Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 1/21/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Sam Sternberg, PhD
"RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"
www.sternberglab.org

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 1/14/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Fabienne Paumet, PhD
"Membrane fusion driven by a bacterial pathogen"
www.jefferson.edu/academics/co...

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 1/7/26 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Craig Wilen, MD, PhD
"Host-virus interactions of noroviruses and coronaviruses"
wilenlab.com

The Micro Seminar Series 🔬will resume after Winter Break on January 7th with Dr. Craig Wilen from Yale University “Host-virus interactions of noroviruses and coronaviruses”.

Please also find attached the 2026 Spring Schedule.

PCREV co-sponsored
Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 12/17/25 12-1PM
*BRB Gaulton Auditorium*
Andy Pekosz, PhD
“Virus Surveillance and the Identification of Novel Genetic Mutations that Facilitate Virus Circulation”

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 12/10/25 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Chelsey Spriggs, PhD
"Deciphering the cellular entry mechanisms of DNA viruses"
www.lsi.umich.edu/science/our-...

It's time! The 2025 PennCHOP Microbiome Symposium is this Week.
Day 1: 12/3 – Workshop event
BRB Gaulton Aud
10am – 3pm

Day 2: 12/4 – Main symposium with speakers and poster displays
BRB Gaulton Aud
9am – 5pm, with reception 5–6pm

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 10/29/25 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Viviana Simon, MD, PhD
"Sleep No More – Determinants of Viral Persistence"
profiles.icahn.mssm.edu/viviana-a-si...

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠
Monday 10/20/25 4-5PM
209 Johnson Pavilion

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 9/24/25 12-1PM
**BRB Gaulton Auditorium**

Heran Darwin, PhD
"Aldehyde Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
herandarwinlab.org

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠
Monday 9/15/2025 4-5PM
209 Johnson Pavilion
Tim Miyashiro, PhD, Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University
“Interference competition mechanisms in a bacterial symbiont”
sites.psu.edu/miyashirolab/

Hi Micro Community,
Sending a reminder that the Micro Seminar resumes next week, 9/10- Please join us!

Microbiology Seminar 🔬
Wednesday 9/10/25 12-1PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Afam Okoye, PhD
"Towards an HIV cure: Strategies for post-ART viral control"
ohsu.edu/okoye-lab

Hello Micro Community!
Our weekly seminars return next week!

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday Sept 10
Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday Sept 15
Virology Seminar 💉Tuesday Sept 16