Tuesday/Thursday, 11:30am, 222 Morrill Science Center II
Coordinator: [email protected], 413-577-4669
Viral Takeover of the Host RNA Stability Pathways
Mandy Muller, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, UMass Amherst
Thursday, September 8, 2022 - 11:30am
Discovery, Biochemistry and Evolution of the Cruciviruses: Products of Unprecedented RNA-DNA Recombination?
Kenneth Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology Portland State University
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Jim Holden, Steve Sandler
Targeting Cell Wall Biosynthesis for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery
Tanya Parish, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Seattle Children's Hospital
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Malavika Prithviraj; Co-Sponsored with UMass Chemistry-Biology Interface Program
Engineering Platforms for Infectious Disease Research
Joel Freundlich, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience and of Medicine, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Sloan Siegrist
One-Health Monitoring for Zoonotic Diseases and Vectors Across Climate Zones in the Americas
David Bruce Conn, Ph.D.
Henry Gund Professor of Biology, Berry College
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Stephen Rich
Gender and Sexuality 101
UMass Stonewall Center
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Kristen DeAngelis
Giant Sponge Grounds of Central Artic Seamount are Associated with Extinct Seep Life (via Zoom)
Teresa Morganti, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - 11:30am
Host: Verena Carvalho
Department of Microbiology