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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Deepit Bhatia on the successful defense of his dissertation!!

Two men, one brown wearing a grey sweater, one white wearing a blue shirt, standing in front a of a window overlooking a garden. "Congratulations Dr B" is hung in balloon letters on the window dan there are pink party decorations. The brown man is holding a bouquet of pink flowers.

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Thursday, December 11, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, Dana Hawley, Professor of Biological Sciences from Virginia Tech, will present "When history repeats itself: effects of prior pathogen exposure on the ecology and evolution of a songbird pathogen".

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Will presenting on Batrachochytrium dendrobaditis in PA and OH.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Jamie presenting on Culex tarsalis virome profiling. 🦟

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Thursday, December 4, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, CIDD graduate students will present their research.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Thursday, November 20, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, Sarah Cobey, Professor of Ecology and Evolution from the University of Chicago, will present "Immune memory and vaccination against influenza".

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Thursday, November 6, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, Joao Pedra, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, will present "From Arthropod Immunology to Artificial Intelligence: a Journey Into Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases".

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Dr. Metcalf presenting on infection dynamics and vaccination.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Thursday, October 30, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, Jessica Metcalf, Professor of Ecology and Evolution from Princeton University, will present "Infection dynamics and vaccination in a changing world".

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thursday, October 2, from 11:00 a.m. to noon–David Kennedy, Associate Professor of Biology from Penn State, will present "Anticipating the evolution of pathogen resistance and new diseases ."

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Ryan Smith presents on how mosquito biology influences pathogen transmission. 🦟

A person stands at a podium in a conference room, presenting to an audience. The presentation slide projected on the screen reads 'Impacts of mosquito-borne disease' and features an image of a book titled 'The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator' by Timothy C. Winegard. Several people are seated and facing the presenter, listening attentively.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Thursday, September 25, from 11:00 a.m. to noon–Ryan Smith, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology from Iowa State University, will present "Mosquito immune cells and vector competence: A tale of two pathogens."

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Thursday, September 18, from 11:00 a.m. to noon–Katherine Restori, Assistant Research Professor from Penn State, will present "Preexisting immunity to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus reduces susceptibility to H5N1 infection and disease in ferrets."

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Thank you to the organizers of @eeid2025.bsky.social for a wonderful conference! We can’t wait for @eeid2026.bsky.social at Virginia Tech!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Beth Tuschhoff presenting on heterogeneity in susceptibility.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Dr. Becker giving us a cinematic view of deforestation, droughts, and drivers of disease resistance.

Dr. Becker presenting “Deforestation, Droughts, and Drivers of Disease Resistance in Tropical Wildlife”

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

CIDD folks hiked up the dune (and ran down 🏃🏻‍♀️)!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

#CIDDSeminar April 31, 2025, Megan Stanifer, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine will present key antiviral cytokines in controlling intestinal barrier formation and protection from enteric viruses.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, April 24, 2025, Shanice Webster, Postdoctoral Associate and Hanna Gray Fellow at Duke University will present on metabolites and nutrients as key modulators of microbiota selection and plant health.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, April 17, 2025, Rupinder Kaur, Assistant Research Professor, Departments of Biology and Entomology (Bordenstein Lab), Pennsylvania State University, will present on decoding mechanisms of insect-microbe symbiosis to advance vector control strategies.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Monday, April 14, 2025, Eddie Holmes, NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Virology Faculty of Medicine and Health Fellow at the University of Sydney, will present on redefining virus evolution and emergence using metatranscriptomics.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Dr. Pascual presenting on hyper-diversity, strain structure and tipping points in a host-pathogen system.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, April 10, 2025, Mercedes Pascual, Professor, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, New York University, will present on hyper-diversity, strain structure, and tipping points in a host-pathogen system.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Dr. Greischar presenting on using models to reveal ecology and parasite adaptation in the host.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, April 3, 2025, Megan Greischar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, will present on using models to reveal ecology and parasite adaptation within the host.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Dr. Perkins presenting on sustainable control of dengue.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, March 27, 2025, Alex Perkins, Associate Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, will present on sustainable control of dengue.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Dr. Carver presenting on sarcoptic mange in bare-nosed wombats!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, March 20, 2025, Scott Carver, Professor and Associate Director of the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia, will present on sarcoptic mange in wombats.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Victoria presenting on pH in non-canonical signaling of EnvZ and OmpR!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Christina presenting on rats in everything, everywhere, all the time! 🐀

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

#CIDDSeminar: CIDD graduate students Victoria, Christina, and Jack will present their research this Thursday, March 6, 2025!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Dr. Fox presenting on infectious disease forecasting and decision making!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, February 27, 2025, Spencer Fox, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of Georgia, will present on refining outbreak forecasting into a public health decision-making tool.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Dr. Mideo presenting on the “why” of malaria parasites.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, February 20, 2025, Nicole Mideo, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto will be presenting on the evolutionary ecology of malaria transmission from a parasite’s perspective.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Tuesday, February 11, and Wednesday, February 12, Luis Barreiro Professor of Medicine, Committee Chair of Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology Committee on Immunology, from the University of Chicago will present the Spring 2025 Marker Lecture.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#CIDDSeminar: CIDD graduate students Victoria, Christina, and Jack will present their research this Thursday, February 6, 2025!

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#CIDDSeminar This Thursday, January 30, 2025, Megan Stanifer, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine will be presenting.

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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

🌸 The Wait is Over! 🌸 Our Spring 2025 CIDD Seminar Schedule is here. Featuring talks from @meganstanifer.bsky.social @foxandtheflu.bsky.social, @kaurr.bsky.social, and many more!

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