Sponsored by Ewing Halsell Foundation of San Antonio

seminars held from 9:00-10:00 am at the UTSA main campus in BSB 3.03.02

Seminar Date Seminar Details
February 2, 2024 Watch Your Diet: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Impairs Gut Microbiota Function and Disrupts Mucosal Homeostasis
Yong Ge, PhD, UT Health San Antonio
February 9, 2024 Lessons from a Decade of Plastisphere Research
Jeffrey Turner, PhD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
February 16, 2024 Understanding How Host-Microbe Interactions Drive Infections by Cryptococcus and Candida
Felipe Santiago-Tirado, PhD, University of Notre Dame
February 23, 2024 Tough and Sticky: Evolution of Stress Response and Adhesin Gene Family in Pathogenic Yeasts
Bin He, PhD, University of Iowa
March 1, 2024 UM Center for Translational Medicine: Bridging the Gap Between Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Jay Evans, PhD, University of Montana
March 8, 2024 Tick-Borne Rickettsial Diseases Impacting Animal and Human Health: Building Bridges from Basic Research to Vaccine Development
Roman Ganta, PhD, University of Missouri
March 15, 2024 no seminar - Spring Break
March 22, 2024 Contributions of Astrocytes in the Inflammatory Response during Hypoxic Retinopathy
Colin Rorex, PhD Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
March 29, 2024 Decipher Source of Viral Rebound and Strategies for a Prolonged HIV Remission
Binhua "Julie" Ling, PhD, Southwest National Primate Research Center
April 5, 2024 Tick Immunity vs. Pathogen Persistence: The Molecular Tug of War That Shapes Vector Competence
Dana K. Shaw, PhD, Washington State University
April 12, 2024 Role of Borrelia Unfed Tick Induced Protein (BtiP) in the Colonization of the Lyme Disease Agent Within Tick and Mammalian Hosts
Jessica O'Berry, PhD Student, University of Texas at San Antonio
April 19, 2024 no seminar - Spring Symposium
April 26, 2024 TBD
Abhinit Nagar, PhD