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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Next Week! Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Please join us for the rescheduled annual -Neal Nathanson Lecture- Wed 10/14/26 12-1PM RRB Austrian Auditorium Akiko Iwasaki, PhD "Science behind failure to recover from infections" medicine.yale.edu/lab/iwasaki/

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ProK and Virology Trainee Seminar Tuesday 10/6/2026 12 – 1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Mark your calendars! Please join us for the rescheduled annual -Neal Nathanson Lecture- Wed 10/14/26 12-1PM RRB Austrian Auditorium Akiko Iwasaki, PhD "Science behind failure to recover from infections" medicine.yale.edu/lab/iwasaki/

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 9/23/26 12-1PM *SCTR Rubenstein Auditorium* Laura Cook, PhD "Bacterial determinants of Streptococcal Carriage and Disease” www.lauracooklab.com

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ProK and Virology Trainee Seminar Tuesday 9/22/2026 12 – 1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Lorenzo Serra, Price Lab Lorie Marchitto, PhD, Hahn Lab

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Today 9/16/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Janelle Arthur, PhD "Microbiome and inflammation-associated intestinal disease" arthurlab.weebly.com

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Special Seminar Sponsored by Institute for RNA Innovation Tuesday 9/15/2026 12 - 1 PM JMB CLASS OF 62* Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today! CRB/RRB Austrian Aud 12-1:30pm Or pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/9180726380... Meeting ID: 918 0726 3806 Passcode: 206374 (Recorded)

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Please join us for a Special Seminar/SRR Training featuring: Noam Auslander, PhD, from the Wistar Institute. “AI in our workflows: How should (and shouldn’t) we use chatbots in computational research?” Wednesday, June 24th CRB/RRB Austrian Aud 12-1:30pm

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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: micro.med.upenn.edu

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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" www.wistar.org/our-scientis...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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" njms-web.njms.rutgers.edu/profile/myPr...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 4/22/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Monica McCallum, PhD “Shape Shifting Molecules and Microbes” www.mccallumlab.com

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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" gsbs.tufts.edu/faculty-rese...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Tomorrow! Join the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses and the @PennCSSM for a joint symposium on climate and emerging diseases. Thurs 3/26 10-4pm BRB Gaulton Aud Dr Michael Mann and Dr Peter Hotez to give the keynote discussion.

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Next Week! Join the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses and the @PennCSSM for a joint symposium on climate and emerging diseases. Thurs 3/26 10-4pm BRB Gaulton Aud Dr Michael Mann and Dr Peter Hotez to give the keynote discussion.

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Next Week! Join the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses and the @penncssm.bsky.social for a joint symposium on climate and emerging diseases. Thurs 3/26 10-4pm BRB Gaulton Aud Dr Michael Mann and Dr Peter Hotez to give the keynote discussion.

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 3/18/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Zachery Lonergan, PhD "Nitric Oxide: Molecular Tuner of Microbial Life" www.lonerganlab.org

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Please join the Penn Center for Research on Emerging Viruses and the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media for a joint symposium on climate and emerging diseases. Thurs 3/26 10-4pm BRB Gaulton Aud Dr Michael Mann and Dr Peter J. Hotez to give the keynote discussion.

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 3/11/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Vincent Tam, PhD "Fueling Infection: How Lipid Metabolism and PPARα Reshape Host Immunity from Lung to Gut" medicine.temple.edu/directory/vi...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Special Seminar Tue 3/10 12 PM John Morgan Reunion Aud Co-sponsored by Microbiology Department (PSOM) and Institute for Infectious & Zoonotic Diseases (PennVet) Dr. Kyle Frischkorn, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Nature Microbiology “Publishing in Nature Journals”

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 3/4/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Randy Longman, MD, PhD "From Microbiome to Immunity: Precision Medicine Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Disease" longmanlab.org

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 2/11/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Sabra Klein, PhD "SeXX matters for respiratory virus pathogenesis" www.sabrakleinlab.org

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 1/21/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Sam Sternberg, PhD "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity" www.sternberglab.org

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 1/14/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Fabienne Paumet, PhD "Membrane fusion driven by a bacterial pathogen" www.jefferson.edu/academics/co...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 1/7/26 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Craig Wilen, MD, PhD "Host-virus interactions of noroviruses and coronaviruses" wilenlab.com

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The Micro Seminar Series 🔬will resume after Winter Break on January 7th with Dr. Craig Wilen from Yale University “Host-virus interactions of noroviruses and coronaviruses”. Please also find attached the 2026 Spring Schedule.

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

PCREV co-sponsored Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 12/17/25 12-1PM *BRB Gaulton Auditorium* Andy Pekosz, PhD “Virus Surveillance and the Identification of Novel Genetic Mutations that Facilitate Virus Circulation”

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 12/10/25 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Chelsey Spriggs, PhD "Deciphering the cellular entry mechanisms of DNA viruses" www.lsi.umich.edu/science/our-...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's time! The 2025 PennCHOP Microbiome Symposium is this Week. Day 1: 12/3 – Workshop event BRB Gaulton Aud 10am – 3pm Day 2: 12/4 – Main symposium with speakers and poster displays BRB Gaulton Aud 9am – 5pm, with reception 5–6pm

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 10/29/25 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Viviana Simon, MD, PhD "Sleep No More – Determinants of Viral Persistence" profiles.icahn.mssm.edu/viviana-a-si...

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 10/20/25 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 9/24/25 12-1PM **BRB Gaulton Auditorium** Heran Darwin, PhD "Aldehyde Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" herandarwinlab.org

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 9/15/2025 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Tim Miyashiro, PhD, Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pennsylvania State University “Interference competition mechanisms in a bacterial symbiont” sites.psu.edu/miyashirolab/

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hi Micro Community, Sending a reminder that the Micro Seminar resumes next week, 9/10- Please join us! Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 9/10/25 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Afam Okoye, PhD "Towards an HIV cure: Strategies for post-ART viral control" ohsu.edu/okoye-lab

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Penn Microbiology @pennmicro.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hello Micro Community! Our weekly seminars return next week! Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday Sept 10 Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday Sept 15 Virology Seminar 💉Tuesday Sept 16

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