Priya S. Shah, Ph.D 

Assistant Professor, Department Microbiology and Molecualr Genetics 

University of California, Davis

"Harder, better, faster, stronger: integrating virology and engineering to drive flavivrus discovery"

Host: Nicholas Lennemann 

Jorge Gálan, PhD, DVM

Lucille P. Markey Professor of Cell Biology 

Yale University School of Medicine

"Pathogen restriction and host specificity: lessons from human pathogen Salmonella Typhi"

Host: Charles Turnbough, PhD

Weiguo Cui, PhD

Professor, Department of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) 

Northwesten University School of Medicine

"CD8 T cells need a little friendly help to overcome T cell exhaustion"

Host: Dr. Allan Zajac

Joan Yuan, PhD

Research Team Manager, Developmental Immunology

Lund University

Host: Dr. John Kearney

Angela M Carter, PhD

Assistsant Professor, Department of Surgery UAB

Host: Nicholas Lennemann, Ph.D.

Kazuo Takahashi. MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Biomedical Molecular Sciences

Fujita Health University, Japan

Host: Jan Novak, PhD

Ryan A. Flynn, MD, PhD 

Assistant Professor

Boston Children's Hospital  and

Harvard University Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology

Host: Dr. Jan Novak

Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

UAB

"T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia exploits the CXCR3-CXCL10 pathway to colonize the meninges"

Host: Dr. Allan Zajac

Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D.

Charles B de Nancrede Research Professor of Surgery

Professor of of Pathology, Immunology, Biology and Surgery 

Co-Director, Cancer Hematopoiesis and Immunology Program

Director, University of Michigan Surgical Oncology Research Training Program

Director, Center of Excellence for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

"IFN signaling in immunity, a matter of life and death"

Host: Hui Hu, Ph.D.

Michaela Gack, PhD

Scientific Director

Cleveland Clinic Florida Research & Innovation Center

Host: Virology Grad Students, Brooke Bengert

Simon Roux, PhD

Viral Genomics Group Lead

DOE Joint Genome Institute Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

"Viral ecogenomics: exploring viral diversity and virus-host interactions from metagenomes"

Host: Dr. Elliot Lefkowitz

Nancie M. Archin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

UNC School of Medicine

Host: Dr. Angela Wahl

Deeann Wallis, PhD

Professor, Academic Joint Departments

Genetics Research Division

host - Allan Zajac, PhD

Gabriel Lander, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Integrative and Computational Biology

Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA

host: Terje Dokland, Ph.D. 

JoAnne L. Flynn, PhD

Distinguished Professot and Chair

Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

University of Pittsburgh

Host: Bacteriology Graduate  Students, Rania Smeltz

Kartik Chandran, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Host: Virology Grad Student, Sameneh Mehri

Sponsored by Bacterial Pathogenesis Seminar series

Hasan Yesilkaya, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Sciences
University of Leicester, UK

Host: Andrew Ulijasz

Matthew Cabeen, Ph.D. 

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Oklahoma State University

host: Michael Gray, Ph.D. 

Justin L. Merritt, PhD

Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry

Ohio State University School of Dentistry

Host: Bacteriology Grad Student, Avery Lieber