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.
September 10th 2024
Dr. Gene Yeo
UC San Diego
Title: RNA binding proteins as tools and targets in human disease modeling and therapeutics
Host: SB Pye (Lopez Lab)
September 17th 2024
Dr. Irene Salinas Remiro
University of New Mexico
Title: Mechanisms of immune protection along the olfactory-brain axis
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: Deciphering the liver-gut communication during enteric infection
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. Henry Schreiber
Washington University in St. Louis
Title: Ecological and metabolomic features of the gut-bladder axis that affect UTI outocme and recurrence
Host: Henry Schreiber (Hultgren Lab)
November 5th 2024
Dr. Sun Hur
Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
Title: Nucleic acid-driven self-assemblies: Aire and FoxP3
Host: Dr. Sebla Kutluay and Dr. Siyuan Ding
November 12th 2024
Dr. Nicholas Wu
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Title: Influenza and SARS-CoV-2: from virus evolution to vaccine design
Host: Dr. Sean Whelan
November 19th 2024
Dr. Alison Criss
University of Virginia
Title: Manipulation of human innate immunity by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Host: Dr. Christina Stallings
December 3rd 2024
Dr. Hesper Rego
Yale University
Title: Lessons from a dividing mycobacterium
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: Strategies for Curing HIV Infection
Host: Dr. Liang Shan
January 28th 2025
Dr. Jesse Bloom
Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, University of Washington
Title: Deep mutational scanning to interpret viral evolution
Host: Dr. Ali Ellebedy
February 4th 2025
Dr. Sam Light
University of Chicago
Title: Powering the Gut: How Microbial Bioenergetics Shape Bioactive Metabolite Production
Host: Dr. Ting Zhang
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: The Microbial Contribution to the Sulfur and Nitrogen Cycling in Marine Hydrothermal Systems
Host: Cris Gualberto (Hultgren Lab)
February 25th 2025
Dr. Felicia Goodrum
University of Arizona
Title: Host Virus Interactions Underlying Cytomegalovirus Latency
Host: Dr. Tarin Bigley
March 4th 2025
Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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 Canceled
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
TBD
TBD
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
June 28th
Dr. Amy Hartman
University of Pittsburg
Title: BRIDGING THE RIFT: Understanding emerging mosquito-borne viruses through Rift Valley fever virus
Host: Dr. Sean Whelan
Please note! The Microbiology Seminar Series was formerly referred to as the MMMP Seminar Series. This is the same seminar.
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