Lectures
Recent Lectures
10/23/2026 Kadner Symposium “The Microbial Arms Race: Virulence, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Innovation”
Time: 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM – Lunch provided – Reception to follow
Pinn Hall Conference Center
RSVP here for lunch and/or reception – just so that we can get a food count
David Russell, Ph.D. (Host: Isabelle Derre)
Professor
Dept of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D. (Host: Melissa Kendall)
Professor
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Nina Salama, Ph.D. (Host: Brady Spencer)
Professor
Human Biology Division, Fred Hutch
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
Dr. Penny E. Petersen Memorial Chair for Lymphoma Research
Asma Hatoum-Aslan, PhD (Host: Uday Tak)
Associate Professor
Microbiology
Helen Corley Petit Scholar
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
10/24/2025 The 2025 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Peggy A. Cotter, Ph.D. “Secretion and function of the Bordetella Two Partner Secretion pathway protein FhaB: A historical perspective”
Peggy A. Cotter, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Host: Uday Tak, PhD
Date: Friday, October 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/8/2024 The 2024 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Dr. Scott Hultgren, PhD “Elucidation of Host-Pathogen Interactions lead to Antibiotic-Sparing Therapeutics”
Dr. Scott Hultgren, PhD
Helen L Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
11/3/2023 The 2023 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
“The Cell Biology of Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: From bacterial genetics to innate immunity and cancer immunotherapy”
Daniel A. Portnoy, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall Conference Center
The 2023 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
“The Cell Biology of Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis: From bacterial genetics to innate immunity and cancer immunotherapy”
Daniel A. Portnoy, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
Host: Herve Agaisse, PhD
The 2022 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
“Legionella, RNA and Host Cell Metabolism”
Professor Elizabeth Hartland, PhD
Director and CEO, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Head, Department of Molecular and Translational Science,
Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Hosts: Melissa Kendall, PhD, Isabelle Derre, PhD
The 2019 Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology “The bacterial Tat protein export pathway”
“The bacterial Tat protein export pathway”
Tracy Palmer, FRS
Professor
Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology
Newcastle University
Host: Alison Criss, PhD
“Micro-Scale Warfare with Macro-Scale Implications: Mechanisms and Consequences of Interbacterial Antagonism”
Joseph Mougous, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: Isabelle Derré
“Staphylococcus aureus immune evasion”
Olaf Schneewind, M.D., Ph.D.
Louis Block Professor & Chair
Department of Microbiology
University of Chicago
Host: Hervé Agaisse, PhD
10/7/2016 – Robert J. Kadner Symposium
Andrew Camilli, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University
Harry Mobley, Frederick G. Novy Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
Margaret McFall-Ngai, Director and Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tom Silhavy, Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
The Tao of Gene Regulation – Eduardo Groisman
Friday, October 2, 2015
The Ninth Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Eduardo Groisman, PhD
Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis; HHMI Investigator
Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
” The Tao of Gene Regulation”
Jordan Hall Conference Center
4:00-5:00PM
Reception to follow (rooms G1 and 2)
Systems Architecture of a Bacterial Cell Cycle: Lucy Shapiro, PhD
Eighth Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Lucy Shapiro, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Sponsored by The Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the University of Virginia
“Two Tales of Salmonella – From PhoP to IceT: Ferric C. Fang, M.D.
Seventh Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Ferric C. Fang, M.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology
Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Director, Harborview Medical Center Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
University of Washington School of Medicine
Sponsored by The Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology at the University of Virginia
Sensing Surfaces: A Prelude to Microbial Biofilm Formation: Caroline S. Harwood, PhD
Sixth Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Caroline S. Harwood, PhD
Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Professor of Microbiology
University of Washington, Seattle
Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Life and Death of a Microbial Community: Richard Losick, PhD
Fifth Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Richard Losick, PhD
Marla Moors Cabot Professor of Biology
Harvard University
Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
How Do Toxins Enter Mammalian Cells? R. John Collier, PhD
Fourth Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
R. John Collier, PhD
Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Beyond Transcription: Regulatory Networks with Small RNA Regulators
Third Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Susan Gottesman, PhD
NIH, Center for Cancer Research
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Head, Biochemical Genetics Section
Laboratory Co-Chief
Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Origins of Mutations under Selection: John Roth, PhD
Second Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
John Roth, PhD
Distinguished Professor in Microbiology
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
Outer Membrane Biogenesis in Gram Negative Bacteria: Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD
First Annual Robert J. Kadner Distinguished Lecture in Microbiology
Thomas J. Silhavy, PhD
Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor in Molecular Biology
Princeton University
BacterioLogic: Signaling and Transport Trough the Outer Membrane
A Symposium to Celebrate the Life of Professor Robert J. Kadner, 1942-2005
Volkmar Braun, PhD Universität Tübingen, Germany
John Parkinson, PhD University of Utah
Robert P. Gunsalus, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
Kathleen Postle, PhD Pennsylvania State University
Peter Zuber, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University
Hiroshi Nikaido, PhD University of California, Berkeley