When:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Lurie Baldwin Auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Amelia Crowe
amelia.crowe@northwestern.edu
Group: Department of Microbiology-Immunology
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Title: How K. pneumoniae cell-surface biology influences pathogenesis
Description: Klebsiella pneumoniae adapts its cell surface polysaccharides in response to host cues. This seminar will present positive and negative regulators that direct K. pneumoniae capsule modifications. It will also consider how these cell surface modifications shape niche-specific fitness in the host.