PATHOBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Thursdays, 11:00 am, Atwater 001
Join virtually at:
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m92a37f5f07dde51ff47effccec0c471e
Spring 2025
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| January 23, 2025 | No seminar (First week of classes) | No seminar |
| January 30, 2025 |
TBA |
TBA |
| February 6, 2025 | Ashley Groshong, PhD
Chief, Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism Unit NIH / NIAID / Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) Hosted by Dr. Verardi |
"Amino acid acquisition in Borrelia: An unexpectedly interesting story" |
| February 13, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| February 20, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| February 27, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| March 6, 2025 | Carey D. Nadell, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth University Hosted by Prof. Tulman |
“Microscale spatial dynamics of viral and bacterial predation within bacterial biofilms” |
| March 13, 2025 |
TBA
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TBA |
| March 20, 2025 | Spring Recess | Spring Recess |
| March 27, 2025 |
George Amato, PhD
Director Emeritus, Conservation Genomics
Institute for Comparative Genomics
American Museum of Natural History
Hosted by Dr. De Guise
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"Conservation genomics strategies for biodiversity conservation: case studies from the American Museum of Natural History’s conservation genomics program" |
| April 3, 2025 |
Pedram Rezamand, PhD, PAS
Department Head and Professor
Department of Animal Science
University of Connecticut
Hosted by Dr. Verardi
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"Weaning strategies and health outcomes in young calves" |
| April 10, 2025 | André Grassmann, PhD
Assistant Professor Spirochete Research Labs Department of Medicine - UConn Health Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
“Regulation of gene expression in Spirochetes” |
| April 17, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| April 24, 2025 | TBA | TBA |
| May 1, 2025 | No seminar (Last week of classes) | No seminar |
GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR SERIES
Fall 2024
Wednesdays, 2:30 pm, Atwater 001
Join virtually at:
TBD
| Date | Speaker (Faculty Advisor) | Title |
| September 4, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| September 11, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| September 18, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| September 25, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| October 2, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| October 9, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| October 16, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| October 23, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| October 30, 2024 | TBD | |
| November 6, 2024 | TBD | TBD |
| November 20, 2024
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Chesney Romer
Advisor: Antonio Garmendia |
Title: "Development of Peptide-Based, ORF-Specific ELISAs to Assess Infection or Vaccine-Induced Responses to PRRSV" |
| December 4, 2024 | Elizabeth Ramirez Medina
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal Advisor: Guillermo Risatti Co-advisors: Antonio Garmendia, Paulo H Verardi, Manuel V. Borca (USDA) |
Dissertation Proposal:
Title: “Assessment of the biological function of African Swine Fever Virus genes.”
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| January 29, 2025 | Sungjun An Ph.D. student
Advisor: Paulo H. Verardi |
Title: “Induction of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses, with Potential Cross-Reactivity, by a Vaccinia Virus Vector-Based Vaccine Expressing Glycoprotein and Nucleoprotein of Two Phleboviruses in a Murine Model” |
Fall 2024
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| August 29, 2024 | No seminar (First week of classes) | No seminar |
| September 5, 2024 |
John Shepard, MS Department of Entomology & Center for Vector Biology & Zoonotic DiseasesThe Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Hosted by Dr. Risatti |
"Surveillance of Mosquito-borne Arboviruses in Connecticut" |
| September 12, 2024 | Abhinav Upadhyay, DVM, MVSc, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Animal Science University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. Khan |
“Application of nanotechnology for improving food safety: A farm to fork approach” |
| September 19, 2024 | No seminar | No seminar |
| September 26, 2024 | Tracy Romano, PhD
Vice President of Research & Chief Scientist Mystic Aquarium Hosted by Dr. DeGuise |
"Mystic Aquarium’s Research Efforts towards Recovery and Conservation of Beluga Whales" |
| October 3, 2024 | Daniel Nielsen, PhD
Research Microbiologist, USDA ARS Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Group National Animal Disease Center Hosted by Dr. Szczepanek |
"Bacterial Respiratory Disease in Livestock" |
| October 10, 2024 | Tavis Anderson, PhD
Research Biologist, USDA ARS Virus and Prion Research National Animal Disease Center, Ames IA Hosted by Prof. Tulman |
"Influenza A virus at the human-animal interface” |
| October 17, 2024 |
Cory Brayton, DVM, DACLAM, DACVP
Director, Phenotyping Core
Associate Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Reinhardt
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"FUNdamental Pathology and Mousology for Research" |
| October 24, 2024 | Natalie Sylvia Tocco, DVM, MS, DACVP
Veterinary Epidemiologist Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC Hosted by Dr. Mishra |
"Epipathology: the importance of combining pathology and epidemiology in wildlife and conservation medicine" |
| October 31, 2024 | Jafar H. Razeq, PhD, HCLD (ABB)
Laboratory Director Katherine A Kelley State Public Health Laboratory Connecticut Public Health Hosted by Dr. Risatti |
"The Role of the State Public Health Laboratory" |
| November 7, 2024 |
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CANCELLED
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| November 14, 2024 | Parbeen Singh PhD
Postdoctoral Associate Institute of Material Science, UConn, Storrs CT Hosted by Dr. Khan
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"Thermal stabilization of adenovirus-based vaccine in microneedle devices" |
| November 21, 2024 | Camila Hamond, DVM, PhD
National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal Plant & Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa, USA Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
