The Future of Microbiology Seminar Series

In the Spring 2021 semester the Microbiology Department will host a special seminar series featuring the research of senior post-doctoral fellows from other institutions. The seminars will be held via Zoom video conference at the times indicated. Announcements will be made in advance providing the link and passcode to each seminar. If you are interested in meeting with a speaker please contact Dr. Goodrich-Blair at hgblair@utk.edu.

Spring 2021

Date	Day	Time	Speaker	Institution Affiliation	Seminar Title
Jan 19	Tues	1PM	Chelsey Spriggs	University of Michigan	Viral hijacking of host molecular motors to promote nuclear entry
Jan 27	Wed	2PM	Akintunde Emiola	Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine	Microbial exploration for the discovery of new therapeutics
Feb 8	Mon	3:30PM	Armand Brown	UT Health University of Texas	Characterization of a Thioredoxin, DsbA in Enterococcus faecalis: Roles in antifungal activity and pathogenesis
Feb 18	Thurs	4:30PM	James Gurney	Georgia Institute of Technology	Efficacy and Evolutionary Robustness of Phage Therapy and Steering
Feb 24	Wed	2PM	Aisha Burton Okala	National Institutes of Health	Small Protein Regulators of E. coli Two Component Systems
Mar 31	Wed	2PM	Gina Lewin	Georgia Institute of Technology	Microbe-microbe interactions and the oral microbiome