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Seminar Series

During the academic year, the Microbiology Seminar Series is 11 a.m.–12 p.m. in NL4.124.

2024–2025 Schedule
DateSpeakerInstitutionSeminar TitleSponsorIn-Person/Zoom*
Sept. 10 Sherry Cao, Ph.D

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

TBD Don Gammon, Ph.D. In-Person/UTSW
Sept. 17 Xin Li, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center TBD Don Gammon, Ph.D. In-Person/UTSW
Sept. 24 Boyuan Wang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center TBD Don Gammon, Ph.D. In-Person/UTSW
Oct. 29 David Wang, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis TBD Don Gammon, Ph.D. In-Person
Nov. 19 Christiane Wobus, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan TBD Robert Orchard, Ph.D. In-Person
Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Break        
Dec. 10 Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt Universitry TBD David Hendrixson, Ph.D. In-Person
Dec. 17 Sean Whelan, Ph.D. Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Department Head at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis TBD Don Gammon, Ph.D. In-Person
Dec. 24 Winter Break        
Dec. 31 New Year Holiday TBD TBD TBD TBD
Jan. 7 Aaron Whiteley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder TBD Kevin Forsberg, Ph.D. In-Person
Jan. 21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day        
Jan. 28 Susana Valente, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology and Microbiology at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology TBD Ivan D'Orso, Ph.D. In-Person
Feb. 4 Ryan Langlois, Ph.D. Associate Professor McKnight Presidential Fellow at the University of Minnesota TBD John Schoggins, Ph.D. n-Person
Feb. 11 Drew Bridges, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University TBD Kim Orth, Ph.D. In-Person
Feb. 18 Joseph Sorg, Ph.D. Professor, Associate Dept Head for Faculty Affairs, Department of Biology at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX TBD Xinyun “Sherry” Cao, Ph.D. In-Person
Mar. 25 Michael S. Diamond, M.D., Ph.D.
Sulkin speaker
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis TBD Julie Pfeiffer, Ph.D. In-Person/Sulkin
Apr. 8 Carrie Harwood, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington TBD Kim Orth, Ph.D. In-Person
Apr. 29 Thomas Bernhardt, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology at Harvard Medical School; Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute TBD David Hendrixson, Ph.D. In-Person
May 6 Scott Saunders, Ph.D. Distinguished Fellow in the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center TBD David Hendrixson, Ph.D. In-Person/UTSW
May 13 Blanton Tolbert, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania; Vice President of Science Leadership and Culture at HHMI TBD Nicholas Conrad, Ph.D. In-Person
May 27 Memorial Day        

Past Seminars

2023-2024