News & Events

2025-26 Microbiology Virology Seminar Series

Tuesdays, 12:30 PM ET in Veritas Science Center (formerly NRB) 1031
For Zoom link, please email Virology@hms.harvard.edu.

16 Sep Elaine Hsiao, University of California, Los Angeles Marco Jost

30 Sep Brandon Jutras, Northwestern University Tanner deHart, Bernhardt lab

14 Oct Brian Conlon, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Sophie Helaine

21 Oct Jason McLellan, University of Texas at Austin Jessica Chen, Wesemann lab

28 Oct Pamela Chang, Cornell University Marco Jost

04 Nov Gisela Storz, National Institutes of Health Ann Hochschild

18 Nov Marie Elliot, McMaster University Tom Bernhardt

09 Dec Aimee Shen, Tufts University Darren Higgins

06 Jan Alexander Meeske, University of Washington, Seattle Tien Nguyen, Bernhardt lab

13 Jan Thomas Silhavy, Princeton University Tom Bernhardt

27 Jan Chelsey Spriggs, University of Michigan Mélissa Léger-Abraham

03 Feb Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh Philip Kranzusch

10 Feb Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis Aaron Schmidt

24 Feb Kumaran Ramamurthy, National Institutes of Health David Rudner

03 Mar Harris Wang, Columbia University Jeffrey Moffitt

17 Mar Anant Menon, Cornell University Suzanne Walker

24 Mar Choukri Ben Mamoun, Yale University Mélissa Léger-Abraham

31 Mar Kimberley Seed, University of California, Berkeley Sophie Helaine

07 Apr Jöm Coers, Duke University Michael Starnbach

14 Apr Ian Mohr, New York University Samuel Rabkin

28 Apr Chun-Jun Guo, Cornell University Marco Jost

05 May Allison Didychuk, Yale University Ben Gewurz

12 May Harmit Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Shira Weingarten-Gabbay

19 May Géraldine Laloux, de Duve Institute Tom Bernhardt

Veritas Science Center (formerly New Research Building), 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

Virology Student Data Club

The Virology Student Data Club is organized and run by the students of the Virology Program.  The club meets every other week, and students in the program present their current research. In the second semester of the first year of study, Virology students present a practice talk of their proposals for the current Virology course.  In the first semester of the second year of study, Virology students present a practice talk of their Preliminary Qualifying Exam proposals.  The Virology Student Data Club is designed to give students an opportunity to receive feedback from their peers regarding their current research, their proposals for courses and the presentation for the PQE.  In addition, the student audience learns about a variety of methods and techniques, as well as current research that takes place in different laboratories on and off campus.

Annual Virology Retreat

The annual Virology retreat is organized by the fourth-year students and typically takes place in early September.  The event lasts for two days and provides an opportunity for the incoming class to be exposed to current areas of research that are the focus of students and faculty in the Virology Program.  Students and faculty are invited by the organizing committee to present their research findings and ongoing projects in the laboratory, respectively, thereby allowing the incoming class to survey thesis lab options prior to starting the fall rotation.  The retreat also includes an informal poster session in which students and faculty learn about the work of their peers. The retreat offers an ideal way for incoming students to interact with the rest of the program in an informal, fun setting.