Seminar Series
Seminars as part of five series,
- the Microbiology Seminars Series (MBS, invited speakers),
- the Work in Progress Series (WIP, graduate students and postdocs), or
- the Student Literature Seminar Series (SLS/MICR830, graduate students),
- the Faculty Seminar Series (FSS, Department Faculty).
- the Noble P. Sherwood Seminar Series (NSS, invited speakers)
are presented at 11:00 a.m. in Cates West Auditorium (1006) on Thursdays, unless otherwise noted.
If you would like to be added to our seminar mailing list, please contact Kathy Mackay.
Fall 2025
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Aug 7 |
Jonathan Soboloff, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Director, Division of Genetic, Environmental and Inhalational Disease, Dept of Internal Medicine, KUMC |
Hubert Tse |
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Aug 14 |
Amar Singh, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, Director, IBD Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Motility, KUMC |
Hubert Tse |
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Aug 21 |
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Aug 28 |
Marisa Alegra, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Committee on Cancer Biology, Committee on Immunology, Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago |
Mary Markiewicz |
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Sept 4 |
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Sept 11 |
Pawan Kumar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University |
Hongbing Yu |
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Sept 18 |
Parvathi Kuthoor, Graduate Student |
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Sept 25 |
Michael Federle, Ph.D., Professor, College of Pharmacy - Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Director, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Affiliate, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy – Chicago|Rockford, The University of Illinois - Chicago |
Jeff Bose |
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Oct 2 |
Courtney Krider, Graduate Student |
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Oct 9 |
Kevin McIver, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Dept of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland |
Indranil Biswas |
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Oct 16 |
Aubrey McReynolds, Graduate Student |
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Oct 23 |
Ann Wozniak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Motility, KUMC |
Maria Kalamvoki |
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Oct 30 |
Isabel Aranzazu Pulido Ruiz, Graduate Student |
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Nov 6 |
Divij Mathew, Ph.D., Research Associate of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Katie Waugh |
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Nov 13 |
Michael Strenta, Graduate Student |
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Nov 20 |
Jakob Trimpert, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University |
Maria Kalamvoki |
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Nov 27 |
THANKSGIVING |
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Dec 4 |
Zhilong Yang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Dept of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology (Joint), Texas A&M University School of Medicine |
Jianming Qiu |
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Dec 11 |
Nick Freitas, Graduate Student |
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Dec 18 |
Miranda Chávez, Graduate Student |
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Spring 2026
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Jan 8 |
Shane McFarlin, Graduate Student |
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Jan 15 |
Sarah Lasnier, Graduate Student |
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Jan 22 |
Rabina Saud & Emma Pagella, Graduate Students |
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Jan 29 |
Sreenath Muraleedharan Suma & KaLia Burnette, Graduate Students |
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Feb 5 |
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Feb 12 |
Robert Lochhead, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Wolf Zueckert |
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Feb 19 |
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Feb 26 |
Donovan Richart & Cindy Menjivar, Graduate Students |
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Mar 5 |
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Mar 12 |
Todd Bradley, Ph.D., Director of Immunogenomics, Genomic Medicine Center, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center |
Hubert Tse |
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Mar 19 |
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Mar 26 |
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Apr 16 |
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Apr 30 |
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May 7 |
Matt Bettini, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Utah |
Hubert Tse |
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May 14 |
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May 21 |
Marco Colonna, M.D., Robert Rock Belliveau, MD Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Professor of Immunobiology & Professor of Medicine, Washington University |
Mary Markiewicz |
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May 28 |
Ambika Dudhate, Ph.D. & Harshraj Shinde, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellows |
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Jun 4 |
Kimberly Thomas, Ph.D. Assistant Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute, Adjoint Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus |
Hubert Tse |
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Jun 11 |
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Jun 25 |
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Noble P. Sherwood Seminar Series
Dr. Noble P. Sherwood taught Botany and Bacteriology at the University of Kansas from 1910 to 1952 and served as the first Chairman of the Department of Bacteriology from 1917 to 1949. He worked on bacterial pathogenesis including anaphylactic shock and streptococcal virulence.
Noble P. Sherwood grew up in Kansas City and attended KU, where he received a B.S. in Engineering in 1905, an M.S. in Bacteriology in 1911 and a Ph.D. in 1921. In 1924, he received an M.D. from the Minnesota University Medical School.