Next Week's DSS - Dr. Alfredo Torres

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will be presented by Dr. Alfredo Torres, associate professor and co-director of BSL-3 Labs for the microbiology/immunology and pathology department at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.

The lecture, titled "To See Burkholderia Mallei, or Not to Cure Glanders, That is the Host Question,” will take place Sept. 29, 2011, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium.

Dr. Torres earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Universidad Autonoma de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

For more information on Dr. Torres’ research, click here.