Medical Microbiology and Immunology Calendar of Events
Seminar Series List for 2023-2024
Current Topics MMIM 6030/8030
Lecture time and location: Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., HEB227
September
September 13 -
Title: "From Phage to Predatory bacteria, How do bacteria Defend Against Threats?"
Dr. Aaron Whiteley, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
https://www.colorado.edu/lab/aaron-whiteley/
Hosted by MMI Graduate Students
September 20 -
Title: "Mononegavirus mRNA Assembly Line"
Dr. Tomoaki Ogino, Ph.D., University of Toledo
https://www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/micro/faculty/Ogino.html
Hosted Internal
oCTOBER
October 11 -
Title: "The Emerging Threat of the Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus: How Can We Develop an Improved Vaccine?"
Dr. Magnus Johansson Ph.D., Örebro University
Hosted by Dr. Travis Taylor
October 18 -
Title: "Natural Antibodies & Acinetobacter"
Dr. Timothy Wilson Ph.D., Miami University of Ohio
Hosted by Dr. Robert Blumenthal
October 25 -
Title: "Identifying and Exploiting Bacterial Communication Networks to Manipulate Bacterial Pathogens"
Dr. Michael Federle Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago
Hosted by Dr. Jason Huntley
November
November 1 -
Title: "Utilization of Genome Editing in Zebrafish to Model Blood Disorders and Develop
Therapeutics"
Dr. Jordan Shavit, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Hosted by Dr. Randall Worth
december
December 6 -
Title: “Polymicrobial Interactions in the Urinary Tract: Implications for Infection Severity.”
Dr. Chelsie Armbruster, Ph.D., University of Buffalo
Hosted by Dr. Laura Mike