August 22: Department Welcome/Orientation
August 29: Mary Ann Moran, PhD, University of Georgia-Athens
"Metabolites of the Surface Ocean Microbiome"
Host: Matthew Sullivan
September 5: Andrew Roger, PhD, Dalhousie University
"Evolution of genomes, mitochondria and endosymbionts in anaerobic protozoa"
Host: Juan Alfonzo
September 11: Stephen Abedon, PhD, The Ohio State University
"Bacteriophages, Biofilms, and Pharmacology: 30 Years of Study of Microbial Evolutionary Ecology"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
**This seminar will be held at 4:10pm in 260 Pomerene Hall. Students enrolled are not required to attend.
September 12: Natividad Ruiz, PhD, The Ohio State University
"Learning how to build and flip across membranes in Escherichia coli"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
September 19: Sylvain Moineau, PhD, Université Laval
"CRISPR-Cas systems: from humble beginnings to today's headlines"
Host: Matthew Sullivan
October 3: Jian Zhu, PhD, The Ohio State University
"Identification of host factors and therapeutic reagents to epigenetically silence HIV proviruses"
Host: Chad Rappleye
October 17: Brian Bachmann, PhD, Vanderbilt University
"From Cave to Bedside: Natural Product Discovery for Precision Medicine"
Host: Kou-San Ju
October 31: No Seminar
November 14: Vanessa Hale, PhD, The Ohio State University
"To infect or not to infect: C. difficile, diarrhea, and the gut microbiome"
Host: Chad Rappleye
November 20: Constantinos Stathopoulos, PhD, University of Patras School of Medicine
"Unboxing” the diversity of tRNA-mediated transcription regulation in pathogens
Host: Mike Ibba
**This seminar will be held at 4:10pm, Aronoff 104. Students enrolled are not required to attend.
November 21: Thanksgiving Break, No Classes
November 28: No seminar