MBB Seminar Schedule 2025-2026
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Host | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2025 | Jennifer Hill | University of Colorado, Boulder | Travis Wiles | Mapping host-microbe interactions that impact pancreatic health (This seminar will take place at NS2, room 4201) |
| 10/10/2025 | Vanessa Woods | UCSB | Rachel Barry | Fostering Transfer Receptivity in the Classroom and on Campus |
| 10/24/2025 | Reggie McNulty | UCI | David Fruman | |
| 11/7/2025 | Chris Halbrook | UCI | David Fruman | |
| 12/5/2025 | Han Li | UCI | David Fruman | |
| 12/19/2025 | Nikolas Nikolaidis | California State University Fullerton | Olga Razorenova | A stress lipid code drives molecular chaperone trafficking to the cell surface |
| 1/16/2026 | Sarah Ewald | University of Virginia | Melissa Lodoen | Host reactive nitrogen species in the innate immune recognition of Toxoplasma infection |
| 1/30/2026 | Chris Brooke | University of Illinois | Nir Drayman | Stochasticity and space in the innate antiviral immune response |
| 2/13/2026 | Jason Pitarresi | UMass | Chris Halbrook | Tumor-host interactions in pancreatic cancer: A novel role for tumor-derived PTHrP in controlling metastasis and cancer cachexia |
| 2/27/2026 | Michele LeRoux | Washingtom University at Sanit Louis | Ben Morehouse | DNA ADP-ribosylation in the phage-bacterial arms race |
| 3/13/2026 | Nandita Garud | University of California, Los Angeles | Katherine Xue | Pervasive selective sweeps within and across human gut microbiomes |
| 4/3/2026 | Oliver McDonald | University of Miami | Chris Halbrook | Adaptions that Accelerate Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis |
| 4/17/2026 | Min Yu | University of Maryland | Olga Razorenova | Tumor intrinsic and microenvironmental regulations to promote breast cancer metastasis |
| 5/1/2026 | Maria-Eirini Pandelia | Brandies University | Ben Morehouse | From hepatitis to coronaviruses: Viral strategies to exploit Fe-S cluster networks |
| 5/15/2026 | Nkrumah Grant | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Kathrine Xue | Microbial dark matter in water systems: dormancy, resuscitation, and microbial persistence |
| 5/29/2026 | Jennifer Lundberg-Bailey | University of Nebraska | Chris Halbrook | |
| 6/12/2026 | Vijay Kuchroo | Harvard University | Dequina Nicholas | (This seminar will take place at NS2, room 4201) |