WiPS Schedule - Fall 2025
Work in Progress Seminars (WiPS) for Fall 2025
All WiPS seminars are at 12:00 P.M., MONDAY, in BPS Room 1425.
Seminar Coordinator: Amber Bedore
Please use this QR code to access the WiPS Evaluation form:
| Date | Speaker | Title | Faculty Evaluators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 8 | Zack Blount | RECR Training | N/A |
| Sep. 15 |
Michael Wischer |
A genome wide screen in alveolar-like macrophages to define regulators of the TLR co-receptor CD14 | C. Vieille |
| Kendall Mara Dodd Lab |
Standardizing an antimicrobial susceptibility testing protocol for Mycoplasma bovis | S. Sherrill-Mix | |
| Sep. 22 | Bobby Zuniga Mi Lab |
Histone Varient H3.3 Chaperone HIRA Regulates Development of MAIT, NKT, and Conventional T cells |
V. DiRita |
| Danielle Gregory Manning/Dodd Lab |
Recovery of antibiotic-resistant, cultivable bacterial populations circulating in dairy cattle | S. Shames | |
| Sep. 29 | Emma Bush Zhang Lab |
Context Dependent Roles of Pds5 in V(D)J Recombination at Immunoglobulin Loci | C. Adami |
| Roskana Riddle Contag Lab |
Spindofection, and Minimal Genome Endosymbiosis | A. Rowe | |
| Oct. 6 | Jie Wu Zhang Lab |
Loop Extrusion and DNA Repair: Investigating Cohesin, PDS5, WAPL, and CTCF in Cisplatin-Induced Damage and Repair Pathway Activation | S. Lebeis |
| Maddy Quinlan Crosson Lab |
Characterization of a Caulobacter segnis strain that enhances Bradyrhizobium stress tolerance and supports soybean drought resilience | S. Manning | |
| Oct. 13 |
Asia Hawkins |
G. Severin | |
| Jared Godfrey Olive Lab |
The interplay between type I and II interferons in regulating costimulatory molecule expression on alveolar macrophages | S. Crosson | |
| Oct. 20 | Fall Break - No WiPS | ||
| Oct. 27 | Fatma Afify Hammer Lab |
Investigating the role of YjbH in Staphylococcus aureus sulfur acquisition. | Z. Blount |
| Kyleen Hall Manning Lab |
Using Genomic Epidemiology to Reveal the Expansion of Antimicrobial-Resistant Shigella spp. Infections in Michigan Patients | A. Olive | |
| Nov. 3 | Heather Murdoch Abramovitch Lab |
Investigating the role of Mycobacterim tuberculosis Ppe proteins in nutrient acquisition during infection | N. Hammer |
| Imani Pascoe Bonito/Lebeis Lab |
Utilizing transcriptomics to analyze how microbes colonize and function in Arabidopsis roots | N. Walker | |
| Nov. 10 | Le Zhan Wang Lab |
CXCR4 Mutation of WHIM Syndrome Enhances Papillomavirus Replication Via Dysregulated DNA Damage Response | D. Pyeon |
| Joel Marty Kaminski Lab |
Monocyte derived IL-12 enhances CD8+ T cell IFNγ production in a primary human coculutre system | M. Bachmann | |
| Nov. 17 | Sophia Liberto Hulin Lab |
Evolution of host specificity within Pseudomonas amygdali pv. morsprunorum on Prunus | N. Wale |
|
Veronica Albrecht |
Understanding the role of TrcRS, a two-component system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | L. Mansfield | |
| Nov. 24 | Camille Boucaud Heath-Heckman Lab |
The potential role for a host halide peroxidase in the sanctioning of non-cooperative symbionts | J. Barrick |
| Rosemary Northcote Crosson Lab |
BR-Bodies Promote Cell Envelope Stress Survival and Intracellular Fitness in Brucella | Z. Blount | |
| Dec. 1 |
John Garber |
B. Moricz | |
|
Rachel Richardson |
The contribution of the Human Gut Microbiome to the Development and Severity of Guillain-Barré Syndrome | Y. Zhang | |