MMI 291 Seminar Series: Emerging Challenges in Microbiology and Immunology

Sept. 25, 2026

Speaker: Daniel A. Starr, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis

Oct. 2, 2026

Speaker: Somen Nandi, Ph.D., Founder and Managing Director, Chemical Engineering & Global HealthShare Initiative, University of California, Davis

Oct. 9, 2026

Speaker: Min Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

Oct. 16, 2026

Speaker: Arta Monir Monjazeb, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology, Laboratory of Cancer Immunology, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis

Oct. 23, 2026

Speaker: Elizabeth Neumann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis

Oct. 30, 2026

Speaker: Noriko Satake, M.D., Professor, Pediatrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis

Nov. 6, 2026

Speaker: Michael Fischbach, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Nov. 13, 2026

Speaker: Jianan Zhang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis

Nov. 20, 2026

Speaker: William Joseph Murphy, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Dermatology Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis

Dec. 4, 2026

Speaker: David A. Mills, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Peter J. Shields Endowed Chair in Dairy Food Science, Food Science and Technology, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis