CBID/CEZID Seminar Series 2025-2026

The CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is presented as a joint effort between by the KU CoBRE Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (CBID) and the KSU CoBRE Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).

Friday, October 24, 2025

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005 (virtual)

Speaker

Boris Striepen, PhD
Mark Whittier and Lila Griswold Allam Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Pennsylvania

Presentation Title

"The Biology of Parasite Sex"

Friday, November 21, 2025

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005 (virtual)

Speaker

Andrea Marzi, PhD
Senior Investigator
Immunobiology and Molecular Virology Section, NIAID/DIR
National Institute of Health

Presentation Title

"Filovirus Pathogenesis & Vaccines"

Friday, February 6, 2026

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005

Speaker

Jacob Kohlmeier, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Emory Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response

Presentation Title

"Protective mechanisms of tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells (TRM) in the respiratory tract"

Friday, April 3, 2026

CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series

Time and Location

3:00 pm - Haworth Hall 1005

Speaker

Vincent Racaniello, PhD
Higgins Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Columbia University

Presentation Title

"TBA"

The CBID/CEZID Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is presented by Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (CBID) and COBRE Centers on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID).