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MAR	Sonia Maciejewski, a graduate student in Dr. Bert Semler's lab, has recently been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation. She was selected for her "outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise". Congratulations to Sonia and Bert!
MAR	Dr. Bert Semler has just been selected as an ASM Distinguished Lecturer. The American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer (ASMDL) Program (formerly known as the ASM Branch Lectureships or Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lectures) annually selects a scientifically diverse group of distinguished lecturers to deliver lectures at ASM Branch meetings throughout the country. Lecturers are chosen through a competitive nomination process, and only the most distinguished lecturers and researchers are chosen to participate in the program.
FEB	Microbe World Podcast - TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James

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MAY 01	Dr. Chris Hughes, UC Irvine, "The angiogenic microenvironment: probing the cellular and molecular interactions that regulate vascular sprouting”, 4 p.m. Tamkin Building, F-114
MAY 15	Dr. Michael McClelland, UC Irvine, "Salmonella: Comparative Genomics and High Throughput Genetics”, 4 p.m. Tamkin Building, F-114
MAY 22	Dr. Kristin Bedard, Kineta, Inc., "Small molecule drugs induce innate immunity through IRF-3”, 4 p.m. Tamkin Building, F-114, Co-Sponsored by the Center For Virus Research and NIH T32 Training Grant “Molecular Biology of Eukaryotic Viruses”