Seminars and Meetings
2011 MGM Annual Retreat
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Annual Retreat was scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011 in the Schiciano Auditorium in CIEMAS. Scientific talks were held from 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. followed by a social hour. This annual event offers the opportunity for students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, and faculty members to engage in collaborative discussions as well as showcase current scholarship and research.
A schedule of scientific talks is available here.
For further information, please contact Susan Wiley, Business Manager, at 684-3404 or wiley003@mc.duke.edu.
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Thursday Series
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology has combined with the University Program in Cell and Molecular Biology as well as the Department of Cell Biology to create a seminar series we refer to as the "Thursday Series." These seminars are held each Thursday from 12:30-1:30pm in Room 147, Nanaline Duke Building. The MGM portion of the Thursday Series is coordinated by:
Debra Silver, PhD
Assistant Professor
Email: debra.silver@duke.edu
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Tuesday Series
The Tuesday Series is co-sponsored by the University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG) and the Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP). All seminars take place each Tuesday from 12:30-1:30pm in Room 147, Nanaline Duke Building. The Tuesday Series is coordinated by:
Alejandro Aballay, PhD
Associate Professor
268 JONES Building
Box 3580 DUMC
Durham, N.C. 27710
Tel: (919) 668-1783
Fax: (919) 684-2790
Email: a.aballay@duke.edu
Please visit the UPGG web site for a complete Tuesday Series schedule.
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MGM Post-Doctoral Fellow Distinguished Alumnus Seminar
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the first in a series of lectures presented by MGM post-doctoral fellow distinguished alumni on April 27, 2010. This year's speaker is Jianping Xu, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University. Dr. Xu is an alumnus of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (1997-2000) and worked in the laboratories of Thomas Mitchell, PhD (MGM) and Rytas Vilgalys, PhD (Biology). His research interests focus on the ecology, epidemiology, and evolutionary genetics of medical fungi and non-pathogenic microorganisms.
 Jianping Xu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
McMaster University
April 27, 2010
12:30 - 1:30pm
147 Nanaline Duke
Seminar: Evolutionary genetic analyses of a fungus
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Please visit the MGM Photo Gallery for additional photos of this event.
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MGM Graduate Student Distinguished Alumnus Seminar
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the second in a series of lectures presented by MGM graduate student distinguished alumni on May 19, 2011. This year's speaker is Jeffrey Wilusz, PhD, a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Dr. Wilusz trained with Jack Keene, PhD and is a leading investigator from the RNA biology community. The current focus of his research is to decipher the mechanisms of mRNA turnover in mammalian cells and how this machinery influences a viral infection.
 Jeffrey Wilusz, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Colorado State University
Seminar: How viruses escape the wrath of the cellular RNA decay machinery
12:30 - 1:30pm
147 Nanaline Duke
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UPGG Distinguished Lecture Series
The Duke University Distinguished Lecturer Series was designed to bring renowned lecturers to campus to illuminate progress and future areas of excitement in genetics and genomics. These seminars take place on specific Thursdays at 4:00pm in Room 103, Bryan Research Auditorium with a reception following the presentation. The Distinguished Lecture Series is free and open to the public and is organized by a UPGG student committee in conjunction with:
Mohamed Noor, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
4214 French Science
Box 90338
Durham, N.C. 27708
Tel: (919) 613-8156
Fax: (919) 660-7372
Email: noor@duke.edu
Please visit the UPGG web site for a complete Distinguished Lecture Series schedule.
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Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the Thirty-Fourth Annual Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture on April 9, 2012. This year's speaker is Sarkis K. Mazmanian, PhD.
Sarkis K Mazmanian, PhD, is an assistant professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. He received his doctoral training at the University of California, Los Angeles in microbiology and immunology, studying the mechanism by which Gram-positive pathogens anchor surface protein adhesins during bacterial infection.
He was a Helen Hay Whitney Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and formerly an assistant professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
His work now focuses on the study of beneficial bacterial molecules as novel therapies for various human diseases.
 Sarkis Mazmanian, PhD
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. Californai Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125
sarkis@caltech.edu
Seminar: TBA
April 9, 2012
4:00pm-5:15pm
103 Bryan Research Building
Reception to follow lecture
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The annual McGinnis Memorial Lecture was established
by the staff and students of the
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology in 1979
to honor the memory of
James William McGinnis, Jr.
Jim was born March 13, 1951, in Greensboro, N.C.
He grew up in Cary; graduated from Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass.; received a B.S. degree in
Chemistry from Stanford University in 1973; completed the first year of medical school at Duke; transferred to the Department of Microbiology and
Immunology; and was a doctoral candidate here at the
time of his death, March 11, 1978, in a canoeing
accident. His research involved in vitro translation
and RNase III processing of avian tumor virus (RSV)
RNA. The Ph.D. was awarded posthumously. His
postdoctoral work was to be with Dr. Fred Sanger,
Cambridge, England.
Science was Jim’s first allegiance, but he relished
excellence in music, sports, literature, and art.
He loved philosophy, enjoyed nature, and prized
friendship. Learning was exhilarating to him,
and, to this good end, the lecture is dedicated.
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Since its inception, the McGinnis lecture program has brought 31 exemplary speakers to campus, including four Nobel laureates (J. Michael Bishop, David Baltimore, Phil Sharp, and Elizabeth Blackburn), and twenty-seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, including leading investigators in the areas of virology, microbial pathogenesis and physiology, molecular biology, immunology, and RNA biology.
Click here for a complete list of previous McGinnis Memorial Lecture speakers.
The Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture is organized by a student committee in conjunction with:
Raphael Valdivia, PhD
Assistant Professor
273 JONES Building
Box 3580 DUMC
Durham, N.C. 27710
Tel: (919) 668-3831
Fax: (919) 681-9193
Email: valdi001@mc.duke.edu
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Joklik Distinguished Lectureship
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the Third Annual Joklik Distinguished Lecture on September 21, 2012 in conjunction with the annual MGM departmental retreat on September 22. To see Joklik Distinguished Lectureship alums follow this link.
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Other Meetings
Third Annual Duke Mini-Symposium on Viral Oncology & AIDS Malignancy
The next Duke Center for Virology mini-symposium is scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2011. The symposium will be held in Room 147 of the Nanaline Duke Building from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and will feature three presentations from internationally recognized experts in the field.
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