Penn CFAR Seminar Series
2005-2006 Academic Year

Date/Time

Speaker

Location

Wednesday
Sept 21, 2005
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Warner Greene, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
Professor of Medicine, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology
University of California , San Francisco

The Highs and Lows of APOBEC3G: Implications for Antiviral Function

Wednesday
Oct 19, 2005
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Bryan R. Cullen, Ph.D.
Director, Duke University Center for Virology
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University

Austrian
Auditorium,
CRB

Intrinsic Immunity to Retroviruses and Retrotransposons

Thursday
Dec 15, 2005
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Ellie E. Schoenbaum, M.D.
Director, AIDS Research Program
Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Reunion Hall,
JMB

Menopause and HIV

Wednesday
Jan 18, 2006
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Daniel Kuritzkes, M.D.
Director, Retroviral Therapeutics Program, Division of AIDS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Harvard Medical School

HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Viral Fitness

Thursday
Feb 16, 2006
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Stephen Lagakos, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research
Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Harvard University

Auditorium,
BRB ll/lll

Challenges and Methods for Assessing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV

Thursday
March 16, 2006
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Beryl A. Koblin, Ph.D.
Head, Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention
Member, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute
The New York Blood Center

Lessons from The EXPLORE Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent Acquisition of HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Thursday
April 20, 2006
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Steven G. Deeks, M.D.
Associate Director, Clinical Core, UCSF-GIVI CFAR
Associate Professor of Medicine, Div. of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco

Impact of entry inhibitors on viral fitness and immunonologic outcomes

Wednesday
May 10, 2006
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

*Marilyn D. Resh, Ph.D.
Member and Professor, Cell Biology Program
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Membrane Trafficking of HIV-1 Gag: Interactions with Host Cell Organelles

Thursday
June 22, 2006
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Joel M. Palefsky, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Stomatology
Director, General Clinical Research Center
University of California, San Francisco

HPV, HIV and HAART: Molecular and Clinical Interactions