ID Seminar Series
ID Seminar
Day: 2nd or 4th Tuesday of the month
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm — presentation
Place: Pinn Hall Room 1014
**Zoom only available upon request**
2025-2026
| Date | Speaker and Affiliation | Topic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 16th, 2025 | Patricia Champion University of Notre Dame | Conserved mechanisms of protein translocation and regulation in pathogenic mycobacteria | Brady Spencer |
| Sept. 23rd, 2025 | Rajat Madan University of Cincinnati | "Host response to C. difficile infection: a window of opportunity to improve CDI therapies" | Cirle Warren & Deiziane Viana da Silva Costa |
| Oct. 14th, 2025 | Kimberly Jefferson Virginia Commonwealth University | How the emerging pathogen, Sneathia vaginalis sucks the life out of epithelial cells | Isabelle Derré |
| Nov. 11th, 2025 | Mary M. Weber University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine | Centrosomes and Nuclear Pores Under Siege: Functional Characterization of Chlamydial Effectors | Isabelle Derré |
| Dec. 9th, 2025 | Ashley Wolf UC Berkeley | Insights into the role of the gut microbiome in shigellosis and tuberculosis | Carrie Cowardin |
| Jan. 27th, 2026 | Xingda Xie Rutgers University | TBD | Tania Thomas |
| Feb. 10th, 2026 | Laura J. Knoll University of Wisconsin | TBD | William A. Petri |
| Mar. 10th, 2026 | TBD | ||
| Mar. 24th, 2026 | Ken Bradley, Global Head of Infectious Disease Discovery in Roche’s Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED) division at the Roche Innovative Center Basel in Switzerland | TBD | |
| Apr. 14th, 2026 | XJ Meng Virginia Tech University | TBD | Steven Zeichner |
| May 12th, 2026 | Ansel Hsiao University of California Riverside | Carrie Cowardin | |
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Past Years
| Date | Speakers (Affiliation) | Topic | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep. 24th, 2024 | Jennifer Downs Cornell | "Schistosomiasis in Women: Global Clinical and Research Priorities" | Eric Houpt |
| Oct. 8th, 2024 | Jonathan Parr University of North Carolina | “Emergence of diagnostic-resistant malaria in Africa” | Eric Houpt |
| Oct. 22nd, 2024 | Uday Tak UVA - Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology | "The bacterial origins of antiviral immunity" | Alison Criss |
| Nov. 12th, 2024 | Eng Eong Ooi and Shirin Kalimuddin Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore) | "De-enveloping dengue immunity" | Mariano Garcia-Blanco |
| Dec. 10th, 2024 | Bishara Marzook Crick Institute | "A microscopy-based CRISPR screen defines the essential host genome for Cryptosporidium development" | Chelsea Marie |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | Sarah Dremel UVA - Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology | "CircRNA biogenesis and function during herpesvirus infection" | Anna Cliffe |
| Jan. 28th, 2025 | Monica Cartelle Gestal LSU Health Sciences Center | "The hidden role of eosinophils during Bordetella spp. infection" | Alison Criss |
| Feb. 10th, 2025 ID Research Day | P'ng Loke NIH/NIAID | "Heterogeneity of Type 2 immune responses during helminth infections" | ID Research Day Committee |
| Feb. 25th, 2025 | Brady Spencer UVA - Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology | "The Role of the Group B Streptococcal Type VII Secretion System in Pathogenesis and Interbacterial Competition" | Isabelle Derre |
| Mar. 11th, 2025 | Lee Quinton University of Massachusetts | “Ins and Outs of Pulmonary Defense” | Jie Sun |
| Mar. 25th, 2025 | Robert Preisser Charite Berlin | "Real World Studies" | William Petri |
| Apr. 8th, 2025 | Caetano Antunes University of Kansas | "Modulation of enteric pathogen virulence by bioactive compounds produced by the human gut microbiome" | Cirle Warren & Deiziane Viana da Silva Costa |
| Apr. 22th, 2025 | Lisa Akhtar Northwestern | "Using variation in clinical outcome to understand herpes simplex virus virulence" | Sarah Dremel |
| May 27th, 2025 | Araceli Santiago UVA Pediatrics | “The AggR transcription factor regulates virulence by mediating nitrogen metabolism in Enteroaggregative E. coli.” | Cassandra (Hoffman) Robinson |
