Event Category: MMI Seminar Series

From the Field to the Lab: Studying Host-Microbe Interactions using Threespine Stickleback

Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan, University of Connecticut

October 23, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

This seminar is hosted by trainees in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program.

Gut Microbial Metabolites and Immunity

Dr. Wendy Garrett

November 13, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host: Margaret Alexander

Microbial Predation Promotes Host Recovery without Pathogen Elimination

Dr. Lauren Speare, Georgia Institute of Technology

November 20, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host: Mark Mandel

Intestinal Glutathione promotes the Virulence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Dr. Huiwen Wang, Sperandio Lab

December 4, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host Adaptations to Gut Microbes

Dr. Ken Cadwell, University of Pennsylvania

December 11, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host: Gustavo Caballero-Flores

Toxoplasma Gondii Across Scales: RNA Acquisition, Microglial Responses, and Metabolic Control

Dr. Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, University of Vermont

February 5, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host: Laura Knoll

Host and Bacterial Interactions Shaped by Enterococcal Bacteriophages

Dr. Breck Duerkop, Univ. of Colorado

February 19, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

“TBD”

Dr. Kim Orth, UT Southwestern

March 12, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

Host: Vanessa Sperandio

Contributions of the Gut Microbiome to Neurodegenerative Disease

Dr. Timothy Sampson, Emory University

April 9, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB

“TBD”

Dr. David Artis, Weill Cornell Medicine

April 30, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT - 12:55 pm CDT 1520 MSB