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Fall 2026 Seminar Schedule

DateSpeaker                       Host            Faculty Lab or Profile
Aug. 25   
    
Sept. 1Lijun Rong, PhD, University of Illinois at ChicagoBalaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/microbiology/profiles/rong-lijun/
    
Sept. 8Holiday - No Seminar  
    
Sept. 15Jane Carlton PhD, John HopkinsMary Wilson, MD, PhDhttps://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1515/jane-m-carlton 
    
Sept. 22M. Stephen Trent, PhD, University of Georgia Michael Gebhardt, PhDhttps://mib.uga.edu/directory/people/m-stephen-trent
    
Sept. 29Fabienne Paumet, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Mary Weber, PhDhttps://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/microbiology/faculty-staff/faculty/paumet.html
    
Oct. 6Robbie Mailliard, PhD, University of PittsburghAmanda Dudek, PhDhttps://www.pmi.pitt.edu/people/ant-201
    
Oct. 13Rong Hai, PhD, University of California - Riverside Balaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/ronghai
    
Oc. 20Reserved for faculty recruitment - bacteriology  
    
Oct. 27Reserved for faculty recruitment - bacteriology  
    
Nov. 3Reserved for faculty recruitment - bacteriology   
    
Nov. 10Sumit Chanda, PhD, Scripps ResearchLi Wu, PhDhttps://www.scripps.edu/faculty/chanda/
    
Nov. 17David Evans, PhD, University of WisconsinAmanda Dudek, PhDhttps://pathology.wisc.edu/staff/evans-david/
    
Nov. 24Thanksgiving Break  
    
Dec. 1Matthew Jorgenson, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesDavid Weiss, PhDhttps://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/faculty/primary/matthew-jorgenson-ph-d/
    
Dec. 8Backup Seminar Date