MIMS Extra Seminar back to back with the National and International Seminar Series on Friday 27 January
NOTE: There will be a 10-mins break with coffee between the Seminar of Klas Flärdh, which starts at 14:00
Speaker:
Kurt Schesser
Department of Microbiology&Immunology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Title: Really, how smart can macrophages be?
Host: Åke Forsberg
Place: Lecture room E04, målpunkt R, building NUS 6A-L, Biomedicinhuset
Kurt was a postdoctoral fellow in Hans Wolf-Watz group at molecular biology in the years following his dissertation 1994. His current research is directed towards identifying and characterizing host factors that play a role in the infection cycle of intracellular microbial pathogens. Most recently the focus has been on the infection-specific activities of the host factors heme regulated inhibitor (HRI) and perforin-2 (P2). Additionally he also co-directs a malaria drug-testing program.