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.
September 29, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Speaker: Timothy J. Henrich, M.D., M.M.Sc., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Division of Experimental Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
October 13, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Speakers: Renée Tsolis, Ph.D., Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of California, Davis
Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, University of California, Davis
October 20, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Speaker: Taiyi (Diana) Kuo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis
November 3, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Hosted by Microbiology Graduate Student Group
Speaker: Forest Rohwer, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, San Diego State University
November 17, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Speaker: Lishomwa Ndhlovu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine
December 1, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Speaker: Christopher Gaulke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
December 8, 2023
Hybrid GBSF/Zoom
Hosted by Microbiology Graduate Student Group
Speaker: E Peter Greenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
April 7, 2023
Speaker: Bing Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Rosalind Franklin Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Molecular Medicine
Title: “Cryo-EM structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein” (PDF)
April 14, 2023
Hosted by Microbiology Graduate Group DEI Committee
Speaker: Karine A. Gibbs, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Title: “Social dynamics in bacterial swarms” (PDF)
April 21, 2023
Liver Research Day via the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
April 28, 2023
Speaker: Jacob D. Estes, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Affiliate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University
Title: “The Power of Spatial Imaging Approaches to Understand HIV Reservoirs and Cure Strategy Outcomes” (PDF)
May 5, 2023
Speaker: Abdullah Muhammad Madany, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Paul Ashwood Lab Medical Microbiology and Immunology and MIND Institute, UC Davis School of Medicine
Title: “Prenatal and postnatal environmental exposures and the etiology of autism spectrum disorders” (PDF)
May 12, 2023
Hosted by Microbiology Graduate Group DEI Committee
Speaker: Norma Cecilia Martinez-Gomez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Title: “Unraveling Lanthanide Transport, Storage, and Usage in bacteria" (PDF)
May 19, 2023
Speaker: Kathryn A. Hanley, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
Title: “Monkey in the Middle: Within-Host Dynamics and Transmission of Dengue and Zika Virus in Native and Novel Non-Human Primate Hosts” (PDF)
May 26, 2023
Speaker: Wenhan Zhu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title: "Commensal iron acquisition modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection." (PDF)
January 13, 2023
Speaker: Marina E. De León Ph.D. Candidate, Jonathan Eisen Lab, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Genome Center, UC Davis
Title: “The Taxonomy and Genomic Analysis of Select Pigment Producing Bacteria” (PDF)
January 20, 2023
Speaker: Sara Suliman, M.P.H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor In-Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, UC San Francisco at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Title: "A Journey of understanding risk of TB disease" (PDF)
February 17, 2023
Speaker: Ryan Bruneau, Ph.D. Candidate, Rothenburg Lab, Immunology Graduate Group, UC Davis
Title: "Cowpox Viruses: A Zoo Full of Viral Diversity and Lurking Threats" (PDF)
February 24, 2023
Speaker: Alexander Franz, Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri
Title: "Genetic strategies to control mosquito-borne arbovirus transmission in the field" (PDF)
March 3, 2023
Speaker: Carl Basbas, Ph.D. Candidate, Microbiology Graduate Group, Richard Pereira Research Lab, UC Davis
Title: "Antimicrobial Resistance in California Dairy Cattle Populations: Impacts on Microbiota and Pathogenic Bacteria" (PDF)
March 10, 2023
Speaker: Shai Bel, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University
Title: "Autophagy controls mucus secretion from intestinal goblet cells by alleviating ER stress" (PDF)
March 17, 2023
Speaker: Beau Parry, Ph.D. Candidate, Microbiology Graduate Group, Renée Tsolis Research Lab, UC Davis
Title: "Brucella abortus relies on nutrient deprivation to coordinate T4SS and effector expression" (PDF)
Contact the IOR, Dr. José V. Torres (jvtorres@ucdavis.edu), if you would like to meet with the speaker.