"Molecular diagnosis of equine infectious diseases" |
| November 28, 2024 | No seminar (Thanksgiving Break) | No seminar |
| December 5, 2024 | No seminar (Last week of classes) | No seminar |
Spring 2024
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| January 18, 2024 | No seminar | No seminar |
| January 25, 2024 |
Glenn Browning, DVM, PhD Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Melbourne Veterinary School Faculty of Science The University of Melbourne Hosted by Dr. Geary |
Vaccines – critical components of effective veterinary microbial stewardship |
| February 1, 2024 | Maggie Martinez, DVM, M.S., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
Hosted by Dr. Reinhardt |
One Health Issues and Unusual Mortality Events Affecting Central Californian Marine Mammals
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| February 8, 2024 | Albert Ko, MD
Raj and Indra Nooyi Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Yale University Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
Making global health equity work: Community driven research in Brazil |
| February 15, 2024 | Emma A. Borkowski, DVM, DACVP, Ph.D., MRCVS, FHEA
Assistant Professor Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathobiology Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph Hosted by Dr. Mishra |
Immune responses to parasites of livestock |
| February 22, 2024 | Dr. Tracy Rittenhouse
Associate Professor UConn Department of Natural Resources & the Environment Hosted by Milton Levin |
Managing epidemics in wildlife populations |
| February 29, 2024 | Tyler D. Gavitt, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate Saunders Laboratory, Duke Human Vaccine Institute Hosted by Dr. Szczepanek |
Vaccine design for protection against diverse coronaviruses |
| March 7, 2024 |
Daniel Mulkey, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, UConn
Hosted by Dr. Khan
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Phox2b-expressing neurons contribute to breathing problems in Kcnq2 loss-and gain of-function encephalopathy models |
| March 14, 2024 | Spring Recess | Spring Recess |
| March 21, 2024 | L. Cody Smith
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. Risatti |
Pulmonary lipids, inflammation, and ozone toxicity |
| March 28, 2024 | Mia R. Maltz, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbial Ecology and Soil Health UConn Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Hosted by Prof. Tulman |
From the playa to the air: Exposure risks and our lungs |
| April 4, 2024 | Jessica Brandt, PhD
Assistant Professor Natural Resources & the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. De Guise |
Environmental Contaminants and Ecological Fitness |
| April 11, 2024 | Lucas Tirloni, PhD
Chief, Tick-Pathogen Transmission Unit NIH/NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories Hosted by Dr. Verardi |
Tick saliva and its role modulating skin wound healing |
| April 18, 2024 | **CANCELLED**
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| April 25, 2024 | Thiago Luiz Alves e Silva
Staff Scientist Molecular Parasitology and Entomology Unit Laboratory of Malaria and Vector research NIAID, NIH Hosted by Dr. Wunder |
High-Resolution Proteomics Reveals New Cell Biology Facets of Plasmodium-Mosquito Interactions |
Fall 2023
| Date | Speaker (Host) | Title |
| August 31, 2023 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| September 7, 2023 | Elsio Wunder, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor Pathobiology and Veterinary Science University of Connecticut |
From the field to the bench, and back? Translational research on leptospirosis |
| September 14, 2023 | Mary Beth Genter, PhD
Professor University of Cincinnati Hosted by Dr. Mishra |
Intranasal (IN) Drug Delivery: IN Carnosine in the Thy1-aSyn Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease |
| September 21, 2023 | Arlind Mara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Hosted by Dr. Szczepanek |
How we recognize damage: A critical role for B1 B cell produced Natural Antibodies in the induction of immune responses adjuvanted by DAMPs but no PAMPs |
| September 28, 2023 | Stephen M. Rich, PhD
Professor of Microbiology University of Massachusetts Amherst Hosted by Dr. Verardi |
The New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases: operational research, training, and practice |
| October 5, 2023 | Chun Kuen Mak, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACT
Assistant Professor College of Veterinary Medicine Long Island University Hosted by Dr. Kerr
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Equine Endometrial Biopsy: Evaluation and Application |
| October 12, 2023 | Elise Schieck, Dr. rer. nat.
Senior Scientist - Mycoplasma International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya Hosted by Dr. Geary |
Tackling Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Africa - Current Efforts at ILRI |
| October 19, 2023 | Jim Adelman, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Memphis Hosted by Prof. Tulman |
Understanding host competence in a wild songbird: potential mechanisms and consequences for disease dynamics |
| October 26, 2023 | Meghana Parikh, VMD, MPH
Research Veterinary Medical Officer NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Hosted by Dr. DeGuise |
A One Health approach to oyster disease and restoration in Long Island Sound |
| November 2, 2023 | Caroline Zeiss, DACVP, DACLAM
Chief of Pathology, Comparative Medicine Yale Univerity Hosted by Dr. Risatti |
Modeling Endemic Patterns of Coronaviral Transmission Across Species |
| November 9, 2023 | Wendy Blay Puryear, PhD
Infectious Disease and Global Health Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University Hosted by Dr. Levin |
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza: Rewriting the Book on Viral Spillover and Dissemination |
| November 16, 2023 | Raman Bahal, PhD
Associate Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Connecticut Hosted by Dr. Garmendia |
Developing Next Generation Therapeutic Modalities at the Interface of Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Delivery Platforms |
| November 23, 2023 |
Thanksgiving Recess |
Thanksgiving Recess |
| November 30, 2023 | Jianping Li, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda MD Hosted by Dr. Khan |
Sex-Based Immunogenicity of the Mucosal Subunit Vaccine Against SARS-COV2 in Mice. |
| December 7, 2023 | Maria Rodgers, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science North Carolina State University Hosted by Dr. Reinhardt |
Examining Health and Disease in Aquatic Environments |