The Center for Virus Research (CVR)
The University of California at Irvine
3221 McGaugh Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3906
Phone: 949.824.9314
Fax: 949.824.9437
Services:
Advanced Technology & Resources
The Center for Virus Research
Directed by Dr. Luis P. Villarreal
Oversight committee chaired by Dr. Bert Semler.
Established in July, 2000 as an Organized Research Unit
within the University of California, Irvine.
As part of their ongoing training, students in the virology track participate in a seminar series sponsored by the CVR. This program sponsors a regular seminar series every other Friday during the academic year in which leading national researchers are invited to present their work in different areas of virology, gene regulation, cell transformation, and a variety of topics in molecular biology and molecular genetics. Alternating with the seminars by invited outside speakers are research-in-progress seminar presentations by postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students in the laboratories of principal investigators who are members of the IRU in Animal Virology. These seminars provide a stimulating forum for exchanges of scientific ideas and information and for a critical analysis of data generated by the postdoctoral fellows and graduate students making the oral presentations.
Seminar Schedule: Spring 2007
April 13 Endogenous Retroviruses: Are They Essential for Reproduction?
Thomas E. Spencer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Reproductive Biology and Physiological Genomics
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
May 11 It's Alive: Activation of Virtual Rice Transposable Elements in Arabidopsis and Yeast
Susan Wessler, Ph.D.
Regents Professor of Plant Biology
Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
May 25 Evasion of dsRNA-Triggered Antiviral Responses by CMV-a Case of Nuclear Disarmament?
Adam Geballe, M.D.
Member, Human Biology and Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
University of Washington
June 8 Dissecting the Perturbation of Human T Cell Subsets During HIV Infection
Derya Unutmaz, M.D.
Department of Microbiology
New York University School of Medicine
Joan and Joel Smilow Research CenterAll seminars are on Friday at 12PM in 1114 Natural Sciences 1
Previous CVR Seminars and Symposia:
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001-2002
International Web Symposium on Cervical Cancer Vaccines (PDF)
Other Related Seminars and Symposia:
The UCI BioSci Events Calendar
The USC Biology West Calendar