Spring 2024
Seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m to 5:05 p.m. Unless marked as "Zoom meeting", seminars were held in person in Pomerene Hall 260. 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.
January 10: Cancelled
January 17:
Stephen Bell, Indiana University
“DNA replication, gene expression and chromosome Archae-tecture”
Host: Igor Jouline
January 24:
Rita Tamayo, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Generating phenotypic diversity in Clostridioides difficile"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
January 31:
Petra Levin, Washington University in Saint Louis
"The Environment Shapes the Cell"
Host: Igor Jouline
February 7:
Matthew Parsek, University of Washington
"Deciphering secondary messenger signaling when Pseudomonas aeruginosa encounters a surface"
Host: Igor Jouline
February 14:
Katelyn Walzer, University of Pennsylvania
“Transcriptional control of sex determination in the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum"
Host: Natacha Ruiz
February 21:
Félix Ramos-León, National Cancer Institute
"Protein coopted from a phage restriction system dictates orthogonal cell division plane selection in Staphylococcus aureus"
Host: Chad Rappleye
February 28:
Mingxu Fang, University of California, San Diego
"Crafting Biological Timepieces: The Clockmaker's Approach to Unwinding Circadian Rhythms"
Host: Chad Rappleye
March 6:
The previously-scheduled seminar for March 6th has been cancelled.
March 7:
María Santos Merino, Michigan State University
"Influence of metabolic sinks on cyanobacterial photosynthetic capacity and carbon partitioning"
Host: Chad Rappleye
Room: Jennings 155
Note: Graduate students are not required to attend this seminar, as it is not on the scheduled course date.
April 3:
Neal Hammer, Michigan State University
"Strength in numbers: A multifaceted strategy satisfies the Staphylococcus aureus nutrient sulfur requirement during infection"
Host: Daniel Wozniak
April 17:
The previously-scheduled seminar for April 17th has been cancelled.