Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds with UArizona’s Dr. Marc Orbach on ‘Finding Key to Valley Fever Vaccine’

This University of Arizona event is sponsored by the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson. It is open to the public, particularly community physicians and other interested health-care professionals. Please join us as we welcome the presenter:

Marc Orbach, PhD
Associate Director, Research, and Professor, Plant Sciences - School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Environment & Life Sciences; Professor, Genetics - GIDP; Member of the Graduate Faculty and BIO5 Institute | Tucson, AZ

Topic:

“From a Maize Pathogen Virulence Factor to a Valley Fever Vaccine”

Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 8-9 a.m.
College of Medicine – Tucson, Room 8403 or via Zoom (see below for link/password)

About the Presenter:
Dr. Marc Orbach is a fungal geneticist and molecular biologist in the School of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona and a member of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence. He received his BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Michigan and his PhD also in Biological Sciences, from Stanford University, with a focus on the molecular genetics of Neurospora crassa. Dr. Orbach came to UA after post-doctoral research at the Dupont Experimental Station, focusing on molecular genetics of virulence in the rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae. His laboratory studies the mechanisms of virulence of fungal plant and animal pathogens, including M. oryzae, Aspergillus flavus and Coccidioides. His work studying Coccidioides virulence factors led to the discovery and development of the delta-cps1 vaccine against coccidioidomycosis.

Flyer for this event:  id_grand_rounds_6.25.2024_marc_j._orbach_phd_flyer.pdf

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