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Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Host | Faculty Lab or Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 20 | Adam Mailloux, PhD | Microbiology and Immunology | https://microbiology.medicine.uiowa.edu/profile/adam-mailloux |
| Jan. 27 | CANCELED - Samarchith Kurup, PhD, University of Georgia | Noah Butler, PhD | https://ctegd.uga.edu/about/directory/sam-kurup/ |
| Feb. 3 | Bin He, PhD, University of Iowa | Li Wu, PhD | https://biology.uiowa.edu/people/bin-z-he |
| Feb. 10 | Craig Ellermeier, PhD | Microbiology and Immunology | https://microbiology.medicine.uiowa.edu/profile/craig-ellermeier |
| Feb. 17 | Emily Speranza, PhD, Cleveland Clinic Research | ASM Chapter | https://www.lerner.ccf.org/florida/speranza/ |
| Feb. 24 | Nicholas Wu, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Stanley Perlman, PhD | https://mcb.illinois.edu/directory/profile/nicwu |
| Mar. 3 | Cristina Landeta, PhD, Indiana University | David Weiss, PhD | https://biology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/landeta-cristina.html |
| Mar. 10 | Shelley Payne, PhD, University of Texas at Austin | Michael Gebhardt, PhD | https://sites.utexas.edu/paynelab/ |
| Mar. 17 | Spring Break - No Seminar | ||
| Mar. 24 | Elizabeth Draganova, PhD, Emory University | Rich Roller, PhD | Elizabeth Draganova | Profile | Emory School of Medicine |
| Mar. 31 | Robbie Mailliard, PhD, University of Pittsburgh | Amanda Dudek, PhD | Robbie B. Mailliard, PhD | Microbiology and Immunology | University of Pittsburgh |
| Apr. 7 | Dr. Pulvermacher Seminar Elizabeth Grice, PhD, University of Pennsylvania | Microbiology Graduate Students | https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g20001900/p8513331 |
| Apr. 14 | Fabienne Paumet, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University | Mary Weber, PhD | https://research.jefferson.edu/labs/researcher/paumet-laboratory.html |
| Apr. 21 | Crawford Lecture Gisela Storz, PhD, NIH | Jessica Tucker, PhD and Michael Gebhardt, PhD | https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/atNICHD/Investigators/storz |
| Apr. 28 | Edward (Eddie) Geisinger, PhD, Northeastern University | Michael Gebhardt, PhD | https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/edward-geisinger/ |
| May 5 | Juan Perilla, PhD, University of Delaware | Alex Kleinpeter, PhD | Juan Perilla | Chemistry & Biochemistry Department | College of Arts & Sciences | University of Delaware |
| May 12 | Jane Carlton, PhD, John Hopkins | Mary Wilson. PhD | Jane Carlton | Johns Hopkins | Bloomberg School of Public Health |