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Seminar Series

During the academic year, the Microbiology Seminar Series is 11 a.m.–12 p.m. in NL4.124.

2026–2027 Schedule
DateSpeakerInstitutionSponsorIn-Person/ Zoom*
Sept. 15 Aron Lukacher, M.D., Ph.D. Emeritus Chair of Microbiology and Immunology - Penn State College of Medicine Dr. Josephine Thinwa In-Person
Sept. 29 Saba Valadkhan, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dr. Ivan D'Orso In-Person
Nov. 10 Sampriti Mukherjee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology / Microbiology - University of Chicago Dr. Kim Orth In-Person
Dec. 1 Neima Briggs, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Infectious Diseases - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dr. Chien-Ting Wu In-Person/UTSW
Jan. 5 Erica L. Sanchez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology - University of Texas at Dallas Dr. Tiffany Reese In-Person
Feb. 9 Silvi Rouskin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology - Harvard Medical School Dr. Nicholas Conrad In-Person
Feb. 16 Vivek Mutalik, Ph.D. Principal Investigator, BRaVE Phage Foundry & Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Dr. Kevin Forsberg In-Person
Feb. 23 Alexander Meeske, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology - University of Washington Student invitee - Alyaa, Hrag, Sean In-Person
Mar. 9 Aimee Shen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology - Tufts University Dr. David Hendrixson In-Person
Mar. 23 Harmit Malik, Ph.D. - Sulkin Speaker Professor and Associate Director, Basic Sciences Division - Fred Hutch Cancer Center Dr. Julie Pfeiffer  In-Person/Sulkin
Apr. 20 Michael Gale, Jr., Ph.D. Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Institute on Infectious Diseases - University of Minnesota Dr. David Beckham In-Person
Apr. 27 Alexander Ploss, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biology - Princeton University Dr. John Schoggins In-Person

Past Seminars

2023-2024