Autumn 2023
Seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m to 5:05 p.m. Unless marked as "Zoom meeting", seminars will be in person in Jennings 355. In-person seminars will not be available via Zoom. Please reach out to Igor Jouline for information regarding links to Zoom seminars.
Please contact the Graduate Coordinator (micro.grad@osu.edu) for additional information and changes to the schedule.
August 23
Rajendar Deora, Ohio State University
"Acute or Persistent infections: A Tale of in vitro, Animal, and Human Models of Bordetella pertussis Pathogenesis"
Host: Igor Jouline
September 6
Jonathan Jacobs, Ohio State University
"Defining the role of gene loss in bacterial niche-specificity"
Host: Chad Rappleye
September 13
Kou-San Ju, Ohio State University
"Genomics-Accelerated Discovery and Biosynthesis of Phosphonic Acid Natural Products"
Host: Natacha Ruiz
September 20
Julia van Kessel, Indiana University
"Bacterial quorum sensing regulation of metabolic flux optimizes growth and fitness in restricted nutrient conditions"
Host: Igor Jouline
October 4
Kym Gowdy, Ohio State University
"Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of How Air Pollution Increases Susceptibility to Pulmonary Infections"
Host: Chad Rappleye
October 18
Matthew Sullivan, Ohio State University
“From viromes to virocells: how viruses manipulate marine microbial metabolisms locally and globally”
Host: Stephen Abedon
November 1
Josué Flores Kim, UMass Chan Medical School
"Molecular mechanisms controlling bacterial cell envelope remodeling networks and antibiotic tolerance in Streptococcus pneumoniae"
Host: Natacha Ruiz
November 15
Michelle Meyer, Boston College
"Quantification of the fitness advantage conferred by RNA cis-regulators to Streptococcus pneumoniae during infection"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
November 29
Kate Hummels, University of Georgia
"Coordination of Lipopolysaccharide and Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
Host: Natacha Ruiz