Upcoming Events
Meetings:
16th Annual Symposium on Industrial and Fermentation Microbiology.
Friday, April 27, 2012.
Radisson Center, La Crosse, WI.
Details to follow.
Seminars:
Microbiology Assistant Professor candidate seminars:
Dr. Peter Wilker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Seminar Title - Pandemic Influenza: Past, Present, and Future
Day - Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Location - Carl Wimberly Hall Room 141
Time - 11:00 - 11:55 amDr. Kristin Burkholder Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, U. of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Seminar Titile - Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity
Day - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Location - Carl Wimberly Hall Room 141
Time - 11:00 - 11:55 am
Distinguished Speaker in Microbiology
Surprising Benefits of Herpesvirus Latency
byDouglas White, MD, PhD
Department of Rheumatology
Gundersen Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI
Abstract: Essentially all humans become infected with multiple herpesviruses during childhood. After clearance of the acute infection, herpesviruses enter a state known as latency which lasts the life of the host. While latency is asymptomatic, it is a period of intense interaction between the virus and the host immune system with both detrimental and surprisingly beneficial effects on the host. The realization that latent herpesvirus infection modulates immune responses in asymptomatic hosts forces us to reconsider what constitutes a 'normal' immune system in a healthy individual.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Room 1309 Centennial Hall
3:20 p.m.
Snacks and drinks provided before the seminar.Sponsored by:
The UW-La Crosse Department of Microbiology
Seminar is open to students, faculty and the public
To request disability accommodations, please contact Ms. Susan Betts, Microbiology Dept., 3002 Cowley Hall, 785-6960
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