The Department of Microbiology schedules a variety of seminars each semester, all open to the public.
We invite guest lecturers from throughout the Midwest to present research seminars in our weekly Microbiology Seminar Series.
One to two times per semester, we host world-class microbiologists to present their research in our Distinguished Lecture Series.
In addition, our annual Stark lectures, presented by leading biologists, are funded by the family, friends, and students of Orton K. Stark, the founding chair of the Department of Microbiology.
To keep abreast of the research in our department, our graduate students present their latest research findings in our weekly Graduate Seminar Series.
Spring 2023 Seminars
Microbiology Seminars
Pearson Hall Room 218 Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m.
February 22 - Zoom Meeting
Dennis C. Ko PhD, MD Duke University Medical Center Searching for Human Genetic Resistance to Infectious Disease (and other Ghosts of Pandemics Past)
March 8
Xindan Wang PhD Indiana University Chromosome Organization in Bacteria
April 12 - Zoom Meeting
Andrew Babbin PhD Western Michigan University
April 19
Nichol Holodick, PhD Western Michigan University Age-Related Changes in Antigen-Specific Natural Antibodies are Influenced by Sex
April 24 - Monday
Janine Danko, MD MPH FACP FIDSA CPE FACHE Assoc. Professor of Medicine Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences Miami University, Class of 1996 From the Bench to the Bedside: A Clinician’s Experience Doing Translational Infectious Disease Research
Graduate Student Seminars, MBI 690
Pearson Hall Room 218 Mondays @ 4:15 pm
January 30
Bradley Krzysiak Sensitivity of Antarctic Lake Microbial Consortia to Environmental Disturbances
February 6
Rochelle Pereira Identification and surveillance of Sentinel Taxa in Antarctic and Ohio Lakes
February 13
Devon Popson Stress-Associated Function of PSI Cyclic Electron Flow Over Broad Temporal Scales
February 20
Trevor Powell Examination of the Metabolism and Ecology of Quaternary Amine Dependent Methanogenesis
February 27
Roshan Timsina Citrobacter amalonaticus CJ25: is it gut friendly?
March 6
No Seminar
March 13
Colin Gaillot Ammonia oxidizing bacteria and their friends : how interactions shape oxidative stress resistance in Nitrosomonas sp. Is79
March 20
No Seminar
March 27
Hunter Coon Comammox and their Nitrite-Oxidizing Foes
April 3
Elyse Levanda Groundwork toward creating a better tissue culture model for Mycoplasma penetrans
April 10
Dom Marichal
April 17
Chetna Sharma The Entner-Doudoroff pathway in cyanobacteria
April 26 - Wednesday
Kaylie Wheeless A Biological Balancing Act: Energy Distribution in a Model Mesophile and Antarctic Psychrophile
