The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program
Supported by the Office of the Provost, ISR, and the Department of Psychiatry

Presents a Spring Colloquium with generous funding provided by
The Center for the Study of Complex Systems and The Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

The Evolution of Virulence:  Theory, Mechanisms, and Practice

Friday, April 4, 2003
University of Michigan School of Public Health, SPH I Auditorium

Schedule

10:45 A.M.  
Introductory remarks

11:00 A.M.        
Thomas S. Whittam, Ph.D. Hannah Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
Mobile genetic elements in the evolution of enteric pathogens

12:00 P.M.       
Lunch with Speakers for Graduate Students, Copper Cafe, SPH I.
              
1:30 P.M.      
Rustom Antia, Ph.D.  Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Emory University
Modeling the within-host dynamics and evolution of virulence of pathogens 

2:30 P.M.           
Paul Sniegowski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Adaptation and the evolution of mutation rates in microbes: Perspectives on virulence

3:30  P.M.          
Panel discussion
(Participants: Vaughn Cooper, Michigan Society of Fellows/MCDB; 
Betsy Foxman, Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; Carl Simon, Center for Complex Systems)

Reception to follow in the Faculty Lounge,  SPH I

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