| Date | Speakers (Affiliation) | Topic | Host(s) | Delivery Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 12th | Laura-Isobel McCall San Diego State University | "Chemical cartography: illuminating infectious disease biology" | Sarah Ewald | In-Person |
| Sept 26th | Herman Sintim Purdue | "Cyclic dinucleotide signaling presents new opportunities for antibacterial and immunomodulatory therapeutics" | Marcos Pires | In-Person |
| Oct 10th | Patrick Harris University of Queensland | "Genomics-based infection control: is it worth it?" | Amy Mathers | In-Person |
| Oct 24th | Kirk Jensen University of California - Merced | “Genetic Screens for Vaccines against Toxoplasma gondii" | Chelsea Marie | In-Person |
| Nov 14th | Mark Esser Astra-Zeneca | “The Beyfortus™ story: discovery and clinical development of Nirsevimab™ for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract disease in infants” | Bill Petri | In-Person |
| Nov 28th | Justin Taylor University of Virginia | “Identification and analysis of B cells specific for pathogens” | Alison Criss | In-Person |
| Dec 12th | Priya Shah University of California - Davis | “Let’s get physical: flavivirus-host protein interactions in replication and disease” | Anna Cliffe | In-Person |
| Jan 9th | Yonatan Grad Harvard | "From molecular mechanisms to policy: Addressing antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae " | Amy Mathers | In-Person |
| Jan 23rd | Benjamin Lee University of Vermont | “Optimizing rotavirus vaccine performance in resource-limited settings: from milk to stool and everything in between.” | James Platts-Mills | In-Person |
| Feb 12th IDGBT Research Day | David Aronoff Indiana University | "Host-microbial interactions in Group B Streptococcus infections during pregnancy" | IDGBT Research Day Committee | In-Person |
| Feb 27th | Christian Reidys UVA Biocomplexity Institute | "The role of molecular structure in information biology” | Patrick Jackson, Marie-Louise Hammarskjold, and David Rekosh | In-Person |
| Mar 26th | Craig Parker USDA Agricultural Research Service | “Campylobacter jejuni: It’s for the birds” | Margaret Kosek | In-Person |
| Apr 9th | Elizabeth Egan Stanford | “Deciphering the role of the red cell in Plasmodium falciparum malaria” | Chelsea Marie | In-Person |
| Apr 23rd | Christopher Hunter University of Pennsylvania | TBD | Bill Petri | In-Person |
| May 14th | Erin Gloag Virginia Tech | TBD | Alison Criss | In-Person |
| May 28th | TBD | |||
| Jun 11th | César Rodríguez Sánchez University of Costa Rica | TBD | Cirle Warren and Deiziane Viana da Silva Costa | In-Person |
| Date | Speakers (Affiliation) | Topic | Host(s) | Virtual or Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 20th | Steve Morrison Global Health Policy Center | “Where are We at in Year 3 of the Pandemic? CDC Reform, Zero-Covid China, Monkey Pox, and Next Generation Technology” | Alison Criss and Kate McManus | Hybrid |
| Oct 25th | Marcos Pires UVA | “Measurement of Accessibility of Molecule to and Beyond Bacterial Cell Surfaces" | Hybrid | |
| Nov 29th | Paul Blair Johns Hopkins Medical Center | “Severe infections and the 2022 Ebola outbreak in Uganda" | Margaret Kosek | Hybrid |
| Dec 13th | Ammar Zafar Wake Forest University | "Klebsiella pneumoniae: Slaying it Quietly in the Gut" | Alison Criss | Hybrid |
| Jan 9th | ID Research Day Rita Tamayo UNC | "Generating phenotypic heterogeneity through phase variation in Clostridioides difficile" | ||
| Jan 24th | Monica Mugnier Johns Hopkins | "Exploring Trypanosoma brucei antigenic variation in high resolution" | Sarah Ewald and Nadia Holness | |
| Feb 7th | Stellah Mpagama Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital | "Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease" | Scott Heysell | Hybrid |
| Feb 28th | Lydia Barakat Yale School of Medicine | "Ending the HIV Epidemic: The Key Pillar of Workforce Development" | Kate McManus | Hybrid |
| Apr 25th | Robin Colgrove Harvard Medical School | "From HIV to SARS-CoV: Parallels and Contrasts between the Pandemics" | Anna Cliffe | Hybrid |
| May 9th | Pranay Sinha Boston University | "Meals as medicines: transcending the biomedical discourse to end TB" | Scott Heysell | Hybrid |
