2021
SEPTEMBER
7 - CBEID
"The Long Road to COVID-19 Recovery: UTMB Post-COVID Recovery Clinic Research Updates"
Rachel Deer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Galveston, TX
Website
Presentation
14 - M&I
"Investigating the Tripartite Interactions Between Aedes, its Microbiome and Zika Virus Under Increased Temperatures"
Maria G. Onyango, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Website
21 - CTD
"How to thrive in the inflamed gut: lessons from Salmonella-induced gastroenteritis"
Mariana X. Byndloss, DVM, PhD
Asst. Prof., Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology
Assoc. Dir., Vanderbilt Microbiome Initiative
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tenn.
Website
28 - CBEID
"RNA helicases and immunity: how fundamental research led us to study Ebola virus (and a program project)"
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mildred Hajek Vacek and John Roman Vacek Distinguished Chair in Honor of President
Truman G. Blocker, Jr.
Adjunct Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Galveston, TX
Website
Presentation
OCTOBER
5 - M&I
"Have Vector Will Travel: Spillover, Spillback and Spread of Vector-Borne Viruses"
Kathryn A. Hanley, PhD
Regents Professor, Biology
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Website
12 - CTD
"Arboviruses, Aerovirology, and Virus Discoveries: Some Recent Findings"
John A. Lednicky, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Environmental and Global Health
College of Public Health and Health Professions
University of Florida – Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
Website
Presentation
19 - CBEID
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED
26 - M&I
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER
2
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED
9 - CTD
NO SPEAKER SCHEDULED
16 - ASTMH ANNUAL MEETING
23 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
30 - CBEID
"Progress in Vaccines and Treatments Against Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses"
Thomas W. Geisbert, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Galveston, TX
Zoom Link
Website
DECEMBER
7 - M&I
"Nutritional immunity in the inflamed gut"
Manuela Raffatellu, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Zoom link
Website
14 - CTD
"Modeling to Mitigate COVID-19 in a Large US City"
Lauren Ancel Meyers
Cooley Professor of Integrative Biology and Statistics & Data Science
Dir., UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Zoom link
Website
21 - WINTER HOLIDAY
28 - WINTER HOLIDAY