August 27:

Natividad Ruiz, Ph.D., The Ohio State University

"Lipid Transporters that Build the Outer Membrane of Gram-negative Bacteria"

Host: Karna Gowda

September 3: Welcome Orientation for Department of Microbiology*

_{*Event is only for the Department of Microbiology  faculty and graduate students.}

September 17:

Nicole M. Koropatkin, Ph.D., University of Michigan

"Microbial Carb Loading: How Gut Bacteroides Eat Starch"

Host: Darryl Wesener

October 1:

Lars Dietrich, Ph.D., Columbia University

"Bacterial Biofilms, Pigments and Javelins"

Host: Daniel Wozniak 

October 8:

Jeffrey L. Bose, Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center

"Fatty acids in Staphylococcus aureus: Beyond Membrane Building Blocks"

Host: Rajendar Deora

October 15:

Scott E. Lindner, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

"The Use of Specialized Ribosomes and Translational Control to Promote the Efficient Transmission of Malaria Parasites”

Host: Krithika Rajaram

October 29:

November 5:

Rohan Balakrishnan, Ph.D., University of North Texas

"Protein Production in Starving Bacteria"

Host: Kurt Fredrick

November 12:

Patricia C. Dos Santos, Ph.D., Wake Forest University

“Genetic and Biochemical Complexity in Building Metallocofactors for Nitrogen Fixation”

Host: Justin North

November 26: No seminar; Campus Closed

Tuesday, December 2: 

Special Departmental Seminar (co-organized with Division of Medicinal Chemistry)

David Sherman, Ph.D., University of Washington

“TBA”

Host: Tom Li and Karna Gowda

Location/time:  Parks Hall Room 111; 2:30-3:50 PM

December 10:

Federico E. Rey, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

"Exploring the Consequences of Gut Microbiome Variation on Host Health"

Host: Patrick Bradley