April Events
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Sebla Kutluay, PhD
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Rules that govern packaging and repackaging of the HIV-1 genome Sebla Kutluay, PhD Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Aravinth Jayabalan, PhD
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
"Virus-Host Battle at Stress Granules: Insights from Alphavirus Macrodomain" Aravinthkumar Jayabalan, PhD Research Associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Medicine
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, April 8, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the third Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to all—students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science (we have several male faculty in regular attendance and we appreciate the support!). Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Sizun Jiang, PhD
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Spatial-omics To Interrogate Host-Disease Interactions Sizun Jiang, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Tate Neff and Alexis Ramos
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Tate Neff Graduate student in Dr. Ling Yang's lab Presented by Alexis Ramos Graduate student in Dr. Adam Mailloux's lab
Joseph Graves: Race, Health, and the Built Microbiome
Friday, April 12, 2024, 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Joseph Graves Jr. is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Dr. Graves’ research focuses on the evolution of adaptation and evolutionary theories of aging. He has risen to international prominence as the author of two books that address myths of race in American society, The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium and The Race Myth: Why We Pretend That Race Exists in...
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Hwan Kim, PhD
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Tick transmission and pathogenesis of Rickettsia amblyommatis Hwan Kim, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Stony Brook University
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Amanda Dudek, PhD
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
"A Tale of Two Models: Developing an HIV cure and investigating immune control using gene editing" Amanda Dudek, PhD Stanford University School of Medicine
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Christine Suetterlin, PhD
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
"Arms race between Chlamydia and its host cell" Christine Suetterlin, PhD University of California, Irvine
Spring Microbiology Undergraduate Poster Session
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 3:30pm to 5:30pm
If you are a Microbiology major who has been doing research (in any lab), come share that research at the Microbiology Undergraduate Poster Session on Thursday, April 25 in the EMRB atrium from 3:30-5:30 p.m. There are good reasons to participate:...