Microbiology Seminar Series
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.
Spring 2023 Schedule:
10-Jan
Dr. Malcolm Winkler
Indiana University
Topic: Regulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis at the Pathway and Protein Dynamics Levels in the Ovoid-Shaped Pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae
Host: Scott Hultgren
17-Jan
Dr. Alexis Kaushansky
Seattle Children’s
Topic: The role of host phosphosignaling networks in controlling infection
Host: Daniel Goldberg
24-Jan
Dr. David Russell
Cornell University
Topic: In vivo heterogeneity of host and pathogen drives disease outcome in tuberculosis
Host: Christina Stallings & Jen Philips
31-Jan
Dr. Brenda Bass
University of Utah
Topic: Divergent Roles of Dicer’s Helicase Domain in Antiviral Defense
Host: David Wang
7-Feb
Dr. Bree Aldridge
Tufts University
Topic: The long and the short of it: paths to engineering TB treatment
Host: Christina Stallings
14-Feb
Dr. John Bell
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Topic: TBD
Host: Luis Casorla, Postdoc Wang lab
21-Feb
Dr. Jan Carette
Stanford University
Topic: Genetic Dissection of Viral Pathogenesis and Host Defense
Host: Carolina Lopez
28-Feb
Dr. Andrew Goodman
Yale University
Topic: Mechanisms of host-microbiome interaction
Host: Mario Feldman
7-Mar *No Seminar
14-Mar
Dr. Viviana Simon
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Topic: COVID-19
Host: Ali Ellebedy
21-Mar *No Seminar
28-Mar
Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet
National Institutes of Health
Topic: What viruses do to infect you
Host: Marjorie Cornejo-Pontelli, Postdoc Whelan Lab
4-Apr *Ernie Simms Lecture*
Dr. M. Kariuki Njenga
ESU Global Health- Kenya Washington State University
Topic: Defining public health threats posed by emerging infectious diseases in East and Central Africa
Host: Sean Whelan
11-Apr
Dr. Ansel Hsiao
University of California, Riverside
Topic: Personalized Human Gut Microbiota Modulation of Vibrio cholerae Virulence
Host: Andrew Kau
18-Apr
Dr. Michael Emerman
Fred Hutch, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and UW Medicine
Topic: The origins of HIV-1 through the lens of host-virus interactions
Host: Sebla Kutluay
25-Apr
Dr. Judith Berman
Tel Aviv University
Topic: Genetic and physiological routes to antifungal drug tolerance
Host: Tamara Doering
2-May
Dr. JoAnne Flynn
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Topic: Unraveling protection against tuberculosis
Host: Christina Stallings & Jen Philips
9-May
Dr. Bryan Bryson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: Host pathogen interactions in tuberculosis
Host: Christina Stallings
16-May
Dr. Wendy Barclay
Imperial College London
Topic: TBD
Host: Siyuan Ding
23-May
Dr. Michael Farzan
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Topic: Affinity maturation of CRISPR-edited B cells in vivo
Host: Liang Shan
Please note! The Microbiology Seminar Series was formerly referred to as the MMMP Seminar Series. This is the same seminar.
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