Microbiology & Immunology

*Held Tuesdays at 11:00 am unless otherwise noted.

FALL 2019

September 24^th, 2019
Donna Neumann, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Dr. Vera Tarakanova
Title: “HSV-1 Genomic Superstructures and the Control of Viral Transcription” 

October 22^nd, 2019
Brandon Jutras, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microchemistry
Virginia Tech
Host: Dr. Robert Lochhead
Title: “Borrelia Burgdorferi peptidoglycan is a persistent antigen in Lyme arthritis”

November 19^th, 2019
Richard Kuhn, PhD
The Trent and Judith Anderson Distinguished Professor in Science 
Krenicki Family Director, Perdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Host: Dr. Scott Terhune
Title: “Structure of Flavivirusees and the Challenges it Imposes on Antibody Recognition”

Microbiology & Immunology (M&I) Graduate Student Research in Progress (RIP) presentations are held in the Versiti Seminar Room, 1st floor, Fridays, Noon to 1 pm (bring lunch)

Note: Interdisciplinary Program Presentation dates are assigned an alternative room number.

October 18^th, 2019: Fatima Saravia/Dr. Kirby

October 25^th, 2019: Yao Chen/ Dr. Cui

November 1^st, 2019: Alex Gardner/ Dr. Barbieri

November 8^th, 2019: Achia Khatun/ Dr. Cui

November 15^th 2019: Rebekah Mokry/ Dr. Terhune

November 22^nd, 2019: Adam Pickrum/ Dr. Frank

November 28^th, 2019: Thanksgiving Break

December 6^th, 2019: Melissa Whyte/ Dr. Hudson

December 13^th, 2019: Christa Winslow/ Dr. Coburn

December 20^th, 2019: Wen Zhu/ Dr. Wang

December 27^th, 2019: Christmas Break

January 3^rd, 2020: Break

January 10^th, 2020:  Carlie Aurubin/ Dr. Tarakanova

January 17^th, 2020: Mahmoud Abu Edi & Paytsar Topchyan/ Dr. Dwinell & Dr. Cui

January 24^th, 2020: Jose Rosas & Savannah Neu/ Dr. Kroner-Milsch & Dr. Dittel

February 7^th, 2020: Carly Mascari & Christine Nguyen/ Dr. Kristich & Dr. Cui

February 14^th, 2020: Suzette Rosas & Kevin Jennings/ Dr. Terhune & Dr. Salzman

February 21^st, 2020: Open

February 28^th, 2020: Paul Sylvester & Samuel DeCero/ Dr. Tarakanova & Dr. Frank

March 6^th, 2020: Matthew Hadiono & Moujtaba Kasmani/ Dr. Kirby & Dr. Cui

March 13^th, 2020: Elaheh Hashemi & Ao Mei/ Dr. Malarkannan

March 20^th, 2020: Valery Lozada-Fernandez/ Dr. Kirby

March 27^th, 2020: Nicole Minton & Joseph Rouse/ Dr. Kristich & Dr. Lochhead

April 3^rd, 2020: Jian Shen/ Dr. Cui

April 10^th, 2020: Open

April 17^th, 2020: Kyle Stolz & Sarah Timmler/ Dr. Tarakanova & Dr. Kristich

April 24^th, 2020: Dandan Wang & Kaitlin Schultz/ Dr. Malarkannan & Dr. Hudson