Immunology/Microbiology Journal Club
GMS6921
Fall 2010
Thursday, 12:00-1:00
C1-11


Director: Dr. L.J. Chang (lchang@mgm.ufl.edu)

Recommended articles (coming soon) (feel free to recommend one to Dr. Chang)


If you choose an article not on this list, please consult with Dr. Chang at least one week in advance.  Please keep in mind that the article should represent a whole new and exciting discovery - a paradigm shift in our understanding of immunity and/or microbiology - preferably a combination of the two fields - NOT an incremental addition to an ongoing story.  It should not be so focused in its scope that only a few members of the journal club will find it interesting.

Schedules from previous years with links to papers presented: 2009

Tips on preparing and delivering a good presentation.

Link to Anonymous Presentation Evaluation (not ready)
Peer feedback is important.  Please complete this as soon as possible after the presentation.

Rubric for Journal Club Evaluations

Schedule

Date Presenter Review* Article
25-Aug     Organizational Meeting
1-Sep Kassidy Chauncey   Brandon Sack The microRNA miR-29 controls innate and adaptive immune responses to intracellular bacterial infection by targeting interferon-γ
8-Sep   Matt Williams    Yaima Lightfoot Mucosal Immunology advance online publication 29 June 2011; doi: 10.1038/mi.2011.27
15-Sep Young Mee Yoon Amanda Barrett
Identification of an innate T helper type 17 response to intestinal bacterial pathogens    Nature Medicine, Volume: 17, 837–844 (2011)  doi:10.1038/nm.2391
22-Sep Heather Brown  Candace Bichsel Toxoplasma Polymorphic Effectors Determine Macrophage Polarization and Intestinal Inflammation
29-Sep Doron Regev  Erin Mack
Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection
6-Oct Michael Nelson  Dennis Neeld
Innate lymphoid cells mediate influenza-induced airway hyper-reactivity independently of adaptive immunity.
13-Oct Robert Whitener Adrienne Gauna
The Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin binds to T cells via LFA-1 and induces its disengagement from the immune synapse
20-Oct     Rotation 1 presentations (room and time will change)
27-Oct Amanda Posgai  Ben Looney The Toll-Like Receptor 2 Pathway Establishes Colonization by a Commensal of the Human Microbiota
3-Nov Geoffrey Rogers  Ying Yi Zheng
Tight Regulation of Memory CD8+ T Cells Limits Their Effectiveness during Sustained High Viral Load
10-Nov Katrina Grau Matt Watts
Intestinal Microbiota Promote Enteric Virus Replication and Systemic Pathogenesis
17-Nov Derek Jacobs    Jenni Davids
The Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier during Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection
24-Nov     Thanksgiving
1-Dec Thu Le Trihn Alex Cuenca Enforced viral replication activates adaptive immunity and is essential for the control of a cytopathic virus
8-Dec Igor Ignatovich  Laura Adamson The antiviral factor APOBEC3G enhances the recognition of HIV-infected primary T cells by natural killer cells
15-Dec     Rotation 2 presentations (room and time will change)

*A student will be paired with the senior presenting student to review the presentation and PowerPoint BEFORE the journal club.  Please submit the review with your name (not optional) by Wednesday afternoon of the journal club presentation.  The reviewer must also submit a critique of the presentation as well.  This post-journal club critique should be submitted using the same feedback form as soon as possible after the presentation.