Seminars are held in person at the College of Veterinary Medicine in A203 Sequoyah Room, on Mondays 12pm-1pm during the Fall and Spring semesters. Please see below for our list of speakers for Fall 2023. Recordings will be posted here after each seminar. Please click the title to see the recording of the seminar.
| MON 1/30 WEEK 2 | Speaker Emma Willcox, PhD Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Host: Dr. Rick Gerhold | Recording: Conducting Research to Benefit Bat Conservation and Management |
| Monday 2/6 WEEK 3 | Speaker Rajan Lamichhane, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology College of Arts & Sciences University of Tennessee Host: Drs. Hameeda Sultana and Girish Neelakanta | Recording: Single-Molecule View of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Dynamics |
| Monday 2/13 WEEK 4 | Speaker John E. Ekakoro, BVM, MVMF, PgDip, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Department of Public and Ecosystem Health College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Host: Dr. Mohamed Abouelkhair | Recording: Epidemiology of African swine fever and its differential diagnoses in Uganda: implications for prevention and control |
| Monday 2/20 WEEK 5 | Speaker Emily Kimminau, MS, PhD Senior Research Scientist Purina Animal Nutrition Host: Dr. Rick Gerhold | Recording: Current Research in Antibiotic Free Poultry Production |
| Monday 2/27 WEEK 6 | Speaker Craig R. Reinemeyer, DVM, PhD, DACVM (Parasitology) Founder and Scientific Officer East Tennessee Clinical Research, Inc. Host: Dr. Rick Gerhold | Recording: Whither Parasite Control? |
| MON 3/6 Â WEEK 7 | Speaker Heba Mostafa, MD, PhD, D(ABMM) Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of the Molecular Virology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Host: Dr. Mohamed Abouelkhair | Recording: Targeted Next-generation sequencing in the clinical microbiology laboratory |
| MON 3/20 WEEK 8Â A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speaker Laura Horton & Tania Dawant PhD students CEM Graduate Program, PhD Candidate Host: Dr. Rick Gerhold, mentor | Title Horton TBD Title Dawant TBD |
| MON 3/27 Â WEEK 9 A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speaker Rebecca Hardman DVM, PhD, MS Wildlife Veterinarian Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Host Dr. Rick Gerhold | Title TBD |
| MON 4/3 WEEK 10 A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speaker Dr. Klaus Osterrieder Professor of Virology Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany Host: Dr. Barry Rouse | Modified live virus vaccines – new tricks for an old and proven technology |
| MON 4/10 WEEK 11 A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speaker Rachael Wolters, DVM Post Doctoral Fellow Vanderbilt Vaccine Center Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Host: Dr. Luca Giori | Discovery and characterization of antibodies as drugs to influenza |
| MON 4/17 WEEK 12 A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speakers Eliza Baker & Jessie Richards PhD students CEM Graduate Program, PhD Candidates Host: Dr. Rick Gerhold, mentor | Title Baker TBD Title Richards TBD |
| MON 4/24 WEEK 13 A203 Vet Med or https://tennessee.zoom.us/j/92469951919 | Speaker Ivis F. Chaple Gore, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Nuclear Engineering University of Tennessee Host: Dr. David Anderson | Developing Novel Radiopharmaceuticals for Diagnostic Imaging |
