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

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

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

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

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

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...

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 5/5/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Clara Malekshahi, Moncla Lab “Wild Anseriformes Ecology is Driving the Dissemination of HPAI H5N1 in North America”   Jordan Ort, Hensley Lab “Immune history shapes cross-reactive antibody responses to H5N1 neuraminidase”

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...

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 4/28/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Clayton Otter, Weiss Lab “What makes a common cold (corona)virus?” Helen Stillwell, Weiss Lab "West African clade C MERS-CoV camel viruses induce more robust innate immunity compared to wild-type in human cells”

Please note there will be no ProK seminar Monday April 27th

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

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

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”

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

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

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"

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 4/7/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion James Regan, You Lab "Merkel cell polyomavirus tumor antigens transform dermal fibroblasts and drive tumor formation”

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...

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 3/31/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Andoni Nolasco-Ramirez, Cherry Lab “Bunyaviruses are Differentially Controlled by Protein Kinase R”

Please note there will be no ProK seminar next Monday March 30🦠

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.

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.

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 3/24/26 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Helena Winstone, PhD, Weiss Lab "Clade C MERS-CoV camel strains vary in protease utilization during viral entry”

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 3/23/26 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Niharika Shukla, St. Geme and Yi-Wei labs "Elucidating the structures and functions of the Kingella kingae type IV pili-associated PilC proteins”

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.

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

Virology Seminar💉 Today 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Mark Dittmar, CherryLab "Discovering antivirals against henipaviruses, a highly pathogenic genus of zoonotic paramyxoviruses" Jasmine Larrick,WeitzmanLab "Structural Investigation of Adenovirus Packaging: From Nuclear Compartments to Infectious Particles”

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.

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...