Michael Gale, PhD, University of Washington
Innate immunity in RNA virus infection (Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases)

Alice Telesnitsky, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School
How HIV-1 selects its genome: a tail of two nucleotides 

Andrea Marzi, PhD, NIH
Pathogenesis of filoviruses                 

Zongdi Feng, PhD, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Quasienveloped viruses: the what, the how, and the why                             

Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
The gammaherpesvirus-host love/hate relationship (Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases)   

Denise Monack, PhD, Stanford University, Stanford School of Medicine
Battles for gut resources and niches: How Salmonella induces superspreader hosts
Michael Apicella Endowed Lecture                   

Jennifer Walker, PhD, University of Texas-Houston, McGovern Medical School
Elucidating Host-Pathogen Interactions that Dictate Recalcitrance in Medical Device-associated Infections
Dr. Sarah Pulvermacher Graduate Student Seminar      

James Earnest, PhD, Emory University
The diversity of antibody responses to arbovirus infection at the individual and population levels 

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Role of ORF6 of SARS-CoV-2 as an interferon antagonist (Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-based Diseases)                           

Aimee Potter, PhD, University of Virginia (UVA)
Integrating Systems biology approaches to dissect Neisseria gonorrhoeae metabolism, pathogenesis, and antimicrobial resistance at the host-pathogen interface

Sarah Dremel, PhD, NCI
CircRNA biogenesis and function during herpesvirus infection                    

Sebla Kutluay, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
Rules that govern packaging and repackaging of the HIV-1 genome                 

Aravinth Jayabalan, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Virus-Host Battle at Stress Granules: Insights from Alphavirus Macrodomain"                             

Sizun Jiang, PhD, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research
Spatial-omics to Interrogate Host-Disease Interactions                    

Hwan Kim, PhD, Stony Brook University
Tick Transmission and pathogenesis of Rickettsia amblyommatis

Amanda Dudek, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
"A Tale of Two Models: Developing an HIV cure and investigating immune control using gene editing"

Christine Suetterlin, PhD, University of California-Irvine
"Arms race between Chlamydia and its host cell"

Filiz Korkmaz, PhD, Umass Chan Medical School
LOX-1 dependent regulation of immunity and metabolism in the pneumonic lung

Stacia Phillips, PhD, University of Iowa
Exploitation and evasion of host RNA-binding protein function during viral infections

Balaji Manicassamy, PhD, University of Iowa
Genetic Approaches to Study Influenza Virus-Host Interactions                  

Siriam Neelamegham, PhD, University of Buffalo (SUNY)
Glycosylation: New tools and applications in the study of human disease                                 

Stacey D. Gilk, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Establishing the intracellular niche: Coxiella manipulation of lysosome biogenesis                               

Thomas Kehl-Fie, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
You are what you don’t eat: Bacterial strategies for overcoming nutritional immunity                               

Andrea Marzi, PhD, NIH
Pathogenesis of filoviruses
CANCELLED       

Ting Zhang, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Defining an entero-hepato-biliary axis of immunity                               

Jeremiah Johnson, PhD, University of Tennessee
Battle for the histones: Translocation of bacterial sirtuin promotes neutrophil activation and intestinal 
inflammation during Campylobacter jejuni infection                              

Craig Forrest, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
A risky game played by gammaherpesviruses to chronically infect B cells

Yohei Kirino, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University
Infection-induced tRNA half molecules activate endosomal Toll-like receptor in immune response                         

Brady Spencer, PhD, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus
The Role of the Type VII Secretion System in Group B Streptococcal Pathogenesis                                 

Eric Freed, PhD, NIH
HIV assembly, maturation, and drug resistance                                 

Ting-Sung Hsieh, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dynamic membrane remodeling by a self-organizing bacterial kinase-phosphate duo                       

Andrew Hryckowian, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
A butyrate-centric view of Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis

Tim Casselli, PhD, University of North Dakota
Resolving the disconnect: characterizing a small animal model of Lyme neuroborreliosis

Becky Lamason, PhD, Massachusets Institute of Technology
Manipulation of host membranes by a cytosolic bacterial pathogen

Daniel Perez, PhD, University of Georgia-Athens
Emergence of H9 subtype influenza A viruses of pandemic concern: The little virus that could   

