Each semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Seminars are at 3 p.m. unless otherwise specified. *Aug. 28th begins at 1 p.m.

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Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

 

DateSpeakerHostSeminar    TitleLocation   
*Aug. 28Emily Hemann, PhD
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Kevin Legge, PhD

Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases

Harnessing the innate-adaptive immune interface to limit respiratory virus infectionSeebohm Conference Room
Sep. 3NO SEMINAR   
Sep. 10Yong Xiong, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Li Wu, PhDVisualizing host-virus interactions at high resolutions in situWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Sep. 17

Wenhan Zhu, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

CANCELLED

Mary Weber, PhDCommensal iron aquisition modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infectionWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Sep. 24Jason Peters, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy
David Weiss, PhDFighting Antibiotic Resistance and Climate Change with Bacterial Genetics!Watzke Aud. III, BSB
Oct. 1Liang Shan, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Li Wu, PhDA guide to HIV immunotherapy: from basic T cell biology to clinical practiceWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Oct. 8Hillel Haim, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
Li Wu, PhDBeyond the In Vitro-to-In Vivo Leap: How Host Microenvironments Alter the Interaction between HIV-1 and TherapeuticsWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Oct. 15NO SEMINAR   
Oct. 22Pamela Brown, PhD
University of Missouri-Columbia
David Weiss, PhDUnraveling regulation of polar growth in the bacterial plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciensWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Oct. 29Kathryn Ramsey, PhD
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Michael Gebhardt, PhDRibosome heterogeneity and gene expression in a bacterial pathogenWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Nov. 5Anna Seekatz, PhD
Clemson University
ASM ChapterDefining Clostridial Interactions in the Human Gut Watzke Aud. III, BSB
Nov. 12Stephanie Shames, PhD
College of Osteopathic Medicine-Michigan State University
Mary Weber, PhDUnintended Consequences: Augmentation of cell-autonomous host defense by a Legionella pneumophila effector proteinWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Nov. 19Josephine Chandler, PhD
University of Kansas
Michael Gebhardt, PhDBacterial social behavior: communication, cooperation and warWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Nov. 26
Thanksgiving Break 
   
Dec. 3Keith Reeves, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine

Sabrina Tan, MD

Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases

A Translational Atlas of Adaptive Natural Killer Cell Immunobiology Against VirusesWatzke Aud. III, BSB
Dec. 10Jenna Guthmiller, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Noah Butler, PhDTBDWatzke Aud. III, BSB