The speaker is Jere W. McBride, Ph.D., professor of pathology, director of the Experimental Pathology Graduate Program, and the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at University of Texas Medical Branch. He will present "Ehrlichia SLiM Ligand Mimicry as an Immune Evasion Strategy."
The lecture, hosted by Meghan Hermance, Ph.D., is sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Distinguished Scientist Seminars bring medical researchers from around the world to the USA College of Medicine to present on the research they are doing every day.