MMG Seminars for Fall 2015
All MMG seminars are at 4:10 P.M., TUESDAY, 1415 Biomedical Physical Sciences, unless noted otherwise. Seminar Coordinators: Yann Dufour & John Fyfe
| MMG Seminar Date | MMG Seminar Topic | Seminar Speaker | Host |
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Wednesday, |
Synonymous mutations mediate rapid bacterial adaptation | Deepa Agashe, National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India | Martinez-Gomez |
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September 1 |
MMG Fall Picnic ** 5:00 p.m., Penthouse Rooftop, BPS ** |
Graduate Students | |
| September 8 | Zinc-dependent regulation of Helicobacter pylori virulence: A critical component of the host-pathogen dialogue | Jennifer Gaddy, Vanderbilt | Jeremiah Johnson/DiRita |
| September 15 | Defining the Molecular Basis of Reproducible Symbiotic Development in Vibrio fischeri | Mark Mandel, Northwestern University | Waters |
| September 22 | Bacterial pathogenesis: Insights from a model plant-pathogen system | Sheng Yang He, Michigan State University | Conrad |
| September 29 | How do bacterial chemotaxis receptors integrate metabolism with behavior? | Gladys Alexandre, University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Dufour |
| October 6 | Systems biology and evolutionary ecology of an engineered microbial community | William Harcombe, University of Minnesota | Shade |
| October 13 | Relative Toxicities of Shiga toxins ** Whittam Lecture ** |
Alison O'Brien, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | Manning |
| October 20 | Explaining the temporal dynamics of bacterial communities in activated sludge bioreactors | Hee-Deung Park, Korea University | Shade |
| October 27 | Single cell genomics: From science fiction to mainstream microbiology | Ramunas Stepanauskas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Garrity |
| November 3 | Remodeling the bacterial cell during sporulation and antibiotic treatment | Kit Pogliano, University of California San Diego |
Parrell/Kroos |
| November 10 | Swarming: Oh the places you'll go! | Rasika Harshey, University of Texas at Austin | Dufour |
| November 17 | Non-homologous end joining: The means to justify the ends | Kathy Meek, Michigan State University | Fyfe |
| November 24 | Bacterial pulmotypes in cystic fibrosis lung: Transitions and correlations with clinical outcomes | Jiangchao Zhao, University of Arkansas | Walker/Chen |
| December 1 | We are what we eat: Exploring mechanisms underlying how the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni triggers colitis versus autoimmune disease | Linda Mansfield, Michigan State University | Conrad |
| December 8 | Novel platforms for product synthesis and utilization of non-sugar feedstocks in industrial biomanufacturing | Ramon Gonzalez, Rice | Garrity |