Penn Microbiology

Today! CRB/RRB Austrian Aud 12-1:30pm Or pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/91807263806?… Meeting ID: 918 0726 3806 Passcode: 206374 (Recorded)

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

Last in the semester Virology seminar: Tuesday 5/26/2026 12-1PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

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

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

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…

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”

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/profile/myProf…

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”

Please note there will be no ProK seminar Monday April 27th

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.

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 4/22/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Monica McCallum, PhD “Shape Shifting Molecules and Microbes” mccallumlab.com

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 4/21/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

Prokaryotic Seminar🦠 Mon 4/20/26 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Tiffany Zarrella, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dep of Biology, Georgetown Univ zarrellalab.org “Eavesdropping on microbial communities: how bacteria sense and respond to each other”

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 4/14/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 4/13/26 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 4/8/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Matthias Schnell, PhD "Immunogenicity of an adjuvanted, combination inactivated rabies-vectored, Lassa fever vaccine in healthy adults: Interim results of a first-in-human Phase 1 trial"

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 4/7/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion James Regan, You Lab "Merkel cell polyomavirus tumor antigens transform dermal fibroblasts and drive tumor formation”

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 4/1/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Alumni Speaker Andrew Camilli, PhD "Genetic Analysis of the Arms Race Between Vibrio cholerae and Phages" gsbs.tufts.edu/faculty-resear…