VISITING PROFESSORS SEMINARS
JULY 1, 2005 – JUNE 30, 2006
Name
McMaster,
Christopher
Babiuk, Lorne
Olivier, Martin
Home Dept & Institution
Canada Research Chair in biosignalling,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dalhousie University
Director, Vaccine and Infectious Disease
Organization (VIDO), University of
Saskatoon
Presentation Title
“A new structural class of
antibiotics that inhibit lipid
synthesis”
Professor, Centre for the Study
of Host Resistance, McGill
University
“Role of host protein tyrosine
phosphatases (PTP) in the
modulation of innate immune
reponse by the protozoan
parasite Leishmania”
“hnRNP A2, a host protein
involved in HIV-1 RNA traffic and
assembly”
Mouland, Andrew
Assist Assist. Professor, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology and
Medicine, McGill University
Project Director, Landy Davis Institute
for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B.
Davis-Jewish General Hospital
Young, Kevin
Professor of Microbiology and
Immunology, University of North Dakota,
School of Medicine
“Innate immunity:
Complementing antimicrobials
and vaccination”
“Shape shifting: Cell wall
synthesis, shape and septation in
Escherichia coli”
The Herpes More Than Skin Deep Symposium was held November 7, 2005, chaired by Dr. Graham Tipples. The ½ day
Symposium began with opening remarks from Dr. Graham Tipples, followed by the plenary sessions which consisted
of lectures from out of province keynote speakers listed below, as well as, Drs. Fred Aoki and Alberto Severini,
(University of Manitoba); closing comments from Dr. Joanne Embree. The symposium was an Accredited Group
Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification of The Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada.
Pellett, Phil
Humar, Atul
Fox. Julie
Professor, Department of Molecular
Biology, Lerner Research Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Director; Transplant Infectious Diseases,
Toronto General Hospital, University of
Health Network
Microbiologist, Provinical Laboratory for
Public Health, Calgary
Aoki, Fred
Professor of Medicine, Department of
Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
Severini, Alberto
Head, Viral STD Section, National
Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health
Agency of Canada; Adjunct Professor,
Department of Medical Microbiology,
University of Manitoba
“Everything you wanted to know
about herpesviruses….”
(overview)
“Herpes in Transpantation: The
hidden beast”
“Encephalitis & Pregnancy: New
tools of the trade for herpes
diagnosis”
“Herpes antivirals and vaccines”
“Good viruses gone bad, blame
it on the genes (herpesvirus
genomics)”