2007 Annual IHII/McLaughlin Colloquium

Levin Hall Lobby and South Auditorium |  March 22, 2007 
11:00 am – noon Poster Set-up
noon – 1:00 pm Poster Judging (Presenters and judges only)
1:00 – 3:00 pm Poster Presentations (Open to all)
Food and drinks will be provided.
3:00 – 4:00 pm Robert E. Lanford, Ph.D., Department of Virology and Immunology and SNPRC, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio Texas
The Chimpanzee Model of HCV Infections
4:00 – 4:05 pm McLaughlin Committee Updates:

Fellowship Application due date: March 31
Vale-Asche Foundation Fellowships in Infectious Disease Research
4:05 – 5:05 pm Short presentations:

Heather Stevenson, T32 Predoctoral Fellow
NKT cells play a role in inducing toxic shock-like syndrome in severe ehrlichiosis

Sungyong Won, McLaughlin Predoctoral Fellow
Rift Valley fever virus Nsm protein inhibits virus-induced apoptotic cell death

A. Paige Adams, D.V.M., Ph.D., McLaughlin Postdoctoral Fellow
Emergence and pathogenesis of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus subtype IE

Eric M. Vela, Ph.D., T32 Postdoctoral Fellow
Characterization of the arenavirus entry pathway into host cells
5:05 – 5:20 pm Awards:

2007 McLaughlin Scholar Award: Iryna V. Pinchuk, Ph.D.
2007 McLaughlin Travel Awards

5:20 - 6:00 pm Poster Removal

*To present a poster, trainees must submit abstracts by March 2, 2007.
Please click to download the abstract submission form and instructions.