Date Speaker Topic March 26 Roger Bumgarner, Associate Professor Microbiology, Adjunct Associate Professor, Orthopedics Confirmation Bias: How it Applies to Both Science and Life April 2 Pete Greenberg, Professor Microbiology, Shaw Laureate, Member of the National Academy of Science Bacterial Communication and How an Uninterested High School Student Became the Shaw Laureate. April 9 Steve Polyak, Research Professor Laboratory Medicine, Adjunct Global Health – Med, Adjunct Microbiology Hepatitis C and What to do when a cure is found for the virus you have worked on for 20 years? April 16 Michael Lagunoff, Professor Microbiology Viruses and Cancer April 23 Caroline Harwood, Professor Microbiology, Associate Vice- Provost for Research, Member of the National Academy of Science Bugs for Bioenergy