Spring 2024 Seminars

1/10/2024 – MIC Postdocs Seminar:  Aimee Potter, PhD Criss Lab and Shefali Banjeree, PhD Garcia-Blanco Lab

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

1/17/2024 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Swetha Anandh (Dudley) and Ian Liyayi (Criss)

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

1/24/2024 – MIC Seminar: Juliet Spencer, PhD

Host: Jay Brown, PhD

Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

1/31/2024 – MIC Seminar:  Sean Whelan, PhD

Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Department Head
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Host: Dan Engel, PhD
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

2/7/2024 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Emily Dennis (McNamara) and Kat Zurowska (Rekosh/Hammerskjold)

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

2/14/2024 – MIC Seminar: Kurt Warnhoff, PhD

Host: Kwon Park, PhD

Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

2/21/2024 – MIC Seminar – Sabra L. Klein, PhD

Sabra L. Klein, PhD
Professor
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

2/28/2024 – MIC Postdocs Seminar: Sapna Sehrawat, PhD Garcia-Blanco Lab and Xian Zhou, PhD Zong Lab

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

3/6/2024 – MIC Seminar: J. Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD

J. Javier Bravo-Cordero, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Department of Medicine
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Microscopy CORE

Host: Andrew Dudley, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

3/13/2024 – MIC Seminar:  Alissa Weaver, MD, PhD

Alissa Weaver, M.D., Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology

Host: Loren Erickson, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

3/20/2024 – MIC Seminar: Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD

Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
East Carolina University

Host: David Kashatus, PhD
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

3/27/2024 – MIC Seminar:  Florian A. Karreth, PhD

Florian A. Karreth, PhD
Associate Member
Department of Molecular Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center

Host: MIC Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

4/3/2024 – MIC Graduate Student Seminar: Samantha Lempke (Ewald) and TBD

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

4/10/2024 – MIC Seminar: Vaughn S. Cooper, PhD

Vaughn S. Cooper, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh

Host: Alison Criss, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

4/17/2024 – MIC Seminar: Robert Bowman, PhD

Robert Bowman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Host: Kwon Park, PhD
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

4/24/2024 – MIC Seminar – Joseph Mizgerd, Sc.D.

Joseph P. Mizgerd, Sc.D.
Jerome S. Brody, MD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

5/1/2024 – MIC Seminar – Claudia Jakubzick, PhD

Claudia Jakubzick, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Host: MIC Graduate Student Committee
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

5/8/2024 – MIC Seminar – Saman Maleki, PhD

Saman Maleki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Medical Biophysics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Host:  Kristin Anderson, PhD

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014

5/15/2024 – MIC Seminar

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Pinn Hall 1014
(this date is very close to graduation weekend – it might be difficult to find hotel)