Bert L. Semler (’15)

(Speaker Term: 7/1/13 - 6/30/15)

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
School of Medicine, Med Sci B237
University of California
Irvine, CA  92697 

Phone:  949-824-7573
Fax:   949-824-2694 
E-mail:  blsemler@uci.edu

LECTURE TOPICS AND DESCRIPTIONS

Out of the Nucleus and into Action: Host Cell Proteins in Picornavirus Translation and RNA Replication                                                  

(For specific information on this lecture, please contact Bert L. Semler at blsemler@uci.edu)  

Picornavirus Genetic Economy: Complex Replication Events with Only a Few Viral Players

(For specific information on this lecture, please contact Bert L. Semler at blsemler@uci.edu)  

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH – Bert L. Semler

CV is available by request from adempsey@asmusa.org at ASM Headquarters

Highlights from CV:

Research and Professional Experience:

1991-present     Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

                        School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

2010-present     Director, Center for Virus Research, University of California, Irvine

Education:       Doctor of Philosophy – Biology (University of California, San Diego)

Other:

2002-2012        Journal of Virology, Editor

1992-present     Virology, Editorial Board

2007                 Elected, Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

2010                 Elected, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2011                 Elected, President of the American Society for Virology

ASM MEMBERSHIP AFFILIATION – Bert L. Semler

Primary Division:  T (RNA Viruses)

Secondary Division:  H (Genetics & Molecular Biology)