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Helen Davies Memorial Lecture

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, 12-1pm

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The inhabitants of Earth are mostly microbes, and their activities are central to human welfare. Microbes can cause disease, but a properly functioning microbiome is essential for health. Microbes spoil food, but drive many forms of food production. Microbes mediate organismic decay, but catalyze numerous geochemical processes essential for life on Earth.

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Research in the Penn Microbiology Department focuses on infectious agents that threaten global health, with an emphasis on understanding molecular mechanisms and developing key new methods. Areas of focus include SARS-CoV-2, HIV, pathogenic bacteria of the airway and gut, cancer causing viruses, emerging infectious diseases, and the human microbiome. On the host side, faculty study many areas of immunology related to infection, including innate and adaptive immunity, tumor immunology and vaccine development.

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Seminars will resume in Fall 2026
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Tuesday, May 26th: 12pm in 209 Johnson Pavilion
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Julia Malnak, Bushman Lab :: Sonja Zolnoski, Bushman Lab
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“Uncovering viral protein acquisition events and human-specific folds with pairwise comparisons of predicted protein structures"
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“Insertional mutagenesis and potential formation of a neomorphic allele in humans”
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