August 31

Ryan Smith, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“More than meets the eye: Characterization of mosquito immune cells and their roles in vector-borne disease transmission”

September 7

Sudhir Kumar, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“Malaria parasite sexual stage development and transmission to mosquito”​​

September 14

Molly Lee, DVM, MPH. Iowa State University

“A Global, Online Platform for Day 1 Veterinary Education” ​​

September 21

Zoe Lambert, (Graduate Student) Iowa State University

“A comparison of classical and low-type bovine spongiform encephalopathy in wild-type and EK211 cattle” ​

September 28

Richard Kuhn, Ph.D. Purdue

“Structural and functional studies of dengue and Zika viruses”

October 5

Juergen Richt, Ph.D. Kansas State University

“Swine as a model for biomedical research: influenza and beyond…”

October 12

Walter Moss, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“Identification of structured regions of RNA” ​​

October 19

Josh Beck, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“Mechanism of malaria parasite effector protein export to hijack the vertebrate host cell”​

October 26

Arthi Kanthasamy, Ph.D. University of Georgia

“Microglia and Parkinson’s Disease:  What are the key molecular determinants?” ​

November 2

Marla Shapiro, Ph.D. Neuropsychologist-Private Practice

“So you wanna be a ____? Tips from Neuropsychology for graduate school and beyond” ​​

November 9

Brian Jennett, M.D. UnityPoint Hospital

“TBA”

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November 16

Bryan Warme, M.D. McFarland Clinic

“TBA”

November 30

TBA

December 7

TBA