The Microbiology seminar series is held weekly during the academic year. Speakers present current research on pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths, or viruses, covering topics that include fundamental biological discovery, mechanisms of virulence, host: pathogen interactions, and host immunity to pathogens.

The seminar is held on Tuesdays from 12:00-1:00pm in MPRB 8101.

September 10th 2024

Dr. Gene Yeo

UC San Diego

Title: TBD

Host: SB Pye (Lopez Lab)

September 17th 2024

Dr. Irene Salinas Remiro

University of New Mexico

Title: The Extraordinary Immunobiology of the African Lungfish

Host: Dr. Carolina Lopez

September 24th 2024

Dr. Chris Waters

Michigan State University

Title: How Vibrio cholerae survives a phage apocalypse

Host: Clay Jackson-Litteken (Feldman Lab)

October 1st 2024

Dr. Ting Zhang

Washington University in St. Louis

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Mario Feldman

October 8th 2024

Dr. Sophie Helaine

Harvard Medical School

Title: Salmonella persisters during infection

Host: Dr. Michele LeRoux

October 15th 2024

Dr. Bill A. Petri

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Title: Immunologic mechanisms of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in preventing recurrent C. difficile

Host: Dr. Asya Smirnov and Dr. Christina Stallings

October 22nd 2024

Dr. Teresa O’Meara

University of Michigan Medical School

Title: Discovery of novel virulence factors in Candida auris

Host: Dr. Tamara Doering

October 29th 2024

Dr. Michael Fischbach

Stanford University

Title: TBD

Host: Henry Schreiber (Hultgren Lab)

November 5th 2024

Dr. Sun Hur

Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Sebla Kutluay and Dr. Siyuan Ding

November 12th 2024

Dr. Nicholas Wu

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Sean Whelan

November 19th 2024

Dr. Alison Criss

University of Virginia

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Christina Stallings

December 3rd 2024

Dr. Hesper Rego

Yale University

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Christina Stallings

January 7th 2025

Dr. Robert Kirchdoerfer

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Title: Cross-species coronavirus polymerase structural virology

Host: Dr. Sean Whelan

January 14th 2025

Dr. Jeffrey Moffitt

Harvard Medical School

Title: Imaging the Transcriptome: Mapping the Microbiome-Host Interface with Genomic Microscopy

Host: Dr. Meng Wu

January 21st 2025

Dr. Robert Siliciano

The Johns Hopkins University

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Liang Shan

January 28th 2025

Dr. Jesse Bloom

Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, University of Washington

Title: How functional constraint and immune pressure shape the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus

Host: Dr. Ali Ellebedy

February 4th 2025

Dr. Anna Cliffe

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Title: Intersection of host cell signaling pathways with the latent Herpes simplex Virus epigenome

Host: Dr. Sebla Kutluay

February 11th 2025 *Ernie Simms

Dr. Paul Sigala

University of Utah School of Medicine

Title: Unraveling the metabolic adaptations of malaria parasites

Host: Dr. Dan Goldberg

February 18th 2025

Dr. Costantino Vetriani

Rutgers University

Title:

Host: Cris Gualberto (Hultgren Lab)

February 25th 2025

Dr. Felicia Goodrum

University of Arizona

Title:

Host: Dr. Tarin Bigley

March 4th 2025

Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno

University of Central Florida

Title: Emergence and Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens: Deciphering a Complex Phenomenon

Host: Dr. Gisela Di Venanzio

March 11th 2025

Dr. Andy Mehle

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Title: Discovering unexpected factors that antagonize influenza virus replication

Host: Reed Trende and Dr. Jacco Boon

March 18th 2025

Dr. Amy Hartman

University of Pittsburg

Title: BRIDGING THE RIFT: Understanding emerging mosquito-borne viruses through Rift Valley fever virus

Host: Dr. Sean Whelan

March 25th 2025

Dr. Anice Lowen

Emory University School of Medicine

Title:

Host: Reed Trende and Dr. Jacco Boon

April 1st 2025

Dr. Sungwhan Oh

Harvard University

Title: Finding Your Roots: Uncovering Biosynthesis, Host Functions and Disease Relationship of Natural Killer T Cell Ligands of Gut Microbiota Origins

Host: Dr. Meng Wu

April 8th 2025

Dr. Anna Selmecki

University of Minnesota Medical School

Title: Diverse mechanisms of acquired drug resistance in Candida fungal pathogens

Host: Dr. Tamara Doering

April 15th 2025

Dr. John Boothroyd

Stanford University Medicine

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. David Sibley

April 22nd 2025

Dr. Suzana Salcedo

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Title: Bacterial TIR effectors in the context of pathogenesis

Host: Dr. Mario Feldman

April 29th 2025

Dr. John Schoggins

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Siyuan Ding

May 6th 2025

Dr. Luciano Marraffini

The Rockefeller University

Title: TBD

Host: Dr. Michele LeRoux

May 13th 2025

Dr. Andy Fire

Stanford University

Title: RNA replicons and other persistent monsters

Host: Dr. Dave Wang

Please note! The Microbiology Seminar Series was formerly referred to as the MMMP Seminar Series. This is the same seminar.

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