This #WomensHistoryMonth, give blood in honor of women in blood banking history like Versiti’s Bonnie Dittel, PhD, who discovered a subset of B cells that regulates autoimmunity and inflammation: bitly.versiti.org/3Yhc80K

Welcome Professor and Philip H. Knight Chair UO Biology in the Institute of Molecular Biology, Karen Guillemin, PhD, who will be presenting "Teaming with Microbes: Lessons from the Digestive Tract" in conjunction with the Center for Microbiome Research today at 11AM in the HUB.

Join us for the M&I seminar series today at 11, featuring Dr. Elsio Wunder of @yalemed presenting “Leptospirosis: an One Health perspective” in the HUB-A1015.

Today's PhD defense is presented by Kyle Stoltz of the Vera Tarakanova lab. "Reigning in rogue B cells: The impact of non-classical major histocompatibility factor H2-O (HLA-DO) during chronic gammaherpesvirus infection” will be presented at 11AM in the Bolger Auditorium.

We are honored to have Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD of Rockefeller University present the 2023 Distinguished Faculty Seminar in Infectious Diseases, "The Human Genetic and Immunological Determinants of Life-Threatening COVID-19" at noon today in the Kerrigan Auditorium.

Come check out some amazing M&I women in research!

M&I is proud to host Stacey Schultz-Cherry, PhD Stacey Schultz-Cherry for the annual Grossberg Lectureship today at 11 in the Bolger Auditorium. Dr. Schultz-Cherry will be presenting "Influenza Pathogenesis and Vaccination in High-Risk Populations".

M&I is looking forward to it, Dr. Kelliher!

Today's M&I seminar series features our very own Akinyemi Ojesina, MD, PhD. presenting "Of Bugs and Crabs: Interplay of Microbial Influences and Genomic Alterations in Cancer". Join us at 11 in the Hub-A6520.

Dr. Celeste Allaband Dr. Celeste Allaband will be presenting "Talking to Your Gut Bacteria: Circadian Rhythms and Signaling Molecules" for the M&I seminar series today at 11AM in A7520 HUB. Come join us!

A Professor and her Viruses-A Love Story featuring M&I's very own Dr. Vera Tarakanova Vera Tarakanova. Read about her "first love" and groundbreaking research here: mcw.edu/mcwknowledge/m…

Join the M&I Seminar Series today for "Lyme Arthritis, Infection, and Autoimmunity" with our own Dr. Robert Lochhead 🇺🇦 at 11AM in MFRC room 3075.

Time to bring some light to those with Leukemia and Lymphoma! Join M&I on Thursday, October 5 at 5PM at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds for the Annual Light the Night walk to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Join the CAR-T PAR-T team here: pages.lls.org/ltn/wi/SEWI23/…

Looking for a little lunch and learning this THURSDAY?🧑‍🍳 Consider attending the Suicide Prevention Week Food Truck Event at Medical College of Wisconsin in recognition of #NationalSuicidePreventionWeek! A portion of the proceeds will go to Prevent Suicide Greater Milwaukee (PreventSuicideMKE).

M&I is proud to present "Unraveling Malaria Susceptibility: the Interplay of Mosquitoes, Candidate Genes and the Non-Coding Genome" with Dr. Michelle Riehle Riehle_Lab today at 11 in 3075 MFRC.

Join M&I and Nicole VanZeeland of the Kristich lab for her dissertation defense, “Modulation of PASTA kinase signaling by a downstream substrate impacts cephalosporin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis” today at 1 in H1210.

Join M&I on Connell Ave. just outside the Hub today from 11-3 for lunch with food trucks from Twisted Plants, Tots on the Street, Mr. Greens BBQ, Karol's Kitchen, and KTS Wok! A percentage of sales will support the United Way GMWC via MCW's 2023 Community Giving Campaign.

M&I PhD candidate @RouseJoey of the Dr. Robert Lochhead 🇺🇦 lab shares his inspiring path to research science with ASM this month: asm.org/Articles/2023/…

Carly Mascari of the Kristich Lab will be defending her doctoral dissertation, “Cell wall stress-induced regulation of the committed step of peptidoglycan synthesis in Enterococcus faecalis and its implications for cephalosporin resistance” today at 12 in the BRI Conference Room.

Best of luck to PhD candidate Suzette Rosas-Rogers of the Scott Terhune Lab, who will be defending her dissertation "Defining the interplay between cytomegalovirus UL27 and the host proteasome in the viral lifecycle" at 1PM in the BRI Conference room this afternoon.