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2007-2008 Seminar Series


"Differentiation and Regulation of Antiviral CD8 T Cells"
John Wherry, Ph.D.
The Wistar Institute

"Human NK Cells - Molecular Specificity and Biological Function"
Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, M.D., Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

"HCV-specific Lymphocytes: Do They Hide Somewhere?"
Vito Racanelli, M.D.
University of Bari Medical School, Italy

"Discovery of Potent Inhibitors of HCV Replication"
Johan Neyts, Ph.D.
University of Leuven [KULeuven], Belgium

"Finding a Way Through Intercellular Junctions: How Enteroviruses Enter Polarized Cell Monolayers"
Carolyn B. Coyne, Ph.D.
The University of Pittsburgh

"Modeling HIV-1 Infection and Immuno-Pathogenesis in Humanized Mice"
Lishan Su, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Growing Complication of Cirrhosis"
Gary Davis, M.D.
Baylor University Medical Center

TBD
Cheng Kao, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University

"The Isolated Human Hepatocyte: A Substrate for Basic Research, Animal Model Development and Clinical Therapy"
Michael Ott, Ph.D.
Hannover Medical School, Germany

"Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Epidemic?"
Hashem El-Serag, M.D., M.P.H.
Baylor College of Medicine

"Towards a Vaccine for Hepatitis C"
Andreas Cerny, M.D.
University of Bern, Switzerland

"Insights in The Cell Entry Process of The Hepatitis C Virus and Its Modulation by Lipoproteins"
Francois-Loïc Cosset, Ph.D.
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France

"Microscale Hepatic Tissue Engineering"
Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Hepatitis C and Insulin Resistance: What is the Significance?"
Stephen Harrison, M.D., L.T.C., M.C.
University of Texas Health Science Center
Brooke Army Medical Center

"Liver Steatosis in Hepatitis C: Mechanisms and Consequences"
Alfredo Alberti, M.D.
University of Padova, Italy

"Characteristics of ITMN-191, an Inhibitor of NS3/4A Protease of HCV"
Scott Siewert, Ph.D.
InterMune, Inc.

"New Insights into Immune Protection Against West Nile Virus"
Mike Diamond, M.D., Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine



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