University of Pennsylvania Department of Microbiology
Philadelphia, PA
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ProK and Virology Trainee Seminar🦠
Microbiology Seminar🔬
Next week's seminars have been cancelled on 9/29 and 9/30 respectively
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 9/23/26 12-1PM
*SCTR Rubenstein Auditorium*
Laura Cook, PhD
"Bacterial determinants of Streptococcal Carriage and Disease”
lauracooklab.com/
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ProK and Virology Trainee Seminar
Tuesday 9/22/2026
12 – 1 PM
209 Johnson Pavilion
Lorenzo Serra, Price Lab
Lorie Marchitto, PhD, Hahn Lab
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Today 9/16/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Janelle Arthur, PhD
"Microbiome and inflammation-associated intestinal disease"
arthurlab.weebly.com/
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Special Seminar
Sponsored by Institute for RNA Innovation
Tuesday 9/15/2026 12 - 1 PM
JMB CLASS OF 62*
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Today 9/9/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Pranam Chatterjee, PhD
"Designing Programmable Biologics with Generative Sequence Models"
chatterjeelab.com/
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Virology Seminar
Tuesday 9/8/26 12-1 PM
209 Johnson Pavilion
Guangda (Brian) Shi, Ph.D., Cherry Lab
“Metabolic Regulation of Pyrimidine Antiviral Efficacy by Uridine Cytidine Kinase 2”
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Today!
CRB/RRB Austrian Aud 12-1:30pm
Or
pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91807…
Meeting ID: 918 0726 3806
Passcode: 206374
(Recorded)
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Please join us for a Special Seminar/SRR Training featuring:
Noam Auslander, PhD, from the Wistar Institute.
“AI in our workflows: How should (and shouldn’t) we use chatbots in computational research?”
Wednesday, June 24th
CRB/RRB Austrian Aud
12-1:30pm
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First Annual Helen Davies Memorial Lecture
Featured Speaker:
Susan Weiss, PhD
"Coronavirus activation of interferon signaling pathways is critical for control of infection in the nasal epithelium"
Date: Tues 5/19
Time: 12–1PM
Location: JM Reunion Aud
RSVP: micro.med.upenn.edu
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First Annual Helen Davies Memorial Lecture
Featured Speaker:
Susan Weiss, PhD
"Coronavirus activation of interferon signaling pathways is critical for control of infection in the nasal epithelium"
Date: Tues 5/19
Time: 12–1PM
Location: JM Reunion Aud
RSVP: micro.med.upenn.edu/
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 5/6/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Last Micro Seminar of Spring Semester!
Amelia Escolano, PhD, The Wistar Institute
“Rapid elicitation of a new class of neutralizing antibodies against the V3-glycan epitope of HIV-1"
wistar.org/our-scientists/am…
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Virology Seminar 💉
5/5/26 12-1 PM
209 Johnson Pavilion
Clara Malekshahi, Moncla Lab
“Wild Anseriformes Ecology is Driving the Dissemination of HPAI H5N1 in North America”
Jordan Ort, Hensley Lab
“Immune history shapes cross-reactive antibody responses to H5N1 neuraminidase”
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 4/29/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Ricardo Rajsbaum, PhD
"Regulation of immunity and virus Replication by the host ubiquitin system: Novel therapeutic opportunities"
njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu/pr…
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Virology Seminar 💉
Tuesday 4/28/26 12-1 PM
209 Johnson Pavilion
Clayton Otter, Weiss Lab
“What makes a common cold (corona)virus?”
Helen Stillwell, Weiss Lab
"West African clade C MERS-CoV camel viruses induce more robust innate immunity compared to wild-type in human cells”
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Penn Microbiology retweeted
Congrats to Ceylan Tanes, Shelley Buffenstein and the team on their fascinating study of the naked mole rat microbiome (PMID: 42012979). No change in the mole rat bacterial microbiome over decades. Notable differences associated with social structure and copraphagy.
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Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 4/22/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Monica McCallum, PhD
“Shape Shifting Molecules and Microbes”
mccallumlab.com/
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