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 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)
April 7, 2023
Speaker: Bing Chen, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Rosalind Franklin Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Molecular Medicine
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
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
May 5, 2023
Speaker: Abdullah Madany, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Mind Institute
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
May 19, 2023
Speaker: Kathryn A. Hanley, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
May 26, 2023
Speaker: Christopher Gaulke, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
June 2, 2023
Speaker: Wenhan Zhu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact the IOR, Dr. José V. Torres (jvtorres@ucdavis.edu), if you would like to meet with the speaker.