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Microbiology & Immunology Research Seminar

Research Seminar Series (MBIM 51061)

Rayford Auditorium – Biomed2 Room 106

Please contact Dr. Matt Jorgenson for any questions.

Fall 2025

DateSpeakerHost
Aug. 14
Aug. 21Dr. Tiffany Weinkopff (UAMS)Blevins
Aug. 28Dr. Jay Dunn and Craig Smith (Agilent)Jorgenson
Sept. 4
Sept. 11
Sept. 18Chow Symposium
Sept. 25Dr. Leilani Marty-Santos and Michelle Bell (10X Genomics)Jorgenson
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 16Kyle Navel (Bio-Rad)Jorgenson
Oct. 23
Oct. 30Dr. Yunmeng Liu (UAMS)Huang
Nov. 6Brandon Hogland (MBIM Student)Blevins
Nov. 13ASM South Central Branch Meeting
Nov. 20
Nov. 27Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec. 4
Dec. 11Tyler Appell (MBIM Student)Pechous

Spring 2026

DateSpeakerHost
Jan. 8Alison Gouch (MBIM Student)Stumhofer
Jan. 15Chandrasimha Penthala (MD/PhD Student)Forrest
Jan. 22Sheldon Zeltner (MBIM Student)Forrest
Jan. 29
Feb. 5Sydnye Shuttleworth (MD/PhD Student)Koss
Feb. 12Dr. Samantha Kendrick (UAMS)Jorgenson
Feb. 19Dr. Zachary Waldrip (UAMS/ACRI)Jorgenson
Feb. 26Dr. Ryan Allen (UAMS)Jorgenson
Mar. 5Meghan Jones (MBIM Student)Stumhofer
Mar. 12Dr. Eric Skaar (Vanderbilt University)Jackson-Litteken
Mar. 19Dr. Jonathan Dworkin (Columbia University)Jorgenson
Mar. 26Spring Break
Apr. 2Katie Pierce, Dissertation DefenseVoth
Apr. 9Lindsey Hazeslip (MD/PhD Student)Boehme
Apr. 16Dr. Allison Didychuk (Yale University)Manzano
Apr. 23
April 30Dr. Youssef Aachoui (UAMS)Blevins
May 7Dr. Matthew Jorgenson (UAMS)Blevins

Summer

DateSpeakerHost
June 19, 2:30-3:30PMEmily Robbs, Dissertation DefenseJorgenson

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