The document outlines 9 student groups and their topics for a microbiology seminar in 2010. Group 1 will discuss bacterial manipulation of innate immunity to promote infection. Group 2 will cover skin immune sentinels in health and disease. Group 3 will examine the molecular mechanisms of Escherichia coli pathogenicity. The remaining groups will address topics such as the host response to lipopolysaccharides, intravascular immunity during the host-pathogen encounter in blood vessels, viruses as vaccine vectors, rabies virus cell biology, sexually transmitted gastrointestinal infections, and farm animals as models for human infectious diseases.