Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series in Infectious Disease
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Fall 2021 Seminar Schedule
Tuesdays at 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/89419666443
Recorded seminars are available for viewing on our website HERE
August 31, 2021:
Dr. Kishana Taylor, Rutgers Univ, co-founder and president of the Black Microbiologists Association
"Centering Equity in Infectious Disease Research"
September 7 , 2021:
Dr. Gerry Wright, Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University and the Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Infection and Anti-Infective Research
"Mining biosynthetic pathways for new antibiotics"
September 14, 2021:
Dr. Kim Orth, W.W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research and the Earl A. Forsythe Chair in Biomedical Science at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"How Vibrio parahaemolyticus invades and escapes from host cells"
September 21 , 2021:
Dr. James Van Etten, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the William Allington Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Nebraska
"Adventures with Giant Algal Viruses"
September 28, 2021:
Dr. Carrie Harwood, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Gerald and Lyn Gristein Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington
"Bacterial longevity"
October 5, 2021:
Dr. Paul D. Roepe, Co-Director of Georgetown University's Center for Infectious Disease
"Using Chemistry to Understand Antimalarial Drug Resistance"
October 12, 2021:
Dr. Rodrigo Almedia, UC Berkeley Hildebrand-Maumeister Chair in Plant Pathology
"Plant disease epidemics as opportunities to evaluate and gain knowledge"
October 19, 2021:
Dr. Sonia Hernandez, Professor of Wildlife Disease and Wildlife at the University of Georgia
"Why Care about Urban Wildlife Health?"
October 26, 2021:
Dr. Shawn Chen, Professor at the Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy at Arizona State University
November 2, 2021:
Dr. Juergen Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine Pathobiology at Kansas State University
"Adventures in COVID-19 Research"
November 9, 2021:
Dr. Scott Weaver, John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch
"Mechanisms of Urban Arbovirus Emergence"
December 7, 2021:
Dr. Latania Logan, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at the Rush University Hospital
"A Rolling Plasmid Makes a Mess: Antibiotic Resistance and Its Impact on Children"
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COVID-19 Outreach Activities by CeZAP Affiliated Faculty Linsey Marr
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COVID-19 Publications by CeZAP Affiliated Faculty
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SARS-CoV-2 indoor air transmission is a threat that can be addressed with science Samet J, Burke T, Lakdawala S, Lowe J, Marr LC, Prather K, Shelton-Davenport M, Volckens J. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116155118
Reduction of Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 by Zinc Oxide Coatings Hosseini M, Behzadinasab S, Chin A, Poon L, Ducker WA. ACS Biomater SCI Eng
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01076
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Infectious SARS-CoV-2 is Emitted in Aerosol Particles Hawks S, Prussin A, Kuckinsky S, Pan J, Marr LC, Duggal N. MBio DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02527-21
Transparent and Sprayable Surface Coatings that Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria Within Minutes and Inactivate SARS-CoV-2 Virus Behzadinasab S, Williams M, Hosseini M, Pon L, Chin A, Falkinham J, Ducker WA. ACP Appl Mater Interfaces
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c15505
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Recent Publications by CeZAP Affiliated Faculty
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Evaluation of bisphenylthiazoles as a promising class for combating multidrug-resistant fungal infections Hagras M, Abutaleb N, Sayed A, Salama E, Seleem M, Mayhoub A. PLoS One
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258465
Impact of extrinsic incubation temperature on natural selection during Zika virus infection of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Murrieta R, Garcia-Luna S, Murrieta D, Halladay G, Young M, Fauver J, Gendernalik A, Weger-Lucarelli J, Ruckert C, Ebel G. PLoS Pathog
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009433
MetaMLP: A Fast Word Embedding Based Classifier to Profile Target Gene Databases in Metagenomic Samples Arango-Argoty G, Heath L, Pruden A, Vikesland P, Zhang L. J Comput Biol
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2021.0273
Seizing the moment: now is the time for integrated global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater environments Pruden A, Vikesland P, Davis B, de Roda Husman A. Curr Opin Microbiol
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2021.09.013
Single-cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Heterogeneity of Cultured Bovine Satellite Cells Lu P, Qui Y, Tu Z, Jiang H. Front Genet
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.742077
Correlating indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity in a sample of buildings in tropical climates Pan J, Tang J, Caniza M, Heraud J, Koay E, Lee H, Lee C, Li Y, Ruiz A, Santillian-Salas C, Marr LC. Indoor Air
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12876
Nanobiotechnology enabled approaches for wastewater based epidemiology Rahman A, Kang S, Wang W, Garg A, Maile-Moskowitz A, Vikesland P. Trends Analyt Chem DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116400
