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Title: Metabolic Reprogramming in Human Cytomegalovirus Infection: Feeding Viral Replication Dynamics

Topic: All viruses rely on host metabolism since none encode a complete metabolic network. As such, viruses have evolved to reprogram host metabolism to meet the needs for virus replication. However, this introduces a weakness that is exploited by the host to limit a virus’s success. This seminar will focus on the dynamics of the virus-host metabolism interaction with a focus on human cytomegalovirus (a common herpesvirus that causes disease in the immunosuppressed and newborns).

Speaker: John G. Purdy, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Arizona

Host: Derek Walsh, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology