Penn Microbiology

University of Pennsylvania Department of Microbiology

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

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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: https://t.co/F5ZZXby0qq

[Penn Microbiology @PennMicro]

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: https://t.co/5biXA5dnHj

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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"
https://t.co/BMZlbU9kPE

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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"
https://t.co/gf192FCZu9

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

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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”
https://t.co/OVTmcfs6cD

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

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

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

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

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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"

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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”

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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"
https://t.co/5QRhowZtHa

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Virology Seminar 💉
Tuesday 3/31/26 12-1 PM
209 Johnson Pavilion

Andoni Nolasco-Ramirez, Cherry Lab
“Bunyaviruses are Differentially Controlled by Protein Kinase R”

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Please note there will be no ProK seminar
next Monday March 30🦠