Seminars & Meetings

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series

The seminars will be conducted on Thursdays from 12pm-1pm.   However, one Thursday of the month will be reserved for a Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty Meeting respectfully.  The seminars will be broken down into three categories:  Faculty Seminars,  Guest Speaker Seminars, & Research in Progress Seminars.

All seminars will be IN-PERSON and will be held in Bluemle, Room 101 for the 2025/2026 academic year.

NOTE: All faculty are with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) at Thomas Jefferson University, unless otherwise noted.

8/28/2025 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:  

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

9/4/2025 Cancelled Labor Day Holiday
9/11/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Siddharth Balachandran, https://www.foxchase.org/siddharth-balachandran

Host:  Dr. Luis Sigal

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

 

9/18/2025 Faculty 

TBD

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

9/25/2025 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

10/2/2025 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

10/9/2025 Guest Speaker

TBD

Host:  

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

10/16/2025 Faculty

TBD

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

10/23/2025 M&I Department 

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

10/30/2025 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab: 

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

11/6/2025 Faculty

Dr. Sangwon Kim

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

11/13/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Laura Santambrogio, https://radiationoncology.weillcornell.org/research/santambrogio-lab

Host:  Dr. Adriana Mantegazza

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

11/20/2025 M&I Department 

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room 

11/27/2025 Cancelled Thanksgiving Day Holiday
12/4/2025 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:  

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

12/11/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Florence Neidergang, : https://institutcochin.fr/en/equipes/biology-phagocytes-infection-and-immunity

Host:  Dr. Adriana Mantegazza

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

12/18/2025 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room 

12/25/2025 Cancelled Christmas Day Holiday
1/1/2026 Cancelled New Year's Day Holiday
1/8/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

1/15/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Andrew Getahun, https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/immunology-and-microbiology/about-us/faculty/primary-faculty/getahun

Host:  Dr. Gudrun Debes

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

1/22/2026 Faculty

Dr. Drishya Kurup

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

1/29/2026 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

2/5/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

2/12/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Helen Lazear, https://www.med.unc.edu/microimm/people/helen-lazear-phd/

Host:  Dr. Holly Ramage

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

2/19/2026 Faculty

Dr Luis Sigal

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

2/26/2026 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room 

3/5/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:  

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

3/12/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Jonathan Miner, https://www.med.upenn.edu/minerlab/

Host:  Dr. Zia Rahman

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

3/19/2026 Faculty

Dr. Gudrun Debes

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

3/26/2026 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

 

4/2/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/9/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Marc Jenkins, https://med.umn.edu/bio/marc-jenkins

Host: Dr. Botond Igyarto

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/16/2026 Faculty

Dr. Adriana Mantegazza

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/23/2026 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

4/30/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/7/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/14/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Craig Maynard, https://sites.uab.edu/maynardlab/

Host:  Dr. Sangwon Kim

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/21/2026 Faculty

Dr. Holly Ramage

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/28/2026 M&I Department

M&I Faculty Meeting

Location:  Bluemle, 302B Conference Room

6/4/2026 Research in Progress

TBD

Lab:

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/11/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Paul Turner, https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/paul-turner/

Host:  IMP Students

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/18/2026 Faculty

TBD

Location:  Bluemle, Room 101