MGI Seminars - Spring 2023
MMG Seminars will take place at 3:10 P.M. in BPS 1415, unless noted otherwise in the table below.
All MMG Seminar questions should be directed to MMG.Seminars@campusad.msu.edu
Seminar Coordinators: Aretha Fiebig, Kefei Yu & Elizabeth Heath-Heckman
Graduate Student Representatives: Ifeanyichukwu Eke & Jasper Gomez
Postdoc Representative: Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan
| MMG Seminar Date | MMG Seminar Topic | Seminar Speaker | Host |
| January 17 | Host-microbe studies in an evolutionary model organism: Diversity matters |
Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan |
Ravi |
| February 28 | Equine herpesvirus-1: Pathogenesis, Immunity and Unique Challenges with Vaccine Development | Dr. Gisela Soboll Hussey Michigan State University |
DiRita |
| March 7 | Spring Break | ||
| March 14 | SeXX matters for respiratory infections and responses to vaccines | Dr. Sabra Klein Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
MMG Graduate Students |
| March 21 | Expanding the power of classical genetics to understand malaria parasite phenotypes: The evolutionary balance between fitness and drug resistance | Dr. Michael Ferdig University of Notre Dame |
Wale |
| March 28 |
Research Seminar:
|
Dr. Darren Higgins Harvard Medical School |
DiRita |
| April 3 | Translational Research Studies of C. difficile Infection: Bench to Bedside and Back Again Please Note: This talk will be held in 1425 BPS |
Dr. Vince Young University of Michigan |
Tom Kim |
| April 18 | Brubaker Lecture Timing and Targets in Pneumonic Plague |
Dr. William Goldman UNC School of Medicine |
DiRita |
| Wednesday, April 26 | MMG Graduate Poster Session & MMG Awards Reception Lincoln Room, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center |
||
| May 2 |
Early Career Award Seminar |
Dr. Youssef Kousa |
Schutte |