Sponsored by Ewing Halsell Foundation of San Antonio
seminars held from 9:00–10:00 am at the main campus in BSB 3.03.02
Spring 2026 Schedule
| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 23, 2026 | Unraveling Ecological Constraints and Opportunities in Enzyme Evolution Morgan Sobol, Ph.D., Texas State University |
| January 30, 2026 | Aspergillus Biofilms—Form and Function in Disease Robert Cramer, Ph.D., Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth |
| February 6, 2026 | Cancer Mutagenesis by Antiviral Enzymes Reuben S. Harris, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| February 13, 2026 | Deciphering HIV's Epigenetic Code: The Key to Eliminating Viral Reservoirs? Daniel Salamango, Ph.D., UT Health San Antonio |
| February 20, 2026 | Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell-Mediated Protection against Fungal/Bacterial Polymicrobial Sepsis Paul Fidel, Ph.D., Louisiana State University Health Science Center |
| February 27, 2026 | Leveraging Large Animal Models to Advance One Health Research at the Wildlife Interface Tammi L. Johnson, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Uvalde |
| March 6, 2026 | Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of Virulence in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Irvin Rivera, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 13, 2026 | Spring Break |
| March 20, 2026 | "It Takes Three to Tango"—The Pathogen-Vector-Vertebrate Host Dynamics Driving Tick-Borne Coinfections Jolie Starling, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| March 27, 2026 | APOBEC3G Splicing Defects in Nonhuman Primate Models Result in Disparate Viral Mutational Profiles Armando Mendez, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 3, 2026 | Investigating the Impact of Diabetes on Host Immune Response and Therapeutic Outcomes in Coccidioidomycosis Matthew Mendoza-Barker, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 10, 2026 | Development of a Novel Bacterial-Vectored Vaccine Platform against 3 Tier 1 Biothreat Agents: Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, and Bacillus anthracis Zackary Armstrong, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 17, 2026 | Venus Stanton, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| April 24, 2026 | MMI Spring Symposium |
| May 1, 2026 | Megan Medrano, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas at San Antonio |
