University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2020 Wednesdays at Noon—via Bluejeans: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/xqbzwhrb September 23rd September 30th Sara Sawyer, PhD University of Colorado Boulder Michael Fischbach, PhD The role of host genetics in virus spillover Stanford University from animals to humans (and my Small molecules from the human microbiota experience setting up large-scale COVID screening at my university October 7th October 14th Co-sponsored by HHMI Gilliam Fellowship Jeffery Cox, PhD Kim Orth, PhD University of California, Berkeley HHMI/UT Southwestern Medical Center Using global proteomics to discover new Black spot, black death, black pearl: anti-TB pathways of macrophages the tales of bacterial effectors October 21st October 28th Gabriel Nunez, MD Daria Hazuda, PhD University of Michigan, Medical School Merck Infectious Disease &Vaccines Host-microbiota interactions in health and The past, present and future of antiviral disease nucleosides: old dogs and new tricks November 4th November 11th Seema Lakdawala, PhD Theresa Alenghat, VMD, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Airborne transmission of influenza viruses Hospital Medical Center Epigenetic regulation of the host-microbiota relationship December 2nd November 18th Co-sponsored by Penn CFAR Gabriel Victora, PhD Lydie Trautmann, EngD, PhD Rockefeller University Oregon Health & Science University Clonal dynamics of the antibody From acute HIV infection to treatment interruption: HIV specific immune memory generation, persistence and recall December 9th Felicia Goodrum, PhD University of Arizona College of Medicine Making the switch: cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation For more information or if you would like to meet with any of the speakers, email [email protected] Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology & NIH T32 Grants: AI007324 “Training in Virology”; AI007632 “Training in HIV Pathogenesis; AI055400 “Training in Emerging Infectious Diseases”; NS007180 “Training in Neurovirology”; HHMI Gilliam Fellowship; PennCHOP Microbiolme Program; and CFAR (Penn Center for AIDS Research) .