Bacterial Pathogenesis Journal Club
GMS7192
Fall 2007
Wednesday, 12:00-1:00
R2-265
Director: Dr. Shouguang Jin (sjin@mgm.ufl.edu)

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(Previous Schedule and Papers:  Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007)

Schedule

Date Presenter

Article

8/29   Organizational Meeting
9/5 Ms. Jennifer Joseph

"A Plasminogen-Activating Protease Specifically Controls the Development of Primary Pneumonic Plague" (Science 315:509-513, 2007)  by Lathem et al.

9/12 Mr. Harald Messer

"Impact of Mycobacterium ulcerans biofilm on transmissibility to ecological niches and Buruli ulcer pathogenesis" (PLOS Pathogens 3[5]:582-594, 2007)

9/19 Dr. Amrish Verma

"Species-specific functioning of the Pseudomonas XcpQ Secretin: Role for the C-terminal homology domain and lipopolysaccharide" (Journal of Bacteriology 189[8]: 2967–2975

9/26 Ms. Mercedes Rivera "The staphylococcal respiratory response regulator SrrAB induces ica gene transcription and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin expression,protecting Staphylococcus aureus from neutrophil killing under anaerobic growth conditions"  (Molecular Microbiology 65[5]:1276-1287, 2007)
10/3 Dr. Hee Jung Lee The mechanism of outer membrane penetration by the eubacterial flagellum and implications for spirochete evolution'' (GENES & DEVELOPMENT 21: online publication 2007)
10/10 Mr. Ashley Martino

"Mucin-Pseudomonas aeruginosa interactions promote biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance" (Molecular Microbiology 59[1]:142-151, 2006) Rebecca M. Landry, Dingding An, Joseph T. Hupp, Pradeep K. Singh and Matthew R. Parsek

10/17 Ms. Roslyn Frank

"M. tuberculosis and M. leprae translocate from the phagolysosome to the cytosol in myeloid cells"  (Cell 129:1287–1298,2007)

10/24 Ms. Crystal Harpley "Social cheating in Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing" (PNAS 104[40]:15876–15881, 2007)
10/31 Ms. Sarah Guilmain

"Anthrax edema toxin inhibits endothelial cell chemotaxis via Epac and Rap1"  (The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282[27]:19781–19787, 2007)

11/7 Dr. Jyot Jeevan

"Anthrax edema toxin inhibits endothelial cell chemotaxis via Epac and Rap1"  (The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282[27]:19781–19787, 2007)

11/14 Ms. Ellen Bishai "Microtubule-severing activity of Shigella is pivotal for intercellular spreading"  (Science 314[5801]:985-989, 2007); Supporting material
11/21   No journal club - Thanksgiving
11/28 Dr. Gurjit Sidhu

"Helicobacter exploits integrin for type IV secretion and kinase activation" (Nature 449:862-866, 2007) T.Kwok, D Zabler, S Urman, M Rohde, R Hartig, S Wessler, R Misselwitz, J Berger, N Sewald, W König & S Backert

12/5 ???  
12/6   Immuno/Micro First Rotation Reports