Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology

Unless otherwise noted, Seminars are at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Ebling Auditorium in the Microbial Sciences Building. The Department of Bacteriology Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology are supported in part by the J.B. Wilson Fund, the Perry Wilson Fund, the Dennis and Alicemay Watson Lectureship Fund, and the E.B. Fred Memorial Fund.

The Department of Bacteriology values and prioritizes increasing diversity, of both visible and invisible forms, in our invited speakers for the Distinguished Lectures in Bacteriology seminar series and departmental symposia.

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Seminars

Upcoming Seminars

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Decoding and recoding protein secretion in Bacteroides species for therapeutic applications
Speaker: Shannon Sirk | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Host: Erica Majumder
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Reconstructing the evolution of bacterial toxins through genomic data mining
Speaker: Andrew Doxey | University of Waterloo
Host: Sabine Pellett
Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Genes Unseen: the hidden world of phage-bacterial conflicts
Speaker: Kevin Forsberg | UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Charlie Mo
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Small but Mighty: Small Proteins and Bacterial Stress Responses
Speaker: Aisha Burton | Cornell University
Host: Briana Burton

Past Seminars

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Engineering Enzymes to Enhance the Bioeconomy
Speaker: Elizabeth Bell | National Renewable Energy Laboratory Research Hub
Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Exploring the metabolic malleability of methanoarchaea
Speaker: Nicole Buan | University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Host: Erica Majumder
Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Place and Time Matter for Gut Microbes Making Anti-Inflammatories from Broccoli Sprouts
Speaker: Sue Ishaq | University of Maine
Host: Garret Suen
Monday, February 24, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Uncovering the Role of Cytochromes in Archaeal Methane Metabolism
Speaker: Dinesh Gupta | University of California, Berkeley
Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Stability and function of the mosquito microbiome
Speaker: Matt Medeiros | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Host: Kerri Coon
Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Synonymous but not silent: the codon usage code for gene expression and protein folding
Speaker: Yi Liu | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Jae-Hyuk Yu
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Contributions of dietary fiber and mucin-degrading bacteria to inflammatory bowel disease
Speaker: Eric Martens | University of Michigan
Host: Federico Rey
Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 3:30 pm
How to manage microbiomes: lessons from a decade of studying (and eating!) fermented foods
Speaker: Benjamin Wolfe | Tufts University
Host: MDTP Students