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.
Upcoming Seminars
Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: Jeffrey Barrick | Michigan State University
Host: Charlie Mo
Title: Engineering and evolving bug fixes and new features for bacterial symbionts of honey bees and aphids
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: Paul Keim | Northern Arizona University
Host: Sabine Pellett
Title: Anthrax, Cholera, and Bot – Oh No! The precise identification of bacterial strains’ origins
Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: Thomas O’Halloran | Michigan State University
Host: Tim Donohue
Title: Leveraging Element-omics Data to Establish Quantitative Inorganic Phenotypes in Microbiology and Immunology
Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: Courtney Ellison | University of Georgia
Host: Katrina Forest
Title: Type IV pili: form and function
Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: Paul Bollyky | Stanford University
Host: Karthik Anantharaman
Title: Pf Bacteriophage is a Parasite of Both Pseudomonas and Humans
Thursday, December 10, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Speaker: David Hershey | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Katrina Forest
Title: Dissecting and engineering colonization programs in bacteria
Past seminars can be viewed on Kaltura (netid login only)