IIDR Trainee Day

Tuesday October 12, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ewart Angus Centre – 1A5

AGENDA

9:00 – 9:10               Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Gerry Wright/Dr. Brian K. Coombes)

9:10 – 9:30               Talk 1 - C. Ryan Shaler (Dr. Xing lab)

                              “Nitric oxide is critical to both the control of bacterial replication and the prevention of                               lethal immunopathology following pulmonary mycobacterial infection in mice”

9:30 – 9:50               Talk 2 - Dr. Andreas Korinek (Dr. Ortega lab)

                              “Tom2: Versatile acquisition software for electron
                              microscopy applications”

9:50 – 10:10             Talk 3 - Tracy Chew (Dr. Mossman lab)

                              “Virus particle entry induces an interferon-dependent antiviral response that is mediated by                               reactive oxygen species”

10:15 – 10:45            REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:50 – 11:10           Talk 4 - Dr. Edie Scheurwater (Dr. Burrows lab)

                              “Loss of single peptidoglycan biosynthetic enzymes perturbs function of   bacterial virulence                               factors”

11:10 – 11:55            Gulliver Prize Lecture  - Dr. Erin Westman (Dr. Wright lab)

                               “Mechanism of Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance in Environmental Bacteria”

                                               

12:00 – 1:00              LUNCH

1:00 – 1:20               Talk 5 - Olga Krylova Dr. Earn lab)

                              “Smallpox: history, virology, data analysis and mathematical modeling”                      

1:20 – 1:40                Talk 6 - Dr. Peter Lau (Dr. Brown lab)

                              “Regulation by the Poly (Glycerol Phosphate) wall Teichoic Acid Polymerase TagF from                               Bacillus subtilis 168”

1:40 – 2:00               Talk 7 - Iwona Wenderska  (Drs Burrow and Wright lab)

                                “Small molecule probes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development”

                                   

2:00 – 2:45               Gulliver Prize Lecture  - Ahmad Jomaa  (Dr. Ortega lab)

                              “Ribosome Biogenesis: A study of the factor-mediated assembly of the small ribosomal                               subunit”

2:45 – 2:50               Closing Remarks

2:50 – 4:30               Poster Session – Ewart Angus Centre (with refreshments)