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Distinguished Guests Seminar Series

The UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminars Series is a seminar series in microbial infection research. The series aims to invite outstanding international scientists to present their excellent work. The researcher gives the lecture on site at Umeå University (occasionally via Zoom).

Lectures Autumn 2024

Matthew Fisher, Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology,  Imperial College London School of Public Health
17 October: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar — Matthew Fisher

Matthew lectures about fungal pathogens and future risks for the global life-support system.

Professor Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University
15 November: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Matthew Bogyo

Matthew lectures on chemical probes for imaging cancer and infectious diseases.

Lectures Spring 2024

Porträttbild på leende professor Kim Orth
16 May: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Kim Orth

Kim lectures on virulence factors in bacteria that provide molecular insight into eukaryotic signaling systems

Portrait picture of Professor Emma Thomson.
29 May: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Emma Thomson

Emma Thomson lectures on AAV2 and immune dysregulation in children with unexplained hepatitis.

Lectures Autumn 2023

23 November: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Felix Randow

Felix Randow from Cambridge University lectures on how cells defend their cytosol against invasive bacteria.

22 September: UCMR Distinguished Guest Seminar: Frank van Kuppeweld

Frank van Kuppeveld from Utrecht University lectures on picornavirus replication and virus-host interactions.

Lectures spring 2023

1 June: Distinguished Guest Seminar Series: Herbert Waldmann

Professor Herbert Waldmann lectures on pseudonatural products.

24 March: Distinguished Guest Seminar: Christine Jacobs-Wagner

Stanford Professor Christine Jacobs-Wagner lectures on the unusual biology of the Lyme disease agent.

Lectures autumn 2022

18 October: Distinguished Guest Seminar Series: Edward Egelman

Professor Edward Egelman lectures on powerful methods developed in Cryo-EM of biological complexes.

24 November: Distinguished Guest Seminar Series: Johannes Krause

Professor Johannes Krause lectures via Zoom on origin of the Black Death and genetic history of the plague.

Previous Distinguished Guest Seminars

Previous lectures within the UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series are listed here.

Latest update: 2024-09-02