14th annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference 2007

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14th annual Midwest Microbial

Pathogenesis Conference

 

We wish to thank the following sponsors for their generous financial contributions:

 

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Sigma-Aldrich

VWR International, partnered with EMD Chemicals

 

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Indiana University

Indiana University Foundation for Microbiology & Immunology

Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. of Microbiology

& Molecular Genetics

Medical College of Wisconsin, Center for Biopreparedness

& Infectious Disease

Miami University

Michigan State University

Minnesota Medical Foundation

Northwestern University

Purdue University

The Ohio State University

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

University of Chicago

University of Cincinnati

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Iowa

University of Michigan

University of North Dakota

University of Wisconsin Foundation

Wayne State University

Washington University in St. Louis

Conference Hosts

Alan Hauser MD, PhD

 

Dr. Hauser earned a B.A. degree

in physics at St. John’s University

in Minnesota in 1982. He com-

pleted his Ph.D. in Microbiology

(1990) and his M.D. (1992) at the

University of Minnesota. His

predoctoral research was on the

streptococcal pyogenic exotoxins

in the laboratory of Patrick

Schlievert, and his postdoctoral

work involved investigation of

virulence mediated by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system with Joanne Engel at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Hauser joined the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School in 1999.

 

 

Karla Satchell PhD

 

Dr. Karla J. Fullner Satchell

earned her bachelor’s degree in

biology at Pacific Lutheran Univer-

sity in 1988 and her PhD in

microbiology from the University

of Washington, Seattle, in 1996.

Karla did post-doctoral research

in microbial pathogenesis in the

laboratories of Graham Hatfull at

University of Pittsburgh and John

Mekalanos at Harvard Medical

School.  She joined the department

as an assistant professor in 2000.