Seminar Series
During the academic year, the Microbiology Seminar Series is 11 a.m.–12 p.m. in NL4.124.
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Seminar Title | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 12 | Jennifer Kohler, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biochemistry at UTSW | "Fucosylated glycoproteins and fucosylated glycolipids play opposing roles in cholera intoxication" | Dr. Don Gammon |
| Sept. 19 | Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology at UTSW | "Host signals that regulate Staphylococcus aureus in the skin" | Dr. Neal Alto |
| Sept. 26 | Vincent Tagliabracci, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology at UTSW | "An engineered bacterial ubiquitin ligase for the discovery of targets of proteins and small molecules" | Dr. Neal Alto |
| Oct. 3 | Sean Crosson, Ph.D. | Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University | "Bacterial adaptation across environments" | Dr. David Hendrixson |
| Oct. 17 | Despoina Mavridou, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin | "Protein folding elements control the mutational landscape of antibiotic resistance proteins" | Dr. Kim Orth |
| Oct. 24 | David Beckham, M.D. | Professor & Division Chief, Department of Internal Medicine at UTSW | "Linking flavivirus pathogenesis research to vaccine design and neuroimmunology research" | Dr. Don Gammon |
| Oct. 31 | Richard Bennett, Ph.D. | Professor and Chair, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at Brown University | "Understanding Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans" | Dr. Andy Koh |
| Nov. 7 | Becky Lamason, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | "Manipulation of host membranes by a cytosolic bacterial pathogen" | Dr. Neal Alto |
| Dec. 5 | Asma Hatoum, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Illinois | "Mechanisms of defense and counter-defense in the battle between bacteria and their viruses" | Dr. Kevin Forsberg |
| Jan. 9 | Ankur Dalia, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington | "Regulation and mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation" | Dr. Kim Orth and Karan Kaval |
| Jan. 30 | Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University | "Pathogenic bacteria make surgical strikes on host ubiquitin" | Dr. Neal Alto |
| Feb. 6 | Kristin Patrick, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology at Texas A&M University School of Medicine | "Nuclear RNA binding proteins: Concertmasters of the macrophage innate immune response" | Dr. Nicholas Conrad |
| Feb. 13 | Gonzalo Moratorio, Ph.D. | Associate Professor at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, and the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo | "Host genome composition and immune response determine arbovirus sequence space" | Dr. Robert Orchard |
| Feb. 27 | Josephine Thinwa, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology at UTSW | "Discovering mechanisms of autophagy initiation and antiviral immunity" | Dr. Don Gammon |
| Mar. 5 | Mary K. Estes, Ph.D. - Sulkin speaker | Distinguished Service Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas | "Mini-Guts: Avatars to Understand Human Intestinal Health and Infection" | Dr. Julie Pfeiffer |
| Mar. 26 | Nina Salama, Ph.D. | Professor, Human Biology, Public Health Sciences at Fred Hutch Cancer Center | "Helicobacter pylori carcinogenesis: host and bug changes during stomach cancer development" | Grad Students/Aaron Embry/Amanda Dobbins |
| Apr. 2 | Andy Koh, M.D. | Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | "Investigating the Effects of Antibiotics on Gut Microbiota" | Dr. Don Gammon |
| Apr. 9 | Josephine Ni, M.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | "Development of a microbiome- and metabolite-based prediction tool for colonic polyposis with and without a known genetic driver" | Dr. Sherry Cao |
| Apr. 16 | Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine | "Emerging Viral Glycoproteins: From Viral Entry to Vaccines and Antivirals" | Dr. Rob Orchard |
| Apr. 30 | Stefan Rothenburg, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at UC Davis Health, School of Medicine | "One Does Not Fit All – Species-Specific Interactions of Viral Inhibitors with Host Antiviral Proteins" | Dr. Don Gammon |
| May 7 | Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Hard | Professor of Microbiology at ETH Zürich Institute of Microbiology, D-BIOL |
"How to conquer a colonized niche: Lessons from Salmonella Typhimurium" | Dr. Neal Alto |
| May 14 | Prof Geoffrey L Smith, FRS | Professor, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK | "Discovering host restriction factors for poxviruses and viral evasion mechanisms" | Dr. Don Gammon |