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.
Spring Quarter 2022
April 22, 2022
Speaker: Bardo Castro, Ph.D. Candidate, Coaker lab, Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis
Title: "Investigating the role of E3 ligases in regulating NADPH oxidase stability" (PDF)
Host: Gitta Coaker, Ph.D., Professor, Department Plant Pathology
April 29, 2022
Speaker: Dan Barouch, M.D., Ph.D., William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Director, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Title: "COVID-19: Developing a Vaccine During a Pandemic" (PDF)
Host: Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
May 6, 2022
Speaker: Alexei Korennykh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Title: "Long Immunogenic Introns in Human Cells: From Biogenesis to Clearance and Innate Immune Sensing" (PDF)
Host: Stefan Rothenburg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
May 13, 2022
Speaker: Megan Liou, Ph.D. Candidate, Bäumler Laboratory, BMCDB Graduate Group, University of California, Davis
Title: "Heterogeneity of Discrete Biogeographical Nutrient-Niches Dictate Intestinal Microbial Homeostasis" (PDF)
Host: Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
May 20, 2022
Speaker: Sungjin Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Title: “Antiviral and antitumor activities of memory-like NK cells” (PDF)
Host: Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
May 27, 2022
Speaker: Simon J Anthony, D.Phil., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Title: "Viral Discovery in Pandemic Preparedness" (PDF)
Host: Stefan Rothenburg, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Contact the IOR, Dr. José V. Torres (jvtorres@ucdavis.edu), if you would like to meet with the speaker.