Qualitative exploration of the medical learner's journey into correctional health care at an academic medical center and its implications for medical education Hashmi A, Bennett A, Tajuddin N, Hester R, Glenn J Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract DOI: 10.1007/s10459-020-09997-4
A phylogenomic framework for charting the diversity and evolution of giant viruses Aylward FO, Moniruzzaman M, Ha AD, Koonin EV PLoS Biol DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001430
Editorial: Disease Ecology and Biogeography Escobar LE, Morand S. Front Vet Sci DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.765825
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Insecticide-treated livestock: a potential One Health approach to malaria control in Africa Ruiz-Castillo P, Rist C, Rabinovich R, Chaccour C. Trends Parasitol
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.09.006
The Influence of Southwestern Virginia Environmental Conditions on the Potential Ability of Haemaphysalis longicornis, Amblyomma americanum, and Ablyomma macluatum to Overwinter in the Region Whitlow A, Schurch R, Mullins D, Eastwood G. Insects DOI: 10.3390/insects12111000
Horses affected by EPM have increased sCD14 compared to healthy horses Hay A, Wagner B, Leeth C, LeRoith T, Cecere T, Lahmers KK, Andrews F, Werre S, Johnson A, Clark C, Pusterla N, Reed S, Lindsay D, Taylor S, Estell K, Furr M, MacKay R, Del Piero F, Witonsky S. Vet Immunol Immunopathol
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2021.110338
Engrafting Horse Immune CElls into Mouse Hosts for the STudy of the Acute Equine Immune Responses Leeth C, Adkins J, Hay A, Bogers S, Potter A, Witonsky S, Zhu J Animals (Basel) DOI: 10.3390/ani11102962
Seasonal ice nucleation activity of water samples from alpine rivers and lakes in Obergurgl, Austria Baloh P, Hanlon R, Anderson C, Dolan E Pacholik G, Stinglmayr D, Burkart J, Felgitsch L, Schmale D, Grothe H
Sci Total Environ
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149442
The Dominance of Fusarium meridionale Over F. graminearum Causing Gibberella Ear Rot in Brazil May Be Due to Increased Aggressiveness and Competitiveness Machado F, Kuhnem P, Casa R, McMaster N, Schmale D, Viallancourt L, Del Ponte E. Phytopathology DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-11-20-0515-R
Systems-Level Proteomics Evaluation of Microglia Response to Tumor-Supportive Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines Ahuja S, Lazar L. Front Immunol
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.646043
Development of Exhausted Memory Monocytes and Underlying Mechanisms Pradhan K, Yi Z, Geng S, Li L. Front Immunol DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.778830
Coinfection of cattle in Virginia with Therileria orientalis Ikeda genotype and Anaplasma marginale Oakes V, Todd SM, Carbonello AA, Michalak P, Lahmers KK. J Vet Diagn Invest DOI: 10.1177/10406387211057627
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The Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (ID IGEP) offers graduate students the opportunity to get involved in remarkably diverse research approaches and topics, such as SARS-COV-2 vaccines, antiviral therapies, and tick-borne diseases.
The program will train PhD students that select to work in a home laboratory from the over 110 faculty members in 7 colleges and 31 departments affiliated with the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP). READ MORE>>
Students Participating in the ID IGEP will learn to:
- Tackle societal challenges related to infectious disease by integrating multiple diverse viewpoints
- Partner with agencies, industry and the public to address ID issues beyond Virginia Tech
- Participate as a member of a cross-campus ID community through activities such as poster sessions, research seminars and symposia that foster professional development
- Communicate their research effectively to others outside of their field of study
- Excel in coursework, while learning to apply strategies to predict and circumvent the risk of disease emergence affecting humans, animals and plants
- Master technical skills necessary to solve complex ID research questions in a transdisciplinary manner
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How drones can change the agriculture industry
David Schmale, a Virginia-based farmer and scientist who runs the Schmale Laboratory at Virginia Tech, uses drones to track down pathogens before they even land. He has managed to capture the airborne fungus of Fusarium graminearum which is a great threat to wheat and corn and can travel hundreds of kilometers. He also uses air sampling whenever he discovers pathogens in a neighboring country. READ MORE>>
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The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
Luis Escobar is the co-author of a recent publication investigating the effects of climate change on human health that has been highlighted in more than 10 news outlets. READ MORE>>
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How COVID might sow chaos in the brain
Jonathan Joyce, a doctoral student in the lab of Andrea Bertke explained how his research team infected mice with the SARS-COV-2 virus—and then located viral RNA (instructions for making proteins) as well as viral proteins and the virus itself.
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To Foster and Promote a Cohesive and Synergistic Environment for Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research
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