Seminars

Genetics

For additional information or to be added to our email distribution list, please contact:

Fokhrul Hossian, PhD
Co-Director, Department of Genetics Seminar Series Program
fhossa@lsuhsc.edu

Samarpan Majumder, PhD
Co-Director, Department of Genetics Seminar Series Program
smaju1@lsuhsc.edu

DATE	SPEAKER
January 20, 2026	Eric Eymard Mentors: Dr. Charles Wood and Dr. John West Mentor: Dr. Fern Tsien CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
February 3, 2026	Lija Hoffman Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Chindo Hicks CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
February 24, 2026	Gabrielle Sheets Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Fern Tsien CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
March 10, 2026	Connor Kent Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Qiang Shen CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
March 24, 2026	Mrityunjoy Biswas, PhD Post Doc Fellow Mentor: Dr. Fokhrul Hossain CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
April 7, 2026	Brionna J. King Medical Student Mentor: Dr. Giulia Monitcone CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
April 14, 2026	Duaa Alawad Senior Bioinformatics Analyst Mentor: Dr. Chindo Hicks CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
April 21, 2026	Patricia Mensah Medical Student CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm
May 5, 2026	Teagan Prouse Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Rinku Majumder CSRB 563, 12 pm - 1 pm

Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology

Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Mondays at 12 pm in CSRB 563 (unless otherwise noted)
533 Bolivar St., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

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MIP Administration at (504) 568-4064 or by email.

DATE	SPEAKER
February 9	MIP Graduate Student Seminar: John Lammons Mentor: Christopher Taylor, PhD
February 16	No Seminar (Mardi Gras Week)
February 23	Jiahe Li, PhD - Virtually on Zoom Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
March 2	Ping Wang, PhD Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
March 9	Catherine ‘Chi’ Weindel, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
March 16	Li Shen, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
March 23	Jon Blevins, PhD - Virtually on Zoom Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
March 30	TBA
April 6	No Seminar (Easter Week)
April 13	Sara Sawyer, PhD - Virtually on Zoom Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
April 20	TBA

TBA: More dates may be announced at a later date. Updated 1/20/26

Please Note: Notifications for seminars after April 20th will be sent out when they are confirmed.

School of Medicine

Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology

Seminars

Genetics

Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology

Spring 2026 Seminar SeriesMondays at 12 pm in CSRB 563 (unless otherwise noted)533 Bolivar St., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Mondays at 12 pm in CSRB 563 (unless otherwise noted)
533 Bolivar St., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans