RGE Murray Seminar Series 2024-2025

September October November January February March April


September 12

"'To kill or not to kill' - Opportunistic bacteria lifestyles in human macrophages"
  Dr. Miguel A. Valvano, Queen's University of Belfast, UK 


October 10

 "Smart lattice light-sheet microscopy for imaging rare and complex cellular events"
  Dr. Yu Shi, Western University


November 7

 "Staphylococcus aureus and fatty acids: Navigating a complex relationship on human skin"
  Dr. Robert Kuiack, Western University

November 14

 "MARCH2, a host factor that inhibits HIV-1 infection in a T cell dependent manner"
  Dr. Spyridon Stavrou, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Scienes

November 21

 "Rethinking what B cells do"
  Dr. Steven Kerfoot, Western University


January 23

 "Viral reservoirs: where does HIV hide?"
  Dr. Nicolas Chomont, University of Montreal

January 30

 "Genomic approaches to drug resistance and pathogenicity in Candida albicans"
  Dr. Patrick Lajoie, Western University


February 6

 "Host Manipulation by Epstein-Barr Virus"
  Dr. Lori Frappier, University of Toronto

February 13

 "Bacteria to the Rescue of the Ocean: Design and Genomic Study of a Consortium for Hydrocarbon Degradation"
  Dr. Rojas Vargas, Western University

February 20 - Recruitment Seminar

 "Optimizing Blood Culture Efficiency: Shortened Incubation and Rapid AST Results."
  Dr. Fatimah AlMutawa, Western University

February 27

 "'Pharmacoecology’: Measuring and manipulating human microbiomes in infectious and non-infectious diseases"
  Dr. Bryan Coburn, University Health Network and University of Toronto


March 6

"Metabolic Warfare Within the Animal Microbiota"
  Dr. William Navarre, University of Toronto


April 3 - Annual Lecturer

 "Microbial Triggers of Autoimmunity: EBV in multiple sclerosis and oral mucosal breaks in rheumatoid arthritis"
  Dr. William Robinson, Stanford University

April 10

"Uncovering the metabolic underpinnings of sexually transmitted infections in complex biological systems"
  Dr. Stephanie Bishop, Western University

April 17

"Mouse Models of Autoimmune Rheumatic Heart Disease by Streptococcus pyogenes."
  Dr. Manuel Diaz Villasenor, Western University

April 24

"TBA"
  Dr. Andrew Craig, Queens University