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Dr. Rick L. Tarleton, Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology and Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases at the University of Georgia, visits University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
The RCMI AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Program at the UPR-Medical Sciences Campus sponsored the visit of Dr. Rick L. Tarleton, Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology and Founding Director of the Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Diseases from the University of Georgia, on March 8-9, 2004. Dr. Tarleton presented a seminar about immune responses (CD 8+ T cells) in Trypanosoma cruzi infections and a workshop on the use of the T. cruzi genome to identify vaccine candidates.
In his seminar, entitled "Control without clearance: CD8+ T cell responses in Trypanosoma cruzi infection", Dr. Tarleton presented data on the development, maintenance and target specificity of CD8+ T cells in T. cruzi infections and addressed possible reasons why this protozoan parasite is able to persist despite CD8+ T cell immunity and other immune responses. During his workshop "Whole genome scans for vaccine candidates in Trypanosoma cruzi", Dr. Tarleton discussed how his research group has used genome, proteome, expression profiling, and bioinformatic tools, to identify vaccine candidates for T. cruzi. Both activities were well attended, with active participation from faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students.
Adelfa Serrano, Ph.D.
RCMI AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Program
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- Emma Fernández-Repollet,Ph.D.
- Program Director
- RCMI Program
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