Bacteriology
Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Microbial Ecology, Quorum Sensing & Phage-Host Interactions: Implications for Biofilm Control in the Built Environment
Jeseth Delgado Vela -- Duke University | Host: Trina McMahon
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, September 17, 2026
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Decoding Ralstonia wilt pathogens: Genetics, physiology, and evolutionary biology of the global crop pathogens
Tiffany Lowe-Power -- UC Davis | Host: David Hershey
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Language of Lipids: Host-microbiome cross-talk through lipid metabolites
Robert Quinn -- Michigan State University | Host: Federico Rey
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Genomics Accelerated Discovery and Biosynthesis of Phosphonate Natural Products
Kou-San Ju -- The Ohio State University | Host: Erica Majumder
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Type IV pili: form and function
Courtney Ellison -- University of Georgia | Host: Katrina Forest
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Interruptions & mixed signals: disrupting chemical conversations phytopathogenic Ralstonia rely on to colonize plants
Rebecca Schomer -- University of Arizona | Host: Michael Thomas
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Engineering and evolving bug fixes and new features for bacterial symbionts of honey bees and aphids
Jeffrey Barrick -- Michigan State University | Host: Jue Wang
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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Anthrax, Cholera, and Bot - Oh No! The precise identification of bacterial strains' origins
Paul Keim -- Northern Arizona University | Host: Sabine Pellett
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, November 5, 2026
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Lecture title TBA
Thomas O'Halloran -- Michigan State University | Host: Tim Donohue
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, December 3, 2026
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Pf Bacteriophage is a Parasite of Both Pseudomonas and Humans
Paul Bollyky -- Stanford University | Host: Karthik Anantharaman
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, December 10, 2026
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Dissecting and engineering colonization programs in bacteria
David Hershey -- University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 4, 2027
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Lecture title TBA
Harris Wang -- Columbia University | Host: Jean-Michel Ané
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, March 11, 2027
Thursday, March 18, 2027
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Lecture title TBA
Justin Meyer -- UC San Diego | Host: Charlie Mo
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 1, 2027
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Lecture title TBA
Harris Bernstein -- NIH-NIDDKD | Host: Katrina Forest
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 8, 2027
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Lecture title TBA
George O'Toole -- Dartmouth College | Host: David Hershey
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences
Thursday, April 15, 2027
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Lecture title TBA
Ami Bhatt -- Stanford Medicine | Host: Karthik Anantharaman
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences