Immunology/Microbiology Journal Club
GMS6921
Fall 2006
Thursday, 12:00-1:00
R2-265
Director: Dr. L.J. Chang (lchang@mgm.ufl.edu)

Recommended articles (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: 2004; 2005

Tips on preparing and delivering a good presentation.

Link to Anonymous Presentation Evaluation

University of Florida - EZProxy to Remotely Access Online Resources

Schedule

Date Presenter Article
8/24   Organizational Meeting
8/31 Philip Scumpia Nagai Y, Garrett KP, Ohta S, Bahrun U, Kouro T, Akira S, Takatsu K, Kincade PW.  Toll-like receptors on hematopoietic progenitor cells stimulate innate immune system replenishment.  Immunity. 2006 24:801-12.
9/7 No Journal Club Faculty presentations to first year students.  Lunch at noon for current students to meet first year students.
9/14 Joshua Bunger Herpes simplex virus evades natural killer T cell recognition by suppressing CD1d recycling. Yuan W, Dasgupta A, Cresswell P.  Nat Immunol. 2006. 7:835-42.
9/21 Jason Weinstein Lymphocytes are detrimental during the early innate immune response against Listeria monocytogenes.  J.A. Carrero, B. Calderon, and E.R. Unanue.  JEM 203:933-940
9/28 Ellen Bishai Salmonella typhimurium Coordinately Regulates FliC Location and Reduces Dendritic Cell Activation and Antigen Presentation to CD4 T cells.  R.C. Alaniz, L.A. Cummings, Molly A. Bergman, S.L. Rassoulian-Barrett,* and B.T. Cookson.  J. Immunol., 2006, 177: 3983–3993.
10/5 Christina Gavegnano Strong TCR Conservation and Altered T Cell Cross-Reactivity Characterize a B*57-Restricted Immune Response in HIV-1 Infection.  G.M. A. Gillespie, G. Stewart-Jones, J. Rengasamy, T. Beattie, Job. J. Bwayo, F. A. Plummer, R. Kaul, A.J. McMichael*, P. Easterbrook, T. Dong, E. Y. Jones and S.L. Rowland-Jones.  J.Immunol., 2006, 177: 3893-3902.
10/12 Jennifer Joseph  "Virulence factors of Yersinia pestis are overcome by a strong lipopolysaccharide response" Nature Immunology 7:1066-1073, September 2006.
10/19 Dacia Kwiatkowski

Novel STAT1 Alleles in Otherwise Healthy Patients with Mycobacterial Disease.  A. Chapgier, S. Boisson-Dupuis, E. Jouanguy, G. Vogt, J. Feinberg, A. Prochnicka-Chalufour, A. Casrouge, Kun Yang, C. Soudais, C. Fieschi, O. F. Santos, J. Bustamante, C. Picard, L. de Beaucoudrey, J. Emile, P.D. Arkwright, R.D. Schreiber, C. Rolinck-Werninghaus, A. Rösen-Wolff, Klaus Magdorf, J. Roesler, J. Casanova.  PLoS Genet 2(8): e131
10/26 Kaleb Pauley "A streptococcal protease that degrades CXC chemokines and impairs bacterial clearance from infected tissues" (The EMBO Journal 25:4628-4637, 2006)
11/2 Cindy Capestany Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin promotes bacterial intracellular survival in gastric epithelial cells.  M. R. Terebiznik, C. L. Vazquez, K. Torbicki, D. Banks, T. Wang, W. Hong, S. R. Blanke, M. I. Colombo, and N. L. Jones.  Infect. Immun.
11/9 Roslyn Frank "Toll-like receptor triggering of a vitamin D–mediated human antimicrobial response" (Science 311:1770-1773, 2006)
11/16 Tolga Barker  “A role for Dicer in immune regulation” (Journal of Experimental Medicine 203[11]:2519-2527, 2006)
11/23 Thanksgiving Holiday  
11/30 Jennifer Bess Meylan E, Curran J, Hofmann K, Moradpour D, Binder M, Bartenschlager R, Tschopp J.  Cardif is an adaptor protein in the RIG-I antiviral pathway and is targeted by hepatitis C virus.  Nature. 2005 437:1167-72.
12/7 11:00-1:00 First Year Students Reports from First Lab Rotations.  
Pizza will be provided.