Past Events

826th Monthly Meeting- Vanessa Sperandio, PhD – April 27, 2026

ASM Distinguished Lecture
“The highs and lows of enteric infections”

Vanessa Sperandio, PhD
Robert Turell Professor and Chair
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health

Please join us for the monthly meeting on April 27, 2026

Thomas Jefferson University
101 Bluemle Life Sciencees Building
233 S 10th St.
Philadelphia, PA  19107
(corner of 10th and Locust)

Reception: 5 to 6 pm
Lecture: 6 to 7 pm

Please join us in person for refreshments, reception, and lecture!

Zoom is available for those who cannot join us in person and will be sent to members. Non-members can watch the meeting streamed live on our YouTube Channel

Past EPAASM President Çagla Tükel Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

Prof. Tükel, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, is one of 63 fellows elected this year to the AAM. The Academy is the honorific leadership group and scientific think tank within ASM, and are elected through a highly selective, peer-review process based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.

50 Years Since the Historic Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease 1976 – Ralph Isberg, Ph.D. – Postponed until September 28, 2026

RESCHEDULED
Event now set for September 28th due to the winter storm– see you then! 
Commemorating 50 Years Since the Historic Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in Philly

Ralph Isberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Tufts University, Boston

“Legionella pneumophila:  the Journey from Poor Plumbing Design to the Perfect Replication Vacuole”

Join us for our February monthly meeting where we will commemorate 50 years since the 1976 outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Philadelphia. The evening will include a historical perspective as well as scientific lecture from Ralph Isberg, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and microbiology at Tufts University. Dr. Isberg is a world-renowned leader in the field of microbial pathogenesis and expert in the biology of Legionella pneumophila, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.