August 29

Fred Mast, Ph.D., Seattle Children's Research Institute

"Leveraging systems cell biology to expose and counteract viral tactics"

September 5

Dr. Charisse Buising, Ph.D., Drake University

“Tourniquets – Stop the Bleeding”​​

September 12

George Weiner, M.D. University of Iowa

“Cancer Immunotherapy and the Tumor Microenvironment – It’s Complicated” ​​

September 19

Sun Jung Kim, Ph.D., Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

“Pathogenic mechanism of immune repertoire and function in systemic autoimmune disease” ​

September 26

Ravindra Singh, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“First-of-its-kind super minigene to boost spinal muscular atrophy research”

October 3

Shivani Choudhary, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“Pharmacological Characterization of UNC-49 GABA Gated Chloride Channel in Brugia Malayi”

October 10

Azza Idris, M.D., Ph.D., NIAID NIH

“Harnessing the Power of Passive Immunity in the Fight against Malari” ​​

October 17

James Kruse, Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner

“After time of death is called: Navigating the Medical Examiner System in Iowa”​

October 24

Sheetij Dutta, Ph.D. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

”Development of next-generation malaria vaccines based on the Circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum" ​

October 31

Laura Knoll, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison

“Modeling intestinal eukaryotic microbes in mice and microfluidic devices” ​​

November 7

Michael Larimore, DVM, UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine

“A Career at the Interface of Animals, People and the Environment: Lessons in One Health”​

One Health Lecture

November 14

Albert E. Jergens, Ph.D. Iowa State University

“Changes in colonocyte ultrastructure and oxidative stress following symbiotic therapy in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy”

November 21

Jing Wang, Ph.D Iowa State University

“Changes in colonocyte ultrastructure and oxidative stress following synbiotic therapy in dogs with chronic inflammatory enteropathy"

December 5

Hangiun Ke, Ph.D. Drexel University

"Proton pumping in an energy-economic manner: a story from malaria parasites"

                        December 12

Kevin Brown, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

"Invade, replicate, egress, repeat: Exploring signals that drive Toxoplasma's lytic growth"