Chalk Talks are informal presentations where faculty share research ideas, draft specific aims, or early-stage proposals for feedback from colleagues across disciplines. These sessions are designed to strengthen grant submissions, spark collaboration, and create space for constructive dialogue within the CURE-KY research community.

If you have an upcoming Chalk Talk you’d like us to feature, please contact curekyidc@uky.edu with the date, time, location (or Zoom link), and a brief description of the session.

This page is updated regularly as new sessions are scheduled.

Date Name Topic of Discussion
9/5/2025  Tony Sinai Co-evolution of Toxoplasma chronic infection and Immune status
9/12/2025 Open Open
9/19/2025 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
9/26/2025 Midwest Virology Symposium hosted by CURE-KY No Meeting This Week
10/3/2025 Open Open
10/10/2025 Ritu Chakravarti TBD
10/17/2025 Open Open
10/24/2025 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
10/31/2025 Sarah D'Orazio Listeria exit from MLN and/or neurotropism
11/7/2025 Open Open
11/14/2025 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
11/21/2025 AIC Conference No Meeting This Week
11/28/2025 Thanksgiving No Meeting This Week
12/5/2025 Amelia Pinto Balance between cellular Metabolism and Viral Replication
12/12/2025 Kate Wolf TBD
12/19/2025 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
12/26/2025 Christmas No Meeting This Week
1/2/2026 New Years No Meeting This Week
1/9/2026 Open Open
1/16/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
1/23/2026 Natalia Korotkova TBD
1/30/2026 Jennifer Simkin Metabolic signals that shift macrophage polarization
2/6/2026 Open Open
2/13/2026 Open Open
2/20/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
2/27/2026 Open Open
3/6/2026 Open Open
3/13/2026 Open Open
3/20/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
3/27/2026 Open Open
4/3/2026 Open Open
4/10/2026 Ashfaqul Alam Microbiome and regulation of C. jejuni gene expression
4/17/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
4/24/2026 Open Open
5/1/2026 Open Open
5/8/2026 Open Open
5/15/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
5/22/2026 Open Open
5/29/2026 Open Open
6/5/2026 Open Open
6/12/2026 Open Open
6/19/2026 Faculty Meeting No Meeting This Week
6/26/2026 Open Open