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Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

DateSpeakerHostLocation
Aug. 26                           Bacteriology Faculty Interviews                          BSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Sept. 2No Seminar - Holiday  
    
Sep. 9Bacteriology Faculty Interviews BSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Sep. 16Lokesh Sharma, PhD
University of Pittsburgh		Jessica Tucker, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Sep. 23Sarah D'Orazio, PhD
University of Kentucky 		Jeremiah Johnson, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Sep. 30Zandrea Ambrose, PhD
University of Pittsburgh		Li Wu. PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Oct. 7Luciano Marraffini, PhD
The Rockefeller University 
Crawford Lecture		Jessica Tucker, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Oct. 14Elsa Bou Ghanem, PhD
University of Buffalo		Filiz Korkmaz, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Oct. 21Russel Vance, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Apicella Lecture		Mary Weber & David WeissBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Oct. 28Kanta Subbarao, PhD
Université Laval		Wendy Maury, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Nov.4Nick Lennemann, PhD
University of Alabama		Wendy Maury, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Nov. 11Lauren Palmer, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago		Aimee Potter, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Nov. 18Anthony Fehr, PhD
University of Kansas		Stanley Perlman, MD, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke
    
Nov. 25Thanksgiving Break  
    
Dec. 2David Heinrichs, PhD
Western University		Thomas Kehl-Fie, PhDBSB Aud 3 Watzke