Pathogenesis of Cryptococal Meningitis: How an Environment Fungas Adapts to the Host

Seminar Details
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Speaker

Damian J. Krysan, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa
https://medicine.uiowa.edu/pediatrics/profile/damian-krysan

Location

 

 

Meeting ID: 962 3837 2226
Passcode: Grand

Join In-Person: Dr. Krysan will be presenting in the 12th Floor Conference Room (12-745 D,F)

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the global importance of cryptococcal meningitis, particularly to those living with HIV/AIDS.
  2. Recognize that environmental fungal pathogens must adapt to the host environment to cause disease.
  3. Understand the role of adaptation to host carbon dioxide concentrations as a virulence trait for Cryptococcus.