Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Co-Coordinators: Jim Holden & Mandy Muller
Signals to Stick: Cell Adhesion of Kinetoplastid Parasites
Megan Povelones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Villanova University
Thursday, February 17, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Microbiology Graduate Student Group
Microbial Growth Drive Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Soil (Zoom)
Andreas Richter, Ph.D.
Head of the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Head of the Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Melissa Shinfuku
Teaching: It Shouldn't Be This Hard
Chris Hakala, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, Springfield College
Tuesday, March 22, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Heather Reed
Genes to Ecosystems, Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Soil Microbiomes
Mallory Choudoir, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, UMass Amherst
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Kristen DeAngelis
ABC's of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jennifer Moyston
Assistant Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Town of Amherst
Thursday, March 31, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Microbiology Peer Advisors
The Living Dead: The Microbiome of Human Cadavers and Its Forensic Implications
Aaron Lynne, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor, Biological Sciences, Sam Houston University
Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Microbiology Graduate Student Group
Cellular Innovation by Rational Design and Evolution
Ahmad Khalil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Thursday, April 14, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
Bacterial Effector Protein Mechanisms in Pathogenesis or Host Protection
James Bliska, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Steve Sandler
The Cellular Transcription Factor ATF3 Regulates Autophagy to Restrict Zika Virus Gene Expression
Cara Pager, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University at Albany
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Mandy Muller; Co-Sponsored with the Chemical-Biology Interface (CBI) Program
Other Factors in the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Michael Baym, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Mandy Muller
The Role of Race in Medical Education
Mondonna Mojahed
UMass Microbiology Senior
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Heather Reed
Department of Microbiology