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.
Please check back regularly as details may change. This website will always have the most up to date information. For questions, access to zoom links, or updates please contact L.Stevens@wustl.edu
2022-2023 Schedule:
20-Sep
Dr. Ana Flores Mireles
University of Notre Dame
Topic: Deficiencies in the fibrinolytic system predisposes the host to develop a catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Hosted by: Michael Caparon
27-Sep
TBD
4-Oct
TBD
11-Oct
Dr. Damian J Krysan
University of Iowa
Topic: Genetic Interaction Analysis of Fungal Pathogens
Hosted by: Tamara Doering
18-Oct
TBD
25-Oct
Dr. Harry B Greenberg
Stanford University
Topic: Rotavirus pathogenesis and immunity
Hosted by: Siyuan Ding
1-Nov
Dr. Photini Sinnis
Johns Hopkins University
Topic: TBD
Host: Daniel Goldberg
8-Nov
TBD
15-Nov
Dr. Vern Carruthers
University of Michigan
Topic: Toxoplasma strategically exploits host ESCRTs for nutrient salvage from infected cells
Host: David Sibley
22-Nov
TBD
29-Nov
Dr. Sanjay Ram
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Topic: Harnessing virulence factors to develop vaccines and immunotherapies against Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Host: Hrishikesh Kulkarni
6-Dec
Dr. Shumin Tan
Tufts University
Topic: TBD
Host: Jen Philips
10-Jan
Dr. Malcolm Winkler
Indiana University
Topic: TBD
Host: Scott Hultgren
17-Jan
Dr. Alexis Kaushansky
Seattle Children’s
Topic: TBD
Host: Daniel Goldberg
24-Jan
Dr. David Russell
Cornell University
Topic: TBD
Host: Shabaana Khader
31-Jan
Dr. Brenda Bass
University of Utah
Topic: TBD
Host: David Wang
7-Feb
Dr. Bree Aldridge
Tufts University
Topic: Engineering Combination Therapies for Tuberculosis
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
Dr. Michael Farzan
University of Florida
Topic: TBD
Host: Liang Shan
14-Mar
Dr. Viviana Simon
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Topic: COVID-19
Host: Ali Ellebedy
21-Mar
Dr. Wendy Barclay
Imperial College London
Topic: TBD
Host: Siyuan Ding
28-Mar
Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet
National Institutes of Health
Topic: Coronaviruses and egress
Host: Marjorie Cornejo-Pontelli, Postdoc Whelan Lab
4-Apr *Ernie Simms Lecture*
Dr. M. Kariuki Njenga
ESU Global Health- Kenya Washington State University
Topic: TBD
Host: Sean Whelan
11-Apr
Dr. Ansel Hsiao
University of California, Riverside
Topic: TBD
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: Shabaana Khader
9-May
Dr. Bryan Bryson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: Host pathogen interactions in tuberculosis
Host: Christina Stallings
Please note! The Microbiology Seminar Series was formerly referred to as the MMMP Seminar Series. This is the same seminar.
Please check back regularly as details may change. This website will always have the most up to date information. For questions, access to zoom links, or updates please contact L.Stevens@wustl.edu