2016 SPRING SEMINAR SCHEDULE

Please join us at 4:00 p.m., 145 VBS, for the following seminars.

January 28 Kaitlynn Abell, DVM, PhD student
Kansas State University, Clinical Sciences

"Identifying modalities to monitor bull mounting behavior on cows"
Hosted by Dr. David Hardin
February 15 Stewart Gardner, Post-Doctoral Student
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

"Understanding Phosphate signaling in Esherichia coli and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Vancomycin resistant strains"
Hosted by Dr. Greg Somerville
February 22 Dr. Fernando Osorio, MV, MS, Ph.D., Diplomate ACVM
Professor, Nebraska Center for Virology, School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences

"PRRSV (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) a seemingly everlasting balance struggle between a persistent virus and the host's response"
Hosted by Dr. Rodrigo Franco
March 7 Bharathi Krishnan, PhD candidate
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

“Identification of Branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase as a novel autoantigen in autoimmune heart disease”
Hosted by Dr. Jay Reddy
March 14 Ignacio Correas, PhD Student
Nebraska Center for Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

"Mechanisms of cross protection in PRRS"
Hosted by Dr. Fernando Osorio
March 28 Dr. Wenjun Ma, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor
Kansas State University, Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

"Understanding of uncultivable bat influenza viruses"
Hosted by Dr. Shi-hua Xiang
April 4 Dr. Raul Barletta, Professor and Microbiologist
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

“Discovery of novel metabolic pathways and antigens in mycobacteria: Applications to identify drug targets and develop vaccine formulations”
April 11 Sarah Vitosh-Sillman, DVM, PhD student
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

TBA
Hosted by Dr. Dustin Loy
April 18 Pablo Murcia, Lecturer, Associate Academic
School of Veterinary Medicine – University of Glasgow

Influenza emergence and post-transfer adaptation: What can we learn from horses?
Hosted by Dr. Gustavo Delhon
April 25 Abdulrahman Alkheraif,  MS, PhD student
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

"Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus/Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus Co-infections: Modifying Viral Genes to Define Mechanisms"
Hosted by Dr. Clayton Kelling