MGI Seminars - Spring 2025
MGI Seminars will take place at 12:00 P.M. in 1425 BPS, unless noted otherwise in the table below.
All MGI Seminar questions should be directed to MGI.Seminars@campusad.msu.edu
Seminar Coordinators: Steph Shames, Sean Crosson, & Margaret Petroff
Graduate Student Representatives: Kendall Mara & Fatma Afify
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 28 | A new preclinical mouse model for papillomavirus-induced disease uncovers how papillomaviruses evade host immunity. | Paul Lambert | Pyeon |
| Feb. 4 |
No seminar |
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| Feb. 11 |
Image-based 3D genomics and epigenomics |
Steven Wang Yale University |
Zhang |
| Feb. 25 | Alveolar macrophages and the innate sentinel response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Alissa Rothchild University of Massachusetts |
Olive |
| Mar. 4 | MSU Spring Break - no seminar | ||
| Mar. 11 | Ecological dynamics of bacterial cell collectives | Julia Schwartzman Univ. of Southern CA |
Heath-Heckman |
| Mar. 18 | Inflammation as a driver of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis | Christina Stallings Washington University School of Medicine |
Kibiloski |
| Mar. 27 | What experimental evolution can teach us about the biology of host-microbe interactions | Vaughn Cooper University of Pittsburgh |
DiRita co-hosted with the dept. of ecology, evolution, & behavior |
| Apr. 1 | Brubaker Lecture | Jorge Galán Yale University |
DiRita |
| Apr. 8 | Flagellar Motor Biogenesis in Polarly-Flagellated Bacterial Pathogens | Dave Hendrixson University of Texas Southwestern |
Crosson |
| Apr. 15 | Early Career Award | Heather Blankenship Michigan Department of Health & Human Services |
Vieille |
| Apr. 22 | MGI Awards Reception | ||