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Research

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[1] 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
Source URL: https://www.wadsworth.org/research
Links:
  1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Wadsworth%20Center%5BAffiliation%5D&sort=date&size=200