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Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

DateSpeakerHostLocation
Aug. 26                           Bacteriology Faculty Interviews                                                                                                                                                              
    
Sept. 2No Seminar - Holiday  
    
Sep. 9Bacteriology Faculty Interviews  
    
Sep. 16Lokesh Sharma, PhD
University of Pittsburgh		Jessica Tucker, PhD 
    
Sep. 23Sarah D'Orazio, PhD
University of Kentucky 		Jeremiah Johnson, PhD 
    
Sep. 30Zandrea Ambrose, PhD
University of Pittsburgh		Li Wu. PhD 
    
Oct. 7Luciano Marraffini, PhD
The Rockefeller University 
Crawford Lecture		Jessica Tucker, PhD 
    
Oct. 14Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD
University of Buffalo		Filiz Korkmaz, PhD 
    
Oct. 21Russel Vance, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Apicella Lecture		Mary Weber & David Weiss 
    
Oct. 28Kanta Subbarao, PhD
Université Laval		Wendy Maury, PhD 
    
Nov.4Nick Lennemann, PhD
University of Alabama		Wendy Maury, PhD 
    
Nov. 11Lauren Palmer, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago		Aimee Potter, PhD 
    
Nov. 18Anthony Fehr, PhD
University of Kansas		Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD 
    
Nov. 25Thanksgiving Break  
    
Dec. 2David Heinrichs, PhD
Western University		Thomas Kehl-Fie, PhD