Leonid Margolis, PhD, NIH
Extracellular Vesicles: more information than knowledge

Ariangela Kozik, PhD, University of Michigan
Deciphering Microbial-Immune Relationships in Asthma - ZOOM ONLY

Hank Seifert, Ph, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine
Evolution of diversification in the face of function – Lessons learned from the pilus antigenic variation system of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Lilly Radoshevich, PhD University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
Exploring the role of ISGylation in pathogen spread                                 

Seema Lakdawala, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine
Understanding Airborne Transmission of Emerging Respiratory Viruses                                    

Ernie Fuentes, PhD, University of Iowa
Environmental Sensing by the S. aureus SrrAB Two‐Component System                                  

Wenjun Ma, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia
Understanding of Novel Bat Influenza Viruses and Beyond                                  

Drew Kitchen, PhD, University of Iowa
Phylogenetic identification of pathogen origins across time and space

Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD - Pulvermacher Seminar
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Impact of obesity on influenza                                   

Stefan Pukatzki, PhD, City College of New York
The cholera bacterium secures a firm grip on competitiveness with a secret handshake                                  

Kerry Empey, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Infant Host Immunity to Respiratory Syncytial Virus following Maternal Immunization 
Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases

Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
Single-cell multiomics and expansion dynamics of HIV reservoir                          

Mike Sheedlo, PhD, University of Minnesota
Structural and Mechanistic Insight into the Clostridioides difficile Transferase                                  

Larry Schlesinger, MD, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
The M. tuberculosis-macrophage encounter: From basic science discovery to a potential host-directed therapy for tuberculosis                                  

James Konopka, PhD, Stony Brook University
Plasma membrane form and function in fungal pathogenesis                                  

Sabrina Tan, MD, University of Iowa
Inflammatory Neuropathogenesis in Acute SIV Infection

Steve Varga, PhD, University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
Running Up That Hill: Working Towards New Interventions for Viruses and Cancer\\

Mary Weber, PhD, University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
Investigation of the Chlamydia trachomatis type III secretome reveals diverse strategies for

Noah Butler, PhD, University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
Eating is in my DNA: metabolic programming of adaptive immune cell function during malaria 

Balaji Manicassamy, PhD, University of Iowa, Microbiology and Immunology
Genetic Approaches to Study Influenza Virus-Host Interactions

David Rudner, PhD, Harvard Medical School - Crawford Lecture
How Gram-positive bacteria monitor their cell walls for defects and catalyze their repair

Saurabh Chattopadhyay, PhD, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology
IRF3: a master regulator of infection and inflammationWatkze Aud III, BSB

Vincent Lee, PhD, University of Maryland
Pseudomonas aeruginosa signaling, RNA degradation and device associated infections 

Daniel Schultz, PhD, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Evolution of antibiotic responses in complex dynamic settings

Michael Stolley, PhD, University of Minnesota, Microbiology and Immunology
Resident Memory T Cell Immunosurveillance of the Oral Mucosa and Periodontium

Adam Bailey, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin
Anticipating arterivirus emergence in humans

Aaron Mendez, PhD, University of California – Berkeley, Microbiology and Immunology
The host-virus showdown: Changing course on viral disruption of host gene expression

Amit Sharma, PhD, Ohio State University
Determinants of SHIV Replication in Macaque Lymphocytes

Xin Liu, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Microbiology and Immunology
Cellular crosstalk enables metabolic control of bacterial lung infection

Daniel Voth, PhD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Parasitism of Human Macrophages by the Q Fever Agent, Coxiella burnetii

Chun-Chieh (Jack) Hsu, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology
Virus-host arms race: Translational regulation in the antiviral responses and during SARS-CoV-2 infection

Scott Hensley, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune Based Diseases
Development of multivalent mRNA vaccines to replace original antigenic sin with initial blessings of induced immunity

Daniel Czyz, PhD, University of Florida
Deciphering the role of bacteria on protein conformational diseases

Vicente Planelles, PhD,  University of Utah School of Medicine
HIV Transcription and viral latency

Matt Anderson, PhD, Ohio State University
An unusual mating system generates diversity in Candida albicans

Wendy Maury, PhD University of Iowa
The Role of Phosphatidylserine Receptors in Enveloped Virus Infection

