Conference Room

The Role of Bacteriophage in the Pathogenicity of Streptococcus pyogenes

Vincent A. Fischetti, Ph.D.
Head, Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis
Rockefeller University
New York, New York


August 11, 2005 at 2:30 p.m.
Pacific Ocean Science Technology (POST) 723

Preparing and Responding to Dangerous Pathogen Outbreaks

May C. Chu, Ph.D.
Technical Officer
Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens
Alert and Response Operations, CSR/CDS/WHO
Switzerland


August 4, 2005 at 11:30 a.m.
Frederick C. Greenwood Conference Room, Leahi Hospital, Sinclair Building

HIV/AIDS Programme of Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City and HIV/STI Situation in Southern Vietnam

Nguyen Vu Thuong, M.D., M.S.
Senior Medical Epidemiologist / Researcher
Head of HIV/AIDS Unit, Department of Public Health
Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam


July 18, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Conference Room, Korean Studies Center

The Global Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases

John S. Mackenzie, Ph.D.
Professor of Tropical Infectious Diseases
Australian Biosecurity CRC
Curtin University of Technology
Perth, WA
Australia


May 20, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Hunting and the Emergence of Primate Retroviruses in Central Africa

Nathan Wolfe, Sc.D.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Departments of Epidemiology and of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Baltimore, Maryland


April 15 , 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Mass Illness Triage & Management of Large-scale Bioevent Disasters

Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences & Epidemiology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa


March 28 , 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Public Health Issues Related to Tsunami Relief Effort

Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D.
Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Houseton, Texas


March 23, 2005 at 11:00 am
Fred Greenwood Room, Sinclair Building, Leahi Hospital

West Nile Virus: The Houston Experience

Kristy M. Lillibridge, D.V.M.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Zoonoses Laboratory
Center for Infectious Diseases University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston School of Public Health
Houston, Texas


March 11 , 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Genetically Engineered Live Vaccines against Dengue, Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile Viruses

Thomas P. Monath, M.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Acambis, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts


February 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Oxidant-Dependent Antimicrobial Neutrophil Function

William M. Nauseef, M.D.
Inflammation Program and Department of Medicine
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa


February 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 723

Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases

Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D.
Founding Director and Senior Scientist, Columbia University
Center for Public Health Preparedness,
New York, New York


January 31, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Pacific Ocean Science & Technology Building 723

Rift Valley Fever: Natural threat or terrorist threat?

Clarence J. Peters, M.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Pathology
Director
Biosafety Level 4 Laboratory, Center for Tropical Diseases
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Former Chief, Special Pathogens Branch, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia


December 1, 2005 at 12:00 noon
Sinclair Lecture Hall
Sinclair Building, Leahi Hospital
3675 Kilauea Avenue


Fatty acid metabolism in P. aeroginosa: Tales of virulence and in vivo survival

Tung T. Hoang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Microbiology
College of Natural Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa


November 15, 2004 at 1:30 p.m.
Pacific Ocean Science & Technology Building 723

Lessons Learned from the HIV Global Pandemic and Avenues for Prevention

Thomas C. Quinn , M.D.
Senior Investigator and Director
International HIV/STD Research Laboratory, NIAID, NIH
Professor of Medicine, International Health and Epidemiology
Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University


October 26, 2004 at 2:30 p.m.
Biomedical Sciences Building T208

Update on Emerging Infections

Stephen M. Ostroff, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia


April 13, 2004 at 10:00 a.m.
Biomedical Sciences Building T208

Evolution of Dengue 2 in Puerto Rico: Selection on Envelope Accompanies Strain Replacement

Shannon N. Bennett, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Biology
University of Puerto Rio Piedras
San Juan, Puerto Rico


March 23, 2004 at 3:30 a.m.
Frederick C. Greenwood Conference Room
Leahi Hospital, Sinclair Building


The Challenges in Preventing Sexual Mucosal Transmission: Lessons from the SIV Animal Model

Ashley T. Haase, M.D.
Regents' Professor and Head
Department of Microbiology
Director, AHC Biomedical Genomics Center
Minnesota Division, Great Lakes Regional Center for AIDS
Research University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Minneapolis, Minnesota


January 12, 2004, 12 noon
Fred Greenwood Conference Room, Sinclair Building, Leahi Hospital

Harnessing RNAi for HIV/AIDS stem cell-based gene therapy

Ramesh Akkina, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado



 
 
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