Spring 2025
Seminars will be held on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m to 5:05 p.m. Unless marked as "Zoom meeting", seminars will be in person in Pomerene 260. In-person seminars will not be available via Zoom. Please reach out to Karna Gowda 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 15:
Alexandre Bisson, Ph.D., Brandeis University
"Life by a Thousand Cuts: Archaea as a Mechanobiology Model"
Host: Birgit Alber
January 22:
Hannah Ledvina, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
"Unlocking nature's defenses: mechanistic insights into the bacterial immune system"
Host: Natacha Ruiz
January 29:
Shoichi Tachiyama, Ph.D., Yale Schol of Medicine
“Microbial Nanomachines in Action at High Resolution: a Transdisciplinary View of Host-Pathogen Interactions”
Host: Natacha Ruiz
March 5:
Tatiana Mishanina, Ph.D., University of California San Diego
"TBA"
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
March 12: Spring Break; No Classes
March 19:
Robert Kirchdoerfer, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
"TBA "
Host: Irina Artsimovitch
April 2:
Christine Szymanski, Ph.D., University of Georgia
"Impact of the Campylobacter glycome on intestinal persistence and disease. "
Host: Darryl Wesener
April 16:
Avi Flamholz, Ph.D., Rockefeller University
“TBA”
Host: Karna Gowda
Autumn 2025
August 27: Welcome Orientation for Department of Microbiology*
*Event is only for the Department of Microbiology faculty and graduate students.
September 3:
September 17:
October 1:
October 15:
October 29:
November 12:
November 26: No seminar; Campus Closed
December 3: