Seminars

The Winter 2025 seminar schedule will be in-person in room 2268 or via Zoom (if noted) 

Date

Seminar Schedule, Winter 2025
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology
School of Medicine, WSU
11:30 am - 12:25 pm

1/21/2025

Speaker: Dr. Alyson Sujkowski, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, WSUSOM
Title: “Using Drosophila Exercise to Bridge the Health Span-lifespan Gap”
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang

1/28/2025

Speaker: Dr. Ryan Insolera, Assistant Professor, Dept. of OVAS, WSU SOM
Title: "Investigation of in Vivo Neuronal Mitophagy"
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra

2/11/2025

Speaker: Dr. Mariana Angoa-Perez, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, WSU SOM.
Title: “Understanding the Gut-Brain Connection: Lessons from Animal Models of Addiction and Neuroinflammation”
Host: Dr. Bharati Mitra

2/18/2025

Speaker: Dr. Victor DiRita, Rudolph Hugh Endowed Chair, and Chair, Dept. of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology, Michigan State University
Title: “Immune Metabolism Feeds Campylobacter jejuni in the Inflamed Gut”
Host: BMI graduate students

2/25/2025

Speaker: Dr. Julia van Kessel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
Title: “Cutting off Communication: A Chemical Approach to Blocking Bacterial Pathogenesis”
Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey

3/4/2025

IMMUNOLOGY FOCUS GROUP/BMI seminar

Speaker: Dr. Zhen Xu, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology and Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Title: Non-invasive Histotripsy Cancer Treatment: The Road from bench to Bedside
Host: Dr. Kang Chen

3/11/2025 SPRING BREAK – NO SEMINAR
3/18/2024

Speaker: Dr. Liman Zhang, Associate Professor, Van Andel Institute
Title: “Navigating Sensitivity and Stability: Exploring the Structural Basis of Inflammasome Pathways”
Host: Dr. Yuan He

3/25/2025

Speaker: Dr. Anne-Marie Krachler, Associate Professor, Dept. of  Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, UThealth, Houston
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Jeffrey Withey

4/8/2025

Speaker: Dr. Chris Waters, Michigan State University
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Kevin Theis

4/15/2025

ZOOM SEMINAR

Speaker: Dr. Jiaxin Niu, Medical Oncologist, Banner Gateway Medical Center, Glibert, Arizona
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang

4/22/2025

Speaker: Dr. Tongqing Zhou, Chief and Principal Investigator, Structural Biology Section, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Jianjun Wang

4/29/2025

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Mulvey, Professor, Center for Cell and Genome Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah
Title: TBA
Host: BMI graduate students


View our previous seminars.

View our previous and current Orten Lectures.

View our previous and current Vera Fay Righthand Seminars.