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.

10/16/2025 Faculty

Dr. Fabienne Paumet

How does an intracellular bacterium drive membrane fusion?

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

Zachary Hutchins & Carly Smith

Surgical revision of S. aureus infection increases virulence factor expression and activates a multi-tissue inflammatory response

Lab: Dr. Mishra & Dr. Freeman
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

11/6/2025 Faculty Dr. Sangwon Kim
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101
11/13/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Laura Santambrogio

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

Miao Ciao & Vincent Cooper

Lab:  Dr. Snook & Dr. Igyarto
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

12/11/2025 Guest Speaker

Dr. Florence Neidergang

Biology Phagocytes Infection & 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 Faculty Dr. Carolina Rezende Melo da Silva
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101
1/15/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Andrew 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

Adrian Luna & Julia Weber

Lab: Dr. Sigal & Dr. Rahman
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

2/12/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Helen Lazear

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

Mary O'Mara & Jihae (Connie) Choi

Lab:  Dr. Ramage & Dr. Kim
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

3/12/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Marc Jenkins

Host:  Dr. Botond Igyarto
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

Jacob Myers & Sabrine Ben Hamed

Lab: Dr. Schnell 
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

4/9/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Jonathan Miner

Miner Lab

Host:  Dr. Zia Rahman
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

Jaqueline (Jackie) Flynn & Tien Bui

Lab: Dr. Caparelli & Dr. Rahman
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/7/2026 Research in Progress

Aaren Milne & Emilee Brockner

Lab:  Dr. Fabienne Paumet
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

5/14/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Craig Maynard

Maynard Lab

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

Akansha Sharma & Mohini Nakhale

Lab:  Dr. Sigal & Dr. Abraham
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/11/2026 Guest Speaker

Dr. Paul Turner

Host:  IMP Students
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101

6/18/2026 Faculty Dr. Claudio Giraudo
Location:  Bluemle, Room 101