The Wadsworth Center places a strong emphasis on basic and applied research to support and enhance its mission in Public Health, as evidenced by a body of work that includes more than 4,000 publications found at PubMed alone.

Research is conducted in areas such as public health genomics, microbial pathogenesis and host immunity, bacterial drug resistance, vector-borne infectious diseases, biomonitoring for environmental toxins, cellular and molecular structure analysis, adaptive neurotechnologies, and nuclear and atmospheric chemistry.

In support of its research, the Center provides state-of-the-art scientific core services in genetics and genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry and immunology, and imaging and molecular structure analysis.

 

2025 Wadsworth Center Seminar Speakers

DateSpeakerAffiliationTopic
1/16/2025Timothy D. CraggsSenior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry, University of SheffieldReal-time single-molecule studies of the motions of macromolecules
1/23/2025Shannon MurphyClinical Microbiology Fellow, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis Yeast, what a Beast! Tracking Down Hospital-Acquired Cases of Candida auris
3/11/2025Carey D. NadellAssociate Professor of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth
Adj. Assoc. Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth		Bacterial cell biology
3/18/2025Erin GoleyProfessor, Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins UniversityQuantitative cell biology of diverse alphaproteobacteria
4/1/2025Marcin GrabowiczAssociate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of MedicineThe Gram-negative outer membrane is an evolving antibiotic barrier
4/8/2025Anthony VecchiarelliAssociate Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of MichiganYes! Bacteria have organelles! How are they organized?
4/22/2025Timothy BlowerSenior Scientist, Durham University & New England Biolabs“All the World’s a Phage” – Exploring phage-host interactions
4/29/2025Nicole KoropatkinAssociate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, PIBS Associate Director, Department of Biology, University of MichiganBacterial carb loading: How gut Bacteroides eat starch
5/6/2025Christopher LennonAssociate Professor, Microbiology, Murray State UniversityInteins: Expanding Biological Roles and Biotechnological Applications
5/12/2025Hannah GrayAssociate Director of Virology, NYC Department of Health and Mental HygieneNYC Sexual Health Quickie Clinics – Overview of testing and successes
5/13/2025Dipa SashitalProfessor, Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State UniversityMechanisms of CRISPR-Cas defense through genetic, biochemical and structural approaches
5/20/2025Jesse BloomProfessor, Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterNew approaches to interpret viral evolution with applications from basic biology to public health
6/3/2025Kai PapenfortProfessor of Microbiology, University of JenaFrom strings of nucleotides to collective behavior: Lessons from Vibrio cholerae and its phages
6/26/2025Melanie BlokeschFull Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneDefense Systems of 7th Pandemic Vibrio cholerae
6/30/2025David GiedrocDistinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indiana UniversityThe Bacterial Adaptive Response to Transition Metal Starvation: From Metals to Metabolism
10/14/2025Rebecca LamasonAssociate Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCellular innovations by obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens
11/4/2025Nicole BaumgarthDepartment of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthGut reaction: Borrelia burgdorferi and immune barrier dysfunction
11/13/2025Gregory J. BerryAssociate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsFaster Answers, Better Care: From HSV diagnostics to Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
11/18/2025Travis WilesAssistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, IrvineLife, Death, & Symbiosis: Phollowing the hidden lives of gut bacteria and their viruses
12/2/2025Rita TamayoProfessor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of MedicineDynamic shifts in Clostridioides difficile virulence phenotypes during infection
12/9/2025Heather FeagaAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Cornell UniversityNewly discovered translation factors keep the ribosome Pro-active
12/16/2025Anthony BaughnProfessor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical SchoolThe Bewildering Antitubercular Action of Pyrazinamide
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