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Date | Speaker | Host | Seminar Title | Location |
Tues, Aug 22 |
Filiz Korkmaz, PhD |
Jon Houtman, PhD | LOX-1-dependent regulation of immunity and metabolism in the pneumonic lung | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Mon, Aug 28 |
Stacia Phillips, PhD |
Jon Houtman, PhD |
Exploitation and evasion of host RNA-binding protein function during viral infections | 283 EMRB - Seebohm |
Tues, Sep 5 |
Balaji Manicassamy, PhD |
Microbiology and Immunology |
Genetic Approaches to Study Influenza Virus-Host Interactions | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues,Sep 12 |
Dana Shaw, PhD |
Mary Weber, PhD |
From stress to defense: unraveling the UPR’s role in tick immunity and vector competency | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues,Sep 19 |
Sriram Neelamegham, PhD |
Balaji Manicassmy, PhD |
Glycosylation: New tools and applications in the study of human disease |
Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues,Sep 26 |
Stacey D. Gilk, PhD |
Mary Weber, PhD |
Establishing the intracellular niche: Coxiella manipulation of lysosome biogenesis |
Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Thu, Sep 28 |
Thomas Kehl-Fie, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD | You are what you don’t eat: Bacterial strategies for overcoming nutritional immunity | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Oct 3 |
Andrea Marzi, PhD |
Wendy Maury, PhD |
Pathogenesis of filoviruses |
Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
*Thu, Oct 5 |
Ting Zhang, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD | Defining an entero-hepato-biliary axis of innate immunity | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Oct 10 |
Jeremiah Johnson, PhD |
Craig Elleremeier, PhD |
Battle for the histones: Translocation of a bacterial sirtuin promotes neutrophil activation and intestinal inflammation during Campylobacter jejuni infection | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Oct 17 |
Craig Forrest, PhD |
Jessica Tucker, PhD |
A risky game played by gammaherpesviruses to chronically infect B cells | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Oct 24 |
Yohei Kirino PhD |
Jessica Tucker, PhD |
Infection-induced tRNA half molecules activate endosomal Toll-like receptor in immune response | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Thu, Oct 26 |
Brady Spencer, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD | The Role of the Type VII Secretion System in Group B Streptococcal Pathogenesis | Watzke, Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Oct 31 |
Eric Freed, PhD |
Li Wu, PhD | HIV assembly, maturation, and drug resistance | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Thu, Nov 2 |
Ting-Sung Hsieh, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD |
Dynamic membrane remodeling by a self-organizing bacterial kinase–phosphatase duo |
Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Nov 7 |
Andrew Hryckowian, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD |
A butyrate-centric view of Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Thu, Nov 9 |
Tim Casselli, PhD |
Craig Ellermeier, PhD | Watzke Aud. III, BSB | |
Tues, Nov 14 |
Becky Lamason, PhD |
ASM (graduate students - Alix McCullough) |
Manipulation of host membranes by a cytosolic bacterial pathogen | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tue., Nov 21 |
Thanksgiving Break - No Seminar |
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Tues, Nov 28 |
Daniel Perez, PhD |
Balaji Manicassamy, PhD |
Emergence of H9 subtype influenza A viruses of pandemic concern: The little virus that could | Watzke Aud. III, BSB |
Tues, Dec 5 |
Leonid Margolis, PhD |
Jack Stapleton, MD |
Watzke Aud. III, BSB |