Events

Microbiome Forum

The Microbiome Forum has been a periodic series of presentation from local cMEDA investigators and external microbiome scientists. Previous external investigators include:

Curtis Huttenhower, Harvard/Broad
Amy Bhatt, Stanford
Alexander Alekseynko, MUSC

Annual cMEDA Research and Technology Symposium: April 22, 2025

The program includes a technical presentation by CosmosID, and research highlights from recipients of 2024 cMEDA Faculty/Postdoc Seed Grants and cMEDA Student Summer Scholarships.

Date: April 22nd, 2025, 10am-1pm

Location: Sanger Hall, 1101 E Marshall St., Room 3016

If you plan to attend, please fill out the registration form.

cMEDA Seed Grants and Scholarships Symposium: February 2, 2024

Location: Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 129

Presentations by recipients of cMEDA Faculty/Postdoc Seed Grants and cMEDA Student Summer Scholarships.

Attendance is free.

Annual cMEDA Technology Forum: April 19, 2023

Location: Smith Building, 410 N. 12th St., Room 129

Presentations by local cMEDA researchers:

Janina Lewis, Philipps Institute for Oral Health Research
Philip Hylemon, Microbiology & Immunology, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease
Kimberly Jefferson, Microbiology & Immunology
Tom Arodz, Computer Science
Jeff Donowitz, Pediatrics

Technical presentations:

CosmosID: probably the pre-eminent end to end microbiome service company worldwide
Element Bio: creative new third generation sequencing technologies

See the full schedule for more information.

Attendance is free, but registration is required (we need a headcount for lunches).