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

October 23, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

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

Gut Microbial Metabolites and Immunity

November 13, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Margaret Alexander

Microbial Predation Promotes Host Recovery without Pathogen Elimination

November 20, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Mark Mandel

Intestinal Glutathione promotes the Virulence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

December 4, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host Adaptations to Gut Microbes

December 11, 2026 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Gustavo Caballero-Flores

Entering the Age of T Cell Specificity

January 22, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Marta Gaglia

TBD

January 29, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Bethany Mihavics is a postdoc in the Margeret Alexander Lab.

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

February 5, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Laura Knoll

Host and Bacterial Interactions Shaped by Enterococcal Bacteriophages

February 19, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Pathogens

March 12, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Vanessa Sperandio

Bacterial Small RNAs Regulate Host Responses in Symbiosis

March 19, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Mark Mandel

Contributions of the Gut Microbiome to Neurodegenerative Disease

April 9, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

“TBD”

April 30, 2027 @ 12:05 pm CDT – 12:55 pm CDT

Host: Margaret Alexander

Perlman Symposium

May 21, 2027 @ 8:30 am CDT – 4:30 pm CDT Event Website