Date Speaker TopicMarch 26 Roger Bumgarner,
Associate ProfessorMicrobiology, 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
April 30 Deborah Fuller, Professor Microbiology
TBA
May 7 Jeff McLean, Associate Professor, Periodontics
The Oral Microbiome: What are so many bacteria doing living in your mouth and how do they affect oral health?
May 14 Michelle Reniere,Assistant Professor Microbiology
"How do bacteria sense their environment?”
May 21 Jennifer Hyde, Assistant Professor Microbiology
