Medical Microbiology and Immunology Calendar of Events
Seminar Series List for Fall 2026
Current Topics: MMIM 6030/8030
Lecture time and location: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., HEB 227
October
10/07/2026
- Title: “Targeting ferroptotic cell death during ocular bacterial infections"
- Speaker: Ashok Kumar, Ph.D. FARVO, Professor of Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Immunology
- Institution: Wayne State University School of Medicine,
- Laboratory: anatomy.med.wayne.edu/vision/core-modules/immunology
- Hosted by: Sneha Singh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
10/28/2026
- Title: "Beyond Retroviruses: How TRIM5α Breaches the Membrane Fortress to Restrict Orthoflavivirus Replication"
- Speaker: Sonja Best, Ph.D., Chief, Laboratory of Neurological Infections and Immunity
- Institution: National Institute of Health,
- Laboratory: niaid.nih.gov/research/sonja-m-best-phd
- Hosted by: Travis Taylor, Ph.D. MMI Track Co-Director, Associate Professor
November
11/04/2026
- Title: "Retinoids at the heart of pregnancy: cell-specific mechanisms of maternal cardiac remodeling"
- Speaker: Loredana Quadro, Ph.D.
- Institution: Rutgers University
- Laboratory: foodsci.rutgers.edu/faculty/quadro/
- Hosted by: Zachary Hilt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
11/18/2026
- Title: TBD
- Speaker: Mehul Suthar, Ph.D.
- Institution: Emory University
- Laboratory: vaccines.emory.edu/faculty/primary-faculty/suthar-mehul.html
- Hosted by: Sneha Singh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
December
12/02/2026
- Title: TBD
- Speaker: Xinghong Dai, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
- Institution: Case Western Reserve University
- Laboratory: physiology.case.edu/research/labs/dai-lab/
- Hosted by: Tomoaki Ogino, Ph.D., Associate Professor