As a reminder, to avoid a scheduling conflict with the PennCHOP Microbiome Symposium, there will be no Microbiology Seminar today, 12/3. We will resume next week on Wednesday, 12/10, with Dr. Chelsey Spriggs.

It's time! The 2025 PennCHOP Microbiome Symposium is this Week. Day 1: 12/3 – Workshop event BRB Gaulton Aud 10am – 3pm Day 2: 12/4 – Main symposium with speakers and poster displays BRB Gaulton Aud 9am – 5pm, with reception 5–6pm

NO ProK Virology or Micro Seminars next week. Happy Thanksgiving🦃

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 10/29/25 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Viviana Simon, MD, PhD "Sleep No More – Determinants of Viral Persistence" profiles.icahn.mssm.edu/viviana-a-si...

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 10/28/2025 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Stephen Carro, Eisenlohr Lab “The dynamic interplay between the ectromelia C15 virulence factor and the host immune response”

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 10/27/25 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Jaydeen Sewell,Shin Lab "A Coxiella burnetii effector protein suppresses immune gene transcription"

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 10/21/2025 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Rachel Braun, Cherry Lab “Selective decay of interferon mRNAs controls antiviral immunity and innate memory” Natalie Hagen, Bushman Lab “Exploring the ‘induce-ome’ in Clostridioides difficile”

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 10/20/25 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 10/13/25 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Matt Sherman, PhD, Shin / Brodsky Labs “Defining how LPS mediates non-canonical inflammasome activation”

Special Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 9/30/2025 11:30-1 PM John Morgan Class of 62 Auditorium “Scientific Rigor and Reproducibility” NIH Mandatory training for all students and postdocs PLEASE be prepared to discuss cases Bring your questions www.med.upenn.edu/bgs-rcr-exdes/

Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 9/24/25 12-1PM **BRB Gaulton Auditorium** Heran Darwin, PhD "Aldehyde Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" herandarwinlab.org

Virology Seminar 💉 Tuesday 9/23/2025 12-1 PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Alison Yu, PhD, Price Lab “Investigation of the phospho-proteome of PKR”

Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday 9/15/2025 4-5PM 209 Johnson Pavilion Tim Miyashiro, PhD, Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pennsylvania State University “Interference competition mechanisms in a bacterial symbiont” sites.psu.edu/miyashirolab/

Hi Micro Community, Sending a reminder that the Micro Seminar resumes next week, 9/10- Please join us! Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday 9/10/25 12-1PM CRB Austrian Auditorium Afam Okoye, PhD "Towards an HIV cure: Strategies for post-ART viral control" ohsu.edu/okoye-lab

Hello Micro Community! Our weekly seminars return next week! Microbiology Seminar 🔬 Wednesday Sept 10 Prokaryotic Seminar 🦠 Monday Sept 15 Virology Seminar 💉Tuesday Sept 16