MGI Seminars - Spring 2020
All MMG seminars are at 4:10 P.M., TUESDAY, 1415 Biomedical Physical Sciences, unless noted otherwise.
Seminar Coordinators: Andrew Olive, Ashley Shade & Gemma Reguera
Graduate Student Representatives: Cole McCutcheon, Beth Ottosen & Ted Van Alst
Click here for a downloadable schedule of the Spring Seminar Series
| MMG Seminar Date | MMG Seminar Topic | Seminar Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
|
January 7 |
Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Dr. JoAnne Flynn, University of Pittsburgh | Olive |
| January 14 | Molecular mechanisms at play in Vibrio cholerae’s environmental lifestyle | Dr. Melanie Blokesch, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne | MMG Graduate Students |
| January 21 |
Multi-omics of soil microbiomes |
Dr. Janet Jansson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Shade |
| January 28 | Virulence | Dr. Arturo Casadevall, Johns Hopkins | DO/PhD Students & MMG Grads |
| February 4 |
Quorum sensing gene regulation: HowVibrio harveyi turns on the light |
Dr. Julia van Kessel, Indiana University | Waters |
| February 11 |
Location, location, location: how papillomaviruses persist |
Dr. Alison McBride, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease | Pyeon |
| February 18 |
How to study Fanconi anemia in the age of personalized medicine |
Dr. Susanne Wells, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital | Pyeon |
| February 25 | cGAS-like enzymes in immunity and host-microbe signaling | Dr. Philip Kranzusch, Harvard | Waters |
| MMG Seminars have been cancelled for the remainder of the semester | |||