| May 23rd, 12:00 pm | Judi Allen University of Manchester | "Type 2 immunity and the extra-cellular matrix: learning from helminths” | Bill Petri | Hybrid |
| May 23rd, 4:00 pm | Asher Schranz UNC | "'It eats my heart': Improving Care for People with Injection Drug-Related Endocarditis" | Kate McManus | Virtual |
| Date | Speakers (Affiliation) | Topic | Host | Virtual or Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/28/2021 | Roseanne Ford UVA Dept. of Chemical Engineering | Alison Criss | ||
| 10/12/2021 | Christopher Fox Infectious Disease Research Institute of Seattle, WA | William A. Petri, Jr. | ||
| 10/26/2021 | Rajat Madan (University of Cincinnati) | William Petri | ||
| 11/09/2021 | Moriah Szpara (Penn State - Eberly College of Science) | Anna Cliffe | ||
| 12/14/2021 | Laty Cahoon (University of Pittsburgh) | Alison Criss | ||
| 01/11/2022 | Ben Arnold (UCSF - Proctor Foundation) | James Platts-Mills | ||
| 01/25/2022 | Raul Destura (University of the Philippines) | Cirle Warren | ||
| 02/08/2022 | Ramnath Subbaraman (Tufts University) | Jacqueline C. Hodges & Scott Heysell | ||
| 02/22/2022 | 2022 ID Research Day Luis Barroso (Wake Forest Baptist Health) | Tania Thomas | ||
| 03/08/2022 | Bryan Alexander Nebraska Medicine | “Fostering Development of an OPAT Program from Birth to Adolescence” | Joshua Eby | Virtual |
| 03/22/2022 | Benhur Lee Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | “Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses: Diverse and Dangerous?” | Peter Kasson | Virtual |
| 04/08/2022 | Kelly Dooley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | “Treatment of Tuberculosis: Advancing Towards a Better Future” | Scott Heysell | Hybrid |
| 04/12/2022 | Heidi Hopkins London School of Health and Tropical Medicine | “FIEBRE: Febrile Illness Evaluation in a Broad Range of Endemicities” | Chris Moore | Virtual |
| 04/22/2022 | Rachel Stadler University of Vermont | “Visualizing the force production during 3D motility of Toxoplasma gondii” | Bill Petri & Chelsea Marie Braun | Hybrid |
| 04/26/2022 | Ken Campellone University of Connecticut | “Enterohemorrhagic E.coli colonization: Lost in translation” | Herve F. Agaisse | Hybrid |
| 05/10/2022 | Amrita Daftary York University | “Integrating the voices of people with TB into interventions, programs and clinical guidelines” | Tania Thomas & Scott Heysell | Virtual |
| 05/24/2022 | Jeniel Nett University of Wisconsin-Madison | “Candida Biofilm Formation and Immune Evasion” | Isabelle Derré | Virtual |
| 06/07/2022 | Christina Hull University of Wisconsin-Madison | "“How to Kill Infectious Fungal Spores and Prevent a Global Pandemic” | Isabelle Derré | Hybrid |
| 06/15/2022 | Diego Alvarez Universidad Nacional de San Martín | "Lessons from cell culture adaptation of chikungunya virus" | Hervé Agaisse | Hybrid |
| 07/25/2022 | Shuofeng Yuan The University of Hong Kong | “Development of COVID-19 countermeasures” | William Petri | Hybrid |
| Date | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 09/13/2016 | Vince Young University of Michigan | Glynis Kolling |
| 09/27/2016 | Daniel Chertow NIH | Bill Petri |
| 10/18/2016 | Kimberly Kline Nanyang Tehnological University - Singapore | Alison Criss |
| 11/08/2016 | Marcia Goldberg MGH/Harvard Medical School | Hervé Agaisse |
| 12/13/2016 | Clayton Caswell Virginia Tech | Melissa Kendall |
| 01/10/2017 | Steve Miller UCSF | Eric Houpt |
| 01/24/2017 | Jorge Giron UVA | Barb Mann |
| 02/28/2017 | Robert Stiker University of Wisconsin | Peter Kasson |
| 03/13/2017 | 2017 ID Research Day Joanne Engel UCSF |
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| 03/28/2017 | Rossana Ditangco Research Institute for Tropical Medicine - Philippines | Cirle Warren |
| 04/11/2017 | Chris Pritchett Eastern Tennessee State University | Melissa Kendall |
| 04/25/2017 | Bjorn Kafsack Weill-Cornell Medical College | Jenny Guler |
| 05/09/2017 | Robert Heinzen Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH | Isabelle Derré |
| 05/23/2017 | Jennifer Kates The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation | Becca Dillingham |