Autumn 2024
Seminars were held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m to 5:05 p.m. Unless marked as "Zoom meeting", seminars were in person in Jennings 355. In-person seminars will not be available via Zoom.
August 21: Welcome Orientation for Department of Microbiology
Event is only for the Department of Microbiology faculty and graduate students.
August 28:
Igor Jouline, PhD, The Ohio State University
“PAS and Cache: Small Molecule Sensors Conserved from Bacteria to Humans”
Host: Karna Gowda
September 4:
Philip Ahern, DPhil, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
“Decoding Immune-Microbiome Interactions in the Intestine”
Host: Darryl Wesener
September 11:
Beatriz Sierra, M.D., Ph.D.; Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute
“African and Amerindian Ancestry: Protective Factor Against Severe Dengue Disease in the Cuban Population”
Host: Jesse Kwiek
September 18 :
Virginia Rich, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
"Microbes and Climate Change, Now and In the Past"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
September 25:
Lydia Freddolino, Ph.D., University of Michigan
"Regulation, Domestication, and Function of Newly Acquired Chromosomal Elements in Bacteria"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
October 9: Kendrick Memorial Seminar
Jessica Metcalf, Ph.D., Colorado State University
"CSI Microbe: Big Clues from Tiny Witnesses"
Host: Microbiology Graduate Students
October 23:
This seminar has been canceled.
November 13:
Alex Michaud, Ph.D., School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University
"The Role of Ice in Microbial Ecology"
Host: Chad Rappleye
November 27: No Seminar; Thanksgiving Break
December 4:
Arne Rietsch, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
"The Biofilm-Tropic Bacteriophage Clew-1 Uses the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exopolysaccharide Psl for Infection"
Host: Daniel Wozniak
December 11:
Felix Barber, Ph.D., New York University
"Wall teichoic acids regulate peptidoglycan synthesis by paving cell wall microstructure"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
**This is a special seminar that will be located in 160 Pomerene Hall. Students are not required to attend.