MMG Seminars - Spring 2023

MMG Seminars will take place at 3:10 P.M. in BPS 1415, unless noted otherwise in the table below.  

All MMG Seminar questions should be directed to MMG.Seminars@campusad.msu.edu

Seminar Coordinators: Aretha Fiebig, Kefei Yu & Elizabeth Heath-Heckman
Graduate Student Representatives: Ifeanyichukwu Eke & Jasper Gomez
Postdoc Representative: Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan
 

MMG Seminar Date	MMG Seminar Topic	Seminar Speaker	Host
January 17	Host-microbe studies in an evolutionary model organism: Diversity matters	Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan, University of Connecticut	Ravi
February 28	Equine herpesvirus-1: Pathogenesis, Immunity and Unique Challenges with Vaccine Development	Dr. Gisela Soboll Hussey, Michigan State University	DiRita
March 7	Spring Break
March 14	SeXX matters for respiratory infections and responses to vaccines	Dr. Sabra Klein, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	MMG Graduate Students
March 21	Expanding the power of classical genetics to understand malaria parasite phenotypes: The evolutionary balance between fitness and drug resistance	Dr. Michael Ferdig, University of Notre Dame	Wale
March 28	Research Seminar:  Adaptation to intracellular infection by Listeria monocytogenes: a ‘tail’ of two motilities DEI Seminar: Practical insights into diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable	Dr. Darren Higgins, Harvard Medical School	DiRita
April 3	Please Note: This talk will be held in 1425 BPS	Dr. Vince Young, University of Michigan	Tom Kim
April 18	Brubaker Lecture	Dr. William Goldman, UNC School of Medicine	DiRita
Wednesday, April 26	MMG Graduate Poster Session & MMG Awards Reception Lincoln Room, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
May 2	Early Career Award Seminar	Dr. Youssef Kousa, Children's National Hospital	Schutte