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Lecture |
additonal reading |
Lecturer |
M
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Jan 8 |
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Class intro and brief overview
on parasites and parasitology |
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Boris Striepen |
| W |
Jan 10 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Jan 12 |
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Entamoeba pathogeneis |
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Boris Striepen |
| M |
Jan 15 |
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Martin Luther King Day
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| W |
Jan 17 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Jan 19 |
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Intracellular parasitism, how do you enter your host cell I |
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Boris Striepen |
| M |
Jan 22 |
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Intracellular parasitism, how do you enter your host cell II (this is the file for both lectures) |
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Boris Striepen |
| W |
Jan 24 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
F
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Jan 26 |
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Malaria pathogenesis |
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Boris Striepen |
M
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Jan 31 |
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RNA metabolism in trypanosomes
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Kojo Mensa-Wilmot |
W
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Jan 29 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
F
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Feb 2 |
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Ion homeostasis of parasites |
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Sylvia Moreno |
| M |
Feb 5 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
W
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Feb 7 |
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Grant Writing and Grant Review Primer |
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Boris Striepen |
F
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Feb 9 |
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Anitgenic variation in African trypansomes -- the PolI hypothesis |
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Boris Striepen
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M
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Feb 12 |
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Anitgenic variation in African trypansomes -- the base J hypothesis |
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Robert Sabatini |
| W |
Feb 14 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Feb 16 |
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Leishmania: Lipophosphoglycan from structure to function |
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Boris Striepen |
| M |
Feb 19 |
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TLF -- Natural antitrypanosomal resistance in humans
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Steve Hajduk |
W
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Feb 21 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Feb 23 |
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Theileria - lymphocyte transformation by an intracellular parasite
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Boris Striepen |
| M |
Feb 26 |
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Infection and the immune system -- a crash course
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Rick Tarleton |
| W |
Feb 28 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Mar 2 |
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Immunity to malaria
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Julie Moore |
| M |
Mar 5 |
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Immunology of schistosomiasis
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Dan Colley |
| W |
Mar 7 |
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Seminar
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| F |
Mar 9 |
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Parasitic wasps manipulate the hosts immune response
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Mike Strand |
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Spring Break
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| M |
Mar 19 |
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Parasite persistance and Chagas disease
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Rick Tarleton |
| W |
Mar 21 |
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Seminar
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| F |
Mar 23 |
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Vector salivary factors modulate the infection
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Don Champagne |
M
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Mar 26 |
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Ichtyophtyrius a model for host-parasite interaction in fish
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Harry Dickerson |
| W |
Mar 28 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Mar 30
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Targeting the acidocalcisome to treat parasitic infections |
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Roberto Docampo |
| M |
Apr 2
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Mechanisms of Chloroquine action and resistance in malaria |
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David Peterson |
| W |
Apr 4 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
F
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Apr 6 |
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Drug resistance in nematodes |
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Ray Kaplan |
M
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Apr 9 |
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Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti - from the lab to the field
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Partrick Lammie |
W
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Apr 11 |
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Seminar
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Apr 13 |
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The apicoplast as a new drug target
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Boris Striepen |
M
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Apr 16 |
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Parasite Genomics |
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Jessica Kissinger |
W
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Apr 18 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
F
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Apr 20 |
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Epidemiology and disease ecology
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Pejman Rohani
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M
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Apr 23 |
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CB8500 Study Section/Grant Review (we will need more than one hour for this and might have to schedule differently) |
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Boris Striepen (+ a volunteer for the second panel)
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W
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Apr 25 |
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Seminar |
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Boris Striepen |
| F |
Apr 27 |
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Controling cysticercosis
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Victor Tsang |
M
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Apr 30 |
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Emerging parasite pathogens: Cyclospora & Cryptosporidium |
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Ynes Ortega |
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May ?
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CTEGD Molecular
Parasitology Symposium in Athens
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