"Challenges in Biodefense: Aerosol Exposures and Development of Animal Models" Doug S. Reed, PhD, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease  

"Impact of influenza virus evolution on pandemic preparedness" Ruben Donis, PhD, Center for Disease Control  

"Trying to Understand How Polypeptides Are Made, by Us and Others" Gerhard Wagner, Ph.D., Elkan Rogers Blout Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School  

"Inhibition of T Cell Responses During Bacterial Infection" Michael Starnbach, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School  

"Structural Studies on Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex E1 Component" Palaniappa Arjunan, Ph.D., Research Instructor, Department of Pharmacology  

Dr. Michelle Tallquist UT Southwestern Medical Center  

"Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Overview" Steven E. Reis, MD, Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, Health Sciences  

"Dendritic Cells in the Immunopathology and Therapy of AIDS" Simon Barratt-Boyes, BVSc, PhD, University of Pittsburgh  

"PcrA Helicase Regulates DNA Recombination by Displacing the RecA Protein from DNA" Syam Prasad Anand, Ph.D., Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Khan Lab  

Maria Kurnikova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University  

"Bacterial Toxin Effects on Myeloid DC are Mediated through Purinergic Receptors" Jessica Chu, Graduate Student Researcher, Salter lab, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine "ICAM-1 Expression is Required for Regulatory T Cell Localization in the Lungs of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infected Mice" Hillarie Plessner, Graduate Student Researcher, Flynn lab, Department of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine  

"Wnt and Androgen Signaling Pathways in Prostate Tumori Genesis" Zijie Sun, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Urology and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine  

"Solid-State NMR for Whole-Cell Systems: from Bacteria to Plants" Lynette Cegelski, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine  

""The Plasmodium Apicoplast: A Good Source of Malarial Drug Targets, or Not?"" James C. Sacchettini, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysic and Chemistry, Texas A & M University  

Lila M. Gierasch, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts  

TBA  

"Signal Transduction in Yeast Involving a Multi-Step His-to-Asp Phosphorelay System" Dr. Ann H. West University of Oklahoma  

"The Envelope Glycoproteins of Hendra and Nipah Viruses: Multifunctional Molecules, Vaccine Immunogens and Therapeutic Targets" Christopher Broder, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences  

James Conway, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine  

TBA  

"Unraveling the Sense of Smell" Linda Buck, Ph.D., Member and Associate Director, Division of Basic Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center  

"Signal Integration in T Cell Activation" Lawrence P. Kane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Immunology, School of Medicine