MMI 291 Seminar Series: Emerging Challenges in Microbiology and Immunology
Current Theme: Interdisciplinary Research
All seminars are held Fridays at 12:10 p.m. at 1005 Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF Main Auditorium).
Please note: All MMI 291 seminars will continue via Zoom.
January 22, 2021
Speaker: Colin R. Parrish, Ph.D., John M. Olin Professor of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
Lecture: “Understanding emerging epidemic viruses in animals - mechanisms, evolution and epidemiology” (PDF)
January 29, 2021
Speaker: Benjamin Laufer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Perinatal Origins of Disparities Center, Genome Center, Environmental Health Sciences Center, MIND Institute
Lecture: "Epigenomic Profiling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
February 5, 2021
Speaker: Juan Castillo, Chemistry Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis
Lecture: TBD
February 12, 2021
Speaker: Taylor Reiter, PhD Candidate, Food Science Graduate Group, Lab for Data Intensive Biology, University of California, Davis
Lecture: TBD
February 19, 2021
Speaker: Oliver Fregoso, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Lecture: TBD
February 26, 2021
Speaker: Lucie Etienne, Ph.D., Chargée de Recherche, CNRS
Research Group: “Evolution of virus-host interactions, and impact on cross-species transmission”
Lab: “Host-pathogen interaction during lentiviral infection”
CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie
March 12, 2021
Speaker: Chorong Park, Microbiology Graduate Group, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Rothenburg Lab, UC Davis
Lecture: TBD
October 9, 2020
Speaker: Jill L Silverman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine
Lecture: “Translational Outcomes Following Developmental Exposure to Environmental Risk Factors in Neurodevelopmental Disorders” (PDF)
October 16, 2020
Speaker: Margaret McFall-Ngai, Ph.D., Professor, University of Hawai'i, Director, Pacific Biosciences Research Center
Lecture: “The complex daily rhythms of the squid-vibrio symbiosis” (PDF)
October 23, 2020
Speaker: Sanchita Bhatnagar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, School of Medicine Cancer Center
Lecture: “Targeting Epigenetic Vulnerabilities in Cancer and Rett Syndrome” (PDF)
October 30, 2020
Speaker: Flora Tassone, Ph.D., Professor In-Residence, MIND Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine
Lecture: “Molecular biomarkers in Fragile X syndrome and associated disorders” (PDF)
November 13, 2020
Speaker: Christopher Weiss, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, UC Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
Lecture: “SARS-CoV-2 Small Animal Models for Therapeutic Evaluation” (PDF)
November 20, 2020
Speaker: Diana Taft, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Food Science & Technology, UC Davis
Lecture: “Dominance of Bifidobacterium in the infant gut microbiome and implications for health” (PDF)
December 4, 2020
Speaker: Janine LaSalle, Ph.D., Professor, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, UC Davis
Lecture: “Mining the Perinatal Epigenome for Insights into Autism Risk and Multifactorial Health Disparities” (PDF)
December 11, 2020
Speaker: Eugene Oltz, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Microbial Infection & Immunity, Samuel Saslaw Professor of Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Lecture: “Normal and Pathogenic regulatory circuits in human lymphoid cells” (PDF)
Contact the IOR, Dr. José V. Torres (jvtorres@ucdavis.edu), if you would like to meet with the speaker.
