SPRING 2025 Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

Current 2024-2025 Seminar Schedule

Thursday, March 13, 2025

  • Barikisu Ibrahim
    TBS I&I PhD Candidate
    Mentor: Marc Johnson, PhD
    2:00pm-3:00pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Spring Break March 24-28, 2025

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

  • Xue Bai
    TBS I&I PhD Student
    Mentor: Donald Burke-Aguero, PhD
  • Roxanne Muchow
    Vet Path PhD Student
    Mentor: Chris Lorson, PhD
    1:15pm-2:15pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Thursday, April 03, 2025

  • Aaron Johnson, PhD
    Professor and Consultant
    Departments of Immunology, Neurology, and Molecular Medicine
    Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, MN
    Host: Noah Powell, TBS I&I PhD Student
    2:00pm-3:00pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

  • Brian Thomas
    MPT MD-PhD Candidate
    Dissertation Defense
    "Modular Oligonucleotide Technologies to Target, Sensitize, and Treat Mutant EGFR Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma"
    Mentor: Donald Burke-Aguero, PhD
    10:00am-11:00am
    Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

  • Euan Price
    TBS I&I PhD Student
    Mentor: Caroline Grunenwald, PhD
    1:15pm-2:15pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Thursday, April 10, 2025

  • Yvonne Chen, PhD
    Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
    Co-Director, Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy
    University of California Los Angeles Health
    Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Los Angeles, CA
    Host: Elida Lopez, TBS I&I PhD Student
    2:00pm-3:00pm
    Via Zoom

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

  • Oluwatola Femi-Olatunji
    TBS I&I PhD Student
    Mentor: Paul de Figueiredo, PhD
  • Noah Powell
    TBS I&I PhD Student
    Mentor: Paul de Figueiredo, PhD
    1:15pm-2:15pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Thursday, April 17, 2025

  • Jose Conejo-Garcia, MD, PhD
    Professor, Immunology and Integrative Immunobiology
    Duke University School of Medicine
    Durham, NC
    Host: Diana Gil Pages, PhD
    2:00pm-3:00pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

  • Hubert Tse, PhD
    Professor & Chair
    Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, & Immunology
    University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, KS
    Host: Haval Shirwan, PhD
    1:30pm-2:30pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Thursday, April 24, 2025

  • Caleb Kramer
    TBS I&I PhD Candidate
    Mentor: Lee-Ann Allen, PhD
    2:00pm-3:00pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

  • Clayton Rushford
    Vet Path PhD Student
    Mentor: Marc Johnson, PhD
    1:30pm-2:30pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

  • Tongqing Zhou, PhD
    NIH Earl-Stadtman Investigator
    Chief, Structural Virology & Vaccinology
    Chief, Structural Biology Core
    Chief, Structural Bioinformatics Core
    Vaccine Research Center, NIAID/NIH
    Bethesda, MD
    Host: Wenjun Ma, PhD
    1:15-2:15pm
    Acuff Auditorium, School of Medicine