August 21: Department Welcome/Orientation
September 4: Karin Musier-Forsyth, The Ohio State University
"Unexpected roles of tRNAs and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in Retroviral Replication"
Host: Mike Ibba
September 11: Virginia Rich, The Ohio State University
"Climate change microbiology: Building a decade of genes-to-ecosystems observations and discoveries"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
September 18: Chad Rappleye, The Ohio State University
"Mechanisms of Stealth, Survival, and Proliferation of the Intracellular Pathogen, Histoplasma capsulatum"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
September 25: Michael Rother, PhD, Technische Universität Dresden
"Dispensable methanogenic energy metabolism in a methanogenic archaeon"
Host: Joe Krzycki
October 2: Joanne Engel, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco
"Coming in for a landing: bacterial signaling pathways activated upon surface contact"
Host: Igor Jouline
October 9: Alfredo Torres, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch
"Resist or Persist, survival decisions of the intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei"
Host: Michael Ibba
October 16: Murat Eren, PhD, University of Chicago
"Mosquitoes, bacteria, and the hidden gems of the mobilome: a high-resolution microbial 'omics story"
Host: Juan Alfonzo
October 23: Jonathan Dworkin, PhD, Columbia University
"Putting ribosomes to bed: Regulation of translation during cellular quiescence"
Host: Tina Henkin
October 30: Homa Ghalei, PhD, Emory University
"Assembly of macromolecular machines for eukaryotic translational control"
Host: Kurt Fredrick
November 6: Steve Oghumu, PhD, The Ohio State University
"Exploiting host immunity and diet in oral cancer prevention and treatment"
Host: Abhay Satoskar
November 13: Peter Chien, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Regulated protein degradation during stress and growth in bacteria"
Host: Mike Ibba
November 27: No Classes- Thanksgiving Break