Jacob Yount, PhD, Ohio State University
Roles of the innate immunity protein IFITM3 in influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infections

Jeanne Salje, PhD, Rutgers University
he intracellular lifecycle of the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi 

Christopher Vakulskas, PhD, Integrated DNA Technologies
sing fundamental bacterial tools to engineer CRISPR systems suitable for therapeutic genome editing

Kevin Legge, PhD, University of Iowa
Polyanhydride nanoparticle vaccines – a platform and strategy for robust immunity and “universal” protection against influenza virus

Adam Bailey, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
POSTPONED Exploring the extremes of flaviviral pathogenesis

Helen Lazear, PhD, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pulvermacher Seminar Protective and pathogenic effects of interferon lambda during viral infections

Al Klingelhutz, PhD, University of Iowa
Proinflammatory Responses in Fat Caused by Environmental Toxins or Viruses

Eugene Oltz, PhD, Ohio State University
Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-Based Diseases
Wiring Schemes for Innate and Adaptive Lymphoid Cells

Jennifer Lund, PhD, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-Based Diseases
Regulation of tissue immunity in the context of infections

David Hendrixson, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Biosynthesis of High-Torque Polar Flagellar Motors in Bacterial Pathogens

Michael Lorenz, University of Texas, McGovern Medical School
n all sides:  Interactions of Candida albicans with the host and bacterial flora

Andrea Sant, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology DH Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
University of Rochester Medical School
T-Cell immunity to respiratory pathogens and vaccines

Nicholas Heaton, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine
Genetic approaches to understand and prevent respiratory viral diseases

Allison Williams, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
POSTPONED Atomic-level probing of the peptidoglycan biosynthetic machinery identifies a central hub and exposes a bacterial Achilles heel

Michael Chimenti, PhD,  University of Iowa
Zoom Only Seminar Principles of experimental design and reproducible research in computationa
 

Jon Houtman, PhD, University of Iowa     
Effects of Glycerol Monolaurate on Human T Cell Activation

Kyle Floyd, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz
Deciphering the Regulation of Vibrio cholerae Surface Colonization  

Caroline Grunenwald, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Coping Mechanisms: Bacterial Stress Responses at the Host Pathogen Interface

Michael Gebhardt, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
RNA Binding Proteins and Regulatory RNAs of P. aeruginosa: It’s a small (RNA) world after all

Olena Shtanko, PhD, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Tunneling nanotubes as an alternate route of Ebola virus dissemination

Jay Vornhagen, PhD, University of Michigan,
Consternation over colonization: Klebsiella pneumoniae in the gut

Jung-Ho Shin, PhD, Cornell University
Exploiting bacterial stress responses to overcome antibiotic tolerance in pathogens

Melinda Brindley, PhD, University of Georgia
How PtdSer localization alters Virus Infectivity and Budding

J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, PhD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Covid-19: pathogenesis, prevention and treatment

Apollo Stacy, PhD, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Role of poly-microbial interactions in shaping health and disease

Simon Dove, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Controlling virulence gene expression: Tales from two pathogens

Ryan Zander, PhD, Blood Research Institute, Versiti
T Follicular Helper cell-derived IL-21 supports Effector CD8 T cell differentiation during chronic viral infection

Mary Weber, PhD, University of Iowa
Mechanisms of molecular mimicry: Insights on Chlamydia host cellular invasion and reprogramming

Kevin Brown, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Control of Toxoplasma Motility by Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling

Jian Zheng, PhD
The role of PLA2G2D-PGD2 in coronavirus infection and host immune response

Hillel Haim, MD, PhD, University of Iowa
Listening to the “noise” in virus systems to tailor therapeutics to patients and vaccines to populations

Sharmila Nair, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
Leveraging ZIKV and the immune system for treatment against Glioblastoma

Nathan Schmidt, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine
Gut microbiota dynamically regulate germinal center reactions and severity of malaria

Eric Dang, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Mechanisms of host manipulation and cytosolic sensing during pathogenic fungal infection

Craig Coopersmith, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
(Co-sponsored with the Center for Immunology and Immune-Based Diseases
Gut integrity in sepsis

Kyla Ost, PhD, University of Utah
Adaptive immunity shapes friendlier fungi in the gut

Huachao Huang, PhD
Rare cells, big effects: tuft cells in pulmonary inflammation