Medical Microbiology and Immunology Calendar of Events
Seminar Series List for Fall 2024
Current Topics: MMIM 6030/8030
Lecture time and location: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., HEB 227
September
09.18.2024
- Title: “An Emerging Dichotomy of Lipoprotein Sorting and Secretion in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi”
- Speaker: Wolfram Zueckert, Professor, Dept. Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
- Institution: KU Medical Center The University of Kansas
- Laboratory: https://www.kumc.edu/wzueckert.html
- Host: Dr. Mark Wooten
09.25.2024
- Title: “Platelets going Viral: Establishing a Role for Platelets in Respiratory Virus Infection"
- Speaker: Leah Wuescher
- Institution: University of Toledo - MMI Department
- Laboratory: https://www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/micro/biopage/Wuescher.html
- Host: Dr. Kevin Pan
October
10.09.2024
- Title: “Regulation of Invadopodia Formation by the Coordinated Action of RhoGEFs and RhoGAPs”
- Speaker: Rafael Garcia - Mata Professor, Endowed Chair and Professor
- Institution: The University of Toledo - Biological Sciences
- Laboratory: https://garciamatalab.com/
- Hosted by: Jessica Jiron PhD student- Taylor Lab
10.16.2024
- Title: " Systematic Identification of Immunomodulatory Effectors in Toxoplasma gondii"
- Speaker: Yifan Wang , Assistant Professor, Departmentof Microbiology and Immunology
- Institution: University of Michigan Medical School
- Laboratory: https://yifan-wang.lab.medicine.umich.edu/home
- Hosted by: Dr. Kevin Pan
December
12.11.2024
- Faculty Candidate Seminar
- Title: "Elucidating Pivotal Host-Pathogen Interactions that Drive the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease"
- Speaker: Zachary Hilt , Postdoctoral Associate, Departmentof Microbiology and Immunology
- Institution: Cornell University
- Hosted by: Dr. R. Mark Wooten