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.

videocam Virtual    groups In-person

Upcoming Seminars

  • groups  Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 12:00 am

    Translational research and findings from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

    Speaker: Amy Schultz & Adam Paulsen, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)
    Host: Erica Majumder & Karthik Anantharaman

    description Seminar Flyer

  • groups  Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Conflict in symbiosis and the limits on host control

    Speaker: Joel Sachs, University of California, Riverside
    Host: Jean-Michel Ane

    description Seminar Flyer

  • groups  Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Microbe-mediated asexual reproduction

    Speaker: Amelia Lindsey, University of Minnesota
    Host: Kerri Coon

    description Seminar Flyer

  • groups  Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    The Predatory Bdellovibrio and like organisms: Hidden Figures in the Microbial Loop

    Speaker: Henry N. Williams, Florida A&M University
    Host: Erica L-W Majumder

    description Seminar Flyer

  • groups  Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Stress eating:  Escherichia coli consumes nucleosides to fend off glucose-phosphate stress

    Speaker: Gregory Richards, UW-Parkside
    Host: Melissa Christopherson

    description Seminar Flyer

  • groups  Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 3:30 pm
    Speaker: 551 poster session + dept awards

Past Seminars

  • videocam  Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 12:00 pm

    New players in Ftz-based cell division in Archaea

    Speaker: Sonja-Verena Albers, University of Freiburg


    Host: Katrina Forest
  • groups  Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    The intersection of nutrition and infection at the host-pathogen interface

    Speaker: Eric Skaar, Vanderbilt University
    Host: Mark Mandel
  • groups  Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Exploring the electric side of photosynthesis

    Speaker: Arpita Bose, Washington University in St. Louis


    Host: Michael Thomas
  • groups  Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Badger Watch Safety Training

    Speaker: Erik Pearce, UWPD
    Host: Katrina Forest
  • groups  Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Decoding the immunomodulatory function of gut bacteria

    Speaker:

    Philip Ahern, Lerner Research Institute @ the Cleveland Clinic

    CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER


  • groups  Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    The Surprising Microbiology and Geomicrobiology of Caves

    Speaker: Hazel Barton, University of Akron, Ohio
    Host: MDTP Students
  • groups  Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    Cell Division Regulation in Bacteria

    Speaker: Prahathees Eswara, University of South Florida
    Host: Briana Burton
  • groups  Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    A phage that deploys eukaryotic-like DNA compartmentalization to resist CRISPR-Cas nucleases

    Speaker: Joseph Bondy-Denomy, UCSF
    Host: Charlie Mo