MGI Seminars - Spring 2026
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@msu.edu
Seminar Coordinators: Steph Shames, Sean Crosson, & Margaret Petroff
Graduate Student Representatives: Kendall Mara & Fatma Afify
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Host |
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| January 13 | The hologenomics of reproduction | Kevin Theis | Chris Waters |
| January 20 | Microbial Physiology in an Ecosystems Context | Aretha Fiebig |
MGI |
| January 27 | Hijacking Immune Evasion: Targeting Staphylococcal Protein A to Drive Protective Immunity against Staphylococcus aureus | Josh Lensmire |
Early Career Award - Neal Hammer |
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February 10 (Virtual) |
Formaldehyde Homeostasis: Do or Die | Jannell Bazurto | Gemma Reguera / Sean Crosson |
| February 17 | Life at the Limits: Extremophiles as a Gateway to Student-Driven Scientific Discovery | Kazem Kashefi | MGI |
| February 24 | Highly prevalent, terribly costly, and profoundly understudied: bacterial brood diseases in honey bees | Meghan Milbrath | MGI |
| March 10 | Unraveling the Emergence of Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria in a New Reservoir in the United States: Pets | Allison James | Danielle Gregory |
| March 24 | Advancing sustainable agriculture using nanotechnology and RNA-based control of microbial interactions | Angela Chen | MGI |
| March 31 | Microbiome Influences on Brain Development: Insights from Translational Research | Rebecca Knickmeyer | MGI |
| April 7 | Michael Bachman | Victor DiRita |