The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Scientific Retreat will be held on Thursday, September 4, and Friday, September 6, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Resort Lumina, Wrightsville Beach. This annual event offers the opportunity for students, post-doctoral fellows, research assistants, and faculty members to engage in collaborative discussions as well as showcase current scholarship and research.
For further information, please contact Annette Kennett at: (919) 613-8636 or annette.kennett@duke.edu.
The social event starts at 3:30 PM (with food and drinks), followed by the scientific presentations from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.
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Date |
Host |
Lab |
Lab |
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October 9, 2023 |
Lawrence David |
Clare Smith Lab |
Tom Petes Lab |
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November 13, 2023 |
David Tobin |
Joern Coers |
Joe Heitman |
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December 11, 2023 |
Nick Heaton |
Raluca Gordan (Secondary) |
John Rawls |
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January 8, 2024 |
Dennis Ko |
Hiro Matsunami |
Matt Scaglione |
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February 12, 2024 |
Dong Yan |
Craig Lowe |
Debby Silver |
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March 11, 2024 |
Adrianna San Ramon |
Simon Gregory (Secondary) |
Doug Marchuk |
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April 8, 2024 |
Li Lan |
Asiya Gusa |
Micah Luftig |
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May 13, 2024 |
Jenny Lodge |
OPEN |
OPEN |
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology has combined with the University Program in Cell and Molecular Biology as well as the Department of Cell Biology to create a seminar series we refer to as the “Thursday Series.” These seminars are held each Thursday from 12:30-1:30pm in Room 147, Nanaline Duke Building. The MGM portion of the Thursday Series is coordinated by:
Asiya Gusa
Assistant Professor
Email: asiya.gusa@duke.edu
The Tuesday Series is sponsored by the University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG). All seminars take place each Tuesday from 12:30-1:30pm in Room 147, Nanaline Duke Building. The Tuesday Series is coordinated by:
Ashley Chi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
2141 CIEMAS
Box 3382 DUMC
Durham, N.C. 27708
Phone: (919) 668-4759
Fax: (919) 668-4777
Email: jentsan.chi@duke.edu
Please visit the UPGG web site for a complete Tuesday Series schedule.
Click here for a complete list of previous MGM Post-Doctoral Fellow Distinguished Alumnus Seminar speakers.
Click here for a complete list of previous MGM Graduate Student Distinguished Alumnus Seminar speakers.
Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture on June 3rd, 2025. This year, we are honored to be
hosting Dr. Julie Segre, who is the Chief and Senior Investigator of the
Translational and Functional Genomics Branch in the National Human Genome
Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. She was also elected to
the National Academy of Medicine in 2019, the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in 2020, and the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
microbiome sciences. Her laboratory utilizes high-throughput sequencing and
develops algorithms to study the microbial diversity of human skin in both
healthy and diseased states, with a focus on eczema and other
microbial-associated infections. She also published the first topographical maps
of human skin bacterial and fungal diversity. In addition, her lab develops
genomic tools to track hospital-acquired infections of multi-drug resistant
organisms, including the NIH's recent Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak.
Date: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
Time: To be confirmed
Location: Great Hall, Trent Semans
More information about Dr. Julie Segre can be found
at https://www.genome.gov/staff/Julie-Segre-PhD, and the Jim McGinnis Memorial
Lecture below.
About the McGinnis lecture:
The annual McGinnis Memorial Lecture was established by the staff and students
of the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology in 1979 to honor the memory of
James William McGinnis, Jr., a beloved Duke doctoral candidate working in Bill
Joklik’s laboratory who died unexpectedly in a canoeing accident. Since its
inception, the McGinnis lecture program has featured thirty-nine exemplary
speakers, including five Nobel laureates, eleven Lasker Award recipients, ten
recipients of the National Medal of Science, and thirty-four members of the
National Academy of Sciences, including leading investigators in the areas of
molecular biology, virology, microbial pathogenesis and physiology, genetics,
immunology, vaccines, and RNA biology.
To make a gift to the Jim McGinnis Endowment Fund, please visit the Duke Giving Website.
Click here for a complete list of previous McGinnis Memorial Lecture speakers.
McGinnis Student Committee: Aaron Koh, Wendy Sun, Peyton Moore, Alwyn Ecker,
Griffin Carter
The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology will host the 16th Annual Joklik Distinguished Lecture in conjunction with the annual MGM departmental retreat, September 4-5, 2025. This year's speaker will be Carolina López, PhD
September 4th-5th, 2025
Wrightsville Beach, NC
The Joklik Distinguished Lectureship honors and commemorates the myriad contributions of Dr. Bill (Wolfgang Karl) Joklik to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Duke, which he chaired; to the institution, specifically for his role as the co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center; and to the broader microbiology community for his research program in virology, service in founding the American Society for Virology, and for his editorial work for the journal Virology and the seminal text, Zinsser’s Microbiology. [Read more]
Click here for a complete list of previous Joklik Distinguished Lectureship speakers.
The Duke University Distinguished Lecturer Series was designed to bring renowned lecturers to campus to illuminate progress and future areas of excitement in genetics and genomics. These seminars take place on specific Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Room 103, Bryan Research Auditorium with a reception following the presentation. The Distinguished Lecture Series is free and open to the public and is organized by a UPGG student committee in conjunction with:
Mohamed Noor, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
4214 French Science
Box 90338
Durham, N.C. 27708
Tel: (919) 613-8156
Fax: (919) 660-7372
Email: noor@duke.edu
To view all the past lecture posters, please click here.
Please visit the UPGG web site for a complete Distinguished Lecture Series schedule.
- UNC Microbiology and Immunology Seminars
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - Duke University Department of Immunology Seminar Series
Duke University School of Medicine - Triangle Immunology & Virology Interest Group
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
- Triangle Microbial Interactions Meetings
TBA
Winter Celebration
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Duke Penn Pavilion
107 Union Dr., Durham, NC
6-10 PM
For more information, please reach out to annette.kennett@duke.edu
Our annual MGM social event will be held at Hi-Wire Brewing Durham on October 25th 2023 from 3p-6p.
For further information, please reach out to annette.kennette@duke.edu
To honor the scientific contributions and 70th birthday of Tom Petes, a one-day symposium was held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Research Triangle Park. The symposium featured keynote talks by David Botstein and Gerry Fink. There were short talks by Tom’s colleagues and former trainees. See pictures of the event here.
We are MGM's advocacy for graduate and postdoc women in the Molecular Genetics and Microbiology department. WiS serves as a liaison between women science students and the administration. WiS sponsors events in which women faculty members and students in the MGM program can come together and share experiences and ideas for change. Graduate students from the department meet each month to discuss issues of gender and science. Our student chairs are kate.bland@duke.edu and guinevere.connelly@duke.edu. And faculty advisors: clare.m.smith@duke.edu and debra.silver@duke.edu.
For further information, please reach out to kera.allen@duke.edu